Could Russia Tactically Destroy Britain With A Single Conventional Strike? (WarGames 258) | DCS

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Grim Reapers

Grim Reapers

Күн бұрын

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@matthew157
@matthew157 23 сағат бұрын
Gutted you didn't put Northern Ireland in, there's a whole fleet of Ryanair planes ready to intercept threats for low low prices! Love your stuff Cap, keep going!
@OriginalNotNyanCat
@OriginalNotNyanCat 23 сағат бұрын
Demonetized!
@ahoannon5711
@ahoannon5711 22 сағат бұрын
LOL! Thank you, I needed that. 🤣
@FineApe
@FineApe 19 сағат бұрын
I have a feeling that they would first require an MOD official with a sack of money onboard to pay for all the extras. Ya know..... "Why yes sir that was a flight of Tu95s that just passed us. £10 please"
@berbold
@berbold 19 сағат бұрын
Unfortunately, as the missiles hadn't pre-booked their destruction three months in advance...
@jugganaut33
@jugganaut33 17 сағат бұрын
Can’t wait to hear about that in Irish history for the next 400 years in various states of exaggeration
@henrymann8122
@henrymann8122 23 сағат бұрын
Cap, I don't know who doesn't want you to continue these vids. But, I need this Thanks!
@grimreapers
@grimreapers Сағат бұрын
Thanks!
@ripplesnake
@ripplesnake Күн бұрын
It's simply ridiculous that KZbin has taken this stance against your channel.
@FerroEquus-262
@FerroEquus-262 23 сағат бұрын
His channel isn't sufficiently leftist, so of course KZbin would want to de-platform him.
@jonovens7974
@jonovens7974 23 сағат бұрын
I think it's the vs china vids that caused the prob....the ccp deploy 1000's of people to flag vids that make them look bad....even in video games.....Cap keeps showing china 'not winning overwhelmingly' so that's bad.
@Blueorange22
@Blueorange22 23 сағат бұрын
Mine too. I was Thomas, the MRA on jubilee's mens rights vs feminist jubilee episode released recently. I'm now down to less than 100 views per video, despite my subscribers going up. KZbin obviously messes with views
@Kalergiplansupporter
@Kalergiplansupporter 23 сағат бұрын
Tbh I'm not surprised. Cap has said some questionable things in videos he has now taken down. He has made slurs regarding Asians Muslims and blacks this was bound to happen. I don't care what another man says but I refuse to paint cap as a victim.
@woogoo87
@woogoo87 23 сағат бұрын
@@Kalergiplansupporter I'm a relative new subscriber to this channel. What did Cap say or insinuate? Can you tell?
@PreceptorGrant
@PreceptorGrant 20 сағат бұрын
Why nautical miles you ask: I watched a video on this just yesterday. Nautical miles are based on the latitude/longitude system. Each of the big fat gridlines on the earth map is a degree of longitude/latitude (yes degrees in the sense that there are 360 of them around the planet). Each degree is subdivided into minutes and seconds for coordinate purposes. A nautical mile is exactly one minute of arc in the coordinate system. Just happens to work out at ~1.15 land miles (land miles being derived from an entirely different set of arbitrary assumptions). Whilst we're on the subject, the nautical unit of speed, the knot, is defined as one minute of arc per hour, or one nautical mile per hour.
@evilmorwen
@evilmorwen 40 минут бұрын
but surely how much a minute of arc covers depends upon whether you're at the pole (where it would be shorter) vs the equator (where it would be longer)?
@jamison884
@jamison884 21 сағат бұрын
Thank you Cap! In addition to all of the points you raised, I would say there's a high degree of certainty that the US/NATO satellite and intelligence services would have ample warning of such Russian preparatory movements, allowing for the required defensive measures to be taken for such a large attack. For example, there was that US report leaked from the Pentagon regarding the analysis of Israel as they were preparing for their retaliatory strikes against Iran, which included the weapons and aircraft they were assembling several days prior to launch. There's also the US forces based in the UK (as you noted), which I believe would be virtually certain to assist during the response per NATO Article 4, as any attack on the UK would essentially be an attack on the US jets based there. Unless there was a total breakdown in intelligence, there should be time for air, ground (additional SAM systems), and naval (movement of additional guided missile frigates and destroyers from NATO allies, including from the Nordic countries) to move into better positions prior to such an attack. Finally, per the tragic war occurring, coming up on three years now, we have not seen such a large-scale precision attack from Russia, which has been similar to this. Even when you include their ground-launched assets, smaller fighter/attack aircraft, and drone launches, they have simply never dedicated this massive amount of ordinance to any one single attack. Per their performance in the war, I believe this is due to inadequate logistics, a smaller ratio of "flight-ready" aircraft ultimately working and maintained to all launch at the same time, and a shortage of stockpiled precision munitions to dedicate to any one single attack effort. Cheers, Cap, and thank you as always!
@JoeCuv
@JoeCuv 23 сағат бұрын
Cap here is the simple answer that explains a nautical mile: "one nautical mile is equivalent to one minute of latitude on the Earth's surface"
@robertwennberg7260
@robertwennberg7260 22 сағат бұрын
Where as the imperial mile is just arbitrary :)
@jollyrodgerfabrication
@jollyrodgerfabrication 22 сағат бұрын
Beat me to it lol. Makes traveling on the ocean or by air a little easier to calculate distance traveled in degrees
@kingofbritons
@kingofbritons 21 сағат бұрын
Honest question, since the minutes will get smaller at the poles. does the length vary where you are on the globe?
@ГеоргийМурзич
@ГеоргийМурзич 21 сағат бұрын
Phahah, good one
@ГеоргийМурзич
@ГеоргийМурзич 21 сағат бұрын
So, I have to travel from South africa to Spain. How using miles would help me?
@togoso
@togoso 23 сағат бұрын
I love how RAF Conningsby is a tropical paradise.
@rumannkoch4864
@rumannkoch4864 Күн бұрын
Saw Mark Felton's vid and thought about the scenario sim'd by Grim Reapers. Thanks Cap!
@BamaCSX83
@BamaCSX83 Күн бұрын
USAF E-3s should be able to talk to the Typhoons and Lightning IIs via Link 16 data link. I know this is supposed to be a UK alone battle, but I believe you know the aircraft at RAF Lakenheath would be scrambled and gladly support the RAF and RN.
@totalNERD-eo7wx
@totalNERD-eo7wx 22 сағат бұрын
To be honest, I think some of those 64 Eurofighters should have been American fighters. I don't think the UK is going to have more than, say, 40 Eurofighters at most, but we can just pretend that 30 or so were US F-15s or F-35s. Also, there are a few Patriots in the UK as well.
@jugganaut33
@jugganaut33 17 сағат бұрын
@@totalNERD-eo7wxtheoretically yes. But Lake heath is a training and Repair base recycling aircraft from exercises in Europe and Operations in the Middle East. If you say there’s 72 aircraft at lakenheath. 30% of those will be stripped for parts awaiting refit. 30% will be being repaired. 30% will be used for training or operational. Very few would be available in the event of even 1 hours warning that the attack was happening. They’d have to call in crews not on alert in peacetime which is usually at least an hours notice to move. They’d have to strip off the dummy weapons. Sign out live munitions. Load them onto aircraft. Get them in the air and vectored up to 300 miles away. Of the 72 aircraft maybe 20 would be in the air with various states of readiness within an 2 hours. Same thing happens in the U.S. when there’s unidentified aircraft. The hardest part is getting fjurisdiction/ permission to launch With live weapons on a combat mission on home or another country’s soil. Famous case being that M60 Tank that was stolen from a guards base less than 30 miles from an Apache airstrip. And the apaches couldn’t even get clearance to load live ammunition by the time the tank had run out of fuel after 2 hours. Patriots on the other hand yes. They are actually the most capable air defence in the whole of the UK. There’s nothing else that’s on constant standby. The U.S. quite rightly don’t trust Britains non existent air defence . Because even the type 45 destroyers only put to sea with 12 missiles sometimes and the rapier Systems that can de deployed can only intercept slow moving aircraft and the stormer HVM’s we had are all gone to Ukraine at this point
@Modelstl063
@Modelstl063 17 сағат бұрын
@@jugganaut33so Britain is defenceless? And Russia at this moment (in its war readiness) could molest Britain
@thegodofthebeer5388
@thegodofthebeer5388 22 сағат бұрын
All NATO aircraft can communicate. This has been proven in coalition work. So AWACS would be in full effect. And they can also communicate with the EWS making a huge network of early warning. The Scandinavian states would forewarn us of such a flight heading out way and offer support
@Modelstl063
@Modelstl063 17 сағат бұрын
And would not stop the cruise missles cope more, watch the Felton video and cry
@STURYANPHUAYEWLIANG
@STURYANPHUAYEWLIANG 11 сағат бұрын
Literally all but three missiles got intercepted lol, you should take some of your own advice
@gawddamnnotthisagain
@gawddamnnotthisagain 23 сағат бұрын
NATO has its own E-3 component operating from bases in Norway, Germany, Italy, Greece and Turkey. It's an integral part of NATO's air defences and the British have access to it. In other words, no need to hope for the Americans in that scenario. Britain already has AWACS access all the time.
@kend6232
@kend6232 12 сағат бұрын
I think all AWACs are datalink compatible for that reason, I believe that one of those sentries is always airborne as well.
@BrettonianKnight
@BrettonianKnight 3 сағат бұрын
​@@kend6232they've not got the range to monitor all of Europe tho
@grimreapers
@grimreapers Сағат бұрын
thx
@timhogan745
@timhogan745 54 минут бұрын
NATO would be fecked without the United States. Just like y'all would be speaking German without the United States. Y'all NATO titty babies better stand up and match American dollars for NATO, because we're good on our own, are you?😂😂😂 We'll keep Poland the rest of you can depend on the UN, which America should bail on too
@robertwennberg7260
@robertwennberg7260 23 сағат бұрын
Thanks Cap, keep it up please, if possible! But I think you are missing the point that UK and allied intel would detect the bombers warming up at Olenya, and then the Nordic allies with their own AWACS and at least 170 Gen 4.5-5 fighters would help track and intercept the bombers and missiles. I believe Mr. Felton took a very unfortunate step into where he is clearly not knowledgeable posting the video you are referring to.
@ahoannon5711
@ahoannon5711 22 сағат бұрын
I haven't actually watched the video yet. But the one superpower that Europe has in the 21st century is ... drumroll ... teamwork! Can any single country in Europe defend itself against a determined attack by a power like Russia? No. But all of (western) Europe together can do it! So, this might be an interesting thought experiment, but you (well, Mr. Felton in particular) should be careful not to start fearmongering. In reality the UK wouldn't be alone in this kind of situation.
@theoneneo5024
@theoneneo5024 20 сағат бұрын
Sorry but I have to play devil's advocate here. Yes, the NATO forces would detect the bombers taking off and flying well before they got within range of the UK. BUT!!!! The current NATO is a pathetic shell of it's cold war version and would at best put up a couple pair of very lightly armed fighters to non-intrusively (from a long distance) monitor the Russian bombers who stated prior to take off that they were on a training mission around the Norwegian and North Seas. By the time the bombers turn into the UK on afterburner and fire missiles it would be too late. The UK is far too weak to deal with a
@GODofEverythin9_
@GODofEverythin9_ 20 сағат бұрын
​@@ahoannon5711Ihr habt meine Bratwurst
@grimreapers
@grimreapers Сағат бұрын
Thanks!
@GODofEverythin9_
@GODofEverythin9_ Сағат бұрын
@@theoneneo5024 The UK on its own cant really defeat Russia, thats why NATO exists
@exAirMover
@exAirMover 20 сағат бұрын
Hi Cap. Great vid mate. Please keep them coming. Observations: 1. I was based at Brize Norton in 2008. There was 1 x VC10 Tanker kept on QRA Standby there then for QRA Fighter refueling support. I would assume that 1 x Voyager undertakes that dury now. With several hours notice a few more Voyager's would probably be made available for Typhoon Force support. 2. The RAF's and FAA's Force of currently 24 to 36'ish (guestimate) F35B's are based at RAF Marham. Again with several hours notice a good proportion of these could be made available to assist if they are not away on other duties ..... eg on the Carrier 3. I would assume NATO intra-operabilty would mean data links work across the board between Nations. 4. I would guess all major Russian bases are monitored by satellite. Any unusual activity ...... 20 bombers being fueled and armed ...... would mean extra monitoring by NATO as a whole. We'd know when a force this size took off. 5. As you mentioned, there's the USAF assets at Lakenheath and Mildenhall as well 👍
@Nealetony
@Nealetony 17 сағат бұрын
1. NATO Standards: Both the U.S. and UK are NATO members, and their systems often adhere to NATO standards, such as Link 16 and Link 11, which are tactical data links used for sharing information between air, ground, and sea units. 2. Shared Networks: The E-3 Sentry is equipped with systems that enable it to transmit data to allied forces, including the UK's defense systems. This includes radar data, track information, and tactical updates. 3. Joint Operations: During joint operations or exercises, E-3 Sentries have been used to support British aircraft and ground forces by providing real-time situational awareness and communication. 4. System Compatibility: The UK's air defense systems, including aircraft like the Typhoon and ground-based command and control (C2) systems, are designed to integrate with NATO data link standards, enabling seamless communication with E-3 Sentry aircraft. 5. Challenges: Differences in encryption, national-specific modifications, or updates to proprietary systems can occasionally pose integration challenges, but these are typically addressed through joint testing and exercises.
@dobster5819
@dobster5819 Күн бұрын
HMNB Devonport is in Plymouth Cap it’s 172 miles from Portsmouth, cheers Cap.
@grimreapers
@grimreapers 23 сағат бұрын
FFS! Double and tripled checked that, how the hell did I get that wrong. Sorry. A thing happened apparently.
@corvanphoenix
@corvanphoenix 2 сағат бұрын
Modern Western FOX-2's would swat those cruise missiles like flies. Who hasn't seen the video of an F-22 shooting down a balloon off the US coast? Who thinks an unpowered balloon at 50-60k ft, can be shot down in front of thousands of people, but that same AIM-9X missile couldn't see a high subsonic, turbojet powered aircraft? Apparently the designers of this game. Not me. Regardless, the Typhoon's internal cannon isn't expensive ballast. It's a weapon specifically designed to destroy aircraft...
@ARescueToaster
@ARescueToaster 15 сағат бұрын
25:15 That's Mount Pacificus. Just formed last week! And Greta's predictions were right -- the UK is now mostly underwater, tropical and can grow palm trees. 100% accurate map.
@simonmatthews7512
@simonmatthews7512 10 сағат бұрын
Which means we can use our submarines for defence, HUZZAH!
@corvanphoenix
@corvanphoenix 3 сағат бұрын
When Typhoons finally get their AESA, they'll be spotting cruise missiles at 100 miles no worries.
@mjparker5411
@mjparker5411 16 сағат бұрын
Maybe I'm a weirdo, but your excitement is one of the best parts of watching your videos!! Keep up the great work! Well, be watching as long as you're here.
@geoffreyofmonmouth9796
@geoffreyofmonmouth9796 23 сағат бұрын
Bless you cap - donated
@grimreapers
@grimreapers 23 сағат бұрын
Hero
@BlokeOnAMotorbike
@BlokeOnAMotorbike 21 сағат бұрын
I have another fun scenario for you, following on from the Airwolf one: steal the Firefox!
@PreceptorGrant
@PreceptorGrant 20 сағат бұрын
I think they actually did Firefox a while back as a multiplayer thing. it was pretty sexy if I remember correctly.
@StephenSargent-g7l
@StephenSargent-g7l 3 сағат бұрын
Cool vid Cap. As for the KZbin situation, I say your hypotheticals scenarios are no more controversial than the average Tom Clancy novel, so I cannot see why anyone should be taking offence. Please keep the vids coming.
@welshtiger86
@welshtiger86 22 сағат бұрын
What everyone seems to have bypassed is that it's not only the U.K's EWR that comes into play, we are also linked to all Ally warning systems too, as soon as a threat is detected by an ally system, the U.K is notified on vector and altitude of threat.
@Modelstl063
@Modelstl063 17 сағат бұрын
And nothing could stop the missles, a % of typhoons are not ready to fly, a % of typhoon pilots are off duty and will take time to arrive, the ships haven’t got all their missles, the Russian cruise missles will come in molest Britain and Britain will crap the bed. Kier starmer will fail
@zerobudget8355
@zerobudget8355 16 сағат бұрын
In realistic scenario it would be pointless, ru would never attack uk in such a stupid way. Unless the war was seriously progressed and there would be significant land/navy force nearby and uk would be on its last legs. Realistically any base russians would want to destroy in uk, would be destroyed and in quite unimpressive fashion, aka their new hazel tree missile they threw at dinipro, it flew 1840km in 5mins~ so it would reach uk in 10-12mins~ with 36 mirv's per missile, the base would be gone, but ofc uk would get at least 20-30min notice from usa, since that missile have the same pattern as nuclear ICBMS, so russians did and would inform usa before the launch. But at such a short notice, the most you could do is try to evacuate the personnel. There are no reliable way to shoot down such ballistic missiles, maybe isroleli davids sling or usa THAAD could have SOME chance to get a few mirv's but nonetheless any base would be gone just from a few of these missiles.
@cg9952
@cg9952 11 сағат бұрын
USA RC-135s. GB has a version now
@Miata822
@Miata822 19 сағат бұрын
This comment is 100% pure and unadulterated engagement to ensure that anyone who is looking should be able to see this masterful simulation. I do hope this post has enough content to count.
@graemeporter
@graemeporter 19 сағат бұрын
Good evening Cap! That EWR you positioned in the far North of Scotland is in the county of Caithness (not any part of the Outer Hebrides, which are an island chain off the west coast of Scotland). For some reason I thought you'd put an oil rig there to represent the Dounreay nuclear power plant, and I *was* going to write and say that Dounreay has been offline for quite a while now, and is being decommissioned (it operated as a power station from 1955 to 1994, when decommissioning began), until I noticed the "EWR" tag on the map, right before the Russians deleted it... The Royal Navy and Rolls Royce also operated two test reactor plants at the Dounreay site to simulate nuclear power plants for the submarine fleet (the site was known as HMS Vulcan) - that site operated from 1965 to 2015. I know there was an American naval station just to the west of Thurso; it was a US Navy Communications Station - it was open between 1962 and 1992. Between UKAEA Dounreay and the US Navy Communications Station, that was Thurso's two main sources of employment for a few decades. Now all they have there really is a call centre for BT, and a factory producing lithium-ion batteries under MoD contract. Hope KZbin stops demonitizing your stuff, what a damn shame with all the hard work and passion you guys apply to your videos - I'd donate if I could but right now I can't. And nuts to those who get annoyed when you get excited. I mentioned previously you're like the Murray Walker of DCS, and I stand by that. Hats off to you, sir.
@MWSin1
@MWSin1 21 сағат бұрын
A nautical mile is 1/5400 the distance from the equator to the poles, or 1/60 of a degree of latitude (with very small errors introduced by by the Earth not being a perfect sphere). Very useful when your method of navigation is based on measuring the positions of stars. A statute mile (or land mile), is 80 chains. A chain is twenty-two yards, and was literally the length of a standard surveyor's chain used to measure land. Arbitrary, but an arbitrary standard still works, which means you and your neighbor can agree who owns which bit of land.
@Beldoras
@Beldoras 23 сағат бұрын
25:10 Dogger Island, whats left of doggerland RIP ATLANTIS
@fagalon9152
@fagalon9152 23 сағат бұрын
One thing i wonder is; would norway or finland be able to possibly detect the bombers on their way to release their payload? if so then early preparations could be made
@clangerbasher
@clangerbasher 23 сағат бұрын
Thank the Lord Sweden is neutral and they have to go around.............oh.............wait a mo...........
@erikhancock89
@erikhancock89 22 сағат бұрын
Yes, I believe the bombers would be detected by Norway. The Globus radar site at Vardo, Norway is positioned on an island within 30NM of the northern Russian border - right along the path of this theoretical airstrike.The company line is that Globus is for tracking space objects. However, in 2000, there was a storm that damaged the Globus II radome, uncovering the dish. Suddenly, you could see that the dish was pointed right at Moscow, not at you know, space. My bet is that NATO would know and therefore Britain would know of any strike package over the Barents Sea and would scramble interceptors as soon as any such force started vectoring towards the UK.
@mstevens113
@mstevens113 20 сағат бұрын
Yes. Typically Russian bombers are shadowed by Norwegian fighters then handed over to the RAF as they approach the airspace the UK is responsible for.
@zerobudget8355
@zerobudget8355 16 сағат бұрын
Well such attack would not happen so this whole scenario is quite outdated. Most likely ru would use their new hazel missile, they threw in dinipro and thats it. And at that point there is nothing uk can do, except to try and evacuate as much personnel as possible in these few minutes, until the base gets destroyed. So far the only good news is that most likely ru have very limited amount of these new missiles. From launch to target it traveled 1840km in 5 minutes~.. That would give about 10mins for personnel to evacuate, so realistically about 20-30minutes, since russia MUST tell USA that they are launching it, since its launch pattern is the same as nuclear ICBM, so to avoid nuclear escalation they called USA and would call USA even in the scenario of attacks on nato/uk. I just dont see the realistic strategic point on doing such shock and awe missile attacks from so far away, uk is an island with very strong navy. Without any significant force nearby, such attack is just pointless.. Especially knowing that US/NATO is with uk, so neither money, nor defense would be an issue.
@clangerbasher
@clangerbasher 16 сағат бұрын
@@zerobudget8355 Strong navy? Really?
@ka74
@ka74 23 сағат бұрын
Hats off for the sim - quite the effort went into this. This goes to show the relevance of intercept fighters of NATO because once Evenes in Norway scrambles their F35's and they see the Badgers with the weapons underwing you would have to expect they would go weapons hot the second one took a shot and that whole air wing would go boom. Then all bets would be off as that red button gets closer to being pushed unfortuantely...what a mess... All that said it is crazy that the UK doesn't have a single AWACS. Didn't know that and shows you can learn something every day on your channel. Not comforting but well done Cap and stay well.
@Davros-vi4qg
@Davros-vi4qg 23 сағат бұрын
Think we have wedgetails on order, looooong history of procurement mismanagement and trying to use our own tech to provide what our allies have already produced 😳 but just in case we ever go to war with America, let’s not buy E2s or E3s.
@just_another_guy_on_the_net
@just_another_guy_on_the_net 17 сағат бұрын
Pretty sure the RAF are getting the E7 Wedgetail that’s in service here in Aus with the RAAF. So hopefully that deficiency will be rectified in the future
@Ian-xq4rt
@Ian-xq4rt 23 сағат бұрын
Like you, I would expect the Americans to get involved 100%. Also, with the tracking of these past Finland and Norway, the alerts would have been raised much earlier so better prepared with refuelling too. Lastly, if they ever dropped their missiles, they would never have got back to Russia, taken out by NATO for sure. I think it's likely they would have a carrier group somewhere far North East to provide fighter support, who knows. Can you expand on the KZbin issue, I pay monthly so I'll not be happy if they're not passing on my money!
@robbergerson4915
@robbergerson4915 23 сағат бұрын
Cap and crew, suggestion? Ask the guys that run Pepperbox to host your longer videos? I don't know the first thing about hosting YT vids or anything else actually (just a consumer), but it seems like those guys all ran into the same problem and started their own thing. Might be worth a look? Can't fly on an empty belly.😅
@grimreapers
@grimreapers 23 сағат бұрын
thx
@robbergerson4915
@robbergerson4915 23 сағат бұрын
Sorry, edited for typos. Glove typing in -10°c
@mrtveye6682
@mrtveye6682 22 сағат бұрын
Absolute not an expert, but since the US and GB are both NATO members, I would have assumed the AWACS data-link could be shared more or less instantly.
@Reactordrone
@Reactordrone 18 сағат бұрын
Yeah, everything should be link 16.
@anonymusmuggle
@anonymusmuggle 22 сағат бұрын
I know from a german military analyst that as soon as he shows any video with an explosion on YT, even just for 1 sec, YT's AI seems to strike consistently since a few weeks. We can only hope YT will moderate its policy.
@juliusfucik4011
@juliusfucik4011 22 сағат бұрын
This is true. It is also true for the recent crash of the DHL plane in Vilnius. You can find the footage, but all videos containing it are demonitized. I wonder why YT is doing this. I do not appreciate it at all.
@anonymusmuggle
@anonymusmuggle 22 сағат бұрын
@juliusfucik4011 Might be related to current EU policy, which obligates YT etc. to delete illegal content like promoting violence, war crimes etc. - Problem is, how do you filter out the "bad stuff"? Any algorithm will strike innocent content creators. This was likely to happen, sadly.
@grimreapers
@grimreapers Сағат бұрын
Yup, I also noticed this. Also a thumbnail with explosion in it gets cut also i noticed.
@anonymusmuggle
@anonymusmuggle 9 минут бұрын
@@grimreapers Yes, very true! Man, if I could spare even a single pound it'd go straight into your pocket. But let's say, my situation is a little below optimal 😅 I wish you all luck in the world that you can keep up your channel. Such great and relevant (!) content. ❤️
@jameshewitt8828
@jameshewitt8828 23 сағат бұрын
1 nm equates 1 minute of arc on the earths surface (albeit factor in earth compression 1/300 ie slightly compressed at the poles as opposed to the equator) From AP3456 Navigation doc: nautical mile is defined as the length of the arc of a great circle which subtends an angle of one minute at the centre of the Earth. Thus the number of nautical miles in the arc of any great circle equals the number of minutes subtended by that arc at the centre of the Earth. Statute miles originally came from the romans milla passum (thousand paces)
@grimreapers
@grimreapers 23 сағат бұрын
Yay I understand now thanks!
@jameshewitt8828
@jameshewitt8828 23 сағат бұрын
@@grimreapers cap can we meet up at Duxford for example and have a full geek off and moan about the state of our country as I love a moan.
@valuedhumanoid6574
@valuedhumanoid6574 15 сағат бұрын
Thanks! I spent a lot of time in Mildenhall installing some equipment in a factory nearby. Love me some Brits!
@MrNoobed
@MrNoobed 23 сағат бұрын
26:28 a statute mile is related to some standardization attempts to make commonly sized parcels and survey equipment fit nicely in maps. NM are a minute of latitude so if you're looking at a map 60 NM are one degree
@DireW0lf0
@DireW0lf0 23 сағат бұрын
Yes and this also helps with navigation at sea using headings and time to give relative distance and position.
@jonnylew529
@jonnylew529 19 сағат бұрын
I suppose the biggest question would be if Russia has ever flown 20 bombers around Finland/Sweden/Norway? If this was “highly unusual” then I’d work on the following; 1) the UK would have a lot more QRF standard jets ready and in the air, being tanked by….. 2) the US, who as fellow NATO members would surely lend us resource of both AWACS and Tankers, plus a coincidental exercise of their UK based fast jets in, say, the North Sea area. 3) if the other NATO states recognised this as “highly unusual and aggressive behaviour”, then they would already have escorts shadowing the bombers, and might well scramble more from Western Europe. All of this leads to… 4) we would most likely have a much longer reach to intercept, given that airframes would be in the air and being tanked. That being said, great work as ever Cap 👍🏻
@jonnylew529
@jonnylew529 19 сағат бұрын
Plus, the US would get all airframes in the air, and any SAM capacity switched on, in case they were the targets.
@VolkerGoller
@VolkerGoller 23 сағат бұрын
With couple hours notice, German typhoons from Wittmund would be there on time. F16 or f35 from Netherlands, too
@tieguy5438
@tieguy5438 19 сағат бұрын
The short answer? No. The long answer? Noooooooooooo!
@trev8591
@trev8591 20 сағат бұрын
Joined the Patreon ranks, I encourage everyone watching to join to keep Cap making content!
@speedyham545
@speedyham545 21 сағат бұрын
Cool simulation. Thanks for continuing to make these!
@mbaxter22
@mbaxter22 21 сағат бұрын
I got the impression that Mark Felton was anti-war in his political stance after watching that video. This pleasantly surprised me as I would have expected him to be extremely hawkish.
@soulsphere9242
@soulsphere9242 4 сағат бұрын
He was pro-appeasement.
@timbaskett6299
@timbaskett6299 23 сағат бұрын
If I took your Grim Reapers as a pattern for a DCS channel, mine would be the "Gunfighters" named after the 366th Fighter Wing from Mountain Home AFB. 😂
@j.s.t.7579
@j.s.t.7579 19 сағат бұрын
A comment and like for one of the best sim channels out there
@ivorharden
@ivorharden 22 сағат бұрын
33:20 they actually flew beside the V1 bombs and tipped them with the wings of the fighter. It was actually safer than shooting them with the cannon.
@gabrieledamatogemignani4516
@gabrieledamatogemignani4516 23 сағат бұрын
comment for youtube to not demonatize this channel
@simonmatthews7512
@simonmatthews7512 10 сағат бұрын
I'm not sure how plausible this scenario is but thank you for modelling it. Nicely done.
@dobster5819
@dobster5819 Күн бұрын
Nice one Cap this was great fun, please help getting rid of these bots everybody thanks.
@ecbst6
@ecbst6 17 сағат бұрын
AWACS on, AWACS off. Now show me paint-the-fence.
@Hierachy
@Hierachy 7 сағат бұрын
Just to add to the comment count, speaking as an Australian, with a very heavy heritage linked to the UK, i cannot say, but i am disapointed at the defences the UK has on hand, like you i expected at least 20+ sky sabre batteries around the country....and even some patriots for the extended range, located at important airbases. Now as an Australian, we too have inadequate ground based air defences for our country, even more worrying as australia is practically a continent, with 1-2 NASAM batteries....and 30 short range RBS-70 shoulder fired surface to air missile launchers.... heres hoping together that our countries purchase/develope further equipment/defences!
@soulsphere9242
@soulsphere9242 4 сағат бұрын
Don't hold out much hope. Both Australia and the UK have only really considered GBAD to be a thing for local force protection rather than area air defence. The UK is pretty broke and Australia's future plans have the bulk of funding going into the navy.
@chrisstopher2277
@chrisstopher2277 18 сағат бұрын
You are doing the lords work and making the world a happy and better place. Please, youtube, dont destroy the Grim Reapers.
@iRaffale
@iRaffale 7 сағат бұрын
Regarding not being able to shoot down cruise missiles with IR missiles : I think it should be totally possible. There is multiple reports (and documented videos) where Ukranian soldiers are shooting down russian cruise missile with mapads, aswell as some Ukranian MIG 29 also shooting soviet era IR missiles and hitting the cruise missiles. Love your work Cap, it's always a pleasure watching your videos. Really hope youtube can see how much people appreciate your videos.
@metal52militia
@metal52militia Сағат бұрын
Really learned a lot from these videos on the last 50 years of international tensions around the Baltic and North Seas.
@stephendoane1093
@stephendoane1093 22 сағат бұрын
Very enjoyable sim. I see nothing wrong with a sim battle and narration being done. So tired of everyone being offended by everything. Keep up the great work Cap. And on a side note, we had three baby girls and yes it does change your life.. And as you stated, wouldn't change it for anything.
@Jack_Over9000
@Jack_Over9000 12 сағат бұрын
Cap, also: I love these big 1:1 scenarios. We used to do the same thing as 8-10 year old kids using our Airfix model planes and matchbox tanks. Not a thought for irl, in fact I turned out to be a strong lefty, but still enjoy this stuff! It's just What if?
@dm1i
@dm1i 3 сағат бұрын
Ukraine publically releases tracks of detected cruise missiles on the map, just google for it. They are definitely flying on insanely cryptic trajectories. Also you can find that the amount of these cruise missiles available is definitely enough for your kind of scenario. But also you can guess that if Ukraine survives dozens such successful attacks, Britain would also survive. This damage is not as critical as it seems.
@juliusfucik4011
@juliusfucik4011 21 сағат бұрын
There is simply no way 32 Eurofighters could be launched in time.
@FleetDefenderRA5
@FleetDefenderRA5 20 сағат бұрын
I simply wonder what the radar coverage is and when the the raid would be first detected.
@gwydionrusso3206
@gwydionrusso3206 19 сағат бұрын
@@FleetDefenderRA5 the CIA would probably know about it at least a few days in advance and as for radar coverage, Finland, Norway, or Sweden would probably notice them the second they took off.
@Modelstl063
@Modelstl063 17 сағат бұрын
@@gwydionrusso3206and would do fuck all about it, keep coping u jackass you’d be molested
@EnglishScripter
@EnglishScripter 5 сағат бұрын
@@gwydionrusso3206 CIA intelligence has repeatedly failed, European intelligence in Russia seems to be a lot better these days.
@powjj
@powjj Күн бұрын
I've not started watching the battle yet, just watching the scenario details and my prediction is we're going to get absolutely smashed. Fingers crossed I'll be shocked... 😬
@powjj
@powjj 23 сағат бұрын
😁 pleasantly surprised
@Nimmermaer
@Nimmermaer 20 сағат бұрын
As a father of a small child I can appreciate your situation, you are doing a fantastic job.
@mikechapman1108
@mikechapman1108 7 сағат бұрын
If possible Cap, please bring back "I LIED!" makes me giggle everytime
@timallison8560
@timallison8560 23 сағат бұрын
Thanks!
@grimreapers
@grimreapers Сағат бұрын
Thanks!
@Doodelz02
@Doodelz02 22 сағат бұрын
Smoke trailed missles are bestest missles! And yes, "bloody cool" !!
@mickelilltroll77
@mickelilltroll77 22 сағат бұрын
Thanks for your work!
@grimreapers
@grimreapers Сағат бұрын
Thanks!
@bzipoli
@bzipoli 20 сағат бұрын
so, this a thing a lot of analysts do. but if you pick almost all members all NATO to fight ALONE, they'll be in trouble. that's because its not how they made their forces. their forces were constructes to fight with NATO. so some will have more naval, some will have more air assets, some will have more ground assets. the strenght of NATO is in its union. Also don't worry about the share of information, NATO members all use the same protocols (which is on the brink of being updated) and all those exercises are to get people on par with just that. Even in joint exercises with non-NATO members where no one shares the same protocol, IT has come such a long way that it's no so hard to do in tasks like those. I'll give you as an example CRUZEX we just had here in Brazil, were the AWACS was operated by the brazilian air force, directing planes from the US (some state national guard f-15C i cant remember which one), a tanker from colombia, and other planes from all over south america (fighters, trainers etc), including our gripens and old azzes f-5s. Even the C390. Literally no one shares a protocol. and it was just fine, the simulations were pretty ok as far as i'm aware. the Meteors and the Gripen raven radars were given some high praises i've heard. theres a plane the US uses especifically for converting and sharing info throughout different systems and different allies (i forgot the name), but it's not deployed in europe usually bc it's not needed (everyone uses link 16 anyway) PS: wishing good health on your family mate
@Davros-vi4qg
@Davros-vi4qg 23 сағат бұрын
Oh, that’s was a surprise, nice sim CAP!
@grimreapers
@grimreapers 23 сағат бұрын
I'm as surprised as you on this one...
@ltdrak
@ltdrak 16 минут бұрын
I love the wheelies the Typhoon are pulling at takeoff 😊
@alanblumenstock7863
@alanblumenstock7863 23 сағат бұрын
Well done Cap.
@saintuk70
@saintuk70 16 сағат бұрын
Thanks for covering this. With defence cuts over the years, we really are left wide open. The whole budget for defence, as that % of GDP, just isn't enough and we need to stop wasting huge amounts of money on contracts where we ensure investor profits. Have to say, you've been quite creative with Scotland ;)
@Patrician9000
@Patrician9000 21 сағат бұрын
YES, YOU TOOK MY SUGGESTION! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
@speedyfreedy6120
@speedyfreedy6120 11 сағат бұрын
Great job…very informative and entertaining, well done! Cheers! Chris
@johngodden4363
@johngodden4363 23 сағат бұрын
Surely Russia would coordinate its attack with at least two of its very large ballistic missile submarines which could theoretically surface anywhere!
@Davros-vi4qg
@Davros-vi4qg 23 сағат бұрын
As CAP says not able to some that in DCS
@grimreapers
@grimreapers 23 сағат бұрын
Yup possibly.
@JoeCuv
@JoeCuv 23 сағат бұрын
Possible but there are listening stations to track subs, so how close can they realistically get? I don't know, but someone does, and it's probable that Russia knows exactly how close they can get before being detected... but with other NATO countries also patrolling this would not be a slam dunk for VP, the mad king of Russia
@jamison884
@jamison884 21 сағат бұрын
If Russia were to surely coordinate their attack with very large ballistic missile submarines, I very much assure you there would be NATO attack submarines working to shadow and counter them. NATO is a truly scary defensive alliance if called upon. I've read stories from USN attack submarine crews who literally just say outside Russian territorial waters near their sub bases and tracked movements. I doubt they stopped doing so today, particularly with Russia invading Ukraine.
@Modelstl063
@Modelstl063 17 сағат бұрын
@@JoeCuv vlad putin is the mad king what is trump? Or bush or Obama
@gawddamnnotthisagain
@gawddamnnotthisagain 22 сағат бұрын
Nice sim, thanks for doing these!
@elliottsw
@elliottsw 9 сағат бұрын
There is no way they should be demonetising a video game streamer. They should be begging you for more videos.
@CllrP
@CllrP 22 сағат бұрын
We love you Grim Reapers, great KZbin channel. Chin up Cap.
@davidstevens-k6f
@davidstevens-k6f 18 сағат бұрын
At least we can comment on this, and a fantastic job you did as always: Mark Felton turned all comments for his video on this subject off.
@markredacted8547
@markredacted8547 12 сағат бұрын
Fantastic video Cap, sorry to hear about YT demonetization stuff
@SeanChYT
@SeanChYT 22 сағат бұрын
I would recommend getting on X as well. KZbin loves censorship, X does not.
@Get-Native
@Get-Native 19 сағат бұрын
Great simulated content, well made! Watching on iPhone ads are showing - not clicking skip 🎉 maybe we should just use code from now on. It’s red vs blue. A missile is now a ‘mango’. ‘attack’ is now ‘engage’ and so on. 🙏
@grasstreefarmer
@grasstreefarmer 22 сағат бұрын
I see no reason an Asraam could not shoot down a cruise missile. Modern missiles are very different to the original "heat seeking" missiles like the first sidewinder. Remember the US shot down a balloon with an AIM 9X and thats the coldest and smallest of cold small targets. I also doubt there would be wastage of missiles when the pilots have a long time to engage targets. They would just take turns to be shooter so they don't need to deconflict their targets. However I also doubt that the RAF could put up that many fighters in one go because availablity rates are always a problem in air forces so it maybe works out that some of the limitations of DCS stand in for limitations in real life.
@grimreapers
@grimreapers Сағат бұрын
I do agree. Probably a game thing.
@surters
@surters Күн бұрын
I would have guessed that every base had at least 2 interceptors ready to go.
@soulesswolves
@soulesswolves 23 сағат бұрын
its a shame, i love your content and always try to watch as soon as they come out
@peters6366
@peters6366 11 сағат бұрын
going to do a Patreon subscription just to hear Cap say "Smasshy Boom Boom" again and again!
@99IronDuke
@99IronDuke 14 сағат бұрын
Way, way, too kind to British defences, at least twice too many British fighters.
@PopcornSticker
@PopcornSticker 22 сағат бұрын
Yeah, patriots are heckin' awesome. What's the fastest projectile they could potentially intercept?
@d9720267
@d9720267 22 сағат бұрын
The latest version of Rapier (FSC) might actually have had some use, although as I understand it they've all been retired.
@grimreapers
@grimreapers Сағат бұрын
We only have the original variant in game, not much use.
@therealdebater
@therealdebater 17 сағат бұрын
39:35 All day and all night 🙂 World's most underestimated job.
@QodsMohajer
@QodsMohajer 15 сағат бұрын
I hope valued viewers are nicer to you than it seems, wishing you best cap
@MrNoobed
@MrNoobed 23 сағат бұрын
40:48 I'm so impressed you've kept making vids cap. I got my babies and haven't been able to play at all
@grimreapers
@grimreapers Сағат бұрын
Yeh that's a thing...
@Blank27
@Blank27 23 сағат бұрын
I haven't seen Mark's video yet, but I'm guessing that he's just trying to spread awareness of how UK military capability has been going down hill for a long time and is trying to get Parliament to increase funding for the military. Oh yeah and for your videos, you should consider adding in writing and saying something along the lines that this video is for educational and entertainment purposes and you don't condone violence of any kind, might help w/ the a.i. and filters
@chrisvinicombe9947
@chrisvinicombe9947 22 сағат бұрын
That went surprisingly well 😮
@Xafilah33B
@Xafilah33B 22 сағат бұрын
Funny that channels can show actual footage of war zones with impunity but virtual footage showing futility of war is demonetised.
@NASWOG
@NASWOG 12 сағат бұрын
I love Mark Felton snd the Grim Reapers. Wtfffff, ofc youtube hates you bc i love it.
@timallison8560
@timallison8560 23 сағат бұрын
if 1% of the subs gave $1 a month, that would be $4k a month.
@grimreapers
@grimreapers 23 сағат бұрын
Yes please...
@juliusfucik4011
@juliusfucik4011 22 сағат бұрын
That is not how it works in practice. Creators applying the value for value model typically get 1-3% of people to donate and the donation amounts can vary from a weekly low amount to a monthly amount of multiple thousands. The implementation is fairly striaghtforward, but does involve slight changes to the format. People like getting titles or trophies for total amounts donated. Some people will contribute value through time or skills for instance by running infrastructure to support an online community, et cetera.
@markosullivan6444
@markosullivan6444 22 сағат бұрын
Brilliant sim. Really enjoyed it.
@matthewfarrell1763
@matthewfarrell1763 6 сағат бұрын
Commenting for the algorithm gods. Nothing of much value to add, but I have found your videos relatively recently and love them a great deal.
@leepatterson5710
@leepatterson5710 23 сағат бұрын
I think the cruise missiles would be programmed to avoid civilian maritime traffic which is public info. You wouldn't want a fishing vessel calling in to warn the government (even if they can't call the right person, MI could intercept the call with keywords).
@Doubledeepfried
@Doubledeepfried Күн бұрын
First time in my life I went to a patreon site to consider. Perhaps go live? I see donations at some streams.
@grimreapers
@grimreapers 23 сағат бұрын
I don't think GR works very well live TBH. It's 99% me sitting in mission editor trying to get rid of bugs. Not good viewing.
@Doubledeepfried
@Doubledeepfried 23 сағат бұрын
​​@@grimreapers enjoy the (very small) donation. (Not fishing for a reply)
@edwarddelderfield
@edwarddelderfield 19 сағат бұрын
Great sim. Patreon signed up. Hope you manage to keep going.
@Clancy111
@Clancy111 12 сағат бұрын
love your videos mate, hope youtube stops messing around shortly
@jennybrown9694
@jennybrown9694 22 сағат бұрын
That like 1 to 2 months of Rus missiles used in Ukraine in 1 attack, I think that U.K.could defend the Typhoons still had Gun Ammo and asram / 9x to mop up the left over northern flight & that's not assuming RAF Lakenheath which looks to be in the flightpath would not assist. the bombers have no chance of returning as Finish , Swedish and Norwegian fighters could shoot them down.
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