Marine reacts to Finland's MASSIVE Air Force Exercise (Ruska 22)

[@Rekkamyssi]

I guess you can call anti-air missiles as air traffic control.

[@CombatArmsChannel]

🤣

[@mahlholm]

😂

[@joniniiranen2741]

@@CombatArmsChannel Pasi with Crotale AAA battery.

[@krepsht8997]

AntiRussian trafic control unit.

[@sailay5692]

Even a Finnish civilian woman could have translated it better 😂

[@Aquelll]

Also when you see Finnish soldiers with beard, moustache or longer hair you can tell they are reserve personnel in a refresher exercise. Because conscripts and career military have to have a clean shave and short hair. That is not demanded from the reservists who are usually at refresher training for a week or so.

[@pacifist9805]

Beard and gas mask are not a good combination. Style can be deadly.

[@herrakaarme]

@@pacifist9805 Very few reservists need to do tear gas training during their refresher exercises.

[@leka34]

@@pacifist9805 You don't get gassed at random in exercises. If there was an actual mobilization, it'd a pretty simple thing to order everyone keep a clean shave.

[@pacifist9805]

@@leka34 I know, just said if someone didn't know. I'm not sure if Ukrainian soldiers know because many of them look like Vikings. Maybe they just don't care, yet.

[@mattilaiho7979]

@@pacifist9805 I guess much of it comes from the fact that nobody has used weapons (besides incendiaries) that would necessitate gas masks, and it's not expected because that would be a internationally big deal. Not best practice, but I think not caring about NBC weapons until they are deployed somewhere is more a rule than exception for the frontline guys.

[@chaprandom8362]

Air craft shown in 0:45 is a F/A-18 from the Finnish Air Force. 1:25 You got it right, he's a Ylikersantti which is an equivalent to a staff sergeant. Vehicle in 3:16 is Ito 90 M, it's a Finnish Pasi with the French Crotale SAM 4:22 That's a Swedish Air Force Saab Gripen.

[@GAFloppa]

What unit is he? Guessing airforce as his combat gear looks janky

[@Pyhantaakka]

@@GAFloppa This is all air force.

[@wanhapatu]

Crotale NG, it's a newer system compared to the original Crotale.

[@Trespas]

Well, I guess one could say that the Pasi with Crotale is sort of tactical air traffic control, reducing the number of things flying around.

[@AutomatikBalalaika]

1:25 He is a reservist and we bring our own gear to exercises. I would think his gloves are warm but practical. Of course made for civilian markets. I use alot of civilian stuff too when in refreshment training but i choose the color carefully so no bright colors. I would guess he would cover the red with black in a real situation.

[@wanhapatu]

Took part in Ruska twice, years ago, as a radar operator. Pretty darn interesting stuff! 2:25 Hornet is a naval fighter and needs a clean runway. So the road bases need to be cleaned before being used. 3:00 The air force needs a lot of military police / protective troops to keep all the bases safe and running. 3:20 Crotale NG, a French made short range air defence system with 8 x VT-1 missiles, installed on a PASI. It's getting old, as it has been used since 1990, but has been updated. 4:15 Sweden only has SAAB JAS-39 Gripens (the "mean looking" plane you saw just seconds later). Finland will have F-35 "soon", to replace the Hornets. 7:20 Formation flying lights, not just reflecting parts. 7:40 No aircraft carriers in Finland. :) And no navy ships capable of carrying helicopters (yet).

[@CombatArmsChannel]

Thanks for the info!

[@AL92LA]

Finland doesnt need aircraft or helicoptercarrier because it has only defenceforces. Trips are not far away and Finland is full of forest runways

[@hematula1]

Yup, Sweden uses Saab Gripens and indeed Saab is also a Swedish company. Finlands other western neighbor Norway has F35's though.

[@wanhapatu]

@@Jasonsenipor Super Hornet is at the end of it's life, A-10 has nothing to do in Finland and F-35 has won every single competition it has participated in. Also your second argument just made the first one invalid. Please don't trust everything you read on the Internet.

[@jm-holm]

"Tactical air traffic control vehicle". Well yes... but no. It certainly does control whether you're flying or not though.

[@CombatArmsChannel]

😅

[@SO-Negative]

It's trained to give only one command tho, come down.

[@dvlrnr]

Gripen is pronounced Gree-pen. Finland doesn't have a carrier. Finland has a few (1-5?) carrier-rated pilots that have trained with the US Navy. Sweden has an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" in the island of Gotland. The anti-air Pasi is a Sisu XA-181 with a Crotale SAM system on it.

[@konstakontkanen1201]

Be sure to make a video about Kontio 22 exercise which is happening 25.11-2.12 Including +8000 troops & +1500 vehicles.

[@bror8228]

Should be 8000+ troops & 1500+ vehicles...

[@konstakontkanen1201]

It’s gonna be that, it haa already started..

[@Dimetropteryx]

"Tactical air traffic control vehicle" is actually a pretty good euphemism for the Crotale NG surface-to-air missile system.

[@antcommander1367]

well its kinda ''air traffic control vehicle''. keeps ruskies or any other hostile air vehicles out important finnish places

[@mkm83672]

It was pretty active on Pudasjärvi airfield on that exercise, listened radio with kids and went looking planes and all that stuff.

[@samuliilill541]

the vehicle at 3 minutes mark is a pasi modified with the french anti aircraft baguette launcher

[@la_old_salt2241]

The green stripes on the F/A-18 are formation lights. They give the pilots a point of reference for night formation flying.

[@lolvks]

When you see the person just standing around a fighter jet, he’s probably a safety lookout. They were doing hot refuels (refuelling with engines running), the risk of fire is higher as you can imagine.

[@jani5418]

I believe the main reason the FAF choose the F-18 was because it's a carrier based aircraft; those robust landing gear come in handy in those little makeshift runways.

[@wanhapatu]

The main reason was the good radar & ability to use AIM-120 AMRAAM.

[@mhh7544]

Correct.

[@freezedeve3119]

@@wanhapatu and double engine

[@hannespolla3685]

The F-18 is more versatile aircraft than the F-16 exactly because it is a carrier based fighter. There are only limited space available aboard aircraft carrier so to increase effectiveness the aircraft are generally designed to take on more roles thus they can perform a variety of different missions and carry wider array of weapons than the F-16. A big plus is that being a two engine fighter the F-18 can survive an engine failure but if an F-16 has an engine failure it's pretty much abandon ship for the pilot.

[@wanhapatu]

@@freezedeve3119 It was chosen even though it had two engines. AF originally wanted a single engine plane.

[@makkara86]

7:22 those are formation lights for takeoff, landing and flying in formation. The red lights indicate flying direction, as there are blue lights on the other side of the aircraft and there's a white light at the back.

[@Gripenace]

Tack!

[@CombatArmsChannel]

I appreciate ya 😎🤙

[@OG_Redi]

the "mobile atc" was a SAM, kinda like the ADATS but not quite. Good vid ^^

[@JukkaSiirila]

7:30 Those are formation lights. They help to see the other plane when flying formation in dark.

[@MrLunarlander]

They're also designed to be NVG compatible and not stand out like a sore thumb in the visible spectrum

[@blomman995]

1:00 yes its swedish gripen

[@ulf5738]

Sweden has Gripen. Norway has F-35.

[@martinlindborg1010]

every bridge bridge blown out with one load of TNT it is designed to have a tube for a tactical blowout. you blow the heavy part you can still carry troops but no heavy equipment

[@onr-o1h]

Yeah, so: - the guy's rank is ylikersantti ("overseargeant"), OR-6, so Staff Sergeant - the protection unit (MP's basically) were practising their own mission, ie. protecting the area. Hence the takedowns etc. - the modified PASI is a mobile SAM, Ilmatorjuntaohjus-90 (ItO-90) Crotale, literally "anti-air missile 90" - Swedes use Gripens, pronounced with a long i: Griiippen.

[@onr-o1h]

And no aircraft carriers. Even our airlift capabilities are somewhat limited.

[@leka34]

Force protection is very important for the air force. Planes and pilots are vulnerable on the ground, and are a high value target for the enemy. Thus it's very common to see MPs and other protective units as one part of AF exercises.

[@samhartford8677]

Yeps, my brother in law is in such a unit and in his forties and has been going for reserver training every few years up to now. He's one of the leaders of the unit still, given he's an industry manager in real life (let's not tell anybody that when he went away for the re-training a couple years ago, his son asked, because he was worried daddy was going away: 'But can mummy cook food?'). One of their reserve training exercises is to go through the latest route for confiscating cars and other equipment based on the vehicle registry. That's probably why he has not invested in a 4x drive.

[@nagi1337]

Some dude just walked into a Russian airbase and blew up a bunch of helicopters near the Estonian border not so long ago.

[@jorikortelainen]

2.55 and onwards there is Military Police Squad (Reservists in refreshing training according the older gear they are using.) patrolling and protecting part of the area around remote takeoff/landing zone. Pretty much standard training for military police personnel reservists in these kind of a exercise.

[@martinlindborg1010]

the aircraft are ordered as navy planes for the landing hooks. so one can land it at " freeways" You can always tell a landing strip by missing freeway lights

[@eerokutale277]

1:41 Ylikersantti. I guess it's Staff sergeant in US.

[@papamanatee1975]

2:22, in Ruska they trained landing/takeoff in normal highway, so cleaning the road was needed.

[@worker3469]

Oh, nice! I took part in that one! Was a mechanic on the F/A-18, pulling the night shift, lots of fun!

[@jimrobinson2908]

Great video as always, though a bit of homework before posting wouldn't go amiss. For the record the "Air Traffic Control" vehicle was a Super Crotale SAM System. The Finns currently fly the F-18C/D but this will be replaced by the F-35. The Swedes currently fly the JAS-39C/D Grippen that will soon be joined by its newer sibling the JAS-39E/F Grippen. Keep up the good work

[@Savukoski]

I participated in this exercise. They did clean rocks from the road with yellow trucks. - cleaning guy

[@EddieLeal]

5:50 That's the sound of FREEDOM! 😉😁👍

[@TheApilas]

At 3:50 its a modified PASI with the French made Crotale NG SAM system.

[@konstakontkanen1201]

Sweden doesn’t have F35s only Gripens

[@dvlrnr]

The nearest ones are in Norway and Denmark. (The Danish ones have yet to arrive).

[@PeliRami]

Finland has really small navy with no blue water ships, mainly missile boats and minelayers. Highest tonnage is patrol vessel Turva with displacement of 4000t. Amphibious ship that can carry aircraft like USS Kearsarge displaces over ten times of that.

[@wanhapatu]

Turva is not part of the navy but the border guard.

[@Ichigoeki]

Seeing as the Turku archipelago is one of if not the most densely packed and difficult to navigate in the whole world, it makes quite a lot of sense.

[@EiriUesugiKun]

5:45 - When I was a conscript in the Armoured Anti-aircraft battery, we often had training camps at the Tampere/Pirkkala airport.. It was so fucking weird to aim at the civilian aircrafts... But then when the air force flew above our camp, man.. They came in so low and when they hit our camp, they put on their afterburners and headed up to space and the noise was unbeliavable. xD Good times. :) ** EDIT ** When we were using the civilian planes as target practise, we had no ammo, not even blanks loaded. Just to make it clear. There was nothing but empty guns. The civilian aircrafts were just as aiming practise with no ammo of any kind. :)

[@firesfs]

1:46 according to wikipedia that soldier is a staff sergeant or in finnish ”Ylikersantti”

[@Vice1-4]

3:10 Think that was finish airbase security forces conducting a mock incident of a unknown individual trying to illegally enter the base.

[@vpr2528]

3:13 those are MPs that are protecting the area and some are doing protecting the area and the airplanes and pilots.

[@bigjohn697791]

its an air defence vehicle as it has two radars one is a search radar (the one on top that goes around) the other is an acquisition radar the small parabolic dish thats for guiding missile to target that's usually how you can tell an air defence vehicle not always but it's a good rule of thumb probably a SHORAD (short range air defence) system. If they are about in this hasty air strip then it's like they are setting up a BDZ (Base Défense Zone) Air Space Control measures

[@coolsenjoyer]

8:00 currently there are no Finnish Navy vessels with helicopter decks but the upcoming Pohjanmaa-class corvette that's supposed to enter service in few years will have like full helideck and hangar

[@s1n1]

Love your shirt. 😂😎

[@pacifist9805]

That's Norppa in the shirt. Saimaannorppa.

[@s1n1]

@@pacifist9805 I know. 😉

[@teppouotinen9136]

Gripen is just Swedish for a Griffin, btw.

[@gigazette]

I live near a dual use airport and when this exercise was going on it was pretty noisy because the Hornet took flight right above my apartment. There was another exercise just last week too and they woke me up regularly. I could see the flares lighting up the clouds too in the evening.

[@sailajussi]

At 5:20 it looks like the guy standing there might be the one communicating with the pilot with hand signals. While the rest of the ground crew is under the plane doing their stuff he usually just stands there, waits and observes. Sometimes his tasks might include something like eg. removing static electricity of the canopy that accumulates during the flight, but quite often it's just waiting until everybody is ready and no longer under the aircraft so he can signal the pilot to continue the shutdown sequence.

[@jaakkomaaniemi2136]

One of the reasons Finland chose the F-18 back in the 1990's is that as a carrier plane it's well suited for road basing. Can be slammed down hard and arrested with cable if needed. The Swedes built the Gripen for similar use. Now the F-35A is very far from that, it supposedly handles quite poorly at slow landing speeds, doesn't have super robust landing gear nor regular use cable hook. They'll come with brake chute pods, probably to ease that pain. Still, it was deemed compatible with the Finnish air doctrine, so I guess road basing can be made to work. Although there's more to it than landing and taking off.

[@herrakaarme]

There's absolutely no way Finland would have chosen F-35 if it couldn't use the road bases decently enough. The whole air forces doctrine in Finland is based on the aircraft being decentralised and distributed all over the country if a war happens. These days they could also be sent to Sweden, but it doesn't really change anything since Sweden has the same doctrine. Lockheed Martin must have assured the Finnish Air Force it would be no problem whatsoever. Maybe the aircrafts built for Finland will have a reinforced landing gear!

[@Kaarlo]

F-35finMOD, I'd buy that for a dollar!

[@norsenomad]

From what I've read, the Norwegian F-35 pilots are very satisfied with the 5th gen aircraft. . The drag chute is not "probably to ease the pain". In fact, the drag chute is designed primarily to create aerodynamic drag to shorten landing deceleration, and secondarily to increase ground pressure after touchdown, as you can see by the high attachment point on the fuselage. (Chute will pull the aircraft slightly downwards after touchdown, not upwards - resulting in more load on the main landing gear, not less). . Most of the 800+ delivered (of potentially 3000+) F-35s don't have drag chute pods, as only the F-35As ordered by Norway had that option, as per 2021. The drag chute was an early and unique requirement put forth by Norway, as a Joint Strike Fighter Development Program Partner since June 2002. (Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF), quote: "The drag chute is important for use under extreme Norwegian conditions"). The first Norwegian F-35As, delivered in 2015, did not have the Drag Chute System yet, but this was a retrofitted after all tests were passed and approved, and later deliveries had the pod installed (only 12 aircrafts remain, Aug 2022). Later also Danish, Dutch and Belgian F-35As opted for the Norwegian spec'ed drag chute system. . RNoAF's requirement originates from their Dispersion Concept, which includes a plan to distribute all/many/some of the F-35 aircrafts out on several of Norway's rural airports in a hypothetical case of war. Norway has 98 airports with International Civil Aviation Organization airport code (ICAO code). Challenge is, while common international standard for runways is minimum 2000 meters by 45 meters, due to Norway's topology and demography the standard runway length of "Kortbanenettet" in Norway (most runways) is only 800 meters by 30 meters... So, the F-35 must be able to stop quicker/shorter, with more ground pressure, to use less runway length and also get more directional stability on icy runways in wintertime. One could guess that the surface quality of many of Norway's smallest airstrips are (still only guessing) not too different from Sweden's Finland's rural road/aircraft bases? Gripen, F-18 and F-35 are different aircrafts, but the strategies of the three countries' air forces aren't extremely dissimilar (which doesn't imply they are identical, either). . Defense journalist Tyler Rogoway, Jalopnik: "Even those countries that want to operate the jet from roadways, could also benefit from the system" (the Norwegian F-35A Drag Chute System). . An article on the Drag Chute System, experiences, etc: theaviationist.com/2021/02/23/norwegian-f-35a-jets-with-their-peculiar-upper-fuselage-drag-chute-pod-deploy-to-iceland-for-natos-air-policing/

[@teemup9247]

There is airforce protection infantry that secures the air bases, "solid" or "moving" (= road base). The airforce protection infantry doesn't have much combat capatibility(as in fighting as a company level unit they focus on smaller engagements.) but they do keep the air base and air personnel safe. And as an example if there would be paradrop to attack the airbase in force the airforce protection infatry is supposed to hold on until army units get there. The air force infnatry are "security guards" not full scale combat units. In these excersises there are recon and sometimes even special forces trainees trying to scout/sabotage the airbase or "kill" important personnel. That guy was propably caught in the security zone and caught. The special forces giys especially like to dress up as jogging or berry picking civilians to test the conscripta/reservists.

[@j0n_H]

Ruska participant from few years back. Trained in air base medical corps. Lot of fun. Pretty chill for us reservists

[@lukaspaasilinna7092]

3:34 is a missile defence system.

[@EiriUesugiKun]

Hey! PsVk at your backgroud! As a proud member of PsItPtri (PanssariI-lmatorjuntaPatteri, or Armoured Anti-aircraft Battery), I like your videos. :)

[@SnibediSnabs]

3:35 that is an anti-air vehicle based around the french Crotale SAM system, sooo... technically I guess you could kind of say it can be used to control air traffic ("control" here having the meaning of "prevent or destroy").

[@filipohman7277]

Awesome 👍👍👍👍 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

[@otsokaihlanen872]

First of all, I got to say that I generally speaking love to watch your reaction videos about the Finnish defence forces. In this video, there was some things that you were struggling with, so I would like to clear some things up. I hope you won’t take this comment as an insult, but a friendly help. (I served in the Finnish Air Force 1/20.) So, the twin engine fighter is our F/A-18 Hornet and the other one (the single engine fighter) is Swedish Saab JAS Gripen 39. Saab fighters are produced in Sweden, so the Swedish Air Forces doesn’t currently operate with any other manufacturers fighters. And no, they are not getting any F-35’s in the near future. In the early parts of the video, there was this vehicle you called the “modified Pasi”. It is a mobilised anti-aircraft weapon system used to shoot down enemy targets within its range. And last but not least, the “glow-in-the-dark" strips on F/A-18 Hornet’s body are simply just reflectors to prevent the fighters to run into each other in close formation flight at the night. It may sound like funny, but that is the main purpose of them. I hope you find these things helpful.

[@firesfs]

4:21 this one is a Saab Jas 39 Gripen

[@teme3380]

It was so cool looking out the window and seeing these air crafts doing barrel rolls above my house. Sometimes it is cool to live next to an airport

[@EiriUesugiKun]

1:41 - He's "ylikersantti" (oversergeant) or "staff sergeant" in US terms. :)

[@pohjantuulet247]

Didnt have to partake in a separate SERE-course, when i got the Ruska 19 experience. Week and a half spent in the woods, looking out for OPFOR consisting of actual career SOF's. Personal record for the longest duration of time spent awake was just shy three days, with your clothes and gear constantly getting exposed to the elements. I think the first time i got dry pair of socks and boxer briefs was on the day the exercise ended. Good experience tho, very humbling.

[@MrLunarlander]

Haven't seen a FOD-clearing machine like that before - looks like a pretty fast way of clearing an improvised strip.

[@chugachuga9242]

Looks like the civilian ones used at big airports.

[@pexster1988]

Love you! 🥰💙🤍

[@Tekdruid]

3:18 Looks like a Crotale AA missile battery on a Pasi.

[@ratflail215]

The guy who is patrolling is an "yli-kersantti", kinda comparable to your staff sergeant. They often train future NCOs.

[@n0ctiphobic]

You should check new video of puolustusvoimat "valveilla" kontio22 exercise!

[@polhokustaa4989]

The machine that was spraying water was there to add moisture to the air since it did not look wet enough yet ;)

[@larikarlsson594]

Pasi with missiles on it is Crotale NG. Anti aircraft missile system

[@Caldera01]

That "Mobile Air Traffic Control" thing will most definitively control air traffic quite well. Except it's not going to tell the plane if it's welcome to land, or not, it'll just vaporize you if you're not. xD Maybe not optimal for an ATC, but it most definitively is effective for controlling the air traffic. :D

[@jukkalahtinen3509]

Again nice video. Thank you very much. At the moment, there is begining the main war exercise of the Finnish Navy in the Gulf of Finland and the Archipelago Sea. In the international Freezing Winds 22 exercise, ships and troops from, among others, Germany, France, the United States and Sweden are involved. I am sure, we can see soon nice video about this exercise from the You Tube channel of the Finnish Defense Forces.

[@senilix6789]

Requirement for both Finnish air force and Swedish air force is that fighters have to be able to take off/land to standard roads. It was pretty interesting when Finland had MiG 21:s when they took off from road

[@Laukki]

As a finn I'm so happy you make these great videos, appreciate our military and bring it out 👍🙏

[@sakarijukarainen2321]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@0scarF]

Anti air missile system on Pasi. I think its "Ito 90"

[@wanhapatu]

ITO 90M now, after being updated.

[@chugachuga9242]

Just don’t ask what ITO is short for.

[@TigiTweet]

Been there, done that. They had built a lot of bunkers and other shelters/defensive structures everywhere.

[@TigiTweet]

I slept at the tip of the airfield.. Or tried to sleep 😂

[@timopkokko]

Hey, you are correct in many ways in your commentary about what you see. First of all, those four cornered insignia indeed indicate one military rank above sergeant. In the Finnish-American hybrid language, it is called something like Yli-sergeant 🙂 Also, about that menacing vehicle with the missile tubes and radar on top, it is an anti-aircraft missile vehicle. Usually built on the Pasi platform as you correctly indicated. The Finnish fighter aircraft were F/A-18, as you stated, and the Swedish fighters were JAS Gripen. You pronounced the latter exactly correct too, no worries 🙂 Again, you doubted that Finland would have any aircraft carriers. You are absolutely correct. We do not have any. So, you got it all right. Excellent 🙂

[@KarILsson]

Swedish JAS 39C Gripen at 1:02 , 4:06, 4:19, 4:22, 5:56 (stationary on the ground), 6:11 and JAS 39E Gripen 6:18 (the one infront) 4:14 No sweden dont have the F35

[@Enterperse]

No aircraft carriers. The coastal area isn't that big that one would even make any sense. The aircraft can get there from the mainland just fine. The navy is in the process of updating their fleet with three (i think?) new ships. They were supposed to be corvettes at first but the scope of the project bloated up as i recall and now they will be more in the frigate category.

[@roensoul]

Finland do not have A Carriers but they do get training on them as well. . Fins use F18/D F which is modified carrier based fighter. Finland uses the short roads like Carriers so thats why the landing systems are same.

[@ScandzaVaeringjar]

How did the SAM confuse him so much 😂

[@CombatArmsChannel]

Me have light infantry brain

[@peterfdsvenskaflygvapnet2643]

@@CombatArmsChannel So that says your brain only knows "FORWARD AND CHAAAAARGE!!" ?? 🤣🤣

[@geertdelange4785]

Hai, check out the big air exercises in the Netherlands. Its cold the Frisian flag. The Netherlands and his allies are exercising regular in the North of the Netherlands. United States, Canada(F18) , Germany, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands (F35) are exercising for over a week, with around 50 fighters, in shifts from proximit 28 airplanes, during 10 days.

[@pena6819]

Took part in Ruska22 as an fighter jet mechanic and this was a really great exercise. We were the attacking side this year, so was definitely easier for us 😀

[@democracyalways9801]

Kiitos

[@Vehaska]

Sweden Gripen delta wings

[@sqnhunter]

3:31 is a French Crotale SAM ..... the Fins use them and they are also in Ukraine's hands now...pretty awesome shit when in action! It is more than likely used by fins as a mobile airfield defense system. It can be fitted to a vast array of vehicles. Those guys that appear to be just standing there ..actually have an important job to do. Its a form of security, but what they actually do is watch the whole work teams and ensure no "accidents" happen. Arming planes and refueling planes can be dangerous if someone fuks up...they are there to ensure no none fuks up then. Find them standing on carriers and any active military and even civilian airfields.

[@bror8228]

Fishes have fins...people in Finland are called Finns.....

[@trevordoo6866]

yes its a finnish pasi, but with french baguett launchers on the top

[@itmooh]

thats "rocket pods or something" is crotale on top of pasi i think .

[@itmooh]

short range AA missiles with search and fire control radar.

[@noone-75]

Thx again for good vid. And something about the roads turned into landingstrips, Sweden also have this in their tactics, so they get to train that aspect too at Ruska22. And theres naturally a benefit for both countries doing these exersices

[@Attack-fb5rj]

I actually took part in Ruska 17. Was pretty tough, we were covering the company command tent with only 50% manpower. Against trained guerilla soldiers.

[@krepsht8997]

4:09 deadliest weapon on earth. I would surender immediately

[@maestrobash7822]

1:40 The rank is "Over-sergeant". which is equivalent to like the US Sergeant first-class/Master sergeant. Finland has less ranks than the US does, so its a bit hard to compare them.

[@peterohman6231]

In Sweden we call them airstraits! We test our cars since the -80s top speed but the cops dont like it!

[@peterfdsvenskaflygvapnet2643]

I have heard of airstrips, but airstraits was new to me... Or did you just do a direct translation of "flygraka" wich is the common swedish word used by civilians as well many military people... 😁

[@tonikaihola5408]

“The psy-ops machine” yes we have perfected mind control, why do you think people still live here 😂

[@rokkafin]

Here's some samples of Finnish Air force F-18 pilots doing touch and go on a highway just 200km North of Helsinki. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5rRoYKGqbdmb7M Baana'22 and Baana'16 kzbin.info/www/bejne/laGynJejma11qas

[@rokkafin]

And yes, civilians get to watch those just meters from the road. That was wild!

[@rokkafin]

Like that kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5Wpn2B6epmbY7M

[@Maani070]

The swedish aircraft is ja gripen 39

[@blomman995]

in the video theres only swedish gripens and finnish f18s

[@novoiperkele]

3:16 "air traffic control" Yes, drop that unwanter air traffic from the sky..

[@barrymorgan9789]

Mate I’ve loved all your videos. I’m ex British army . Love the way you watched all countries armed forces. If you want to know any history with the Tower of London I work there for 16 years. Plus if I can with anything else just ask . Great channel. 🇬🇧👍

[@juhavuorinen6305]

I was a sub contractor in early 1990thies building one of those highway airports, (I think I can say this now) there is a build in way to F.... them up fast if need be. As to new jas gripen, (not the old) it might be slightly better than F35 in some aspects but I ques they are about the same in terms of performance, gripen being cheaper to operate of the 2 for now.

[@kk-gr3ly]

F 35 is superb outside of speed and agility, maybe even on the price range since SAAB hasn't given any official prices to public.

[@RockerFinland]

It would be great to have a reaction video of B-21 Raider (US-made. A beautiful plane). Not quite new but for the mainstream it is)

[@AL92LA]

F18 Hornet is faster than gripen because it has two jet engines. Gripen is more agile and i think it is better in dogfights.

[@Woodelffiz]

Think the new corvettes will have helipads.

[@mysterioanonymous3206]

Yeah so that's an improvised airfield, basically they operate off "normal" roads, thus they blocked the road and apparently, had to approach and remove that one person there in the beginning... We Swiss do that too btw. Loads of highways have a removable middle barrier so they can be turned into make shift runways. That psyops thing is short range air defense. I think the rest was answered already.

[@ImMaito]

I don't think it was a real civilian, just training. I didn't hear them say anything and mostly because what are the chances of getting into real situation with a GoPro.

[@Pyllymysli]

I just love military aircraft. Like everything about them. Since they became cool during the 30's. Just sexy as hell.

[@juniusluriuscatalus6606]

Maybe "gree-pen" would be best explanation how to pronounce those Swedish kites...

[@senilix6789]

our airforce is deployed outside standard airforce bases immediatelly if the war brokes out (russia knows where they are). They will operate from standard roads and those temporary bases will be moved around constantly. One of the reasons we prefer aircraft carrier -capable fighters. Sweden has the same doctrine

[@dannyrocks7748]

As someone from 🇬🇧 I’ve always wondered why the RAF doesn’t fly F/16’s or F/18’s

[@mikkorenvall428]

As a Finn I sometimes wonder why Air Force is flying Americans instead of European planes. Generals have their reasons, but spare parts may be long way in a time of crisis...?

[@dannyrocks7748]

@@mikkorenvall428 my brain tells me that in times of war and crisis you can only depend on yourselves and it’s better to be self sufficient 😊

[@peterfdsvenskaflygvapnet2643]

@DannyRocks , you answered your own question... The UK are, just as Sweden and a few other countries, capable of designing and manufacturing your own fighterjets.

[@1951woodygeo]

Doing road landings they will send a blower out to get rid of debris on the road .