30 yrs ago the us army had more aircraft total than the us air force....congress had this pointed out and many cargo planes were shifted to the air force, a10 warthog started out as an army plane, air force took it also
FYI re "Minuteman". Originally referred to American colonist civilians who could form up into militia brigades "in a minute" to fight the British during the Revolutionary War. Highly mobile & rapidly deployed. When it came time to name a missile, you can see why it was a suitable name. 😎
i was goin to explain it myself lol telling by her expression i think she took it as another kind of minuteman. also my understanding is that they were called minuteman because they were able to reload there muskets in under a minute which was extremely fast at the time.
The minuteman is also a solid-fueled missile that was a successor to liquid-fueled missiles. The latter either have to be fueled immediately prior to launch, or have corrosive fuel and have to be refurbished periodically. Solid fuel missiles can be kept in a high state of readiness and fired almost immediately. So naming the missile after the historical rapid response force was apropos.
@@joebertolini3518 Ha as someone that grew up in Cincy.. I shamefully have to agree. It's not too bad anymore but before the EPA moved it's HQ to Cincinnati, it was grosssss.
A study was done in I believe the 1970's or 80's that showed that during deer gun season in Wisconsin the state had the 6th largest army in the world during the season. Plus newer studies have shown that when all (registered) private fire arms are considered, the American general public out guns most nations. Yes, I did stress the word registered which doesn't include everything before about the 1980's.
My dad was one of the designers of the original stealth flight control system. As a kid, i recall my mom being pissed bc he was never home...but bc of my dad not being allowed to talk about it, he couldn't say where he was or what he was doing out of national security....he had to take the hit. There were lots of red roses delivered to my mom from my dad during that era.
I know the feeling. My father worked on every missile system in the US arsenal up to the Peacekeeper. Took years for me to find that out. He also did the navigation stuff for the Voyagers. One year he was away in the middle of summer for three weeks and Mom had to cut the grass. The mower kept stalling on her and finally she took a hammer to it. Dad bought a new one when he got home.
It's a difficult thing to balance. A reason why many of us have been married more than once. My old boss once told me I had to be at another location within 12 hours... I asked him if he's putting me up after I get back, since there were talks of changing the locks on the house after the previous trip.
@@amddiffynnwr Hadn't quite thought of this one before. The company generally treated my father with first class meals and residence while on the road, but never offered my mother anything for all her troubles. My father was brilliant, but my mother arguably even more so, yet all it got her in those days was the dirty laundry and kids to feed.
@@thomasjamison2050 There were too many conversations that went something like this: "Where are you going?", "West.", "How do I reach you?", "I'll call you.", "When are you coming back?", "I'll call you." Not at all good for improved marital bliss.
@@davea6314 I stick to referring to myself as a "Californian" which, by default, relegates the understanding of a person who is a citizen of a state that is a member/part of the United States of the (N)-American Continent(s). I can't say how well that comes across, generally speaking, but I like it like that. 😁
Don't we all!! As someone who was in the US NAVY and stationed on an aircraft carrier, we knew what we were there to do, but everyone hoped our training would NEVER have to be used in actual combat.
To late.... Anything they say they are developing, is already in active use. They play coy and don't officially announce weapons platforms when they are actually released.... They had GPS 10 years before they announced the tech even existed as 15 years before civilians could use it.
As an American veteran (Irish and Native American blood), The Idea of attacking Ireland would seem like declaring war on one of our neighboring states.
The majority of the recipients of the Medal of Honor in the U.S. Armed Forces have been Irish-American. They are known for being among the bravest and most fearsome warriors in the world. Irish-Americans are approximately 10% of the U.S. population, but 58% of the Medal recipients. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish-American_Medal_of_Honor_recipients
Carrier groups are INSANELY powerful. If a carrier is a floating city, a carrier group is a massive floating fortress. No worries Ireland! We love Kerrygold butter and cheese. I have a big box of Irish butter in my fridge!
I live close to an Air Force base. I get to watch the F-35's doing maneuvers all the time. Incredibly cool to watch. The aerospace museum next to the base is really cool to visit as well.
Lol her reaction to the US having a carrier in Japan was hilarious. Japan agreed to not build aircraft carriers after WW2, and part of our relationship with them as Allie's is that since then we use ours to help protect their their coasts.
@@stash4945 They have built "flat top battle ships" in the past that could easily be converted if the need arises, so I guess they've decided that need is right now. And I can't recall if the agreement was simply made in good faith or if it was an actual treaty document. Either way, we aren't gonna stop then from doing it since we've become close allies since WW2
the agreement (terms of surrender) was to not build/form an offensive military force anything that could be considered defensive in nature was acceptable because our goal wasn't to prevent japan from protecting themselves but anything that's sole purpose was to attack others was forbidden
@@Irishrebel092 IIRC its a part of their constitution as they consider aircraft carriers as an offensive military asset and their military doctrine is purely meant for defense as stated in their constitution. As you stated they do have "flat top battleships" which they are in the process of arming with the F-35 (B model IIRC) for use as an air defense network around their remote islands (in theory at least). I did see recently that a government leader had petitioned for them to amend their constitution to allow for them to build proper aircraft carriers though, so we might see them with one soon.
@@calebboyd4531 it's a really interesting aspect of our relationship with Japan that I wish more people knew about. Personally I'm all for them building out their fleets, whether it is through their own means or through partnerships with the US, South Korea, or Australia. But it gets muddy when it comes to Japanese relations with other countries that aren't also on good terms with the US. Kinda like how their passports give you access to more countries than a US passport.
Diane, the term Minuteman, is not what you are thinking. It’s from the revolutionary war, it’s what they called the quick response team who would be ready to fight in a minute. The Minuteman missile was named after this group of fighting men. Smart bombs are replacing dumb bombs that were used in past wars. A dumb bomb could hit a city block, with a smart bomb, you can pick which window in a building you want the bomb to go through. Have a great week!
Yes, the Revolutionary War of 1775-83. The first minutemen were organized in Worcester county, Massachusetts, in September 1774, when revolutionary leaders sought to eliminate Tories from the old militia by requiring the resignation of all officers and reconstituting the men into seven regiments with new officers.
Early after 9-11 we passed through Shannon like any other airport and got to chill in the lounge for a bit. After 2004 we were pretty much kept in a glass bubble when passing through any airports. But the coordinators there probably have the largest collection of unit patches after a few decades of operations.
I caught that Diane. When the narrator was talking about the Minutemen missiles. Your reaction was precious...The minutemen were independent men who self trained in weaponry, tactics and military strategies. formed the Colonial partisan militia. They fought for our independence from the British. I enjoyed your comments. You're quite funny.
In reality, the US has more than 20 aircraft carriers, with 10 of them being "supercarrier" class ships. The entire rest of the countries in the world (combined) have about 20 carriers, but none in the supercarrier class. I'm pretty sure the biggest non-US carriers are 'medium' carriers, similar in size to what the US was using in WWII.
From North Carolina, I visited Ireland and fell in love with the country and the people. All of my ancestors are of Irish or Scottish descent. Love your beautiful country.
They’re called minuteman in honor of the militia groups that fought the British during the American Revolution, said to be battle ready at a minute’s notice!
Hi Diane! This video would have been better, had the narrator gone, "Pew pew" a couple of times. I was in the navy back in the day. We were a cool ship, but once we ran out of tp. That wasn't too cool. Happy Monday!
As to your curse my own Irish mom cuts my hair even though I am 48 and even when it's not the best haircut I have to tell her I love it. It's something she just loves doing and I don't have the heart to tell her no and as we all know we will do anything for our dear mothers to make them happy even if it means a bad haircut. Especially since my father passed away a few months back she seems to look forward to it. Great video, thanks.
I believe Ireland can afford to be neutral because it knows that if it were ever attacked by say, Russia (weakness attracts bullies), the larger European powers would come to its defense. As would the United States. So it saves a LOT of money by not having a large offensive military. NATO in large measure is implicitly paying the cost for Ireland's safety (a high cost which is presently for deterrence).
@@cult_of_odin Yep. Which as an American I don't really mind doing, I think having a safer world is quite a good thing, but it would be nice if people from other countries would do a better job remembering that fact instead of constantly giving the US shit for how much we spend on our military. As soon as the rest of y'all start paying for your own damn national defense then we can start spending less.
remember, this is only what they want you to know about, just imagine all the top secret stuff we dont know about. their or military gps is way advanced and the one that is so obvious yet unmentioned is the number of privately owned weapons and trillions of rounds of ammo the people have
One of my old bosses's sons was a nuclear missileer in a bunker somewhere. He couldn't even tell his parents where he was stationed. They had a bumper sticker on their car that said, "My honor roll student can nuke your honor roll student." :) The "smart bombs" use a far more accurate GPS system than Google or Apple uses. Not only can they use GPS, but even during Desert Storm 30 years ago, they would send Special Forces troops into Bagdad and they would shoot a target with a ultraviolet laser that only night vision goggles and the UV camera on the nose of a smart bomb could see. it would steer itself and hit whatever the UV laser designator was aimed at. Keep the cats away from the lasers...:) When they were testing the radar model of the F-117, the guys testing the radar were frustrated and complaining that the model had fallen off the post they were aiming at and they didn't pick up anything up until a blackbird landed on the model. At that point, the designers figured they were on to something. The radar operators knew where the plane was supposed to be, but still couldn't see it. When they refined the equipment, they figured out that the radar cross section was the eqivalent of a 1/8" (3mm diameter) steel ball. Almost impossible to pick up. The Gerald Ford class carriers also have magnetic coil guns instead of steam catapults to launch airplanes for takeoff. They will be able to launch airplanes twice as fast, if not more. They're also working on rail guns for ships and aircraft that fire projectiles up to 25,000 feet per second that can vaporize armor. They're also mounting laser cannons on ships and aircraft that can disable ground vehicles, aircraft, or missiles nearly instantly. And that's just the stuff we know about. Who knows what sci fi stuff they're working on now that will be made public in 5 to 10 years. Yes other countries have smart weapons because we sold them to them or gave them to them. The UK, Germany, and Israel are no slouch in technology. The UK invented the armor we use on the M-1 tank and the Germans use on their Leopard tanks. The US military uses a lot of weapons and vehicles designed by other countries, we can just afford to make a lot more of them and tweak the designs a bit.
“… or maybe it was stupid.” You have to admire ED’s directness, and it also helps illustrate the reason you might consider messing with the USA before going toe to toe with ED.
Fun fact when we first started operating stealth aircraft we had to purposely mount radar reflectors on the furring exercises so we could even see them and not accidentally fly another group of aircraft into them on accident. airspace battle management technicians yall are a seriously undervalued resource. (Former US Air Force munitions inspector here) Also military grade GPS for AGM (Air to ground munition) the accuracy is measured in millimeters, meaning we measure how close to the aiming point we hit by tens of millimeters, if it’s over 100 millimeters off target, someone really messed up, not that it madders because the hole of even a small munition is going to more than 10 meters wide
why? We are the richest country in the world. We should have by far the highest standard of living and make the rest of the world look under developed....instead we have a huge military that due to nuclear weapons probably isn't even relevant. I mean if we ever got into a true war its going to end in a nuclear exchange anyway.
Whether it was the alien invasion last week or a nuclear war today, you mentioned both times you hope they leave Ireland alone. You may want to start adding Spain to that list if you want to survive one of these potential apocalypses.
Thank you Diane, been having a less than stellar time lately. Your videos, your smile and your effervescent attitude always brings some joy to my heart. Thank you
Diane, Ireland will forever be protected to the end of time as so many people in the US (me included) have Irish descendents and we share the desire to be free and live in freedom. We (USA and Ireland)are family...anyone who would fuck with either of us, they will know complete, utter annihilation. God Bless Ireland 🇮🇪Love, The USA 🇺🇸
If you want to know how powerful a Carrier Strike Group is, imagine a circle, 300 miles in diameter, with the CSG at the center, and realize that NOTHING AT ALL exists within that circle, without the permission of the CSG. It is the ultimate projection of power, short of nukes.
Just a small update on this they didn't say, we now have rail guns and lasers on naval ships. We've been shooting down drones and incoming missiles from Iran with the lasers for a while now. We actually have missile that travel at 17x the speed of sound vs Russia and China 3 or 4x. Several other cool stuff that isn't advertised.
Yeah that's the thing about the US military, they show you A LOT of their power, and it's not even propaganda (like Russia and China), but they do not show you the capabilities that give us technological advantages over our enemies. SO it's more powerful than people think. They are even developing 6th generation, completely stealth aircraft that have lasers instead of guns and have basically futuristic missiles. They can also coordinate with drones and ships like never before. That's all that us civilians know about it lol.
I loved your reaction to the $7 Billion price tag to update the Minuteman missiles. Lolol! As an American I can only suggest that I (we) have grown immune to the unfortunately necessary, ridiculously sky-high costs associated with our military and its dominance. *PS* I had the pleasure of flying into Shannon Airport on my way to serve in Afghanistan..Wow!! What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL countryside!
Diane: "Seven BILLION?!" The US Military: *Lights a cigar with a billion-dollar bill* "Yup" Me:"See, this is why we can't have a national healthcare system."
@@michaelgraziano8038 People like this are the reason we, as a country with no ongoing wars and being naturally impenetrable, keep spending more and more on the military.
The newest carrier, USS Gerald R Ford cost $12.8 billion plus $4.7 billion in research. There’s also an entire accompanying flotilla which support/defend them. which is why there are only 11
I spent 21 years on active duty and 4 1/2 years in the reserves in the U.S. Army as an Engineer and not having the engineers mentioned even once really hurts. Its bad enough we are abused and ignored by our own service but not to be mentioned by this guy in his video really hurt. :( I guess I will continue working on my nuclear fall out shelter in my basement..... sniff sniff crying inside.
My uncle is a civil engineer, he has much respect for you guys. When discussing certain projects he would refer to the really complicated ones that were beyond his ability as "jobs for the corp" meaning the army corp of engineers.
What they mean by "smart bombs" is they are guided by different types of aids that make it accurate. Traditional bombs and missles were point and shoot or drop and hope it gets close. Now, for example in the Iraq war, they could fire a missle from a ship in the Persian Gulf in Kuwait and it could be programmed to go through the front door of one of Saddam's palaces in Iraq.
I remember back when the US invaded Panama in order to extract Noriega, I noticed that the Panama armed forces combined were about the same size as the Ohio National Guard. Well, almost - Ohio had more military airplanes.
Not all official aircraft names stick. The A-10 Thunderbolt, for example: It's known the world wide as the Warthog. As for machine guns, the 50 caliber M2 machine gun is known as Ma Deuce. "When Ma Deuce speaks, everyone listens!"
There are other weapon systems that even we citizens don't know about. Our newest system is the DEW or Directed Energy Weapons aka lasers. They were ship bound, but now things like tanks carry them. Yes, we tend to go overboard with things.
Diane: In the video's intro it stated that the U.S. had a large amount of satellites. Now as far as GPS on these satellites I am pretty sure they're not the commercial type of satellites that are used by the phone/cell companies. Also, based on the brief info given on these advance weapons and aircrafts I am sure the technology is way more advance then the technology used by the cell phone companies.
While we only have 11 Nimitz Super Carriers, we have 20 amphibious ships with aircraft carrying capabilities. They dont mention that the carrier can also travel at over 30 Knots, which is faster than most other types of war ships and is rumored to be no where close to the maximum speed, so we can have our naval aviation responding anywhere in the world in only a few days Also, Ireland doesnt need to be neutral for the USA to not attack. There are so many Americans with Irish descent that it would be political suicide over in the USA to go after Ireland, unprovoked. They couldnt even do anything 100 years ago when the Irish-Americans were sending money and ammunition across the pond for the Republican Army.
@@nsatoday That is not correct. There are not 11 that are operational at all times. There are 11 that are commissioned at all times as required by congress, but they are not all active at the same time. When this original video was made there were 11 in service (commissioned) the ten Nimitz class carriers (CVN 68 thru CVN 77) and an older one from a previous class the Enterprise CVN 65. The 11 that are in service now are the 10 from the Nimitz class and the first one from the new Gerald R Ford class CVN 78. The Enterprise has been decommissioned. Briefly there were only 10 in the aircraft carrier fleet when the Ford was delayed in being put into service but the Enterprise was no longer financially feasible to keep in service. Congress had to approve temporarily reducing the fleet to 10 until the Ford was commissioned and the fleet was back to 11. The 10 Nimitz class carriers each have a 50 year life span. Somewhere around when they are 24 years old each carrier is taken out of service for around three years. They return to the place that they were born, the shipyard in Newport News VA. Every aircraft carrier in the history of the US Navy was built at the shipyard in Newport News VA. They spend about 18 months out of the water, in DD11 (Dry Dock 11, the place that they were built and the largest Dry Dock in the western hemisphere) then they are put back in the water and tugged down the James river a bit and tied to a pier near the south end of the shipyard (usually Pier 3) and there it sits for another 18 months while all of the interior work gets finished. I worked there for a couple of years and all the time that I was there CVN 71 the Teddy Roosevelt was at the shipyard. Initially it was out of the water in DD11. Once it was back in the water and tied to the pier they started building the first carrier in the new Gerald R Ford class in DD11. All of the Nimitz class carriers are out of service for 4 or 5 years of their 50 year life. There aren't other carriers to slide in and take their place in active service. There are only 11 commissioned aircraft carriers. When one is being serviced there are only 10 that are available to be deployed. They certainly try to have only one being serviced at a time so there are 10 active, but there are no "stand by" carriers to keep 11 active. There are only 11 commissioned and when one is being serviced there are only 10 active.
Just remember that the "Civilian-class" GPS on your phone is, at best, accurate to 10ft (3.3m), and that a MAJOR part of that perceived accuracy is how your phone projects that position on a map provided by something like Google Maps. They used to have a "Military-class" of GPS, but that was discontinued in favor of better GPS for all. That said, American GPS SmartMunitions do not care about maps. They operate in the absolutes of precise strike coordinates in Lat/Long. Some munitions also use laser guidance from locally deployed assets to provide that "last mile accuracy" if 10ft is too much of a variance or the enemy is running GPS scrambling, and even without that, some weapons have camera and onboard flight control that let the weapon guide ITSELF with something like a picture of the target or a "last known good" reference that it can estimate where it needs to hit.
Aircraft are essentially named by the military service's and manufacturer's pr departments. Sometimes they "take", sometimes they don't. F15, F/A18, and F22 are examples of those that were accepted. But the A10 is usually called Warthog rather than Thunderbolt II. The F16 is the Viper rather than the Fighting Falcon. And the B52 is more often referred to as the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fucker) than the Superfortress.
With so many Americans with Irish DNA, Ireland is the safest country on the planet. We also want to be neutral, but someone has to stand up to the bullies out there. BOOP
My dad grew up in Limerick so yay it would like attacking grandma. Look at who USA is siding with over the GFA and protocol. Guess UK is crying about losing its "special friend".
Love this one. To answer your question, the manufacturer names the aircraft, but pilots, aircrew, and maintenance folks always give them a different "pet" names. For instance the Nighthawk to it's pilots is known as the "Wobblin' Goblin". The F-16 is the "Viper" to pilots, but officially is the Fighting Falcon.
Ah, the tell all nature of GPS. Like last weekend when I ordered pizza then I went online to track the driver since it was taking forever and found him going literally all over town with my order. Got lost he said. Sigh. I hate cold pizza.
@@DianeJennings The GPS system that civilians the world over have access to is actually a hand-me-down from the US military. The US military (and allies) actually use a newer, and much more precise, constellation of GPS satellites for their own navigation and targeting needs. The internet itself actually started off as a military communications project before being spun off into civilian use.
In regards to your question about China not having Guided munitions, yes, most modern militaries have guided munitions, however America relies on them a lot more than other militaries, well, at the very least is more known for it. In comparison to the Russian army for example, in their current combat operations in Eastern Europe (you all know what Im referring too, just dont want to make waves by saying the names.) we see a lot of their weapons hitting civilian targets almost as much as we see them hitting military targets. While yes they do on occasion hit civilian targets intentionally, there is a lot of instances where the target they were aiming at was not the one they hit. Typically these are not guided munitions, but rather unguided or "dumb" rounds. For example a stat I have seen come up several times is that in one of the United States recent wars 9% of our munitions launched were guided, but accounted for 75% of the hit targets. Meaning that at the very least 88% of the weapons used by the United States did not hit their intended targets, realistically though its probably a little higher as that would mean that all of the guided weapons hit their targets as intended, which is not likely. Also in regards to your comment about the GPS system, the US military is believed to use a more advanced system than the system we have access to as civilians, where our GPS will be accurate to a couple meters, the militaries version of GPS will be accurate to a couple feet (1 foot = approximately .3 meters). On top of that they will be integrating a new more powerful GPS constellation soon that will hopefully be accurate to a few centimeters.
I'm glad that it was a guy with a British accent saying all this, so it could be accepted as just plain facts rather than being some American chest-thumping about how great we are. But then he had to go and say we have an "awesome arse an' all," and I just thought, "Okay, calm down. You're starting to sound less impartial."
It doesn't matter if the information comes with a British accent, or a chest thumping Texas drawl.....The only thing that matters is that the information is true........And for the most part it is. By that I mean this video is accurate as far as it goes...........But it only scratches the surface of our military capabilities. There is a lot more.......We are always developing new technologies for future weapons, and to upgrade those in service. And we cover the entire spectrum......We not only have 11 carriers, with each carrying over 6000 personnel and up to 100 of the most advanced aircraft on earth. We also have "gator freighters" that carry 800 marines, along with all the equipment they need, including F35 Joint Strike Fighters for air support. And just for comparison. The Marines are the smallest branch of the U.S. military. But it has more people than the entire British forces. And when someone gets wounded behind enemy lines we have USAF Pararescue jumpers that can go in and get them out.....Think of them as some of the most highly trained paramedics in the world, who can go toe to toe with any group of commandoes. And that's still just scratching the surface. But you should feel good about it......because we know the British can hold their own, and then some. And the US/UK alliance is also the strongest alliance on the planet. Take a look at modern history and you will see that If you mess with one, you mess with both. And the British bring other capabilities and attributes to the table. Their is no substitute for an ally you can always count on. Americans know this. And they appreciate it.
@@KurNorock This. Before the disastrous withdrawal there hadn't been a combat casualty on the allies' side in Afghanistan for a year and a half. We had full control of the situation in that country and the Taliban, while still existing and able to carry out small time raids, were effectively no longer a power in the region anymore. The big mistake in Afghanistan wasn't failure by our armed forces to beat the Taliban, they were beaten. The failure in Afghanistan was caused by 1.) setting up a system where the Afghani troops were still 100% reliant on US support staff and simply fell apart without them and then 2.) leaving the country before we could rectify that problem and for NO reason. We weren't losing troops there and the cost of our operations there was a relatively small percentage of the military budget. There was NO reason for us to leave except that President Brandon wanted a PR victory as the guy who ended the long war.
2:40 Most helicopters are named after Native American tribes. A lot of weaponry is named after the inventor, what the weapon was inspired by or famous Generals or Presidents.
If I remember correctly, the US infantry at least are issued tomahawks and trained to use the as the Native Americans did, originally taught by the tribes. I could be wrong.
I'm From Texas, My Father Was In the United States Marine Core. So I'm very proud of our countries Military. The technology it has, The Weapons and the efficiency they have to end an Enemy is Terrifying. We just keep making more and more Deadly and Efficient Weapons i truly hope they never have to be used tho. I cant Remember but i think the USA holds 65%(Maybe) of the worlds nukes. The US military is also the reason for our GPS they had it first then made it Available to civilians.
Another great thing about the American military, is that their overall motto for the military is, "We come to liberate, not to conquer." America aids in helping countries to remain free, not to take over their country, like empires before them. This coming from their neighbour, Canada. They're good people, just don't piss them off lol
I think it’s the same thing about the best kings being those who don’t want to be king. We don’t want to be a leader of anyone nor be the world’s police or even have a large military as we’ve shown in our history. After the damage of two world wars and the cold war’s political tangles and the collapse of the Soviet Union, we realized we couldn’t go back to isolationism without fucking up everything we had fought for in the first place. After that, everyone just sort of dumped their guns and left us to it.
@@midgetydeath It would be nice and lovely to be a pacifist and throw all of our guns and defenses away but unfortunately the world has a few assholes and if you don't defend yourself from them you become extinct. The only person who should be afraid of a good guy with a gun is a bad guy..... America must remain the good guy....
A strong defense is a great deterrent (or so thought the French in the last century). Our defense should deter most from irresponsible acts. Responsible behavior is subjective, but there are a few absolutes, like not claiming what's not yours (or never was). Communication and thought, over the longer term is what keeps a measure of stability. Certain groups have forgotten that lately. Worry not, the US loves Ireland, and also we love what you've become in the last 25 years.
I recently spent a week in Las Vegas with me Da. We took a few road trips and the only one we needed the GPS for was going to the Grand Canyon. The GPS took us out to the middle of now where miles from the Grand Canyon!! We did eventually find it, cause you know its a giant freeking gash in the Earth! LOL... Excelsior! Heff
Happy Monday Diane! Another reason not to mess with the United States is you'll have to deal with Texas also.😉 Great video and looking forward to your next video. 👍✨🌹
@@balancedactguy We of course all remember where that phrase came from, right? An anti-litter campaign, complete with a song by the Fabulous Thunderbirds?
As an American... I tire of Texas and its ego. It comes to a stop in cold weather. Not really that self-sufficient. We had to send them power last winter. They don't have this grid cut off from everyone else like they tell you. Their government is short on competence.
The US military has it's own independent GPS which is much more powerful and accurate than civilian GPS. The details are not available, but technicians have revealed the military GPS to be accurate to 20" (50cm).
No, you can't have one because you don't have the security clearance, and it's above your pay grade and not included in your MOS designation. You can look up MOS on the internet under military acronyms.
@@johnsimpson5406 Be careful how much info you give away, John. You don't want to become sad and be Epstein'd. Besides, Diane gets special dispensation for being awesome ☺
@@TheOneTonHammer Indeed, I will have to restrain myself from providing a foreign national from a "neutral country" too much information. She may be an operator working under a "false flag" scenario. Thanks for the heads-up. I still strongly believe that WHAT she wants is on a "needs to know basis", and I don't think 🤔 that she HAS a "need to know" how our military GPS functions. Yeah, she's cute but it's my understanding that Mata Hari had also fully utilized her feminine charms to extract the military secrets of her targets. As for being Epsteined, jailbait doesn't appeal to me, especially, when said jailbait doesn't even know whether the actual country that they reside in is a member of NATO or not. Yet that too may be part of the "act" under a "false flag " operation.
Diane, you confused GPS with map navigation. all GPS does is tell you where you are on the surface of the earth with a radius depending on how accurate the clock on your device is. the more accurate the clock on your device is, the tighter the "range" you are from where it thinks you are. a sloppy clock will give you say a 25 foot radius, an extremely accurate clock will give you a radius of an inch. the navigation accuracy is depending on how accurate and up to date your navigation software is. that has nothing to do with GPS itself.
Almost all of these weapon systems we sell to our allies. Normally when the military updates any weapons tech like when we updated the F22 Raptor we sold I think 600-700 of the old model to the UK, France, Australia. The US Government makes a concentrated effort to keep our allies weaponry updated ONLY slightly behind our newest shit lol
Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Was asked why the Japanese never invaded United States after Pearl Harbor. He replied. “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."
No source has ever found that quote. The real reason Japan never or could never invade America is logistics. Even if they succeeded in destroying the entire pacific fleet ,They could never land a force that far away nor could the force be in great enough numbers to hold out while waiting weeks for resupply and fresh troops. Japan Had a good deal of Troops in China at the time fighting the Chinese They were preparing for taking over the Philippine's and the rest of SE Asia vital for resources that Japan lacked. They had to worry about Russia on top of all that so no pulling troops out of China or Manchuria. The submarines on patrol or sent from the Atlantic fleet would of been deterrence enough not to send troop and supply ships close to land. One sunk would of been catastrophic for the invasion one ship with 5 to 10k men lost. All the while we had rail lines to send speedy support and supply to the coast. D Day was a result of years of build up and was only 24 miles away and Germany could never of matched that even if the British didn't have their navy Imagine Japan having to cross the pacific while keeping pace with its slowest ship. Then trying to maintain Air superiority with a handful of carrier based fighters and bombers. that couldn't even reach the rocky mountains Let alone manufacturing elseware to stop the supply.
@@dustyak79, correct. The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans are excellent shields for the US against invasion. Neither China or Russia has the air and sea lift capacity to land sufficient troops and equipment to successfully invade the mainland US. The Red Dawn scenario is extremely unlikely to succeed.
@@MichaelScheele I also just heard today China just now has the naval assets to attempt to land in Taiwan. Not sure the distance but probably comparable to the English Channel.
@@dustyak79, Taiwan is a lot closer to mainland China. Taiwan needs more attack submarines and Aegis destroyers. Plus hordes of Tomahawks. We're supposed to aid Taiwan if China attacks them. I am not confident Biden will keep that commitment. He may just call Xi and reassure him we will do nothing to stop them.
"Who names these things?" There's a little old lady in the basement of the Pentagon who is consulted when any new weapon system is ready to be named. The first thing she says becomes the name. Maybe that's why the "OhFuckOff" missile system was never deployed.
Diane I believe that the companies that make the military aircraft are the ones that get to name them & the names are meant to get the interest of the military commanders who would approve their purchase. And yes they are cool names but that's intentional. Who would want to fly the CFM80 BUTTERFLY??!! They have to give them cool or mean sounding names because of their capabilities and intended wartime use.
11 Nimitz classes yes, but 20 carriers in service total. And every few years a new G-Ford class rolls out of drydock. Also they are called Minutemen because in the Original American Colonists were the guys who would respond first to battle, they would be at the fight in a minute notice; hence the name. They could fight while a standing army was formed; its very costly to keep a standing army around when not in war but a bunch of well trained minutemen are far more cost effective. They can duke it out for a while when the rest of the army is still forming up.
names for most weapon systems are usually a factor of their type, or sensor, or tracking method. But in many weapons as they are coming on board, there is an open request normally opened to let anyone suggest a name. There is a board formed up to evaluate the suggestions and once a name is picked, there is often a prize awarded. Auto companies do this also but normally restricted to company employees only
When you can come to America again, you should spend the night in a former nuclear missile silo. They are on airbnb, and probably other places. They are pretty pricey, but they would make for great video content. I had to laugh when you talked about your GPS leading you to the banks of a river, erroneously. The GPS system itself just provides for determining your latitude and longitude coordinates. It is very accurate and reliable. But you are at the mercy of the people that wrote the software on your device for actual routing instructions and the maps are basically out of date as soon as they are updated.
We had a new bypass put in around our metro area maybe 10~ years ago. It took GPS 7 years to recognize it and would blare at you for driving through cornfields for 20 miles. 😂
"How does it fly? It's so heavy." Jumbo jets like the ones Airbus and Boeing make are even heavier. Heavier-than-air flight is the problem the Wright Brothers solved. The wings are angled to provide lift. The plane has to go fast enough so that lift overcomes the plane's weight. If the plane goes too slowly, it stalls and starts to fall. Fighter jets tend to have high stall speeds. I disagree that control of the skies is the biggest decider in any war. To win a war you have to control territory. The U.S. had air superiority in Vietnam - we bombed the &(*%$! out of North Vietnam for years, but we never got control over the ground, and didn't get the populace on our side. That aircraft carrier group is in Japan because the U.S. has provided Japan's security ever since the end of World War II. The Japanese Constitution, developed while the U.S. occupied Japan after the war, pretty much outlaws a Japanese military. The Minuteman missile got its name from the citizen militias in the Revolutionary War. They weren't part of a regular army, but they would be ready to fight within a minute of being alerted, thus were called "minutemen." Nuclear weapons are weird. No country dares attack another country armed with nukes, but at the same time, it's very dangerous to use nukes because it could start World War III. That's why nuclear weapons haven't been used in battle since the end of World War II. As for not attacking Ireland, another full-on world war would do tremendous damage to Ireland even if the country remains neutral. The problems you've run into with GPS navigation has to do with inaccurate maps. The GPS system itself is just a way of determining where you are on earth. The navigation system, which knows which roads to take to get somewhere, is separate from this. Presumably, the military has more accurate maps than the ones used by a personal navigator. Also, missile navigation doesn't have to be concerned with roads, so there are fewer ways for it to go wrong. Aerial refueling isn't new. They've been doing it with long-range bombers for decades. There's an aerial refueling sequence at the beginning of Dr. Strangelove. Thanks for another interesting video!
Also, civilian GPS uses fewer satellites to coordinate it's position than military GPS guidance leading to less accuracy as well (though it's still supposed to be pretty close if everything is working right, but a bit of interference can throw it off easier).
aerial refueling was done in mississippi back in the early 20s,,i believe it was the granville brothers who stayed in the air over mississippi for 30 days
The “cool” aircraft you liked at the beginning are the Stealth Fighter F117 and Stealth Bomber B2. They’ve been around awhile but are still quite impressive in their design.
@@midgetydeath Ummm, I bought my two handguns pre-assembled. They are most definitely legally registered. The only assembly is when I put them back together after cleaning.
The *vast* majority of guns in the US aren't even registered. Only a handful of states even require that guns be registered, and their is no national registry.
There is more then 11 Aircraft carriers. I think 20 in total. He just said 11 Nuclear ones. Also dont think there enough personal to have all 20 out at once.
About half are actually amphibious assault ships. They carry STOVL (short take-off, vertical landing) jets like the Harrier and one version of the F-35, as well as helicopters and V-22 Ospreys. In addition to being mini aircraft carriers (about the size of most other nation's carriers), many of them are also designed to carry Marine landing craft and amphibious vehicles. Basically, they are floating bases for Marine invasions, with their own airport to provide air support.
BEFORE GPS, we used Inertial Guidance Systems. Those systems needed NO "outside" source to determine their current position or the position of their targets. Many of these "smart munitions" use BOTH technologies to "do their job".
You asked "how does it fly, it is so heavy"? It flies because of the physical principle of "lift". The upper surface of the wing is longer than the surface beneath the wing due to the way the wing is curved. As the wing is pushed through the air, the air above the wing moves faster than the air beneath the wing. This lessens the air pressure pushing down on the wing and the aircraft literally rises. Look at the profile of a Frisbee and you will see it. Quite remarkable when you think about it.
“NUCULAR”isn’t a real WORD!!!!
Don't tell Homer Simpson (or George W Bush) :D
Yeah, it’s definitely nuclear. You’re smarter than the guy doing this video. 😁
No! It's NOT! And I just don't want to trust any video that can't hire a narrator that can't pronounce 'nuclear'.
Nucular is not, but nuculear is. Although it is a medical term and has nothing to do with splitting the atom.
It's a real word here in Texas!!
Not really.
We know it's properly pronounced nuclear but hey we do have an accent just like George Dubbya Bush!!
Fun Fact: The biggest air force in the world is the US Air Force. The second-biggest air force in the world is the US Navy.
very true
30 yrs ago the us army had more aircraft total than the us air force....congress had this pointed out and many cargo planes were shifted to the air force, a10 warthog started out as an army plane, air force took it also
The fifth largest navy in the world is Disney.
@@ocularnervosa 🤣
@@ocularnervosa and the world's largest tire manufacturer is Lego
FYI re "Minuteman". Originally referred to American colonist civilians who could form up into militia brigades "in a minute" to fight the British during the Revolutionary War. Highly mobile & rapidly deployed. When it came time to name a missile, you can see why it was a suitable name. 😎
🤭 teehee makes sense!
i was goin to explain it myself lol telling by her expression i think she took it as another kind of minuteman. also my understanding is that they were called minuteman because they were able to reload there muskets in under a minute which was extremely fast at the time.
Why were the colonists wives so unsatisfied? Because they all married "minute" men.....
@@elultimo102 - You would know.
The minuteman is also a solid-fueled missile that was a successor to liquid-fueled missiles. The latter either have to be fueled immediately prior to launch, or have corrosive fuel and have to be refurbished periodically. Solid fuel missiles can be kept in a high state of readiness and fired almost immediately. So naming the missile after the historical rapid response force was apropos.
"All the armies of Europe and Asia could not, by force, make a trek on the Blue Ridge or take a drink from the Ohio River." - Abraham Lincoln
Nor should anyone wantto drink from the Ohio River: it's one of the most polluted bodies of water on earth!
@@joebertolini3518 I agree with you there, but when Lincoln made the statement 150 or so years ago that was not the case.
@@joebertolini3518 Ha as someone that grew up in Cincy.. I shamefully have to agree. It's not too bad anymore but before the EPA moved it's HQ to Cincinnati, it was grosssss.
@@joebertolini3518 🤣🤣🤣
@@joebertolini3518 Sure, as long as only the US counts as Earth.
Admiral Yamamoto was quoted " It is impossible to invade the US, because behind every blade of grass is a gun." Japanese Admiral during WWII.
Don't forget Florida Man
@@Wolf_3125 Don't forget WV
A study was done in I believe the 1970's or 80's that showed that during deer gun season in Wisconsin the state had the 6th largest army in the world during the season. Plus newer studies have shown that when all (registered) private fire arms are considered, the American general public out guns most nations. Yes, I did stress the word registered which doesn't include everything before about the 1980's.
@@ChadAdkins-hx5zz Don't forget Texas
@@Wolf_3125 Us hillbillies and Texans...we can handle it....
My dad was one of the designers of the original stealth flight control system. As a kid, i recall my mom being pissed bc he was never home...but bc of my dad not being allowed to talk about it, he couldn't say where he was or what he was doing out of national security....he had to take the hit. There were lots of red roses delivered to my mom from my dad during that era.
I know the feeling. My father worked on every missile system in the US arsenal up to the Peacekeeper. Took years for me to find that out. He also did the navigation stuff for the Voyagers. One year he was away in the middle of summer for three weeks and Mom had to cut the grass. The mower kept stalling on her and finally she took a hammer to it. Dad bought a new one when he got home.
That's wrong
It's a difficult thing to balance. A reason why many of us have been married more than once. My old boss once told me I had to be at another location within 12 hours... I asked him if he's putting me up after I get back, since there were talks of changing the locks on the house after the previous trip.
@@amddiffynnwr Hadn't quite thought of this one before. The company generally treated my father with first class meals and residence while on the road, but never offered my mother anything for all her troubles. My father was brilliant, but my mother arguably even more so, yet all it got her in those days was the dirty laundry and kids to feed.
@@thomasjamison2050 There were too many conversations that went something like this: "Where are you going?", "West.", "How do I reach you?", "I'll call you.", "When are you coming back?", "I'll call you."
Not at all good for improved marital bliss.
As an American, I want to thank you for your friendship and support for my country!
@@davea6314 Um. Having a bad day? Maybe if you pull that stick out of your @$$ it might go a little better.
@@davea6314 I stick to referring to myself as a "Californian" which, by default, relegates the understanding of a person who is a citizen of a state that is a member/part of the United States of the (N)-American Continent(s). I can't say how well that comes across, generally speaking, but I like it like that. 😁
@@davea6314 in fact, it is his country, as it is yours also. If i ride MY school bus to school, and you ride along,,,then its yours as well..
@@davea6314 like the kid from the movie, "The Toy" ?
Using that logic you can’t rent an apartment and then say welcome to my home because you don’t own it. Lighten up Francis.
The US has built some very impressive machines of warfare, I just hope they never have to use most of them.
Don't we all!! As someone who was in the US NAVY and stationed on an aircraft carrier, we knew what we were there to do, but everyone hoped our training would NEVER have to be used in actual combat.
The goal is to be strong enough so that nobody challenges us.
Peace through Strength
God forbid we ever have to use them.
To late....
Anything they say they are developing, is already in active use.
They play coy and don't officially announce weapons platforms when they are actually released.... They had GPS 10 years before they announced the tech even existed as 15 years before civilians could use it.
We probably shouldn’t mess with america but seen as how half of them are irish I think we would be ok lol 😂 🇮🇪
There are more Irish in America, than are in Ireland. You are our peeps.
@@stevenhoskins7850 I'm mostly Irish. Even have a very Irish last name lol Never been to Ireland though. Hopefully one day.
I'm only half
As an American veteran (Irish and Native American blood), The Idea of attacking Ireland would seem like declaring war on one of our neighboring states.
The majority of the recipients of the Medal of Honor in the U.S. Armed Forces have been Irish-American. They are known for being among the bravest and most fearsome warriors in the world. Irish-Americans are approximately 10% of the U.S. population, but 58% of the Medal recipients.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish-American_Medal_of_Honor_recipients
Carrier groups are INSANELY powerful. If a carrier is a floating city, a carrier group is a massive floating fortress.
No worries Ireland! We love Kerrygold butter and cheese. I have a big box of Irish butter in my fridge!
I live close to an Air Force base. I get to watch the F-35's doing maneuvers all the time. Incredibly cool to watch. The aerospace museum next to the base is really cool to visit as well.
And that was just the stuff they tell us about. 🇺🇸
Lol her reaction to the US having a carrier in Japan was hilarious. Japan agreed to not build aircraft carriers after WW2, and part of our relationship with them as Allie's is that since then we use ours to help protect their their coasts.
Not anymore. With the growing threat from China, Japan is converting two of its largest warships into carriers.
@@stash4945 They have built "flat top battle ships" in the past that could easily be converted if the need arises, so I guess they've decided that need is right now. And I can't recall if the agreement was simply made in good faith or if it was an actual treaty document. Either way, we aren't gonna stop then from doing it since we've become close allies since WW2
the agreement (terms of surrender) was to not build/form an offensive military force anything that could be considered defensive in nature was acceptable because our goal wasn't to prevent japan from protecting themselves but anything that's sole purpose was to attack others was forbidden
@@Irishrebel092 IIRC its a part of their constitution as they consider aircraft carriers as an offensive military asset and their military doctrine is purely meant for defense as stated in their constitution. As you stated they do have "flat top battleships" which they are in the process of arming with the F-35 (B model IIRC) for use as an air defense network around their remote islands (in theory at least). I did see recently that a government leader had petitioned for them to amend their constitution to allow for them to build proper aircraft carriers though, so we might see them with one soon.
@@calebboyd4531 it's a really interesting aspect of our relationship with Japan that I wish more people knew about. Personally I'm all for them building out their fleets, whether it is through their own means or through partnerships with the US, South Korea, or Australia. But it gets muddy when it comes to Japanese relations with other countries that aren't also on good terms with the US. Kinda like how their passports give you access to more countries than a US passport.
Diane, the term Minuteman, is not what you are thinking. It’s from the revolutionary war, it’s what they called the quick response team who would be ready to fight in a minute. The Minuteman missile was named after this group of fighting men. Smart bombs are replacing dumb bombs that were used in past wars. A dumb bomb could hit a city block, with a smart bomb, you can pick which window in a building you want the bomb to go through. Have a great week!
I know but they know I know and I know they know I know, so I think they do mean what I was thinking
Yes, the Revolutionary War of 1775-83.
The first minutemen were organized in Worcester county, Massachusetts, in September 1774, when revolutionary leaders sought to eliminate Tories from the old militia by requiring the resignation of all officers and reconstituting the men into seven regiments with new officers.
@@DianeJennings I did not know that
Early after 9-11 we passed through Shannon like any other airport and got to chill in the lounge for a bit. After 2004 we were pretty much kept in a glass bubble when passing through any airports. But the coordinators there probably have the largest collection of unit patches after a few decades of operations.
I caught that Diane. When the narrator was talking about the Minutemen missiles. Your reaction was precious...The minutemen were independent men who self trained in weaponry, tactics and military strategies. formed the Colonial partisan militia. They fought for our independence from the British.
I enjoyed your comments. You're quite funny.
Of course any military tech that is getting broadcast on TH-cam is several generations old. Yes, British guy touting US military is hilarious.
Like a Jewish mother bragging about her child. “My son, the doctor!”
@@KurNorock Of funny because even if you have respect for your ally you don't kiss arse.
Especially when nearly half the military hardware shown in the video isn't even American
@@LarryBonson Too many in NATO don't pay their fair share and basically the American tax payer pays for their security and socialist style benefits.
“Only eleven?” lol that alone is Stronger than 90% of all countries in the world.
In reality, the US has more than 20 aircraft carriers, with 10 of them being "supercarrier" class ships. The entire rest of the countries in the world (combined) have about 20 carriers, but none in the supercarrier class. I'm pretty sure the biggest non-US carriers are 'medium' carriers, similar in size to what the US was using in WWII.
100 percent plus in reality.
Japan and France are the second most with only 4 carriers each
One Nimitz Class carrier has more airpower than all but 5 nations .
Ireland should be safe as long as the supply of Guinness and Jameson's hold out.
You forgot the Bailey's.
@@stevenhoskins7850 ever drink Baileys from a shoe?
And the Bushmills.
Baltimore has the only other Guinness plant.
And that is one good reason the USA should protect Ireland.
From North Carolina, I visited Ireland and fell in love with the country and the people. All of my ancestors are of Irish or Scottish descent. Love your beautiful country.
I loved how you changed up your video. I like how you made yourself into 2 people. I have only seen that once before. Very cool !
They’re called minuteman in honor of the militia groups that fought the British during the American Revolution, said to be battle ready at a minute’s notice!
“Or maybe it was stupid” 🤣🤣🤣 Wonderful craic.
Hi Diane! This video would have been better, had the narrator gone, "Pew pew" a couple of times. I was in the navy back in the day. We were a cool ship, but once we ran out of tp. That wasn't too cool. Happy Monday!
Oh my god! They thought of everything but didn’t pack enough bog roll 🙄
Sooooo... what you're saying is... there was a lot of itchy ass and skid marks?!
Thank you for your service🙌
Hiya squid, former USAF. I should think there were more than 5 reasons.
No TP? No problem. Just dip your ass in the ocean while the vessel is crushing. 😁
They are called the minuteman missiles because during the revolutionary war men were ready at a minutes notice.
There's 27 total carriers, 11 are SUPER carriers and the rest are wasp class, for harriers jump jets and helicopters.
As to your curse my own Irish mom cuts my hair even though I am 48 and even when it's not the best haircut I have to tell her I love it. It's something she just loves doing and I don't have the heart to tell her no and as we all know we will do anything for our dear mothers to make them happy even if it means a bad haircut. Especially since my father passed away a few months back she seems to look forward to it. Great video, thanks.
I believe Ireland can afford to be neutral because it knows that if it were ever attacked by say, Russia (weakness attracts bullies), the larger European powers would come to its defense. As would the United States. So it saves a LOT of money by not having a large offensive military. NATO in large measure is implicitly paying the cost for Ireland's safety (a high cost which is presently for deterrence).
NATO meaning pretty much just america lol
The US pays for most of the Western worlds security.
@@cult_of_odin Yep. Which as an American I don't really mind doing, I think having a safer world is quite a good thing, but it would be nice if people from other countries would do a better job remembering that fact instead of constantly giving the US shit for how much we spend on our military. As soon as the rest of y'all start paying for your own damn national defense then we can start spending less.
Lmao yeah pretty much America NATO is just a russian deterrent
@@chriswhinery925 amen
Love the Irish Curse of the day! “If you’re bald you’ll get more bald.” That is too funny - great job D and ED.
I seriously thought she was going to say "If you're bald, you'll grow hair, only to have it fall out again."
@@lokiodinson2326 lol
remember, this is only what they want you to know about, just imagine all the top secret stuff we dont know about. their or military gps is way advanced and the one that is so obvious yet unmentioned is the number of privately owned weapons and trillions of rounds of ammo the people have
One of my old bosses's sons was a nuclear missileer in a bunker somewhere. He couldn't even tell his parents where he was stationed. They had a bumper sticker on their car that said, "My honor roll student can nuke your honor roll student." :) The "smart bombs" use a far more accurate GPS system than Google or Apple uses. Not only can they use GPS, but even during Desert Storm 30 years ago, they would send Special Forces troops into Bagdad and they would shoot a target with a ultraviolet laser that only night vision goggles and the UV camera on the nose of a smart bomb could see. it would steer itself and hit whatever the UV laser designator was aimed at. Keep the cats away from the lasers...:)
When they were testing the radar model of the F-117, the guys testing the radar were frustrated and complaining that the model had fallen off the post they were aiming at and they didn't pick up anything up until a blackbird landed on the model. At that point, the designers figured they were on to something. The radar operators knew where the plane was supposed to be, but still couldn't see it. When they refined the equipment, they figured out that the radar cross section was the eqivalent of a 1/8" (3mm diameter) steel ball. Almost impossible to pick up. The Gerald Ford class carriers also have magnetic coil guns instead of steam catapults to launch airplanes for takeoff. They will be able to launch airplanes twice as fast, if not more. They're also working on rail guns for ships and aircraft that fire projectiles up to 25,000 feet per second that can vaporize armor. They're also mounting laser cannons on ships and aircraft that can disable ground vehicles, aircraft, or missiles nearly instantly. And that's just the stuff we know about. Who knows what sci fi stuff they're working on now that will be made public in 5 to 10 years. Yes other countries have smart weapons because we sold them to them or gave them to them. The UK, Germany, and Israel are no slouch in technology. The UK invented the armor we use on the M-1 tank and the Germans use on their Leopard tanks. The US military uses a lot of weapons and vehicles designed by other countries, we can just afford to make a lot more of them and tweak the designs a bit.
The U.S. could never harm Ireland, Chewy is just too cute.
“… or maybe it was stupid.” You have to admire ED’s directness, and it also helps illustrate the reason you might consider messing with the USA before going toe to toe with ED.
Haha so true!
Hahahaha.. I was going to quote Ed here. Good one.
Fun fact when we first started operating stealth aircraft we had to purposely mount radar reflectors on the furring exercises so we could even see them and not accidentally fly another group of aircraft into them on accident. airspace battle management technicians yall are a seriously undervalued resource. (Former US Air Force munitions inspector here)
Also military grade GPS for AGM (Air to ground munition) the accuracy is measured in millimeters, meaning we measure how close to the aiming point we hit by tens of millimeters, if it’s over 100 millimeters off target, someone really messed up, not that it madders because the hole of even a small munition is going to more than 10 meters wide
This makes me proud to be American 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
why? We are the richest country in the world. We should have by far the highest standard of living and make the rest of the world look under developed....instead we have a huge military that due to nuclear weapons probably isn't even relevant. I mean if we ever got into a true war its going to end in a nuclear exchange anyway.
Well Diane if you ever want to visit the Grand Canyon, I'd be happy to take you. It's north of Phoenix, in the state of Arizona.
Whether it was the alien invasion last week or a nuclear war today, you mentioned both times you hope they leave Ireland alone. You may want to start adding Spain to that list if you want to survive one of these potential apocalypses.
Yes I’m still confused about my alliances 🤪
Thank you Diane, been having a less than stellar time lately. Your videos, your smile and your effervescent attitude always brings some joy to my heart. Thank you
I hope things come up rosey for you soon!
Aww - I liked it when Chewie was behind you. 😁 Don’t worry Diane - the US loves Ireland! ☘️ ✌️❤️
I liked it but the lighting made it creepy 😂
As long as they keep the Guiness and Jameson coming.....
Diane, Ireland will forever be protected to the end of time as so many people in the US (me included) have Irish descendents and we share the desire to be free and live in freedom. We (USA and Ireland)are family...anyone who would fuck with either of us, they will know complete, utter annihilation. God Bless Ireland 🇮🇪Love, The USA 🇺🇸
Have of us in the USA have Irish lineage. I'm Black but have Irish heritage!
If you want to know how powerful a Carrier Strike Group is, imagine a circle, 300 miles in diameter, with the CSG at the center, and realize that NOTHING AT ALL exists within that circle, without the permission of the CSG.
It is the ultimate projection of power, short of nukes.
Just a small update on this they didn't say, we now have rail guns and lasers on naval ships. We've been shooting down drones and incoming missiles from Iran with the lasers for a while now. We actually have missile that travel at 17x the speed of sound vs Russia and China 3 or 4x. Several other cool stuff that isn't advertised.
Yeah that's the thing about the US military, they show you A LOT of their power, and it's not even propaganda (like Russia and China), but they do not show you the capabilities that give us technological advantages over our enemies. SO it's more powerful than people think. They are even developing 6th generation, completely stealth aircraft that have lasers instead of guns and have basically futuristic missiles. They can also coordinate with drones and ships like never before. That's all that us civilians know about it lol.
I went to the store, the cashier asked if I wanted my milk in a bag. I said no, leave it in the carton.
🤦♀️
@@DianeJennings thank you. My favorite response
Yeah. Potatoes are ALREADY in a bag!
I loved your reaction to the $7 Billion price tag to update the Minuteman missiles. Lolol!
As an American I can only suggest that I (we) have grown immune to the unfortunately necessary, ridiculously sky-high costs associated with our military and its dominance.
*PS* I had the pleasure of flying into Shannon Airport on my way to serve in Afghanistan..Wow!! What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL countryside!
Seeing you react to videos involving military matters, is simply adorable, lol.
Diane: "Seven BILLION?!"
The US Military: *Lights a cigar with a billion-dollar bill* "Yup"
Me:"See, this is why we can't have a national healthcare system."
@@Anon54387 This is factually incorrect, and I'm not engaging with someone who is babbling factually incorrect bullshit. You're blocked.
@@michaelgraziano8038 People like this are the reason we, as a country with no ongoing wars and being naturally impenetrable, keep spending more and more on the military.
The newest carrier, USS Gerald R Ford cost $12.8 billion plus $4.7 billion in research. There’s also an entire accompanying flotilla which support/defend them. which is why there are only 11
What scares me is when all this technology becomes self aware and the Terminator movie becomes a reality
Me too 😬
AI testing seems to be pretty pro-American ideals. Which is funny. Maybe we’ll be safe from Skynet. The rest of you…
@@midgetydeath All american aircraft sold to other countries are hard wired such that they are unable to lock onto American planes. Pretty smart, IMO.
Yeah, but Cylon chicks are hot.
I spent 21 years on active duty and 4 1/2 years in the reserves in the U.S. Army as an Engineer and not having the engineers mentioned even once really hurts. Its bad enough we are abused and ignored by our own service but not to be mentioned by this guy in his video really hurt. :( I guess I will continue working on my nuclear fall out shelter in my basement..... sniff sniff crying inside.
I think you’re ahead of the game given you can SPELL nuclear correctly
Thank you for your service! I had a uncle who served in WW2 that helped build a pontoon bridge across the Rhine river. 👍🏻🇺🇸
Exactly, he also didn't mention military Intel either. I served as a 98c basically code breaker and analyst.
@@mockfanatik yes his video was poor to say the least.... IMHO.
My uncle is a civil engineer, he has much respect for you guys. When discussing certain projects he would refer to the really complicated ones that were beyond his ability as "jobs for the corp" meaning the army corp of engineers.
I love Diane's expressions in this video!
What they mean by "smart bombs" is they are guided by different types of aids that make it accurate. Traditional bombs and missles were point and shoot or drop and hope it gets close. Now, for example in the Iraq war, they could fire a missle from a ship in the Persian Gulf in Kuwait and it could be programmed to go through the front door of one of Saddam's palaces in Iraq.
I remember back when the US invaded Panama in order to extract Noriega, I noticed that the Panama armed forces combined were about the same size as the Ohio National Guard. Well, almost - Ohio had more military airplanes.
As an USAF Veteran. I am proud of our services. Hello Diane. Your a doll. Love your videos. Please show us more of Irelands favorite foods.
Not all official aircraft names stick. The A-10 Thunderbolt, for example: It's known the world wide as the Warthog. As for machine guns, the 50 caliber M2 machine gun is known as Ma Deuce. "When Ma Deuce speaks, everyone listens!"
Never heard anyone call the f117 “nighthawk.” Crews and maintainers called it the Wobbly Goblin.
There are other weapon systems that even we citizens don't know about.
Our newest system is the DEW or Directed Energy Weapons aka lasers. They were ship bound, but now things like tanks carry them.
Yes, we tend to go overboard with things.
I spent 32 years in the USAF- 7 years on the B2 bomber. 5 years on the JDAM and WCMD test group. This video barely scratches the surface of capability
Diane: In the video's intro it stated that the U.S. had a large amount of satellites. Now as far as GPS on these satellites I am pretty sure they're not the commercial type of satellites that are used by the phone/cell companies. Also, based on the brief info given on these advance weapons and aircrafts I am sure the technology is way more advance then the technology used by the cell phone companies.
While we only have 11 Nimitz Super Carriers, we have 20 amphibious ships with aircraft carrying capabilities. They dont mention that the carrier can also travel at over 30 Knots, which is faster than most other types of war ships and is rumored to be no where close to the maximum speed, so we can have our naval aviation responding anywhere in the world in only a few days
Also, Ireland doesnt need to be neutral for the USA to not attack. There are so many Americans with Irish descent that it would be political suicide over in the USA to go after Ireland, unprovoked. They couldnt even do anything 100 years ago when the Irish-Americans were sending money and ammunition across the pond for the Republican Army.
I have a teleportation device… but it’s invisible… and you can’t touch it
We actually built 16 super carriers. 11 stay operational at all times. No one accounts for maintenance when looking at the numbers
@@nsatoday even better :D lol
@@nsatoday That is not correct. There are not 11 that are operational at all times. There are 11 that are commissioned at all times as required by congress, but they are not all active at the same time. When this original video was made there were 11 in service (commissioned) the ten Nimitz class carriers (CVN 68 thru CVN 77) and an older one from a previous class the Enterprise CVN 65. The 11 that are in service now are the 10 from the Nimitz class and the first one from the new Gerald R Ford class CVN 78. The Enterprise has been decommissioned.
Briefly there were only 10 in the aircraft carrier fleet when the Ford was delayed in being put into service but the Enterprise was no longer financially feasible to keep in service. Congress had to approve temporarily reducing the fleet to 10 until the Ford was commissioned and the fleet was back to 11.
The 10 Nimitz class carriers each have a 50 year life span. Somewhere around when they are 24 years old each carrier is taken out of service for around three years. They return to the place that they were born, the shipyard in Newport News VA. Every aircraft carrier in the history of the US Navy was built at the shipyard in Newport News VA.
They spend about 18 months out of the water, in DD11 (Dry Dock 11, the place that they were built and the largest Dry Dock in the western hemisphere) then they are put back in the water and tugged down the James river a bit and tied to a pier near the south end of the shipyard (usually Pier 3) and there it sits for another 18 months while all of the interior work gets finished.
I worked there for a couple of years and all the time that I was there CVN 71 the Teddy Roosevelt was at the shipyard. Initially it was out of the water in DD11. Once it was back in the water and tied to the pier they started building the first carrier in the new Gerald R Ford class in DD11.
All of the Nimitz class carriers are out of service for 4 or 5 years of their 50 year life. There aren't other carriers to slide in and take their place in active service. There are only 11 commissioned aircraft carriers. When one is being serviced there are only 10 that are available to be deployed. They certainly try to have only one being serviced at a time so there are 10 active, but there are no "stand by" carriers to keep 11 active. There are only 11 commissioned and when one is being serviced there are only 10 active.
@@DianeJennings it may be invisible, however, light bending is detectable.
I’m with you on naming aircraft, my favourite is the warthog
A 30 no? Tank destroyers
A 10 sorry
Just remember that the "Civilian-class" GPS on your phone is, at best, accurate to 10ft (3.3m), and that a MAJOR part of that perceived accuracy is how your phone projects that position on a map provided by something like Google Maps. They used to have a "Military-class" of GPS, but that was discontinued in favor of better GPS for all. That said, American GPS SmartMunitions do not care about maps. They operate in the absolutes of precise strike coordinates in Lat/Long. Some munitions also use laser guidance from locally deployed assets to provide that "last mile accuracy" if 10ft is too much of a variance or the enemy is running GPS scrambling, and even without that, some weapons have camera and onboard flight control that let the weapon guide ITSELF with something like a picture of the target or a "last known good" reference that it can estimate where it needs to hit.
Aircraft are essentially named by the military service's and manufacturer's pr departments. Sometimes they "take", sometimes they don't.
F15, F/A18, and F22 are examples of those that were accepted.
But the A10 is usually called Warthog rather than Thunderbolt II.
The F16 is the Viper rather than the Fighting Falcon.
And the B52 is more often referred to as the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fucker) than the Superfortress.
With so many Americans with Irish DNA, Ireland is the safest country on the planet. We also want to be neutral, but someone has to stand up to the bullies out there. BOOP
Or simply indulge the Military Industrial Complex.
My dad grew up in Limerick so yay it would like attacking grandma. Look at who USA is siding with over the GFA and protocol. Guess UK is crying about losing its "special friend".
Love this one. To answer your question, the manufacturer names the aircraft, but pilots, aircrew, and maintenance folks always give them a different "pet" names. For instance the Nighthawk to it's pilots is known as the "Wobblin' Goblin". The F-16 is the "Viper" to pilots, but officially is the Fighting Falcon.
Ah, the tell all nature of GPS. Like last weekend when I ordered pizza then I went online to track the driver since it was taking forever and found him going literally all over town with my order.
Got lost he said. Sigh. I hate cold pizza.
Ha I literally track the Glovo guys here and there’s a crucial turn off the main road that I virtually watch 30% of them glide past
@@DianeJennings The GPS system that civilians the world over have access to is actually a hand-me-down from the US military. The US military (and allies) actually use a newer, and much more precise, constellation of GPS satellites for their own navigation and targeting needs.
The internet itself actually started off as a military communications project before being spun off into civilian use.
I've been through Shannon many times. We love that bar!
In regards to your question about China not having Guided munitions, yes, most modern militaries have guided munitions, however America relies on them a lot more than other militaries, well, at the very least is more known for it. In comparison to the Russian army for example, in their current combat operations in Eastern Europe (you all know what Im referring too, just dont want to make waves by saying the names.) we see a lot of their weapons hitting civilian targets almost as much as we see them hitting military targets. While yes they do on occasion hit civilian targets intentionally, there is a lot of instances where the target they were aiming at was not the one they hit. Typically these are not guided munitions, but rather unguided or "dumb" rounds. For example a stat I have seen come up several times is that in one of the United States recent wars 9% of our munitions launched were guided, but accounted for 75% of the hit targets. Meaning that at the very least 88% of the weapons used by the United States did not hit their intended targets, realistically though its probably a little higher as that would mean that all of the guided weapons hit their targets as intended, which is not likely.
Also in regards to your comment about the GPS system, the US military is believed to use a more advanced system than the system we have access to as civilians, where our GPS will be accurate to a couple meters, the militaries version of GPS will be accurate to a couple feet (1 foot = approximately .3 meters). On top of that they will be integrating a new more powerful GPS constellation soon that will hopefully be accurate to a few centimeters.
I'm glad that it was a guy with a British accent saying all this, so it could be accepted as just plain facts rather than being some American chest-thumping about how great we are. But then he had to go and say we have an "awesome arse an' all," and I just thought, "Okay, calm down. You're starting to sound less impartial."
An assembly of rural fighters without a central government managed to do it. Not our brightest moment.
@@anthonyjohnston5590 Not really sure how that's supposed to relate to my corny joke, but okay, cool story bro.
@@citizencalmar 🤣 While _still_ pronouncing it “nuc-u-lar” 6:26🤦🏻♀️🤣
It doesn't matter if the information comes with a British accent, or a chest thumping Texas drawl.....The only thing that matters is that the information is true........And for the most part it is. By that I mean this video is accurate as far as it goes...........But it only scratches the surface of our military capabilities. There is a lot more.......We are always developing new technologies for future weapons, and to upgrade those in service. And we cover the entire spectrum......We not only have 11 carriers, with each carrying over 6000 personnel and up to 100 of the most advanced aircraft on earth. We also have "gator freighters" that carry 800 marines, along with all the equipment they need, including F35 Joint Strike Fighters for air support. And just for comparison. The Marines are the smallest branch of the U.S. military. But it has more people than the entire British forces. And when someone gets wounded behind enemy lines we have USAF Pararescue jumpers that can go in and get them out.....Think of them as some of the most highly trained paramedics in the world, who can go toe to toe with any group of commandoes. And that's still just scratching the surface. But you should feel good about it......because we know the British can hold their own, and then some. And the US/UK alliance is also the strongest alliance on the planet. Take a look at modern history and you will see that If you mess with one, you mess with both. And the British bring other capabilities and attributes to the table. Their is no substitute for an ally you can always count on. Americans know this. And they appreciate it.
@@KurNorock This. Before the disastrous withdrawal there hadn't been a combat casualty on the allies' side in Afghanistan for a year and a half. We had full control of the situation in that country and the Taliban, while still existing and able to carry out small time raids, were effectively no longer a power in the region anymore. The big mistake in Afghanistan wasn't failure by our armed forces to beat the Taliban, they were beaten. The failure in Afghanistan was caused by 1.) setting up a system where the Afghani troops were still 100% reliant on US support staff and simply fell apart without them and then 2.) leaving the country before we could rectify that problem and for NO reason. We weren't losing troops there and the cost of our operations there was a relatively small percentage of the military budget. There was NO reason for us to leave except that President Brandon wanted a PR victory as the guy who ended the long war.
2:40 Most helicopters are named after Native American tribes. A lot of weaponry is named after the inventor, what the weapon was inspired by or famous Generals or Presidents.
Interesting!!
It's too bad they killed off the Comanche gunship. That would have been an awesome aircraft.
If I remember correctly, the US infantry at least are issued tomahawks and trained to use the as the Native Americans did, originally taught by the tribes. I could be wrong.
@@midgetydeath yikes!
@@midgetydeath You are wrong. Soldiers occasionally buy their own tomahawks, but they are not standard equipment. They can be very handy.
Keep up the awesome work, Diane! 😉
I'm From Texas, My Father Was In the United States Marine Core. So I'm very proud of our countries Military. The technology it has, The Weapons and the efficiency they have to end an Enemy is Terrifying. We just keep making more and more Deadly and Efficient Weapons i truly hope they never have to be used tho. I cant Remember but i think the USA holds 65%(Maybe) of the worlds nukes. The US military is also the reason for our GPS they had it first then made it Available to civilians.
Diane going off about GPS… too cute! 🤣
Another great thing about the American military, is that their overall motto for the military is, "We come to liberate, not to conquer." America aids in helping countries to remain free, not to take over their country, like empires before them. This coming from their neighbour, Canada. They're good people, just don't piss them off lol
Absolutely true..... Sadly this fact is being challenged with false narratives currently being pushed by the globalists agenda.
I think it’s the same thing about the best kings being those who don’t want to be king.
We don’t want to be a leader of anyone nor be the world’s police or even have a large military as we’ve shown in our history. After the damage of two world wars and the cold war’s political tangles and the collapse of the Soviet Union, we realized we couldn’t go back to isolationism without fucking up everything we had fought for in the first place.
After that, everyone just sort of dumped their guns and left us to it.
@@midgetydeath
It would be nice and lovely to be a pacifist and throw all of our guns and defenses away but unfortunately the world has a few assholes and if you don't defend yourself from them you become extinct.
The only person who should be afraid of a good guy with a gun is a bad guy..... America must remain the good guy....
@@midgetydeath
Do you honestly believe that Hitler and his cronies would have stopped they're genocide if we had simply asked them nicely?
@@GSpotter63 their*
A strong defense is a great deterrent (or so thought the French in the last century). Our defense should deter most from irresponsible acts. Responsible behavior is subjective, but there are a few absolutes, like not claiming what's not yours (or never was). Communication and thought, over the longer term is what keeps a measure of stability. Certain groups have forgotten that lately. Worry not, the US loves Ireland, and also we love what you've become in the last 25 years.
I recently spent a week in Las Vegas with me Da. We took a few road trips and the only one we needed the GPS for was going to the Grand Canyon. The GPS took us out to the middle of now where miles from the Grand Canyon!! We did eventually find it, cause you know its a giant freeking gash in the Earth!
LOL...
Excelsior!
Heff
....you make me laugh. Thanks.
Merry Christmas
Happy Monday Diane!
Another reason not to mess with the United States is you'll have to deal with Texas also.😉
Great video and looking forward to your next video. 👍✨🌹
DON'T MESS with TEXAS!!
If I remember correctly, 1/3 of the guns in the U.S. are owned by Texans.
(I'm joking of course. . . Maybe.)
@@balancedactguy Screw Texas, bunch of brokeback wussies
@@balancedactguy We of course all remember where that phrase came from, right? An anti-litter campaign, complete with a song by the Fabulous Thunderbirds?
As an American... I tire of Texas and its ego. It comes to a stop in cold weather. Not really that self-sufficient. We had to send them power last winter. They don't have this grid cut off from everyone else like they tell you. Their government is short on competence.
The US military has it's own independent GPS which is much more powerful and accurate than civilian GPS. The details are not available, but technicians have revealed the military GPS to be accurate to 20" (50cm).
I want that one
No, you can't have one because you don't have the security clearance, and it's above your pay grade and not included in your MOS designation. You can look up MOS on the internet under military acronyms.
@@johnsimpson5406 Be careful how much info you give away, John. You don't want to become sad and be Epstein'd. Besides, Diane gets special dispensation for being awesome ☺
@@TheOneTonHammer Indeed, I will have to restrain myself from providing a foreign national from a "neutral country" too much information. She may be an operator working under a "false flag" scenario. Thanks for the heads-up. I still strongly believe that WHAT she wants is on a "needs to know basis", and I don't think 🤔 that she HAS a "need to know" how our military GPS functions.
Yeah, she's cute but it's my understanding that Mata Hari had also fully utilized her feminine charms to extract the military secrets of her targets. As for being Epsteined, jailbait doesn't appeal to me, especially, when said jailbait doesn't even know whether the actual country that they reside in is a member of NATO or not. Yet that too may be part of the "act" under a "false flag " operation.
They mentioned the base in Wyoming that controls the ICBMs. That would be F.E. Warren Air Force Base. I was stationed there from 1998 to 2001.
Diane, you confused GPS with map navigation. all GPS does is tell you where you are on the surface of the earth with a radius depending on how accurate the clock on your device is. the more accurate the clock on your device is, the tighter the "range" you are from where it thinks you are. a sloppy clock will give you say a 25 foot radius, an extremely accurate clock will give you a radius of an inch. the navigation accuracy is depending on how accurate and up to date your navigation software is. that has nothing to do with GPS itself.
Almost all of these weapon systems we sell to our allies. Normally when the military updates any weapons tech like when we updated the F22 Raptor we sold I think 600-700 of the old model to the UK, France, Australia. The US Government makes a concentrated effort to keep our allies weaponry updated ONLY slightly behind our newest shit lol
Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Was asked why the Japanese never invaded United States after Pearl Harbor. He replied. “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."
Thank our founders for the 2nd Amendment!
No source has ever found that quote. The real reason Japan never or could never invade America is logistics. Even if they succeeded in destroying the entire pacific fleet ,They could never land a force that far away nor could the force be in great enough numbers to hold out while waiting weeks for resupply and fresh troops. Japan Had a good deal of Troops in China at the time fighting the Chinese They were preparing for taking over the Philippine's and the rest of SE Asia vital for resources that Japan lacked. They had to worry about Russia on top of all that so no pulling troops out of China or Manchuria. The submarines on patrol or sent from the Atlantic fleet would of been deterrence enough not to send troop and supply ships close to land. One sunk would of been catastrophic for the invasion one ship with 5 to 10k men lost. All the while we had rail lines to send speedy support and supply to the coast. D Day was a result of years of build up and was only 24 miles away and Germany could never of matched that even if the British didn't have their navy Imagine Japan having to cross the pacific while keeping pace with its slowest ship. Then trying to maintain Air superiority with a handful of carrier based fighters and bombers. that couldn't even reach the rocky mountains Let alone manufacturing elseware to stop the supply.
@@dustyak79, correct. The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans are excellent shields for the US against invasion. Neither China or Russia has the air and sea lift capacity to land sufficient troops and equipment to successfully invade the mainland US.
The Red Dawn scenario is extremely unlikely to succeed.
@@MichaelScheele I also just heard today China just now has the naval assets to attempt to land in Taiwan. Not sure the distance but probably comparable to the English Channel.
@@dustyak79, Taiwan is a lot closer to mainland China. Taiwan needs more attack submarines and Aegis destroyers. Plus hordes of Tomahawks.
We're supposed to aid Taiwan if China attacks them. I am not confident Biden will keep that commitment. He may just call Xi and reassure him we will do nothing to stop them.
"Who names these things?"
There's a little old lady in the basement of the Pentagon who is consulted when any new weapon system is ready to be named. The first thing she says becomes the name. Maybe that's why the "OhFuckOff" missile system was never deployed.
I always wondered about that.
Diane I believe that the companies that make the military aircraft are the ones that get to name them & the names are meant to get the interest of the military commanders who would approve their purchase.
And yes they are cool names but that's intentional.
Who would want to fly the CFM80 BUTTERFLY??!!
They have to give them cool or mean sounding names because of their capabilities and intended wartime use.
PK1Sparkles!
@@DianeJennings Or even the PK1Sparkles with Sprinkles ! A True Double Threat !!!
I don't know, the B-2 "Spirit" sounds like a pansy name to me.
11 Nimitz classes yes, but 20 carriers in service total. And every few years a new G-Ford class rolls out of drydock.
Also they are called Minutemen because in the Original American Colonists were the guys who would respond first to battle, they would be at the fight in a minute notice; hence the name. They could fight while a standing army was formed; its very costly to keep a standing army around when not in war but a bunch of well trained minutemen are far more cost effective. They can duke it out for a while when the rest of the army is still forming up.
names for most weapon systems are usually a factor of their type, or sensor, or tracking method. But in many weapons as they are coming on board, there is an open request normally opened to let anyone suggest a name. There is a board formed up to evaluate the suggestions and once a name is picked, there is often a prize awarded. Auto companies do this also but normally restricted to company employees only
When you can come to America again, you should spend the night in a former nuclear missile silo. They are on airbnb, and probably other places. They are pretty pricey, but they would make for great video content.
I had to laugh when you talked about your GPS leading you to the banks of a river, erroneously. The GPS system itself just provides for determining your latitude and longitude coordinates. It is very accurate and reliable. But you are at the mercy of the people that wrote the software on your device for actual routing instructions and the maps are basically out of date as soon as they are updated.
We had a new bypass put in around our metro area maybe 10~ years ago.
It took GPS 7 years to recognize it and would blare at you for driving through cornfields for 20 miles. 😂
"How does it fly? It's so heavy." Jumbo jets like the ones Airbus and Boeing make are even heavier. Heavier-than-air flight is the problem the Wright Brothers solved. The wings are angled to provide lift. The plane has to go fast enough so that lift overcomes the plane's weight. If the plane goes too slowly, it stalls and starts to fall. Fighter jets tend to have high stall speeds.
I disagree that control of the skies is the biggest decider in any war. To win a war you have to control territory. The U.S. had air superiority in Vietnam - we bombed the &(*%$! out of North Vietnam for years, but we never got control over the ground, and didn't get the populace on our side.
That aircraft carrier group is in Japan because the U.S. has provided Japan's security ever since the end of World War II. The Japanese Constitution, developed while the U.S. occupied Japan after the war, pretty much outlaws a Japanese military.
The Minuteman missile got its name from the citizen militias in the Revolutionary War. They weren't part of a regular army, but they would be ready to fight within a minute of being alerted, thus were called "minutemen."
Nuclear weapons are weird. No country dares attack another country armed with nukes, but at the same time, it's very dangerous to use nukes because it could start World War III. That's why nuclear weapons haven't been used in battle since the end of World War II. As for not attacking Ireland, another full-on world war would do tremendous damage to Ireland even if the country remains neutral.
The problems you've run into with GPS navigation has to do with inaccurate maps. The GPS system itself is just a way of determining where you are on earth. The navigation system, which knows which roads to take to get somewhere, is separate from this. Presumably, the military has more accurate maps than the ones used by a personal navigator. Also, missile navigation doesn't have to be concerned with roads, so there are fewer ways for it to go wrong.
Aerial refueling isn't new. They've been doing it with long-range bombers for decades. There's an aerial refueling sequence at the beginning of Dr. Strangelove.
Thanks for another interesting video!
Also, civilian GPS uses fewer satellites to coordinate it's position than military GPS guidance leading to less accuracy as well (though it's still supposed to be pretty close if everything is working right, but a bit of interference can throw it off easier).
@@lance862 Civilian GPS is allowed to be accurate to within 5m while military has far more precise positioning.
aerial refueling was done in mississippi back in the early 20s,,i believe it was the granville brothers who stayed in the air over mississippi for 30 days
@@bill45colt I didn't know that. Thanks!
Diane-“weeeeeeeee” (but with a disturbed look on her face, lol). ❤️
And yes, it’s nuclear not “nukeular”.
The “cool” aircraft you liked at the beginning are the Stealth Fighter F117 and Stealth Bomber B2. They’ve been around awhile but are still quite impressive in their design.
….and the British narrator said all that a bit later!!!!
Forgot to mention the most badass jet name:
F-69 "Fluffy Bunny."
Personally, I wouldn’t mess with Ireland because they have Diane and Chewie and Irish Jesus!!! 🤭
He forgot point #6: There are twice as many registered firearms in the country than there are citizens.
#7 Almost all guns in the US are assembled at home, circumventing registration.
And they know how to use them.
@@midgetydeath Ummm, I bought my two handguns pre-assembled. They are most definitely legally registered. The only assembly is when I put them back together after cleaning.
And they are probably 15 times as many unregistered guns
The *vast* majority of guns in the US aren't even registered. Only a handful of states even require that guns be registered, and their is no national registry.
There is more then 11 Aircraft carriers. I think 20 in total. He just said 11 Nuclear ones. Also dont think there enough personal to have all 20 out at once.
About half are actually amphibious assault ships. They carry STOVL (short take-off, vertical landing) jets like the Harrier and one version of the F-35, as well as helicopters and V-22 Ospreys. In addition to being mini aircraft carriers (about the size of most other nation's carriers), many of them are also designed to carry Marine landing craft and amphibious vehicles.
Basically, they are floating bases for Marine invasions, with their own airport to provide air support.
BEFORE GPS, we used Inertial Guidance Systems. Those systems needed NO "outside" source to determine their current position or the position of their targets. Many of these "smart munitions" use BOTH technologies to "do their job".
USA: Soon, we'll have all our military capabilities in the form of robotic drones.
Skynet: Sounds good!
Chewie creeping on the couch is life.
"Nucular" is America's version of "leftenant". The letters don't match the sound, but we just accept it.
lieutenant is different from leftenant. came from it but is a different word. Nuclear is how we in the US write it but we say it wrong.
"Only eleven?"
Yes Diana, I'm sorry my country has _only eleven_ floating cities armed to the gills with more hardware than some entire nations lol.
thanks for the info. Your videos have helped me to finally understand my wife. Bravo
You asked "how does it fly, it is so heavy"? It flies because of the physical principle of "lift". The upper surface of the wing is longer than the surface beneath the wing due to the way the wing is curved. As the wing is pushed through the air, the air above the wing moves faster than the air beneath the wing. This lessens the air pressure pushing down on the wing and the aircraft literally rises. Look at the profile of a Frisbee and you will see it. Quite remarkable when you think about it.