Udaloy Ship Brief

[@SubBrief]

19.3 meter beam

[@CS-zn6pp]

Yes, thought the 25.6ft was a little narrow.

[@shanegraham9077]

You forgot they caught a American sub off Syria . I think around 2018 correct me if I am wrong. The sub had a huge displacement based on the info from the military spokesman. Most likely a us sub. They chased it out of the the area of operation.

[@00calvinlee00]

Great Report! I have always been concerned about the use of Aluminum on our warships. Fires like the Belknap and Bon Homme Richard compared survivability of the Burkes with their steel hulls should open eyes. The sinking of the Moskva and the explosion and fire on the on the Zakharov point obviously to issues with fire suppression, damage control and possible design flaws in Soviet ship building.

[@rakaman27]

Ah yes, our old friend Udaloy. Along with Choppy the chopper who will never leave you alone. Never ever leave you alone. Not matter how deep you go. Nope. NEVER. He will just ping you and ping you and PING YOU until you lose your mind.

[@skankhunt9078]

Haha you play that submarine video game

[@icterio1]

Always loved the look of the Udaloy class, very elegant hull lines and a powerfull armament. This is going to be a very informative evening...

[@SubBrief]

Right on!

[@NYrender]

It doesn't look elegant compare to the Kashin class.

[@PyromaN93]

@@NYrender in compare with Sovremenny class it is elegant

[@kalui96]

"Fregat Spotted!" "A Frigate?" "No, Fregat!" "A what??"

[@Irisishunter]

If I remember right the Udaloy, was in the gulf, during the first Gulf War basically keeping an eye on Western ships and how they performed

[@michaeljohnson4258]

Yes the Udaloy has been deployed to the Persian Gulf for years before the first Gulf War. I was there in 1988 and a Udaloy and Sovremenny were on station just floating around watching the USN and doing other stuff and of course we were watching them too.

[@_R-R]

I've always liked the ASW destroyers, the Spruances and Udaloys. Supplementing the larger AAW destroyers and cruisers and being able to conduct Strike Warfare.

[@jwenting]

me too, and together with their AAW partners in the Kidd and Sovromennyy classes they make very potent escort groups.

[@davidschlienz9395]

I have photos of the Udaloy in the Med in 1984. She was an escort for the ASW Helo carrier Moskva. When compared to our Knox class frigate, you could tell this was a warship.

[@scytales2548]

The 3S14 UKSK VLS installed on the Marshal Shaposhnikov does not only shoot anti-ship and land attack cruise missiles, but also anti-submarine rocket assisted torpedoes. The latter weapon is the 91R1 or 91RT2 "Otvet" (Response in English). The UKSK VLS can be loaded with whatever combination of weapons.

[@NeuroScientician]

Has any of it ever worked?

[@jamesmandahl444]

@85Damix yeah the otvet "answer" asw missile is extremely dangerous as it has long legs and is supersonic, so it can drop a torpedo on the last known bearing of a submarine within minutes. Three or four otvet missiles can drop as many torpedoes in the predicted path of a sub fast enough to sink it. The key is actually detecting the subs at those ranges. Alone with only a couple escorts this is pretty low probability but with a larger fleet, subs are in particularly serious danger.

[@SteelheadCrusher]

Why would you ask if any of it has worked?

[@NeuroScientician]

@@jamesmandahl444 Again, where is that info from? It just circles back to Soviet propaganda.

[@jwenting]

@@NeuroScientician as good as or better than any of the NATO ASW systems that have never been used in anger and only ever actually fired in well rehearsed and orchestrated exercises. Far better than the ABM capabilities of the Standard 2 and 3 missiles.

[@troyweaver775]

I was stationed at Ft. Shatter in Hawaii when the Panteleyev was in for RimPac. They were allowing limited tours of the deck area and the helo. A buddy and I went over and got to go on board and do a walk around. It was a surreal experience.

[@46bovine]

Those ships are very sleek and dangerous looking. I was on a couple of aircraft carriers during my naval service. We had some interesting exchanges with the Soviet Navy in the Med. Great videos and great narration. Thanks, Chief!

[@jdh8727]

Did a tour flying the EP-3E as a 1310. Flying a China mission in 2005 we were re-tasked to rig some ships, and I was relatively new. My first ship rigging was one of these and some others you mentioned here in a Russian flotilla. It was quite a thrill.

[@timmotel5804]

6/2023: Excellent Posting. Very detailed and educational, and I like your personal comments and experiences. Best Regards and keep up the great work.

[@stumpymcstumpstump3503]

A well put together brief. I'm prior Army myself and find your briefs very informative in learning about what my brothers and sisters in the Navy experience. Thank you!

[@bruiser0159]

I was on the USS Long Beach CGN-9 in ‘91 and We were on our way to the Gulf in early ‘91 and around Thailand and Seen a Udaloy, and Sovremenny class ship as We were part of the USS Abraham Lincoln Battle Group leaving Subic Bay… Cool Ships..👍👌🏼 Edit = or was it the Theodore Roosevelt ???🤷🏻‍♂️ can’t remember 😂

[@gerritfrancis9444]

Thank you for the great research you do.

[@SubBrief]

Thanks for watching!

[@tomhutchins7495]

Whenever I hear Sub Brief describing Horse Jaw, my mental image is of the Udaloy pumping Russian hardbass out of the bow.

[@stevenlarratt3638]

Been awaiting Arrons evil arch enemy for a while now...

[@marechalsaintcyr7946]

I must tell you, I enjoy your videos and the way in which you relay factual information. Compliments all round.

[@SubBrief]

I appreciate that!

[@johncashwell1024]

Love the ship and sub briefs! One thing that didn't make a lot of sense to me before and does now is the time spent in dry dock by a lot of Russian naval vessels. Essentially, it is the result of rampant corruption. The capability of Russia and, in the past the U.S.S.R., to design effective weapons systems and platforms is there but that capability is severely hampered by their inability to maintain control of materiel or funds once either has left the manufacturer or Moscow, respectively. That is playing out now as soldiers go to depots to pick up materiel and find that it isn't where it supposed to be because it was sold or has been replaced with fakes or the funds were diverted and the materiel never actually purchased.

[@SteelheadCrusher]

The more realistic explanation is that their defense budget is 10% of that of the US and can't afford to keep these expensive ships operational but doesn't want to decommision them.

[@Statueshop297]

That also but corruption is rampant and the longer it goes on the worse it gets. Constant over promising and under delivering takes its toll

[@jf7243]

According to Perun a military analyst who does videos well regarded by experts, you are on the money with Russian corruption. He has one focusing entirely on this topic. “How irruption Destroys Armies” is the headline and its only a month old. Well worth watching!

[@MicMc539]

@@jf7243 Perun wouldn't know his arse from his elbow. He's an Aussie Gamer/Fan boy for the Rambo/Red Dawn Dusk to Dawn crowd. No life experience, ask him about Economics or Realpolitik he goes blank.

[@JoelCorrente]

Proud to support your content!! You're one the best creators out there!!

[@SubBrief]

You're the best!

[@milsimmaniac711]

udaloys are such fine looking ships i don't understand marhsal shaposhnikov's refit it gives it newer anti ship missles but it doesn't replace the old sam vls cells it just kinda feels like a half refit if they were to replace the ak 630 with Kortik and the 64 older vls with newer vls that can quad pack Sam's the refit is an improvement for sure but it just feels like a half refit to me

[@simul8guy75]

Russia's economy is that of a 3rd World country. They can't afford anything but "half refits"....

[@ywe3]

@@simul8guy75 i can see merit in keeping the 'older' systems as 99% of the world still uses yesterday's [soviet] tech and they have A LOT of stockpiles.

[@bobkohl6779]

Watch the AK630 against pirate, lot of ammo burnt to sink the ships. Our duel prop copter was the Husky

[@christophervandenberg4830]

I think you need to revise your width measurement. I read the beam is 63 feet (20) meters. 25 feet would be impossibly unstable. Doubt you could land a helicopter on that either. Also, love your briefs. I think it's pronounced chaff like laugh not chafe but I could be wrong. Keep up the good work.

[@SubBrief]

she's a wide girl.

[@zopEnglandzip]

@@SubBrief he's saying you got your beam wrong, you present it as 25' when in fact it's 20m

[@jeebusk]

You guys should put the time in if you're referring to a specific point in the video

[@WWeronko]

When discussing warships some of the factors that need to be emphasized is numbers, sensors and command and control. The Udaloys are 30 something year old ships few and number and though upgraded probably are not survivable in a modern war. There are only 5 Udaloys in commission and three in extended overhaul. Considering the enormous sea coast of Russia this is nowhere near enough to fulfil their wartime mission. They all were built around the same time as the Slava Class cruisers and probably have the same old electronics and computer systems. It is doubtful they'd sense a modern sea skimming anti-ship missile or be able to engage it. Russian warships all look armed to the teeth and visually very impressive. Like most Russian weapons, however, I don't think in war they'd be much more than juicy targets.

[@jamesmandahl444]

Non upgraded ships yes I'd have to agree. The issue is thry only have one of these upgraded to most modern standards. Thry are meant for blue water asw work and require anti air umbrella like jive Turkey said. Dont underestimate ruskies. Their designs are good the question is how many can be built or renovated in time.

[@randyross5630]

Cutters are the New PT Boat... We need Expendable Attack Craft with Drones!

[@randyross5630]

Just think how Hardcore Cutters, Solid Well Built Military Machines, with Torpedoes, Ship to Ship Missiles, Pod of Anti Missile Missiles, Close Combat Guns, and a Small Main Gun that also has Close Combat and or AA Abilities with a Drone Pad above an open well deck dock or whatever for Rafts to Robotic Drones, would Fair to China's Militia of Fishing Vessels and the sort... We are just going to need more Cutters, few years back or so, we did an order for around 90 or something like that, period that stretches over to how many are being replaced, I don't know, but there was a few or so, I would consider attack craft and not your normal coast guard ship, and I like that. Everyone forgets in Real War Navy takes all the Cool Coast Gaurd Ships, so the Numbers of our Combat Craft, are probably a 100 More Cutter to even some Frigates more than you think...

[@Strelnikov403]

How do they launch 650mm Type-65 torpedoes from their 533mm tubes, Aaron? 🥴 I assume you meant SET-65, which are Type-53s. They also most likely carry USET-80 or UGST by now.

[@mikegyver6265]

I got to see one when they visited Halifax, was pretty impressive

[@axeman3d]

25 feet wide? It would look like a spear with a length to breadth ratio of 22:1 if that was true.

[@SubBrief]

yeah, that was a typo I did not catch. thank you.

[@Chilled_Mackers]

Udaloy will always remind me of "Red Storm Rising" pc submarine game.

[@foivosapostolos1211]

The Udaloy and Sovrememy hulls were very close with excellent sea keeping capabilities in rough oceans. Wonder why the hulls hevent been used as new builds with new suites and engines.

[@stephanregenass2411]

Great. Thank you for dis Advice over this Shiptyp

[@RichardCummins-ni4em]

Bloody Light Cruiser.

[@StaK_1980]

Man, I'd love to design such workhorses like these. Don't know if they do but I'd go modular on these and then they can fulfil any role they want (in a *khm* vastly better implementation that what the USN has on their littoral combat ships)

[@simul8guy75]

The LCS's are being decommissioned early because a. The propulsion systems are unreliable b. They are under-armed....

[@jamesmandahl444]

The new uksk launches are largely for the anti sub missiles which drop torpedoes in the expected zone of convergence. The otvet is good because of it's long legs and its supersonic speed. Meaning it only requires minutes to drop its torpedo which will give it much better accuracy.

[@dev0random]

Very cool Brief as always. Always enjoy your videos.

[@SubBrief]

Thanks again!

[@NBAYB23]

You should make a podcast about stuff like this. I would love to listen to if during work

[@SubBrief]

U.S. Government said 'Don't do that' and I said 'ok'.

[@thomashillabrand482]

Compare one of these vs Arliegh Burke Destroyers!

[@SubBrief]

Burke would destroy it at long range.

[@LeoH3L1]

Have you thought of doing a series of vids about ASW aircraft, both fixed wing and rotory?

[@cbleyte]

A couple of observations: The SS-N-14 was produced in several versions, the 85RU being the dual role (ASW/ASuW) version with a unitary warhead that would be coupled with the torpedo warhead for terminal effect in the ASuW role. Also, the Udaloy did not carry the 65 cm Type 65 torpedo, of course, as its tubes were only 53 cm in diameter.

[@SubBrief]

did I put 65cm torpedoes on the brief. That's a mistake on my part if so.

[@cbleyte]

@@SubBrief you probably meant the SET-65 torpedo (which was 53 cm.)

[@michaelvillada4116]

video release perfectly coincides with my cold waters dot mod playthough 👾

[@HEATSEEKR]

Have you done a video on the Sovremenny yet? If not, is that in your plans for a future video? It's my favorite Cold War ship.

[@SubBrief]

That's a good idea. I should Sovremenny

[@mikecimerian6913]

Hello, nice document as usual. As many ships bear an admiral's name, would you consider a short comment on who the admiral was. Date of birth, assignment and distinctions if there were. Around thirty words maybe. I realize it is more work but my interest was piqued. :)

[@vothka205]

Thanks great content on a great ship. One Question: Can you actually hear an active sonar in the Sub like we see in movies? And would that also apply to these 45second Long-Pulse(s) apply?

[@SubBrief]

I am not sure if I can talk about that. Thank you for your curiosity.

[@MKultra81]

I can’t talk for military subs but I was in a civilian sub once and you could definitely hear sonar pings.

[@Partyaap050]

Maybe if the sub is being quiet and is super close to the ship that is actively pinging. But you'd probably have to be really close. Something you'd normally not do

[@jeebusk]

I'm not sure i understand the question

[@DevReaper]

Yay new brief, talk about a lunch break pick me up

[@aquilarossa5191]

Now they have a frigate that's pretty much as powerful, if not more so. The Admiral Gorshkov class of ten frigates. Three built and seven under construction. Fully multi-purpose, plus the VLS tubes are multi-use too, e.g., the SAM tubes can fire multiple types, as can the land attack tubes etc. They also have the latest radar tech that is proving to be highly capable in it's land versions. Unless you are next door and are at odds with them, I do not think there's much to fear. Russia can build a decent amount of these ships and do it well for not a lot of money, but they are not going to be able to project sea power globally in large numbers like the USA can. Not even the USSR could do that. They will deploy to trouble spots, but their primary role appears to be to protect their own waters and their nuclear submarines, plus some sub hunting etc. That could change if China and Russia form a defence pact. Currently it's just a strategic partnership and limited military cooperation. An actual alliance would bring their forces together. That's quite a few floating weapons systems in total. It's probably best for the USA that it does not do anything that causes those two to decide they need to be formal allies. To compound that potential situation the USA may be forced to downsize its military and also pressure its own allies to contribute more units. That's because the USA is now $35 trillion in debt and has not balanced its budget in many years. If it was a company it might be declared insolvent. It's surely going to have to either downsize, hike taxes, or both. That's because how things currently are can not continue for too much longer. The global balance of power may find a new equilibrium. P.S. I am from NZ. We hardly have a navy, plus we refused to join AUKUS. Two ageing frigates and some patrol craft. A naval research vessel of ours just sank in Samoa. It turned out to not actually be a naval vessel. It was a civilian oil rig tender they bought on the cheap and painted navy grey, so could not take damage like a naval vessel can. No worries. Nobody would mess with us. We have hobbits and stuff :P

[@alanwright3172]

Great brief as always but That's the skinniest ship in the world! I think you'll find she's got a beam of 63 Ft or 19.3 m 😂 She has a draught of 20ft.

[@SubBrief]

oh no, what did I say in the brief? It should say 63 ft, was there a typo on the screen?

[@alanwright3172]

@@SubBrief it said it was 25ft wide😂

[@schuttrostig5729]

Intresting to hear that russia scrapped so many of their udaloys while they were quite young. Did they actually dismantle these ships and used the steel to build new ships or are they just no longer listed and might sometime be refabbed in new ships?

[@kenhelmers2603]

Nice lines. Thanks!

[@pyatig]

Severnaya means Northern and Yantar is amber, for those who don’t speak Russian PS Metel is blizzard

[@NYrender]

Great video! There are some misspelling and pronunciations errors of ship names. I'd gladly help you with Russian translations for your future videos.

[@SubBrief]

I appreciate the assist.

[@jeebusk]

@@SubBrief i would assume he tried using Google translate, idk if it's helpful for names tho.

[@mk6315]

Oh hey it's the fun police from cold waters

[@iandoyle3695]

Hey babe, new sub brief just dropped and its on the Udaloy

[@ftffighter]

NEW BRIEF!!! :DDD Thank you Sub Brief!

[@Belenor]

Will look pretty at the bottom of the sea.

[@Bdyer87]

"luckily for us we never got that close"......well OG sub brief fans know thats not true...cough cough

[@SubBrief]

well, let's not go there. lol.

[@MrWaalkman]

Anyone else remember these in the old Harpoon game?

[@jacobsparry8525]

Now maked one for my IPad Pro !!

[@krakke3188]

It is a beautiful ship, looks like a speedboat armed to the teeth.

[@sadwingsraging3044]

Remember knuckling the heck out of the water because of these when playing Red Storm Rising back in the day.😂

[@ИгорьЦибизов-в4ф]

Cool story 💪

[@SubBrief]

Thanks! 😃

[@spudz7405]

You should do a review on "the wolf's call" it's kinda like top gun but sub but alot less romantic

[@bobmartin3018]

That ship is really skinny out DE was 306’ long and 37’ wide

[@SubBrief]

19.3 meters

[@johnknope1664]

I never understood how war ships collide in the ocean. Lol.

[@jeebusk]

Naval brief

[@frankwalder3608]

Seems like the Russians have an especially difficult time of controlling their ships’ fires.

[@phoenix6017]

Why do the Russians retire many of these ships at just 20 years old ?

[@bossdog1480]

Russians seem to have a lot of fires for some reason. Playing with matches?😏

[@mikemaskell458]

Where all ur cold water game vids go?

[@SubBrief]

they went away

[@georgesmith8113]

👍👍👍👊

[@Strelnikov403]

"Oo-da-loy", not "Yoo-da-loy" LOL

[@SubBrief]

Yo-daloy? you are going to have a field day correcting my pronunciation. I look forward to more of your comments.

[@per-henrikpersson1884]

Hmmmm... 536 FT LONG AND 25.6 FT WIDE. THATS TOTALLT IMPOSSIBLE! The meassure for The lengt probably ok compared with The displacement but then the MEASSURE for The beam must be TOTALLY WRONG. For all normal naval destroyers, frigates and even submarines the beam normally is ABOUT 1 tenth of The lengs so i guess The beam must be about or around 50 FT or little more. 😀👍

[@SubBrief]

its 19.3 meters, it was a typo.

[@per-henrikpersson1884]

@@SubBrief aha. I kind of guessed that❤️😀👍. Love your channel. Im a real Navy lover. I did my service in the Swedish Navy about 45 years ago. Just like my grandfather Who did his service during WW II on a Swedish Small Costa "Battleship". ❤️❤️❤️😀👍

[@natowaveenjoyer9862]

Who da loy?

[@bigsarge2085]

👍👍

[@larrybedouin2921]

What kind of a name is that?

[@SubBrief]

whose name?

[@arkadeepkundu4729]

Aah yes. The Anti-Sub Brief.

[@mban2748]

"We had pretty good relations with Russia until 2012" 2012 was Obama's red-line in Syria.

[@SubBrief]

I never understood why we were in Syria to begin with. Never made any sense to me to fight the people in AF and give them support in SY.

[@mban2748]

@@SubBrief Our intent in Syria was to install a puppet who would allow the Turk-stream LNG pipeline project. Turkey is securing that territory now and Turk-stream is back on track since Ukraine.

[@Pillow_Cat]

Nope, Syria has nothing to do with relations between russia and all the world.

[@jeebusk]

It was all Clinton, Obama should be responsible but I'm not sure how complicit he was.

[@jeebusk]

@@jayamburn1959 the sky, unless you're a philosopher...

[@redblueyankee8343]

The Udaloy-class destroyers have never been appreciated by the US Navy since their inception due to the obsolescence of the sonar they carry as well as the noise generated by the Udaloy's hull. Even after being upgraded, they are still not appreciated by the US navies and allies as much as the new generation of PLAN destroyers, as they retain their deadly outdated radar and electronic equipment. The lesson on the cruiser Moskva made this clear. There is a long and sharp spear but that spear in the hands of an ignorant and amateur will still be defeated by intelligent and seasoned assassins with just a pencil.

[@SubBrief]

I think you will enjoy my experience with the Udaloy I share in this video.

[@nimrodquimbus912]

What do you mean by, "deadly outdated radar and electronic equipment" ? Deadly for whom? .....Thanks for posting this !

[@redblueyankee8343]

@@nimrodquimbus912 I mean it's so outdated that it endangers the crew on that ship

[@nimrodquimbus912]

@@redblueyankee8343 Got it, sort of what I thought, Thanks !

[@red_ed5715]

"The lesson on the cruiser Moskva" lmao except the Moskva was a hull design based on an operational concept from the 1960's, there is barely lesson to learn from that fiasco

[@kellyjohnson9394]

They way the russians are going , eventually, it’ll be at the bottom of the Black Sea soon.

[@daledykes9253]

One Russian ship sinks = losing a war.

[@kellyjohnson9394]

@@daledykes9253 Aaaah- yes, russia IS losing the war. As a matter of FACT, russia’s biggest most powerful ship is resting peacefully on the bottom of the ocean and two other ships Ukraine hit were put out of commission PERMANENTLY. Do you have any more DISINFORMATION that you want to spread? You should hire our ex-president and soon to be prisoner, drumpf, to spread lies for you. He’s really good at it.

[@kellyjohnson9394]

@@daledykes9253 Aaaah- yes, russia IS losing the war. As a matter of FACT, russia’s biggest most powerful ship is resting peacefully on the bottom of the ocean and two other ships Ukraine hit were put out of commission PERMANENTLY. Do you have any more DISINFORMATION that you want to spread? You should hire our ex-president and soon to be prisoner, drumpf, to spread lies for you. He’s really good at it.

[@daledykes9253]

@@kellyjohnson9394 a Russian ship is resting at the bottom of the sea. Therefore, Russia is losing the war. Is that the substance of your position ?

[@kellyjohnson9394]

@@daledykes9253 Not just any russian ship DOPE. Do you realize that you are LOSING a war to a second rate military? Probably not. Keep drinking that Vodka !😂💯

[@Muddybagclean]

Jesus Loves You All

[@EeeDee1]

ZOV

[@jacobsparry8525]

I sinked many of these ined my Red Storm Rising game on my Apple IIgs and then on my PC. Silex being very very liked US ASROC….PROBLY another stolen technology .

[@NeuroScientician]

Are you just reading out from a Russian propaganda leaflet, or does any of those systems work to specification? I mean, Moskva was an untouchable floating fortress capable of mass murdering stealth jets. Same with the feared S400 in Ukraine, seems to be mostly decorative too. So are Russian planes. I mean, how do you tell Russian's 'like to have' and what they actually have and maintain?

[@scytales2548]

"I mean, Moskva was an untouchable floating fortress capable of mass murdering stealth jets". You are the first person to claim such things. Moskva (formerly Slava) was the oldest and less capable of the 3 Slava-class cruisers ever built. Contrary to her older sister, the Marshal Ustinov, which has been modernized in the mid-2010, and the last cruiser, the Varyag, which has been built from the start up to a slightly more modern and efficient standard, the Moskva didn't get any meaningful modernization since she was commissioned in 1982, 40 years ago. Moskva was thus essentially late '70 technologies. At that time, stealth wasn't such a thing and the Slava were never designed to deal with that kind of threat, neither to bee an "untouchable floating fortress". These ships were more affordable option than the hugely more effective but more pricey Kirov nuclear cruisers.

[@SubBrief]

I list my sources at the start. you can see if they are propaganda.

[@NeuroScientician]

@@SubBrief Yes, and all of them circle back to Russia, and they would not publish anything accurate ever as maskyrovka is a thing. US/NATO info on that ship will be at least Restricted or Secret, so I don't think there is anything even accurate available.

[@jamesmandahl444]

@85Damix the only one who sounds biased and mislead by propaganda is you homie. There is a dangerous amount of hubris and undervaluing the capabilities of our opponents. Why dont you take this nonsense to some robot voice defense yt video comment section?

[@NeuroScientician]

@@jamesmandahl444 It looks like we seriously overvalued Russian capabilities. Before the hilarious fiasco in Ukraine happen. I would give this video the benefit of the doubt. Because who knows, right? But, seeing Russians fail, the most elementary things. It's just not believable.

[@terryjohnson570]

Lol Russia making more junk🤭 they are jokers they cannot even build a airforce or a modern army, their navy is nothing but rust, Russia most successful ship ever made is their tug boat, thanks for the laughter 😭🤭👍

[@daledykes9253]

Russian junk is systematically dismantling America’s greatest proxy.