One thing that I hate about this video is that when a explosive hits that close to a nuclear warhead goes off almost 100% past 99.998665 person of the time the fact that those 2000 lb jadams hit the nuclear warheads and the WarHeads did not go off is something that needs to be checked out and changed because during the operation plumb bob in the US we tested if we could throw explosives at a nuclear warhead by the Soviet Union and in fact every single time the warhead wood and always go off
The other guy was more afraid of his own GBAD than GS. A lethal mistake in this particular instance, but generally a healthy train of thought if the NK GBAD is as "proficient and vigilant" as the Russian GBAD.....
This scenario is entirely possible. Back in the day, I spent 3 winters at Osan AB and the 51st Mustangs had NK tasking if the balloon went up. Those SSBMs were a definite threat. So were the SA-5s. Whenever I took off out of Osan, I was immediately locked up by the Pyongyang SA-5 site and the NKs played with me for 9 hours. God help them if they ever launched. Here's what happens when you launch on a U-2. Post Gulf War I, Iraq had the poor judgement to optically launch on one of my brothers. He got a detonation shock wave bump from the missile but took no damage. That SA-2 site was wiped off the face of the Earth the next day by a massive multi-platform strike. Think B-1s, B-52s, F-16s, MudHens, and F-18s. Iraq definitely got the message not to F with the DragonLady. We flew Alone, Unarmed, and Scared Shitless, but we had a whole lot of backup from those other most deadly platforms. I still owe the F-15 CAP drivers beer from their response when I got engaged by a MiG 29 and 3 Mirage F1s during GW I. Fun times!!! Keep up the OUTSTANDING effort GS. Sierra Hotel
A Military equipment specialist just assessed that the Ukrainian F16s are equipped with special 360 degree guided missile directional detection and jamming and chaff pods. They are Israeli and German in nature.
I absolutely love the multi-role videos using the F-16! I’d really like to see how the F-35 does when compared to the F-16, in the same mission. One using the F-16 and one using the F-35. Thanks GS!
@@status_-_ "If I went out and fought an F/A-18 on day one I’d get destroyed," said Flatley. "But if you do what the jet is really good at, you can do things those other jets wouldn’t dream of." This is a quote from Marine Corps Maj. Dan Flatley. Personally I disagree with you. I once had a conversation with a pilot about the F-35A's maneuverability. He said that it flys like or better than a Hornet.
I am amazed at how cool this channel is with the most interesting content, I don't understand how I wasn't subscribed to it before. I am also amazed at the capabilities of the DCS simulator.
8:47 The canopy was off, But the pilot's seat didn't eject... Looks like he went down with plane and died horribly (Or he already dead at the missile impact)...
I remember watching an old documentary about air power, where an American pilot was saying that an f-16 or f-18 can do it all in one mission: “we can fly in, neutralize the enemy fighters, kill the enemy SAMs and then bomb the target” Then they had on a British pilot who said basically “well that sounds great but it assumes a quite pathetic enemy” That sums up how I feel about this… it makes for a cool video, but in reality? Not happening.
Another great video and 3 key points: 1.gotta love Gs intro line "what's up my dudes" 2. Gs light up like Christmas tree. 3.fat amy would be a better challenge. Also congrats on the 600k subscribers🎉
This is an idea, however i don''t know for sure if you've done this already or will, but, maybe make a video where you show how you get those amazing cinematic shots, i would love to see how it's done!
Hmm, is it "safe" to take out nuke silos like that? Is there possibility of nuclear explosion / fallout or do certain conditions have to be met for that?
I have a suggestion, make a scenario where you only have fox 2 missiles and the enemy have fox 3. You need to get close enough to kill him with the close range missiles. Pick whatever fightes you want.
Question though, there was an airport close enough to the silos, why didn't they scramble more Migs to protect the target? Exfiltrating with just one Amraam left might have been more challenging if there were a couple more Migs on the hunt. (In a scenario where they could scramble more, would you have had a wingman for this mission?)
Do large missiles like SA-2 actually provide a decent threat against a manoeuvring target? I read they were pretty deadly in Vietnam but many aircraft weren't equipped with RWR at the time so i'm not sure how they would compete nowadays
I'm curious. If the hatches on the silos were closed could they resist a direct impact from a 2000lb JDAM? Would it destroy the silo or at least render them non-functional?
Would it kill you to hold the wings steady for 1/10th of a second while the ordinance leaves your F16 GS? HaHa we have seen it can kill you if you don't :)
ah yes, I remember playing Falcon 4.0 (FF2) ... you guys are too young to remember but when DCS came out it was nothing but a worm against Falcon 4.0 and its community
hi, that is just part of the livery I believe, you can only change the window tint from the inside from the settings. on the outside it depends on the skin you choose. some have tinted glass, others do not.
@@GrowlingSidewinder ok thanks!, i'll try it out, also, wonder if there's a mission for the mig-29 to show how good it is, maybe you can make a video of it?
Seems kind of strange that a missile would be sticking halfway out of the silo like that. Even if it was for maintenance wouldn't they need to have some support equipment to access/retrieve the missile?
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Congrats on 600K subs!
One thing that I hate about this video is that when a explosive hits that close to a nuclear warhead goes off almost 100% past 99.998665 person of the time the fact that those 2000 lb jadams hit the nuclear warheads and the WarHeads did not go off is something that needs to be checked out and changed because during the operation plumb bob in the US we tested if we could throw explosives at a nuclear warhead by the Soviet Union and in fact every single time the warhead wood and always go off
@@GrowlingSidewinder Way to go! Hope you get 600k more.
Day something something asking for Sopwith Camel vs F22 😁
When in doubt of what to fly ? F16 always brings the fight home. Yes !
"He really had no situational awareness."
Is immediately surprised by two SA-2 missiles narrowly missing his plane.
Loooooool excellent point.
The other guy was more afraid of his own GBAD than GS. A lethal mistake in this particular instance, but generally a healthy train of thought if the NK GBAD is as "proficient and vigilant" as the Russian GBAD.....
Lol!
😂
There’s a lot of the technical terms I don’t fully understand yet but man is this channel entertaining 😅
Thanks!
Thank you for watching
F-16 is just such a BEAST! economical, plenty of them made, just a blanket of effectiveness!
Congrats GS - 600,000 subscriber's is massive . I joined when you reached 300ks . Now at 600ks . That's a remarkable achievement . Top Notch !!!
3:46 - MiG-29 Pilot to base: "I'm launching on the Yankee bandit!"
MiG-29 Pilot to Drop Tank: "Save yourself before it's too late!"
Drop tank? No, that's extra-large chaff! 🤪
@@mr_e_monkey8836
Trying to get better at Viper multirole missions, so this content is golden, thank you.
Top tip: Fly missions against North Korea. 😆
This scenario is entirely possible. Back in the day, I spent 3 winters at Osan AB and the 51st Mustangs had NK tasking if the balloon went up. Those SSBMs were a definite threat. So were the SA-5s. Whenever I took off out of Osan, I was immediately locked up by the Pyongyang SA-5 site and the NKs played with me for 9 hours. God help them if they ever launched.
Here's what happens when you launch on a U-2. Post Gulf War I, Iraq had the poor judgement to optically launch on one of my brothers. He got a detonation shock wave bump from the missile but took no damage. That SA-2 site was wiped off the face of the Earth the next day by a massive multi-platform strike. Think B-1s, B-52s, F-16s, MudHens, and F-18s. Iraq definitely got the message not to F with the DragonLady. We flew Alone, Unarmed, and Scared Shitless, but we had a whole lot of backup from those other most deadly platforms. I still owe the F-15 CAP drivers beer from their response when I got engaged by a MiG 29 and 3 Mirage F1s during GW I. Fun times!!!
Keep up the OUTSTANDING effort GS. Sierra Hotel
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Difference is iraq didnt have nukes.
@@nemanja162 Difference is NK didn't shoot at us.
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Difference is irrelevant.
I think we all owe you a beer
EXCELLENT video GS! I love it when you do mission based content (and land)!
Would love to see the difference in this mission if you had flown it with an F-35.
*Watching the NK military in GS DCS videos* "Staa-haa-haaaaap, he's already deaaaaaad!"
A Military equipment specialist just assessed that the Ukrainian F16s are equipped with special 360 degree guided missile directional detection and jamming and chaff pods. They are Israeli and German in nature.
Now that's protecting valuable assets, from a partnership that's very satisfying to see!
Oh cool, can you share the source? I’d love to read it 🙂
@@daviddoyle982 Millennium7* made a video about it
PIDS+ and ECIPS+
Pinpoint accuracy- the ultimate force multiplier. F-16 the laser scalpel of fighters.
Nuclear material confetti on the menu for that base's personnel 😂 You make it look easy, but that was some fine flying and target engagement!
“He has low S.A.” Next breath “wow, 2 SA-2s, where did those come from?”
I love the landing back home sequence! VICTORY!
The landing finale was the best. Thanks!
It is interesting to see how the sun washes out the instrument panel.
I absolutely love the multi-role videos using the F-16! I’d really like to see how the F-35 does when compared to the F-16, in the same mission. One using the F-16 and one using the F-35. Thanks GS!
600K Subs that's awesome!
4:05 "He should be in that cloud somewhere."
I've got my top man on it.
F/A-18E/F vs F-35C (Fox-2 fight) would be epic to see! Navy vs Navy : Old vs New
Day 100!
Wouldn't be much of a fight tbh
F/A-18E/F would slam the f-35 in a dogfight
@@status_-_ "If I went out and fought an F/A-18 on day one I’d get destroyed," said Flatley. "But if you do what the jet is really good at, you can do things those other jets wouldn’t dream of." This is a quote from Marine Corps Maj. Dan Flatley.
Personally I disagree with you. I once had a conversation with a pilot about the F-35A's maneuverability. He said that it flys like or better than a Hornet.
@@Mav09 What about the F35C though?
I am amazed at how cool this channel is with the most interesting content, I don't understand how I wasn't subscribed to it before. I am also amazed at the capabilities of the DCS simulator.
thanks and welcome to channel. Glad to have you.
Happy 600k GS!
GG!, GS
dudes channel is skyrocketing, swear he reached 300k like a year ago or time is going fast
It would really be interesting to see a BWR fight between the F22 and a F35 A
The big dogs of stealth 🤷🏻♂️
It's BVR ^^
"Oh they really tried to kill me there"! Isn't that the idea GS?
8:47 The canopy was off, But the pilot's seat didn't eject... Looks like he went down with plane and died horribly (Or he already dead at the missile impact)...
Ya, mostly likely ejection seat failure. The canopy came off as intended but the seat did not eject.
congrats on 600k mate well deserved
Thank you very much
Congrats bro you've made me a f16 fan
1:08 - 1:19 …or a Eurofighter.
And there was me thinking that 2000lb JDAMs were only for porta potties and technicals 😅
I was waiting for the blinding flash of light and the mushroom cloud😝 "I think that was a successful mission?!!"😝 600K...good stuff!!😊
"Rocket Man" be pissed off!!!
I believe what we heard there at the end during the impact was the early warning claxton transitioning transitioning to an oh shit claxton.
The calmness is incredible.
> surprised by multiple SA-2's narrowly missing his F-16
Major Emmett Tullia moment
Good job on 600k gs
@4:28 sad Flanker noises.
"Whoa. They really tried to kill me there" 😂
Great vid, but I highly doubt the DOD would send 1 F-16 in by itself for a mission of this gravity.
CIA covert op with a rogue F=16
Well of course not. It’s a good challenge and an interesting video
Maybe GS originally had a wingman and 2 F-15C escorts, but they were shot down in a battle with 22 other MiG-29s...
Didn’t you watch Iron Eagle?? One is enough… 🤣🤣🤣
Neither would North Korea send up only two MiG-29's to defend a nuclear missile site. But this was a DCS demonstration, not a Hollywood movie. 😎
50 years of F-16 in 2024 and 45 years of MiG-29 "Fulcrum" in 2022.
Not today Lil Kim... here, hold my JDAM!
I remember watching an old documentary about air power, where an American pilot was saying that an f-16 or f-18 can do it all in one mission: “we can fly in, neutralize the enemy fighters, kill the enemy SAMs and then bomb the target”
Then they had on a British pilot who said basically “well that sounds great but it assumes a quite pathetic enemy”
That sums up how I feel about this… it makes for a cool video, but in reality? Not happening.
Another great video and 3 key points:
1.gotta love Gs intro line "what's up my dudes"
2. Gs light up like Christmas tree.
3.fat amy would be a better challenge.
Also congrats on the 600k subscribers🎉
Absolutely LOVE these kind of scenarios! Congrats on 600k!
The pincer or double envelope lost its thumb. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"what's up my dude!" always reminds me to continue with "hold this F-15 for me!" :D
LOVE these videos, Would love to see more anti ship stuff from the US multirole aircraft other than the F16
Dude the fact the SAMs followed the burning mig is craaaazy
GS having another killer day at the office!
To stop the apocalypse, send unto them a single Viper.
MArvelous video. Like to see videos of North Korea vs the JSDF.
This is an idea, however i don''t know for sure if you've done this already or will, but, maybe make a video where you show how you get those amazing cinematic shots, i would love to see how it's done!
Many other youtubers have done tutorials how to do this. The chances are high GS learned from them too
"Who the hell left the silos' door open?! IVAANNNN"
here for my daily dose of growling sidewinder:day 4
Lmao "this guy thinks he's the main character" YOU GON LEARN TODAY
the swiss army knife of fighters.
Hmm, is it "safe" to take out nuke silos like that? Is there possibility of nuclear explosion / fallout or do certain conditions have to be met for that?
Not safe for them no, for sure fallout down there.
nuclear explosion like hiroshima needs specific conditions. a thing like chernobyl doesnt though
I have a suggestion, make a scenario where you only have fox 2 missiles and the enemy have fox 3. You need to get close enough to kill him with the close range missiles. Pick whatever fightes you want.
Question though, there was an airport close enough to the silos, why didn't they scramble more Migs to protect the target? Exfiltrating with just one Amraam left might have been more challenging if there were a couple more Migs on the hunt. (In a scenario where they could scramble more, would you have had a wingman for this mission?)
Day 193 not asking for anything.
Keep doing what you do.
600K!
Great video as always GS , 👏
Could you make a video with F22 equipt with aim 260 ?
600.000 🎉
Air combat was spicy today.
damnit jeff you pulled the fire alarm again\
i am really interested in this nice mission so we can try to do it also good job men !!
Could you please fly the f-8 Crusader, Thankyou.
Butter landing 🎉
Can you do a Russian bomber scrambler off Bering sea Alaska. I think Elmendorf has F22 -- against some Bears and a Felon?
Would a JDAM be enough to damage the silos if they were closed? I thought those things were pretty hardened.
Would probably need the penetrator variants
Day 1 of requesting *F-15EX Eagle II vs Su-35!* Modern Heavyweight Dogfight!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
00:59 A couple of turtle heads.
ooh yes daddy keep citing them parameters in my ears
aaaaaaand....BOOM goes the dynamite
Do large missiles like SA-2 actually provide a decent threat against a manoeuvring target? I read they were pretty deadly in Vietnam but many aircraft weren't equipped with RWR at the time so i'm not sure how they would compete nowadays
ya they're still a threat, they were very susceptible to jamming, that's what they did in Vietnam also.
Day 55 of asking for a modern Falklands scenario: Typhoons and Lightnings vs. Falcons
Tornados and lightnings would be even better
gonna play Queen's One Vision like it's Iron Eagle.
F-16V multirole missions are the best videos from the jet age. An F-35 would have made it boring!
WHATS UP MY DUDES !!!!!!!! i love this guy
0:52 Where can i get these assets? Like the missile Silos and the radar dish
that would also interest me very much!
I'm curious. If the hatches on the silos were closed could they resist a direct impact from a 2000lb JDAM? Would it destroy the silo or at least render them non-functional?
Would it kill you to hold the wings steady for 1/10th of a second while the ordinance leaves your F16 GS? HaHa we have seen it can kill you if you don't :)
Where is the usual “Hello guys, welcome back to another video…”? :)
Yeah, the my dudes thing is....we'll, not good.
You need to change the tail insignia from "XL" to "GS".
ah yes, I remember playing Falcon 4.0 (FF2) ... you guys are too young to remember but when DCS came out it was nothing but a worm against Falcon 4.0 and its community
8:27 Did that Mig-29 explosion throw off the targeting on the SA-2's?
I am a fan of yours, but i have one question, which button / slider do you use for zoom in and out as it seems so smooth? Thanks
The supreme leader is angered!
If you don't think a single fighter can do a lot of damage, reference Iron Eagle and the Hades bomb. Bam!
Where do the ICBM silo assets come from?
"Hm.... this guy thinks he's the main character."😂
Awesome!
coolest mission, also small question, on the outside of the F-16, how did you put its window yellow?
hi, that is just part of the livery I believe, you can only change the window tint from the inside from the settings. on the outside it depends on the skin you choose. some have tinted glass, others do not.
@@GrowlingSidewinder ok thanks!, i'll try it out, also, wonder if there's a mission for the mig-29 to show how good it is, maybe you can make a video of it?
Seems kind of strange that a missile would be sticking halfway out of the silo like that. Even if it was for maintenance wouldn't they need to have some support equipment to access/retrieve the missile?
13:36 What will happen if you try to land at enemy’s airbase?
Congrats for 600k subs!
If the F-16 XL is in DCS, could you please do a video on it?
Battlefield theme. Nice.
Who would win a Low N Slow Dogfight between a Zero and a 5th gen?