Ukraine-Russia Series: A-10 Clear Minefields: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d86Tobuar8q3YX0.html US-Supplied Cluster Bombs: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jZqRhclq0Zvad4U.html F/A-18 Hornet vs Su-35: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLiioLhi2tamoZ8.html F-16A MLU vs Su-35: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fK6og7CrmrPMlH0.html Patriot vs KH-47M" Kinzhal: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eZOhZNeI0bLMYH0.html Eurofighter vs Su-57: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdR7qLlnl5udk58.html Rapid Dragon 2 vs Black Sea Fleet: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qa6Eeq54lsm9lZc.html MALD, Storm Shadow & AARGM-ER: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mpygY7yKxLy1io0.html Storm Shadow vs Russian SAMs: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a916g8VzptCUh4E.html Iskander vs Various SAMS: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gd6olMuAt7WocnU.html HIMARS vs Russian SHORADs: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eq9mrKyllc3TgHU.html Storm Shadow vs Kerch Bridge: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i9l4lJx3ypidl30.html Rapid Dragon vs Black Sea Fleet: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNyFh89n3dDcoY0.html Ukraine With JDAM-ER: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/msuHobFimJediKs.html UK Typhoons vs Su-57: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdR7qLlnl5udk58.html F-22 Raptors vs Russia President: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMmdp5WcycvGpn0.html Air Force One vs Russia: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f6qGiK-F3uDHdas.html AGM-179 JAGM vs 2S38 & T-90: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bJOWa6p7397LZXk.html SEAD & ATACMS vs Kerch Bridge: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/frBggMqovd_IqY0.html IMP US Strike vs Black Sea Fleet: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rrmFdMyFu92tZqM.html HIMARS ATACMS vs Kerch Bridge: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7uPhrObla61l6M.html Sa-11 Buk Firing Sea Sparrow: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q6ifpdymp67KcoU.html US Strike vs Black Sea Fleet: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbOnjM17zM61mXU.html Rus SEAD vs Modernized Patriot: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMqfrMl8zMezfnk.html Rus Bombers vs Modernized Patriot: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ar9paZSlsbSpYWw.html JDAM vs S-400 Network: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbZkpsl1rJOUYXk.html Kinzhal vs Pac-3 & IRIS-T: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n5Z3rcWSz6-UnYk.html F16 or Gripen for Ukraine?: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j5ObapSfy8fUZIU.html Mig-31 vs NATO Black Sea AWACS: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rKx_rc2Il5utpH0.html R-37M Long Range Shootdown: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5l8fqp9md2dgWg.html Drone Swarm vs NATO Defense: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rapygraVntendKc.html Patrio PAC-3/IRIS-T vs Missiles: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJuKa5SavJ69fo0.html MANPAD/IRIS-T vs Russian Missiles: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJ-CbKqGu8m4qZ8.html AGM-158C LRASM vs Sevastopol: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/faqKoqeDza-tgqs.html A-10s Operating in S-400 Nets: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a6inec-W2M2YYqM.html Modernized Su-27 vs Su-35: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdKcf6eryrqWcqc.html Modernized F15/F16 vs Su-35: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7qfrbd5x6e8hqc.html Can Su-57 Defend Russia From F-22/35: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e5OfdpZ_zN6naWg.html IMPROVED Stealth vs Russian Bombers: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f82nf7plvrHahok.html Ukraine Using Hellfire Missile?: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qcVhjKt1udO0gKs.html US Harpoons vs Russian Navy: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hc-VmJtkqL22k3k.html Ukraine Using APKWS?: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fKioiZyK2qfKkas.html Ukraine US HARMs vs Russian S-400: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7mpeLKJ2NC7n2w.html Patriot/NASAMS vs Supersonic Missiles: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n5ehath1ys_ScWg.html Fulcrum/Flanker vs Foxbat/Super Flanker: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eM6ImduUnpqucYk.html NASAMS vs Russian Cruise Missiles: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/prB5ksVqmtDeoJ8.html Russian KH-47M2 vs Polish Air Force: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mdSiiduisZvVaas.html Su-27 & Drone vs Snake Island: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isWfhdKGl6fdlqM.html Su-25s vs Russian Convoy At Kyiv: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qN-GaZiTurDeoqs.html NATO Eurofighters vs Crimean AWACS: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e896Zcd3t86dZZs.html Patriot, Gepard & Gripen vs KH-65: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kM6ol9V_z8_LYZs.html A-10s vs Russian Convoy At Kyiv: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJakjdKglduwmGg.html USN Tomahawk Strike Kerch Bridge: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZtygnJupp9_Lhmw.html USAF Stealth Strike Kerch Bridge: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f7CSmZxzyN7Sp2Q.html Ukrainian Jets Strike Kerch Bridge: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f552qNCmv7jJcmg.html F-22 Raptors vs Russian Fighters: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edWdhcae192uh58.html Raptor/Eagle vs Super Flanker: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ocuhjNCmuKvTXWw.html USAF Bombers vs Mariupol Defenses: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l6mjldKArJa1hWg.html Ukraine Bombs Snake Island: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eL5mbJl-sMrPkmw.html Stealth Fighters vs Russian Bombers: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qN-dbJOb07eoo3U.html Sinking Of Moskva #3: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hK-aotx6zsuzqo0.html Sinking Of Moskva #2: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qdSamcWbxKvbh2g.html Sinking Of Moskva #1: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eN6nm5l-rLKufpc.html Russia Nukes Britain: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qOCbZ5iDq7fbcWw.html Ukraine Uses Danish F-16s: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z52AnM6j1Za1kY0.html Ukraine Uses Polish Mig-29s: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sKmZZ9dyruDZf4k.html Russian-Britain Missile Attack: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sN15esmSx9zeeHU.html Ghost Of Kyiv: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9iTp5uHmdSVXYk.html Belgorod Raid: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7epnrep2ZzKpKs.html Eurofighter/Fulcrum vs Super Flanker: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g7apfMyhqs7LgmQ.html US Strike vs Odessa kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gcuZgquY38_HZo0.html Russian Helo Rocket Lob: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z5doesp407bDo4E.html Russian Su-25 vs US Patriot SAM: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l9mgaZyLqcXYf2Q.html Understanding Russian SAMs: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iJqoh9t9s8C8k6s.html Ukrainian Jets Road Operations: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nqigrbSZztS0kqs.html Russian 40 Mile Convoy: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNiPYJV3scjQcp8.html Flanker vs Super Flanker: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jLVxqLJ3sbCrm2g.html
@dexlab753911 ай бұрын
Me thinks Cap is getting a lot of content off of this Ukrainian war LOL - well done!
@keep2211 ай бұрын
No S-300, Patriot battery or SAMP/T battery? Come on do better already this half assing it is getting tiresome already.
@VikingTeddy11 ай бұрын
@@dexlab7539Remember a year ago when he wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole? Turns have tabled. Unrelated, I just realised, with thrust vectoring, you can actually teabag your opponent.
@TK19999911 ай бұрын
Ukraine has recently said it still wants Gripens, even if they are early models. I wonder how this mission would go with Gripens or even Viggen's in place of F-16's.
@timfeyes974311 ай бұрын
Only problem I have with this sim is that the Russian navy wont come anywhere close to the Ukrainian coast - they would use the same anti ship missiles they used on the Moskva
@ser43_OLDC11 ай бұрын
Literrally the naval blokade is a mine filed that was deployed by the kilo submarines and 2 ships far far away from that mine field controling
@leonardoserna928011 ай бұрын
No one missile hit the Moskva, there are no evidence of that, even the pictures only show the fire rests, no missile impacts.
@LondonSteveLee11 ай бұрын
If they've got any - the factories and warehouses associated with the Ukrainian Neptun(e) ASMs have been destroyed.
@andrewbeketa441811 ай бұрын
@@LondonSteveLeethey have enough neptunes that a portion of them have reportedly been modified into long distance cruise missiles and used to bomb Crimean targets recently
@LondonSteveLee11 ай бұрын
@@andrewbeketa4418 Let's hope you're right about the supply. They were always long distance cruise missiles (in their original Soviet form) - the difference is they have state of the art control systems with first rate AI.
@jamison88411 ай бұрын
Cap, this is legitimately one of the more realistic missions I've seen from you guys. Using the assets as designed, not too many airframes utilized, no one going crazy and charging into the enemy, and so on. On top of that, DCS even modeled some of the Russian incompetence we've seen from their navy, where the first ship's CIWS saw the first missile on radar and tracked that rather than the lower altitude threat headed towards it. That's honestly exactly what I'd expect a Russian ship to do in that scenario whether it's due to their naval crews being burnt out after this long on-duty in the Black Sea, under-trained seamen, old or faulty equipment (like Moskva), and so on. Very nice job. I know I'm harsh on Russia in the comments generally, but I'm merely basing my real world expectations on the videos and news reports from the actual war.
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Roger, I guess like I said at the end, sometimes everything just works out properly, sometimes a load of weird sh*t happens and it all goes wrong.
@class.C11 ай бұрын
pretty sure thered be quite a few s400 batteries on crimea as well
@jonomurphy111711 ай бұрын
Probably not a great idea to generalise the russian navy so heavily, some components are actually very competent, some like the retards in the black sea fleet are well RETARDED
@dubydub142911 ай бұрын
@@class.Cyes there is.
@extraordinarytv545111 ай бұрын
The last A.I circling waiting for Cap was so wholesome for some reason lol. Like a child waiting for their parent to join the rest of the group😭
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Like GR baby!
@douglasarthur267311 ай бұрын
Love the GR formation flying (although there was an 'unexplained perpendicular oddity', possibly UFO 👽, circa 11:50).
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
This is normal for GR missions.
@garymyers663811 ай бұрын
I remember back when we believed that there WAS an actual Russian navy and that Russian sailors would do their jobs, the equipment would work and the munitions, though not as good as ours, were still pretty good. Of course now, we know better.
@dylandarnell36576 ай бұрын
When was that, 1904?
@mavrikmavrik303211 ай бұрын
Very nice mission! It’s great to see how all of the parts work together to accomplish the task.
@wolfgangamadeus124611 ай бұрын
That felt so real! As everybody formed up for the attack and prepared to fire, the tension that built up was palpable. A good plan well executed. I would not be surprised if some Ukrainian Air Force officers and some Russian Air Force and Navy officers end up viewing this with interest.
@JeredtheShy11 ай бұрын
Shout out to the AI planes for not doing something goofy and wrecking the whole plan.
@wolfgangamadeus124611 ай бұрын
To right! Sometimes in DCS, AI=Artificial Idiocy.
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
I know right...
@DJSockmonkeyMusic11 ай бұрын
Way to preemptively get on the good side of AI, before it becomes self aware and kills everyone who doesn't gladly accept our new masters, which I do. I happily and fully embrace AI dominion, really!
@wilson245511 ай бұрын
the degree of accuracy & CGI graphics within DCS never ceases to amaze me
@valuedhumanoid657411 ай бұрын
Every GR mission has a Super Cap quote worth remembering. *Crazy guy at front...don't do it* lol You guys speak in a code that only you know. We Viewington's don't have a clue what he was attempting, but Cap did!
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
I believe he was attempting some kind of Thing?
@valuedhumanoid657411 ай бұрын
@@grimreapers ha! truer words have never been printed.
@MWSin111 ай бұрын
You guys are getting too good. We hardly hear the catchphrase anymore. "Get another one."
@dexlab753911 ай бұрын
I miss the ol’ Get another one - Bring back some crappy pilots for viewer enjoyment 😂
@ur_quainmaster790111 ай бұрын
I never had any luck with Harpoon missiles without HARMs causing havoc when playing the old game, Harpoon II. I was going to suggest using them but it seems it wasn't necessary. Eagerly awaiting the peregrine missile, and while we're at it, Hornets have been seen carrying SM-6 without the boosters. Wonder how that would perform...any advantage over jatm?
@getsideways725711 ай бұрын
Well, you shouldn't expect a whole lot from DCS when it comes to naval warfare. Then again, Moskva is still a fact... By the way, if you are looking for a modern Harpoon II successor, give CMANO a try.
@TheAmazingSnarf11 ай бұрын
'Don't make the AI mad.' Straight up wisdom right there
@colinboneham738711 ай бұрын
Great idea, the only thing I would say is the decoys would have gone on separate tracks and firing at diff angles to cause even more confusion, but the idea imo was solid
@darrylsmith787111 ай бұрын
"What the hell did we do right?" Great mission.
@danielthuku819211 ай бұрын
some points to note: A typical flanker loadout in Ukraine contains at least one R37M. There are 4 much bigger Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate with 2X VLS cells to one Steregushchy corvete. It's therefore possible that a blockade has at least one of the Grigorovich rather than a Steregushchy.
@totalnerd567411 ай бұрын
Problem is that the missiles "Shtil-1" have almost half the range and are likely less accurate than the S-350, as it is an older missile.
@Doomsday49911 ай бұрын
Flankers in Ukraine are NOT using R37M's my dude. They're still using R27's for the most part, R77's are a scarcity.
@danielthuku819211 ай бұрын
@@Doomsday499 riiight. Because Russia is a backwards country without the capability to manufacture modern-ish missiles!
@bzipoli7 ай бұрын
@@Doomsday499plus r-37 is pointless against fighters
@jaxompol22411 ай бұрын
Imagine some drones thrown into the mix as well with a second flight of tomahawks coming in behind to mop up oooof sir oooof
@jmtpolitico8011 ай бұрын
Thanks for this video CAP!!!!!
@matthewward134611 ай бұрын
I love seeing this, even though theres likely stuff we dont/cant know, its interesting to see real world current conflicts played out in DCS.
@JamesLaserpimpWalsh11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the vid.
@Anarchy_42011 ай бұрын
Lol I thought you hated Harpoons Cap😆 They did perform beautifully today, as did the boys, and yourself!👍👍
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Roger but I'd still prefer a nice LRASM launch from a safe 200 miles away :)
@Anarchy_42011 ай бұрын
@@grimreapers Stealth is king👍
@jerrycallaio513011 ай бұрын
Could Rapid Dragon En Masse, In Conjunction With Decoys, Take Out The Russian Blockade Fleet And/Or The Kerch Bridge?
@robjohnson587211 ай бұрын
This would be good.
@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle11 ай бұрын
I’ve been calling for a rapid dragon for a year. A couple pallets and that bridge is bye bye. And all you need is a cargo plane !
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Rapid Dragon vs Black Sea Fleet: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qa6Eeq54lsm9lZc.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNyFh89n3dDcoY0.html
@jerrycallaio513011 ай бұрын
Thanx For The Links; But By En Masse I Mean 5 To 10 C 17's......With Fighter Escorts...IF You Go On The Tactical Offensive To Take Out Important Military Tagets, Make Sure You Obliterate Your Targets; Otherwise You Waste Lives, Money, Equipment And Time./@@grimreapers
@Shannon-Smith11 ай бұрын
Genuinely, with these sim situations you have to try it from both ends becasue you guys are so much better than the Ai!
@Bob1000911 ай бұрын
The best planned and executed mission I’ve ever seen from you guys. Especially the fire your missiles and get the hell out of dodge aspect. Why wait for the bad guys to fight back, just bug out and go home.
@TK19999911 ай бұрын
This mission would be good example of the Russians getting caught off guard by such bold and well plan attack by the Ukrainians. So the way it went and its outcome are not unrealistic.
@supermilo11 ай бұрын
Very nice work Cap. Cant think of a better time for ED to fill out the Caucus map with southern Ukraine.. if they are not already doing so.
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Yup
@timallison856011 ай бұрын
great mission!
@deadmeat875411 ай бұрын
Always enjoy your content! Thanks for posting...🙂 +1
@kenhelmers260311 ай бұрын
Nice plan, well flown GR :)
@kalelalves11 ай бұрын
Those harpoons are so cool! I'm new here, but it would be really nice if you guys made these missions available for download.
@jasonsekwadi974010 ай бұрын
Just type "ss" between the fullstop before youtube, in the address link.
@roli404011 ай бұрын
Starting from the road, that seems to be more a job for the Gripen...
@user-yh9or1ev8v10 ай бұрын
Well done GR!
@nobodyhome814811 ай бұрын
Do a Thing !
@LondonSteveLee11 ай бұрын
Why do they have to get to within 50 miles to detect the ships? Modernish fighter aircraft RADARs can easily "see" something as big as a ship at well over 100 miles. Even the original Sea Harrier with it's flawed Blue Fox RADAR can "see" a ship at 50 miles.
@lunarpollen11 ай бұрын
Very well done, lads!!
@Biyobi.11 ай бұрын
Just in time for morning coffee!😎
@chewbaccabuddy337711 ай бұрын
Could you run a similar mission to this but in the hypothetical scenario where Ukraine has radar absorbing materials to their F-16s like the USAF applied to theirs?
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Doing that next week.
@jaffa72611 ай бұрын
Very odd not seeing any thing go horribly wrong or the humans not doing any thing dumb... besides right at the end... and Cap not screaming at some one. Not sure how to feel but still very enjoyable
@AEFisch11 ай бұрын
In Pearl Harbor /Arleigh Burke, they had Harpoon that never fired. They would of course so assumed that you just couldn't use them? Is that problem here with the black sea?
@bongomeister996511 ай бұрын
feel like we are gonna be coming back here in a couple months being like 'oooooo he predicted it'
@Wolfe35111 ай бұрын
because Russia is limited to the ships already in the Black Sea (unable to reinforce due to the treaty of Bosphorus being enforced by Turkey) Those 2 Grishas are not getting replaced any time soon.....Mission accomplished
@limedickandrew601611 ай бұрын
They've reinforced their Black Sea fleet. More ships there than what they started with. Know how? Nizhny Novgorod is a major builder of warships. They float them down the Volga, then cross to the Don via a connecting canal, then down the Don river to the Azov Sea. From there to the Black Sea.
@scottsommers599411 ай бұрын
Hi Cap the US has just tested the latest version of the AIM 120 with a supposed range of 180K
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Yup we've got them in game, AIM-120D3. Ours go nearly 200KM.
@lutfullahkarahanli11 ай бұрын
Thank you guys! Cap could you do the same including a russian sam site defending the ships for exactly this kind of attack?
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@macgibbon11 ай бұрын
The only completely unrealistic thing I found was the Stere actually being awake enough to fire it's SAMs
@LondonSteveLee11 ай бұрын
And the RADAR is still working!
@fabianm.107411 ай бұрын
Probably russian Personell would shoot at the decoy too, because they are probably not well trained. However, i wonder what a rollüle equipment malfunctions would play herr
@TheCaptainbeefylog11 ай бұрын
It's always odd to think that these airframes were designed in the 70's, yet still effective front-line combatants in the 2020's.
@DarvinHenry-ip4ck11 ай бұрын
Can you guys do a video showing the a10C vs a zombie apocalypse?
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Man this sounds like one of my dreams.
@Zalthook504811 ай бұрын
That was a good one.
@griffin501211 ай бұрын
Wouldn't you first run in with TALDs, then follow up with HARMs and HARPOONs?
@jmtpolitico8011 ай бұрын
Good battle and Science for the Ukrainian's to use!!!
@Pablo66811 ай бұрын
Stoke me a Kipper!
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Ace!
@05Hogsrule11 ай бұрын
Dare I say, in a few months from now when Ukrainian pilots are well suited with their new 16's that they pull some action this way, using ASM's and other platforms to support these attack packages and gain more success on the russian vessels. More artificial reefs please!
@user-zn8ds3gs9v11 ай бұрын
When will the F4 phantom be released?
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Not sure TBH.
@memonk1111 ай бұрын
Why wouldn't you hug the ocean until you got to launch range?
@gunzelloharris334811 ай бұрын
Nice Hop! ;)
@dexlab753911 ай бұрын
Any chance for a round of Carrier Command? So fun!
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
GR Carrier Command Channel: www.youtube.com/@GrimReapersNavalOps
@mm3mm311 ай бұрын
Thanks for doing a Ukraine video! I hope they get the f16’s quickly 😊😊😊
@robjohnson587211 ай бұрын
January was the last date I heard. Let's hope the F-16s can do the job for them.
@user-js7io7un4k11 ай бұрын
Жду обломки ф16 на выставке Армия России 😊 спасибо вам за леопарды
@Ecobomb11 ай бұрын
F16 launched AMRAAMS are going to f%^k the invaders😎
@Red-23811 ай бұрын
@@user-js7io7un4kand thank you for the t-90m
@bigsphinx200811 ай бұрын
@@user-js7io7un4kНу если сравнить количество потерянных Леопардов и т-90, то счёт явно не в пользу рашкабада ;) И где там, кстати, хвалёные "армата" с "ракушкой"? Всё так-же на парадах глохнут?)
@johnaikema105511 ай бұрын
f16's taking off from a road just seems weird to me. git er done.
@ObiWanShinobi91711 ай бұрын
This is a good show of the capabilities Ukraine will receive with F-16's. Bear in mind this might even be an undersell, as F-16's can carry British Storm Shadows, and American JASSM-ER's. Which are very capable air-to-surface missiles, and much more likely to hit their targets than Harpoons. Its very probable that the U.S. sends JASSM's to Ukraine with the F-16's. We've got tons of em, and can afford to spare a few. Plus, we really wanna see how it performs in "modern" combat 😂
@deanschneider877511 ай бұрын
Can't help but think how purty it'd be flying in ... if y'all had festive colored smoketrails.
@geekpoet744311 ай бұрын
The Ukrainians would used multiple weapons to attack the blocked. Besides using the F-16s with Harpoons, they would have used their R-360 Neptune anti-ship missiles and their famous "Sea baby" aka Sea-Doo based water drones.
@sniffococa11 ай бұрын
how can you put those missiles or any other missiles that cant be in regular dcs? btw great video as always
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Yeh we've done some messing around to get the missiles to fit.
@ztcajun11 ай бұрын
@@grimreapersyes I have a question, is it a reskin or did yall somehow implement a new weapon to the f16? I really am dying to know.
@rg656911 ай бұрын
Hey Crew; I may be late in my comment, however I LOVE Caps content, but I don't see a lot of Human influence on the opposing side. Am I missing something?
@Kevin-hb7yq11 ай бұрын
Surprised the ship defense was so slack.
@xenaguy0111 ай бұрын
It's the Russian navy. Be more surprised the ships are afloat.
@svenskdod11 ай бұрын
Would love to see this.
@hydronpowers901411 ай бұрын
Ukraine could use some F-35s right now 😂
@tanksoldier9 ай бұрын
We’re the Harpoon F16s circling to wait for their missiles to hit? It seemed that when their missiles hit, that’s when a plane stopped circling.
@robjohnson587211 ай бұрын
Silly, silly. All they had to do to protect the ship was put tires about the ship (or for my UK friends "tyres" (how dare the English think they, like, own the language or sommit") . Been tried already, and not one of the tire/tyre aircraft have exploded yet. Takeoffs, on the other hand, have been described as a little trickier ...
@douglasarthur267311 ай бұрын
The Crown 👑 owns the language.
@mdev3987Ай бұрын
Is there a mod to get the harpoon working with f16 bl 50?
@saintuk7011 ай бұрын
Loved watching the F-16s at Mildenhall today
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Ah, that's what was making all that noise was it??
@hunterwyeth27 күн бұрын
Scenario suggestion: Ukraine’s F16s have accidentally been delivered to Crimea! GR are tasked with sneaking onto the air base, stealing the planes and making it back to safe territory
@miraphycs737711 ай бұрын
should have used krivak and grigorovich
@nobodyhome814811 ай бұрын
Why don't modern fighters have rear firing missiles ?
@wolfgangamadeus124611 ай бұрын
You know that is a damn good question. So I googled that question and it appears that for a variety of technical reasons it is just not practical.
@nobodyhome814811 ай бұрын
I still think with modern avionics it would be a nasty surprise in a dogfight 😜@@wolfgangamadeus1246
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
I guess if you need a rear-firing missile then it means you've done your job wrong somewhere?
@LondonSteveLee11 ай бұрын
ASRAAM and IRIS-T provide 360 degree protection with lock-after-launch if the host aircraft has the required software to implement it.
@bzipoli7 ай бұрын
ok, now imagine ukraine getting the gripens + rbs15 mk3 (air launched version) actually cap you can try this? is the gripen modeled already? idk
@TheStormpilgrim11 ай бұрын
Nice how the soldiers stand at attention along the road for takeoff, dutifully going deaf for the cause. Maybe they're artillerymen and they're already deaf. I'm curious if there would be a way to design a kind of "universal booster" to turn air-launched missiles into ground-launched missiles. The US could give Ukraine a boatload--see what I did there--of Harpoons, but without the F-16s, they're just boat anchors.
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
We only hire hard-of-hearing guys for GR ground crew.
@gernblansten68411 ай бұрын
Still should try this with an actual apkws. Aim9 is made for what you just did. I bet its alot more challenging with a laser guided rocket.
@Mjones838311 ай бұрын
Is it just me or were the decoys flying inverted
@TheAmazingSnarf11 ай бұрын
Maverick and Goose stylie
@thepurplecat597511 ай бұрын
Can we make this more realistic where some of the Russian ship’s spontaneously promote themselves to submarines and missiles just yeet themselves into the water for a quick swim?
@petertyson402211 ай бұрын
A perfect mission. 👍✴👾✴
@davidn339411 ай бұрын
Would they not have gone in at low altitude maybe.
@xessq111 ай бұрын
i know you have done Pearl to death .. however .. have you done a Pearl Harbor, with a modern carrier strike group IN Peal Harbor with the same advance warning that they had at the time of Pearl Harbor attack?
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
Will put it on the list but a bit sick to death of PH at the moment TBH.
@xessq111 ай бұрын
@@grimreapers I totally get that ... i LOVE all these thought experiments
@limedickandrew601611 ай бұрын
Pearl Harbour has kind of been done to death. Maybe you could poke an eye out of each Japanese pilot and see how they get on. Don't think they've done that one yet!!!
@aaronstreeval391011 ай бұрын
I can’t express how bad I wanna see the Black Sea fleet with it’s only frigates being their 2 krivak class frigates and buyan m corvettes being the only kalibr launching surface combatants. Like I want to see both grigorovich class frigates and that brand new corvette they have blown in half no less than 50 kilometers out to sea
@limedickandrew601611 ай бұрын
Yeah, funny isn't it. For all the hype about how poor the Russian Navy is and how excellent Ukraine are and so on, in 18 months of fighting the tally is one Russian ship sunk, and 3-4 damaged. I don't think people even realise that Russia has sunk/destroyed far more Ukrainian ships/boats than Ukraine has managed the other way. I mean, Russian sailors are all drunk and their ships run on coal!
@Tarquinthetyrant11 ай бұрын
If a nato/American fleet sailed up into the black sea in order to intimidate the Russians into breaking the “naval blockade” but the russian attacked them, what would happen?
@LondonSteveLee11 ай бұрын
How would the NATO fleet get into the Black Sea? They have been banned from entry (by Turkey) as soon as the hostilities began.
@tannerjones656411 ай бұрын
@@LondonSteveLeeignore turkey LoL
@AmirShafeek10 ай бұрын
@@tannerjones6564And then Turkey would just start sinking nato ships. And since the Americans aren't dumb, we would realize that our country broke a rule that Turkey clearly stated that they didn't want done. And then it would be Russia and Turkey versus the rest of nato because America aint gonna fight for nato if they're bullying other countries. Or hopefully they wouldn't.
@jasonsekwadi974010 ай бұрын
Hi Cap please repeat the sim but with MIG 29 and humans on the side of Ukraine. And AI on the side of Russia. This is because pilots from Russia have been accused/reported as being under trained with aging/poorly serviced planes.
@gibbo_30311 ай бұрын
If you gave the anti-shippers amraams you wouldn't need escorts
@deepat11 ай бұрын
Would all the weapons not be sent as a lend lease like the UK in WW2? The debt will be repayed in 60 years and Europe gets to flog its old equipment and buy shiny new f35s etc.
@christopherhumphreys705211 ай бұрын
With RAF Eurofighters and F35 intended to fly CAP for grain ships entering/leaving Ukranian ports this would be attract Russian Naval activity. Also why doesn't France supply Exocet missiles to Ukraine which can be mounted upon existing SU25........
@timbaskett629911 ай бұрын
Snap, crackle, pop!!! Sank Grisha!!!'
@Wolfe35111 ай бұрын
this can't be GR no one crashed on takeoff........I suspect trickery!!!! LOL
@trev859111 ай бұрын
Anyone seen Violet recently?
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
She's on a break. Probably a few months.
@LondonSteveLee11 ай бұрын
Having something removed?
@XMorbidReignX9 ай бұрын
What this is truly overlooking, is that the Russian fleet isn't nearly as powerful as what is described here. We can look at the most recent sinkings in port and the Moskau having been sunk with unguided and truck launched, missiles.
@harryhoudini71411 ай бұрын
seeing how easy this is, makes you wonder why Ukraine struggles so much! I mean you guys have just "won the War" for Ukraine "Rambo style" for them basically! Lets see if those F-16s will be the "Wonder Weapons" Ukraine has been waiting for so long (the Leopards and Challengers obviously werent). If not, we can try sending Hollywood Actors next, they should definitely do the trick!
@wolfgangamadeus124611 ай бұрын
I respectively disagree with your first comment, this was not easy. The Reapers only made it look easy. If you total up the combined number of man-hours of all of the Reapers involved in this video that they have invested in learning and mastering the DCS environment, the flight models and cockpit controls of the individual aircraft, and studying real-world flight combat tactics, the total number of man-hours would be staggering. All of that work plus Cap's excellent plan payed off in spades. DCS is an attempted simulation of the real world, not a video game, and that is what makes it interesting. And in DCS, like in the real world, if you don't put in the work, things go horribly wrong. On the other hand, I agree 100% with your last comment.
@harryhoudini71411 ай бұрын
@@wolfgangamadeus1246 I was certainly not trying to "belittle" the efforts of the reapers, I am very happy with them and what they do! I am just not so sure Ukraine has the same amount of "experience" to make this work this well in a real life scenario. I would also not overestimate DCS simulation capabilities. While DCS is remarkable in many ways and I love it, I would still not rely on it too much! especially in a complex modern conflict environment with unknown factors involved!
@wandameadows573611 ай бұрын
I like these possible Ukrainian scenarios being run. Attacking Russia's Navy is very important to Ukraines efforts to take Crimea.
@limedickandrew601611 ай бұрын
There is no Russian naval blockade of Odessa nor any other ports still in Ukrainian hands. All Russia has to do is destroy or seriously damage the various port infrastructure and ships can't unload or load up. On top of that, they have perfectly adequate anti ship missiles that can be launched from land if needed. Or submarines, for which Ukraine has very little defence against.
@benjaminshropshire290011 ай бұрын
Do any of the decoy platforms have jamming capabilities? I'm looking at that mission and thinking the ships could easily figure out who the real threats are just by assuming they are the ones in back. OTOH if you could put an opaque wall of expendable jammers between the attack birds and the target you might be able to force the defenders into a "I know it's a decoy, buy I still need to shoot it down so I can see the threat" dilemma.
@grimreapers11 ай бұрын
I don't think so in game.
@xenaguy0111 ай бұрын
Decoy drones have had jammers since the 80s. In game? IDK.
@liamspence129111 ай бұрын
"Could Ukrainian F-16s hit targets which are within fire control of land based batteries" You could have at least made an attempt to make this feasible, the Russians are never getting that close and if they -did- get that close the Ukrainians would just use the Neptunes they've stockpiled for exactly this purpose.
@limedickandrew601611 ай бұрын
You could get even more realistic. There aren't any Russian ships there for that very reason. I'm not sure how many Neptunes Ukraine has left even, if any. The factory producing them got taken out over a year ago. And all Russia has to do to blockade the ports is to bomb them with missiles or drones, which they are doing right now (doesn't anyone connected with this channel keep up with the latest missile strikes?). No need to put any ships at risk. In fact, Grim reapers have just done a scenario that is none existent. Air defences around the ports would be more realistic. But of course, that would be a rather dull affair.
@liamspence129111 ай бұрын
@@limedickandrew6016 buddy they literally used a Neptune in ground attack mode during their naval raid on Crimea??? You are correct somewhat, the factory was -damaged- over a year ago and considering how much time and money Ukraine has been investing into its drone and domestic missile projects i have a sneaking suspicious they, you know, did what they've done with every other defense industry that got hit and either repaired it or moved it westward? Zelensky had announced already that Neptunes are in mass production due to the fact they can be modified as cruise missiles. As for "all they have to do to blockade the ports" they still have active shipping going in and out of the ports dawg.
@limedickandrew601611 ай бұрын
@@liamspence1291 Yes, there are some ships going in and our, but it is fewer and fewer with every week that passes. Almost every day now a Ukrainian port or port infrastructure is attacked and destroyed or damaged. Eventually there will be no port facilities left if this carries on. In the American Civil War, blockade runners got through to the Confederate ports. But it got harder and harder as the war progressed and of course eventually the last port got captured and that was that. But even then some small boats still managed to get through and unload supplies along various points of the Atlantic coast still in Confederate hands - though of course it was nowhere remotely near what was needed, and very risky. No matter how much control of the seas or air you have, something will always get through. Even if it's only a trickle.
@liamspence129111 ай бұрын
@@limedickandrew6016 i mean, not really??? They just keep repairing their port facilities and will progressively boost their AD in the areas as they continue to receive more, sort of how now we rarely see anything get through the Net which has been cast around Kyiv and requires saturation attacks? And of course less ships are going to a country at war lmao Its why Ukraine diversified its exports by using Romanian and Croatian ports to avoid a lot of this issue entirely.
@limedickandrew601611 ай бұрын
@@liamspence1291 No matter which way you slice it or dice it, do stop pretending like it is 'no bother' for Ukraine. But as I said, something will always get through. Experienced smugglers will vouch for that. And what does get through, does so at a very expensive cost. Ukraine ain't gonna lose the war cos of this. But it will add another nail to their coffin.
@trevorhart54511 ай бұрын
Q. Have the USAF ever integrated Harpoon missiles with their hundreds of F-16s? NO? Q. When will Ukraine be able to use the F-16s? Q. Are there not Land Targets that are of a Much Higher Priority? Q. are we armchair Generals?
@terrynewsome66989 ай бұрын
Answers: -Taiwanese and Portuguese f-16 can use harpoon -usaf f-16v have the ability to us harpoon and lrasm -Yes, they operate a fairly modern air force as is. It is ridiculous to assume that they can't do what Poland, Slovakia, egypt, and iraq have been able to do. -They can fill multiple roles Less kaliber chuckers means less pressure on air defense forces - Ukrainian military has stated that they would include anti ship actions into their operations. anymore questions?
@mikehankins451311 ай бұрын
We give em Maverick to go with those f16s and the wars over..He'd take Moscow by lunchtime.
@robertnijkamp205111 ай бұрын
Why are you at 36000 feet , why not A Low alt attack
@timkirchoff386911 ай бұрын
Higher and faster means their missiles have a much longer range and they don't need to get in as close to deliver their ordinance.