No. It's a long, complicated story but by around 1971-72, the US and SV had the war pretty much won. NV won the war three years after the US had left and the US Congress had cut off all material aid to SV, while Russia and China continued supplying NV.
To answer the question posed in the title of this video, NO. The course of the Vietnam war was driven by the president, LBJ and his SecDef., Robert McNamara's micro-management of the war. No weapon would have changed the outcome with their micro-management dominating what targets could be hit or not be hit!
The vortex generated by the XB-70 was a specific situation because of teh downward deflection of teh wing tips of the XB-70, The B-58 was a normal delta without the XB-70s variable downward deflection of the XB-70.
The J-79 afterburners were no less bright than the J-79s on the F-4 Phantoms, the TF-33 on the F-111 or the J-75 used on the F-105 I find it hard to believe this was an issue because it is not easy to see an AB from teh ground, let alone from the air, especially in bad weather. The question is, how and when teh AB is employed. The radar-guided SAMS of that era was radar-guided, and the only IR systems were the ATOLL used on the MiG-21. As far as the "Pilot Light" I challenge anyone looking up from teh ground to spot the tiny pilot light of an aircraft flying by at 500 plus knots.
We were discussing the igniter and not the afterburner plume itself. What Chris is reporting is what is in the original files from Combat Bullseye. But the igniter being visable from the ground is questionable.
The Dragon Jaw bridge was hit, but teh weapons used were not doing teh damage, but there were direct hits, but they were repaired. The GBU weapons used made for more predictable hits.
Great discussion on this little known subject of the proposed use of Hustlers in North Vietnam. They even got as far as painting up a bunch of them in SE Asia camo paint jobs and wow did they look great! It's a shame they were never deployed due to McNamara & LBJ's micro-management. Looking forward to part2! Cheers.
More on that speciffically next week! The F-111 eventually came good but its early promise, as shown in Combat Bullseye 3, was not prooven in Vietnam for a number of years.
No. It's a long, complicated story but by around 1971-72, the US and SV had the war pretty much won. NV won the war three years after the US had left and the US Congress had cut off all material aid to SV, while Russia and China continued supplying NV.
To answer the question posed in the title of this video, NO. The course of the Vietnam war was driven by the president, LBJ and his SecDef., Robert McNamara's micro-management of the war. No weapon would have changed the outcome with their micro-management dominating what targets could be hit or not be hit!
The vortex generated by the XB-70 was a specific situation because of teh downward deflection of teh wing tips of the XB-70, The B-58 was a normal delta without the XB-70s variable downward deflection of the XB-70.
True, but they still played safe when they found close formation on the B-58 was not possible.
The J-79 afterburners were no less bright than the J-79s on the F-4 Phantoms, the TF-33 on the F-111 or the J-75 used on the F-105 I find it hard to believe this was an issue because it is not easy to see an AB from teh ground, let alone from the air, especially in bad weather. The question is, how and when teh AB is employed. The radar-guided SAMS of that era was radar-guided, and the only IR systems were the ATOLL used on the MiG-21. As far as the "Pilot Light" I challenge anyone looking up from teh ground to spot the tiny pilot light of an aircraft flying by at 500 plus knots.
We were discussing the igniter and not the afterburner plume itself. What Chris is reporting is what is in the original files from Combat Bullseye. But the igniter being visable from the ground is questionable.
The Dragon Jaw bridge was hit, but teh weapons used were not doing teh damage, but there were direct hits, but they were repaired. The GBU weapons used made for more predictable hits.
That bridge was defended! Men died attacking the bridge!
Great discussion on this little known subject of the proposed use of Hustlers in North Vietnam. They even got as far as painting up a bunch of them in SE Asia camo paint jobs and wow did they look great! It's a shame they were never deployed due to McNamara & LBJ's micro-management. Looking forward to part2! Cheers.
Thanks for watching! More on the camo next week.
A great airplane but had no racks nor hard points to load up conventional stores.
That is not accurate, as we will cover in part 2 🙂
The B-58 wouldn't work, but the F-111 did in '68.
In 1968 to many problems with F-111. Crashes and men killed and missing still. By 1972 problems were worked out. In 1968, wings joints were a problem.
More on that speciffically next week! The F-111 eventually came good but its early promise, as shown in Combat Bullseye 3, was not prooven in Vietnam for a number of years.