Mig-29 & Su-27 vs Su-35 & Mig-31: BVR Missile Fight | DCS

[@appalachianamerican2075]

*Cap 5 feet off the ground, flying under power lines* Cap's aircraft- "Missile, six o'clock low."

[@Galm02]

Underground missile

[@grimreapers]

lols

[@lukasbilevicius3925]

How amazing it would be to have MiG-25 in game full fidelity as flyable plane for the reds... I can't even. However I did find once a phrase in the forum's that SU-25 is a possibility and is on the table as a potential full fidelity module.

[@Anarchy_420]

Hell yeah Grim Reapers, Cap thank you for doing this request! Freakin awesome of you guys lol really excited to see this one!😁👍👍

[@grimreapers]

Pleasure

[@Anarchy_420]

@@grimreapers lol it's a good thing this is not how things are really going in Ukrainian ;)

[@Anarchy_420]

@@grimreapers I think its brilliant that you guys take request! Again Thanks!😁✌

[@Venzo-Gaming]

Always relaxing to watch 👍 thanks for the daily uploads!

[@antoniohagopian213]

Super tucano just got a updated cockpit with a WIP flir, updated propeller. I don't know what else changed since there is no patchnotes but it sure does run better then before. Excellent job from the ST team. Edit: seems the radios stopped working though

[@uapnz0698]

It's great isn't it. I was pleasantly surprised.

[@grimreapers]

Great thanks. Does it have any guided weapons?

[@antoniohagopian213]

@@grimreapers I know it can JTAC but I don't think self-lase is a thing yet

[@princefares7084]

Cap can you do Mig 31BM vs Western Fighters BVR Fight

[@fraer111]

GS has already done this

[@princefares7084]

@@fraer111 oh thanks for the info . I'm new to the channel

[@AB-ng7go]

why would he do that? it's not even a contest. Easy win for Mig31

[@flyingcactus1953]

@@AB-ng7go he still haven't do F-35/F-22 vs Mig-31 yet

[@iamweejonny]

On Growling Sidewinders channel the Mig 31 handed both the F14 and F16 a kicking on 2 separate videos, it was funny to see the channels owners sense of humour drop steadily as the Mig31 killed from way out there……DC’s Mig31 is a dangerous opponent!

[@programix8432]

Growling Sidewinder is known for having fights be set up so idk how beliveble was that video but i would guess not very

[@AB-ng7go]

that's cus Mig31 is superior to everything in the U.S. arsenal . It would destroy F22 and F35 easily

[@satz5964]

Well, switch the spawns, and split in a similar fashion to the last attempt. Get the Flanker to notch slowly for a couple of miles and then go back to the water. Follow the lake to bullseye over the water with 2-3m radar altitude on auto pilot hold altitude settings and EO turned on. Make the Mig do high altitude stuff to take attention and try to ET them from below.

[@mntahoe_2957]

you should give each side an AA net next time, with each side having their respective AA systems, my understanding is AA is doing the majority of the air kills in this war not the fighters

[@Gg-sm5ff]

Love it bro! You are talented!

[@omaral-maitah181]

next one 🔥 Rafale & Grippen Vs. Su-30 & Su-35

[@JohnDoe_Poland]

Hell yea! Please! And / or All European vs Russian 😊😊😊

[@kenhelmers2603]

These are interesting and fun to watch :) Thanks GR

[@FoxRubi]

In reality, we use the MiG-29 9-13 and ALWAYS work in the air defense coverage area.

[@ГеоргийМурзич]

And don't carry R-27ERs on MiG-29s, huh

[@ВиталийКарнаухов-з9л]

Apart from pure entertainment i wonder whats the point of simulating and engagement that both sides are aware of? If ukranian planes just go straight defence without anything on their radar how it's going to reflect any realism? Because for all intents and purpuses there is no a single russian plane being lost in air to air combat so far while there are plenty of ukranian ones.

[@nickgardener5802]

A new subscriber and thoroughly enjoy the content. I have been blitzing the vids and it's not notch. Things have moved on from my first ZX81. I want to look at the Falkland 'challenges' next as my old man was on the blue bottomed 42.

[@Wolfe351]

HMS Exeter!! a mate of mine is building her in 1/72 (radio controlled) scale

[@nickgardener5802]

@@Wolfe351 Yep, Beautiful old girl. Scary times for the 42's.

[@ctford27]

I saw your live flight video, Cap. I never would have thought you'd look like that lol.

[@Mobius118]

*Day 2* of asking CAP that Damp Sock be only referred to by his new callsign of "Candy" from now on

[@4ik4irik43]

let's two F-18 vs Su-35S & Mig-31BM

[@mikeck4609]

You can definitely see why having an F-35 guiding missiles fired by gen 4 aircraft would be so effective. Gen 4 can fire and retreat and the F-35 can stay around 20-30 miles out from target and provide those missiles with guidance until they go pitbull

[@martinpalmer6203]

No it can't because IRST and electro-optical passive systems will detect the F35 at that range, followed shortly after by IR or dual mode missiles launched at the F35... What you are more likely to see dominating the future are stealthy unmanned drones datalinked to manned aircraft, with the drones doing the heavy lifting, armed and providing targeting to the manned aircraft. No need to risk perfectly good pilots in aircraft anymore.

[@mikeck4609]

@@martinpalmer6203 no...they wont. IRST requires the operator to know generally where the aircraft is- and with at frontal aspect are very short ranged. Additionally, you cant target anything with them so you cant use it to guide a weapon. Secondly, i don't know what "passive system" you think is going to detect an F-35 with its AESA radar as AESA radars aren't detectable by RWR systems due to the extremely low level of output on multiple changing frequencies. look at the reports from Red Flag where the best western Gen 4 and 4.5 fighters have little to no success is locating (let alone killing) F-35s. The tactic i just mentioned is one being incorporated by NATO forces to facilitate the use of gen 4 platforms in a future Gen 5 fight

[@TheSilverwolf1001]

I will have to agree IRST is only useful if you have a general idea of where the target is and in a frontal aspect. As well the range is only really effective between 60-30 miles depending on the circumstances. The F-35 would’ve already locked onto you at those ranges and have F15EX’s sling like 14 amraams per craft. If the Russian’s have an AWACS then yes. Although granteed it’d be an AWACS VS AWACS situation. Whoever has more missiles wins. Which is the Missile truck. Tbh the MIG31 is by far the best at BVR even without IRST because of its huge radar. You would need to basically wild weasel it or send F-22.

[@mikeck4609]

@@TheSilverwolf1001 I’m not sure a Russian mainstay (awacs) would detect an F-35 at the 70-100 miles range they would have to be in order to not be in the battle zone. US AWACS routinely detects and tracks at 100’s of miles And yeah, I wouldn’t want to be the guy in an F-16, 15 or 18 that had to attack an Mig-31 for sure, but remember that fighters don’t operate alone. They operate as part of a larger system with coordinates attacks and ECM capabilities operating along side. While the Mig is flying towards you and me readying his missles, the US AWACS is directing 2 F-15s in intercepting the Mig who will never see them coming. But hey….the Mig-31 is DAMNED good at what it’s designed to do: intercept bombers and attack aircraft.

[@TheSilverwolf1001]

@@mikeck4609 yeah your right about that

[@matthiasheinrich9179]

Would it be outside the rules on engagement to land and wait for the opposition to pass overhead? Seems like it worked well in the ghost of Kiev video.

[@5Andysalive]

Cap still doesn't realise, how incredibly slowly a Saturn V moved. At first. This acceleration curve would look funny on a boomboom missile. I.E. it would move at about Mach 23 eventually.

[@grimreapers]

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[@zooweemama911]

Cap how’d you get the R-77M to work on the Su-35 again? They’re bugged for me when I equip one the pylon just shows up as black, even though in the load out squares they show up that I have them loaded, but physically they’re not on the plane and in flight won’t fire. Any fixes?

[@grimreapers]

We spent about 2 hours before this fight getting it to work. Honestly Im not sure how we did it, we just messed around with the LUA files.

[@zooweemama911]

@@grimreapers Ah I see, thanks cap! Anything in particular in the .lau, or just generally fooling around?

[@s.a.t7240]

I had a question, I downloaded the f-18 superBug mod, but there is no dcs open beta file, I would appreciate it if you could help.

[@grimreapers]

I didn't think this mod was still working?

[@krismurphy7711]

Patience to wait out the Other Side's Plan

[@geary_-_g]

Good work!This really made my day I love your content keep it up dude!(I live in U.S so happy 4th of July)

[@Leo-ui9cr]

How about US frontline vs Russian frontline…. Not su 57s because they are hardly operational at this point. F22 and f35 vs su 27 flanker and su 35s BVR(mig31 as well)? I feel like I rarely see the dual stealth setup in videos nowadays…. Anyways Keep it up bro 👍🏻

[@teawizard]

Are there any new campaigns in the pipeline for you guys? I loved the previous ones you've done, especially the larger ones 🙌

[@grimreapers]

Currently have 3 small campaigns running, will consider new ones once we've finished a couple of those.

[@legendkiller456]

Maybe I missed it, but where can I get these?

[@subjectc7505]

Cap doing big tings

[@randymason9121]

Slava Ukraine

[@elzorro7of9]

Z

[@AB-ng7go]

@@elzorro7of9 [Z] ! [Z] ! [Z] ! [Z] ! [Z] !

[@danpop1714]

LOL

[@edtim1984]

It is interesting that 3 days ago I watched a very long interview with a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter pilot "Juice" who just before that returned from the USA where he spoke to congressmen. He told everything that you visualized in this video. He talked about the weak radar and that every mission is suicide. There he said that the real chance to shoot down a Russian plane is to lure it to Ukrainian SAM. The Americans were very surprised and only after these explanations agreed to draft a bill on training Ukrainians on American planes. Unfortunately, the decision on training has not been made yet. Not even selected type of aircraft. In his opinion, Ukraine needs at least 50 aircraft. The real option, given the availability of such a number for a short time, is the F-16 block 50/52. The training of already experienced pilots is from 3 to 6 months. He also added that many pilots returned to the army and currently there are more pilots than planes. Grim Reapers I will be grateful if you make a video of how already Ukrainian F-16 can oppose Russian planes at the front. By the way, Russian aviation has not flown deep into Ukraine for more than 3 months. The maximum is a flight over the front line. They increasingly use the Su-25. NASAMS already exists in Ukraine. There are a lot of Stingers. Soon there will be Avengers. It is interesting to see how all this will work in the complex.

[@elzorro7of9]

Z

[@deanboy2416]

NASAMS are in DCS, and they are, to put it simply a joke. An avenger is just a bunch of stinger launchers on a humvee and modern Russian ECM seems to almost negate stingers (most kills come from AAA). And all of this is ignoring the fact that the VKS has stand-off weapons so they simply do not need to actually enter ukr airspace (except for CAS missions). Which means that unless Ukraine manages to get their hands on an S-400 (which is virtually impossible) they will continue to have no control over their skies.

[@vertigoalopolus]

F16s vs Russian fighters would be great!

[@deanboy2416]

@@vertigoalopolus Would never happen. The F-16 wouldn't even take off with their gear made of glass and glued in place with virgin tears. Those aircraft need runways of which ukraine had none left intact. They operate whatever they have left from roads and flattened fields - conditions for which soviet and Russian fighters were designed for, unlike NATO jets, with very few exceptions.

[@vertigoalopolus]

@@deanboy2416 You dont think Ukraine has had time to fill in the damaged parts of runways?

[@Rover200Power]

Should have had an altitude cap of about 500ft for added realism 😉

[@neilwilkins9002]

Great video....YT stop messing with the girls and boys....that is all

[@xx-ui2gm]

In a sterile environment the radar advantage is dominating, but that is nothing like the situation in Ukraine. I have a few ideas that would both level the playing field and be a bit more realistic situation for a fight like this. You could try using a SAM site on either side to enforce a ceiling over the playing area, forcing aircraft to stay low, including the Russians as they are speculated to have difficulties with IFF across different units. You could also sprinkle a few randomly positioned MANPADS in at the rear on both sides that make overextending risky. And while Ukraine is reasonably flat, the terrain is a bit pronounced in certain spots, having some small snakes running through it that are usually about 50 - 100 meters lower which can provide temporary cover. (EDIT: try google maps in terrain view) Finally you can also think of a way to get notified if a russian plane flies over or close to a population center, but that may be seen as a bit more cheaty. I like the content you put out and hope you guys can make this work!

[@dshupac]

Sling opium does not make sence anymore?

[@juidude634]

I wud really like to see is Finnish and Nato ready if Russia desides to attack in Finland?!?! Please try it!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇫🇮❤️✌️

[@Rogeroverandout61]

Hi Cap, fantastic videos and tutorials all very intuitive. Could you give an idea of your computer spec please so I have a benchmark to work to, I’m hoping to join servers in the near future but will need to up spec my rig I think. Anyway take care and keep up the good work 👍

[@juidude634]

Can you do Finland & Nato vs. Russsia?? Please!!!🙏🇫🇮

[@jamison884]

Hey Cap, did you see the article and picture of the Ukrainians digging up an intact R-77-1 that either failed to explode or the less likely option of voluntarily being released off of a Russian jet? I'm betting there are a bunch of engineers from the US and other NATO countries in an undisclosed location in Europe dissecting it right now. They surely had an export version dissected before, but this may (?) be the first one they will be able to fully reverse-engineer directly from Russia. To know the absolute specific range and possible electronic countermeasures and kinematics is a pretty large advantage going forward for all NATO jets.

[@zooweemama911]

Quite interesting, I agree. IF the Ukrainians will hand it over that is, but I’m sure they will. Anywhere I can read about this?

[@Galm02]

Nice

[@grimreapers]

Wow this is interesting!

[@ГеоргийМурзич]

I suppose that after the missile hit the ground all the electronics got smashed to an inoperable level

[@zooweemama911]

@@ГеоргийМурзич Depends where it landed honestly. Could have fallen into a shallow stream and been saved, or it could have fallen into soft fill dirt or a bush even, plus we don’t know what altitude it fell from, which I assume will have a big effect on how damaged it was when retrieved. The chance they’ll be able to reverse engineer it is still pretty good imo, at the very least they can use the missile frame/dimensions and test kinematic performance if nothing else. Even if they can’t fully refurbish this particular missile, I think they’ll be able to pull something from it.

[@funkytownjedi]

P51 vs p38🙏🏾

[@crakkbone]

What does BVR stand for?

[@chrisstopher2277]

Beyond visual range

[@crakkbone]

@@chrisstopher2277 thank you sir

[@juidude634]

Beond visual range❤️✌️🇫🇮

[@rags417]

CAP passes under power lines. Message: "Missile - 6 o'clock low !" !?!?!

[@chaluznik29]

where did you got that su35? i thought it was no longer avaible:D

[@grimreapers]

Its an old version be we are not suppose to share it,.

[@bestpilots3972]

does anyone know how to make AI jets attack ground targets, especially hornets to attack ships with HARPON? I spend hours and tried so many different advanced waypoints but nope, they won't attack. I'm starting to think DCS doesn't have that feature at all? Never ever seen ground targets being destroyed in any multiplayer server by AI jets either so, any one can prove otherwise? CAP maybe you can make a tutorial?

[@valquiria2328]

I thought the SU-35 mod had disappeared, where can it be found now?

[@grimreapers]

We have an old version but not suppose to share it sorry.

[@valquiria2328]

@@grimreapers ok

[@juidude634]

Do Finland & Nato against russia in Finland!!!! Please🙏🇫🇮

[@flyingcactus1953]

still waiting for F-35 vs Mig-31

[@vincevassallo5385]

Seems to me the 2v2 contest, or any equal opposition, is doomed. You should think more tactically. 5v2 seems a better contest. 1 rabbit and 2 pairs of optically armed hunters. Ukrainians would never go 2 on 2. Figure out the most likely contest Ukrainian pilots would consider. How much of a numerical advantage is enough to lure them into a fight?

[@navarxos86]

In term of pure numbers though the Russians would probably have the advantage. After all when you take off as a Ukrainian you don't know how many rus fighters are flying radars off on holding patterns outside the country. The fog of war makes most complicated attack scenarios rather hard to execute. Hit and run tactics are a much more reliable option.

[@Eezzy108]

Who is winning the real war

[@mattias811]

Would love to see a scenario where Russia attacks Scandinavia Flights - Ships against Finland - Sweden - Norway and Denmark Best regards

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

Interesting video, as always. Now that we have a Falklands map, I thought you Limeys would have jumped on the opportunity to reenact Britain's finest hour. Or some "what if" scenario. What say you Cap? Plans? Toying with the idea? Not interested?

[@jamison884]

Suggestion for a follow-up to this video. Keep the same jets, but emulate the Ukrainian and Russian territory within the current dynamic. First, I'd expand the "in-bounds area" of the map a little bit, and then draw a rough outline of the eastern UA/Russian borderline. On the Russian side of the border, create a relatively dense line of short-range radar sites, but for experiment purposes, only allow those sites enough range to hit enemy jets that get really close to the RU border. This seems to be what's effectively occurring within this conflict, as we're not hearing about long-range RU radar SAM sites reaching far into Ukraine. Meanwhile, within the Ukrainian border, set up about 30% of your marked airspace as RU friendly and 70% as AU friendly. In your respective friendly air spaces, add one to three short-range radar-seeking mobile SAM units spread out equally within the respective territory and then scatter one MANPAD at random points on the map (changing the SAM sites for both sides each round ideally). Place the MANPADS about one stationed every ~10-15 miles by both longitude and latitude (I don't want to say use square mileage as the metric, but rather more like a grid of MANPADS that come no closer than 10-15 miles from each other in any given direction). This should negate the safety of the superior jets and emulate the current war situation, as you will need to stay relatively low and your situational awareness will drop significantly as to your highest threat at any given moment. Let's see how those changes affect the duel and it would be really interesting if you're able to get DCS to mimic the real world. : )

[@Galm02]

I second this

[@krismurphy7711]

In second round....good idea but reverse.....One Plane dives for the deck and stays there....other climbs AWAY..to the REAR...and hopefully drag them over the Low Guy? AMENDMENT....You ended up doing that...and Low Plane could have run in underneath

[@cz1589]

Can this game simulate Himars missile strikes? Or a a comparitive missile to mimic it? Versus: -S300/400 systems (seems not able to intercept them so far in ukraine) -patriot missiles -Israeli dome -Nasam battery -goalkeepers/gepards

[@cplhpilot]

Russian jets would be engaging over enemy (UA) territory, so UA would probably act as bait to draw the Russian jets into a manpad protected area; rematch with additional UA manpads?

[@speeddemon2262]

@grimreaperscap Seems ED broke the f-16 flight model even more in the last update. Maybe worth investigating.....

[@grimreapers]

Bit fed up of ED at moment, staying away from them and their planes where poss.

[@ГеоргийМурзич]

Hmmm, interesting, could you share why if that's possible?

[@CokoJI_CTAJIuHA]

f-16 was initially unrealistic to sell well. decide further on DCS about NATO aircraft, but then do not be surprised in real life

[@claytonbigsby246]

Anyone have an opinion which mod is better between the Su30 and Su35? Or are they both worth a download?

[@gooner72]

Great job fellas, it seems there could be a chance to beat the more modern aircraft of Russia for Ukraine but it sure ain't easy!!

[@elzorro7of9]

You do know you are watching a computer game...

[@CarryMeh161]

Because in real life there are Sam sites covering every inch of the front lines. Meaning all the planes have to fly low

[@AB-ng7go]

same would happen with Russian vs. U.S. F22's and F35's. Easy kills for the superior Su-35

[@Brody961]

@@AB-ng7go you're talking some BS and you know it😆

[@AB-ng7go]

@@Brody961 nah. Su-35 already dominated F-22 in Syria look it up

[@juidude634]

Do Finland & Nato vs. Russia in Finland!! Pleeeezeeee❤️🙏🇫🇮

[@aceofaces1506]

13:11 the mig 31 can’t out accelerate the mid 29??

[@AB-ng7go]

yea I don't know about that. Of course there's a difference between acceleration and top speed but still the Mig31's engines are extremely powerful with high thrust to weight so I can't imagine that it would accelerate slow

[@flyingcactus1953]

Mig-31 is not known for high acceleration There is a very big different between good acceleration and good speed. The good speed of Mig-31 come from the fact that it's inlet has extremely good pressure recovery at high speed along with thin airfoil which create low CDo Whereas the good acceleration of Mig-29 come from its extremely high T/W ratio

[@grimreapers]

I did race them in game, Mig-29 was fastest to mach 2, then Mig-31 overtook.

[@hellmax9928]

but what about ghost of kyiv mig-29

[@juidude634]

Love you're vids and keepem coming!!! Can you do Finland&Nato against russia in Finland??? Pretty please!✌️🙏❤️🇫🇮

[@grimreapers]

rgr

[@slobodanpesic5756]

Is this your job....

[@Ahounstadt]

First comment?

[@redssracer4153]

SuperCap: "Russian radar is such a pain in the butt..."🤔 Russian radar is not as much of a "pain in the butt", as the Russian missile it's guiding towards your butt is going to be, after it runs you down...😏 But don't worry Cap, "You so fast..." riiiighttt...right???😁😂🤣

[@rosedruid]

Land… then let them run out of fuel…

[@nehalemxtv5331]

but in real life you'll have SAMs on ukrainian side and radar control, so you don't need to find russian planes by your own radar

[@AB-ng7go]

🤣🤣🤣

[@markstott6689]

That, unfortunately, was the definition of futility.

[@andrewsansom4798]

i have a simulation for you, from the recent news. US says its giving Ukraine 4 new himars, with the long range precision missiles. Now some American general is saying Ukraine should use them to take out Kerch bridge. So your mission should you choose to take it... lol ok no more mission impossible. So how many himars firing from inside Ukraine (500Km) would it take to hit the bridge?

[@longforgotten4823]

Only one would be needed to hit the bridge but you need the range to do so. The 300 km missile would be needed and you probably need two or more systems to do enough damage.

[@timothymckenney5023]

Why wait to see if Russia is going to send there measles at your country why don’t you stop them from performing there.Putan already announced he was going to call so I consider this a threat

[@GABRIEL_Crimea_Russia]

I have a telegram video for July 11, where a Russian Su-35 aircraft fires two R-77-1 missiles and shoots down two Ukrainian aircraft, one MiG-29 aircraft and the second Su-25, and so on constantly, going on from the very beginning of the special operation. Ukrainian planes cannot fly for a long time and they are constantly shot down. It's a beating

[@FoxRubi]

In addition, a classic air battle over Ukraine is 2-3 MiG-29s against 12-20 Russian aircraft. Especially often such battles took place in February-March. And we still quite often shot down the Russians, no matter how incredible it may sound. Confirmation is the fact that Ukrainian aviation is still in the game.

[@romkask]

its really terrifying how good they are and what will be if they get f-16

[@S0nnechka]

Ukrainian aviation still exists only because. they are brought from the Baltic States and other countries

[@darwinism8181]

I think it always bears noting that Russian systems are strictly superior... on paper. Paper that does not in any way take into account the incredible state of disrepair that plagues every aspect of the Russian military at this point. Now, their air force absolutely tends to be better maintained, but DCS models pure paper stats and not 'actual state of the Russian Armed Forces' stats.

[@Zx17OPv57i]

now speak about f-35 on paper and in reality

[@darwinism8181]

@@Zx17OPv57i Oh it's purely a paper plane as things stand right now, the US has been extremely leery of putting any of their stealth aircraft at any kind of risk since stealth aircraft were a thing and the most recent examples have seen no combat that isn't either wargames (which are super unreliable and often are very heavily weighted to 'show' that favored systems are definitely absolutely good) or incredibly limited strikes against enemies that have next to zero capability against stealth. It's all mental exercises ahead of the next conflict, and who knows how well these systems would actually work out to be in a Peer-2-Peer engagement. Almost certainly much worse than their proponents want to say, but who actually knows?

[@HiIeric117]

@@Zx17OPv57i The F35 hasn't actually had much combat besides the Israeli's shooting down a couple drones. However, that doesn't mean it doesn't have any "off-paper" performance metrics. The first time they participated in Red Flag exercises in 2017, F-35A's had a 20:1 kill ratio and pretty much every pilot who's flown them in these combat exercises have had nothing but good things to say about the plane.

[@AB-ng7go]

@@darwinism8181 what disrepair dude? The entire U.S. airforce was grounded this month because they've had dozens of crashes this year. Meanwhile the Navy had to move all sailors from one of its top aircraft carriers cus there was half a dozen suicides on the ship cus morale is so low...wake up to reality bud, it's the U.S. military that's in complete disrepair. Russia's military is fine compared to the pitiable state of the U.S.

[@darwinism8181]

@@AB-ng7go The US military has tons of problems with officers having been insulated from their bad decisions while enlisted people, who do the actual work, are treated as scapegoats or worthless. That's a completely separate issue from cardboard ERA on Russian tanks, barely-post-WWII reserves being called up, troops being stationed in the Exclusion Zone with no preparation for what that means, etc. Basically the US military suffers from too much money and generals capable of insulating themselves from consequence and the Russian military suffers from too little money and generals capable of insulating themselves from consequence. Of the two, the US military is in a ridiculously better situation. Like... even as shameful as the carrier (and that piece of shit top NCO telling them to suck it up) situation is.... the US still has NINE other supercarriers working (not counting the Ford because it's gonna be years before it's actually operational). Meanwhile, Russia's only carrier, which is a jumped up cruiser and also carries EXTREMELY limited fighters, is doing what now? Oh right yet another refit because every time it leaves port tugs have to bring it back. Both militaries are very fucked up in different ways, the Russian's military is vastly more fucked up on a very quantifiable level.

[@danielj2839]

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[@catfishfortesque-smythe437]

I watch this for fun - it's so funny how seriously that guy who calls himself "Cap" takes all this - he is literally playing a game. The way he speaks is hilarious. "I. Am. Getting INNN. To the cockpit. Simba, take off. I. Am. Now. In. A. Plane. Simba, do something. I. Am. In. Control." It's such a bizarre way to speak, and so full of ego. Two of my immediate family are pilots, and nobody talks like he does, in his pretty funny attempt to pretend to be a pilot. It's hilarious to see him think he is actually capable of flying a plane.

[@anthonyadkins7487]

You know? I find their videos very entertaining. I’ve enjoyed them for a long time. Cap is very organized. He also explains very well what he’s doing. He also works very hard on producing these. It’s not easy. I’ve never understood why people take the time to shit on someone when you can just move on to a star wars kid or David after dentist video. If you don’t like it, piss off! The Reapers rule!

[@Name-ps9fx]

So Catfish....is your comment something that is useful, or is it only criticism and more-or-less veiled insults?

[@jonaswallmyr]

@@Name-ps9fx It's just as it was ordered from St.Petersburg..... Don't feed the trolls(Orcs)....

[@elzorro7of9]

Listen, the video and channel is about as serious as minecraft.

[@catfishfortesque-smythe437]

@@Name-ps9fx Just insults - as that is all that is deserved from this comedian who pretends his game is real life. Have a nice day.