How Will the U.S. Respond to the Deadly Drone Attack in Jordan?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ม.ค. 2024
- Three service members were killed and at least 34 were wounded in Jordan Sunday after being attacked by one-way attack drones, U.S. Central Command announced. The service members were part of U.S. and coalition forces deployed to Jordan, near Syria’s border, as part of the U.S.’s defeat ISIS mission. This is the first time service members have died since attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Syria and Iraq increased following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Southern Israel and the subsequent Israeli actions in Gaza.
The White House has said there will be a response, but what form will it take and what will it do to deter the threats against coalition forces any better than previous reactions like air strikes have?
Retired Navy Commander Bryan McGrath rejoins the channel to analyze the options as well how the U.S. military is postured for the long haul in the region.
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The soldiers who lost their lives were Sgt. William Rivers, 46; Spc. Kennedy Sanders, 24; and Spc. Breonna Moffett, 23.
They were assigned to the 718 Engineer Company, an Army Reserve unit based out of Fort Moore, Georgia,
God bless their souls and comfort and strengthen their families and fellow soldiers. Praying for a healing for everyone who was injured in this cowardly attack.
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Ah Men -God Bless -all-ps -I'M HERE ALWAYS
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And a lot of the injured probably have life changing injuries, disabilities. Dirty business for sure.
as an Iranian I would like to pay my respect and condolences to the families of the fallen soliders, the regime is not only waging war in the middle east but also against our own people by executing 5 innocent people participated in the 2022 protests in within a week.
Thanks for the content and keep up the good work.
That's a point about which I wonder how many among the general public here in the US actually get, that the regime is also applying fatal violence to its own people.
to be honest it is far far worse than people can imagine, shooting down passenger plane full of our own ciizens over the capital, hundreds of hundreds of unarmed innocent people shot by bullets and metal pallets only protesting asking for a normal life @@scottfw7169 it is very very sad to say but a great portion of our people actually support an invasion of Iran by the US, this is the reality behind anger of our people.
Comments like this genuinely make the world a better place. Thank you for your kindness and sharing your condolences. It makes a big difference knowing there are people like you in the world.
@@scottfw7169I think there must be some awareness. The demonstrations last year were huge and got coverage here.
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These veteran TH-cam channels are a thousand times more informative than the Government spokes-faces. The old media is worthless.
You got that right.
My experience tells me that when you need information/knowledge you go to the experts.
Right, they are not that great, but add in, they have about 3 minutes to cover everything on any incident and try to fit in 4 worthless guests.
Is it that the media is purposely not reporting or that they are not given any info to report or they are given misinformation or disinformation purposely?
Stay clear of those A.I. generated content channels
First two Seals and now three Soldiers. This is how it starts. Rest in Peace Brothers.
This is how what starts?
@@Don_ECHOguy
The new Cold War...
@@livethefuture2492
The cold war never really ended.
It just changed the teams on the opposing side
5 Seals
@@shukeelc5177 2 SEALs (Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers and Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan Gage Ingram)
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3 US Army Reserve soldiers (Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46; Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24; and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23), were killed while deployed.
For the three fallen Soldiers. Rest Easy.
All is well, safely rest.
heaven or hell what will be your choice?
What makes it worse is that these were 3 reservists, all from the same unit in Georgia,
@@Justanotherconsumer Tell the families that lost their loved ones "all is well". What stupid comment.
Goof@@Justanotherconsumer
What can I say? The commander is absolutely correct in saying, "This is a great service to your viewers."
Thanks guys!
Hey Mooch, I love the videos.
My grandfather spent 20 some years on the Casimir Pulaski and participated in multiple deployments during Vietnam and beyond. Several other family members served in the navy for many years.
I appreciate the perspective you bring to these global issues and theatre specific conflicts. It’s enlightening to hear your perspective and the perspective of your guests on current events.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the update Ward.
Thanks for the insights, Ward.
Great conversation! 45 minute video slips by like it was 5 minutes. I could watch and listen all day!
Watched on 1.75x speed lol
Can't believe how unprepared we are for drone warfare.
I’ve been a contractor for 20 years, primarily supporting the US Army. Never worked directly with the Navy, with the exception of JS-J7. Despite that exposure, and despite supporting COCOM-level events,
I found this discussion fascinating and eye-opening. I’d bet the casual observer would never consider the problem sets that naval capability-developers have to solve. I don’t envy them.
Thank you, Ward. Super informative.
Very professional presentation. Great guests. Thank you very much!
That was a timely discussion of what next. I have the feeling there will be updates. Thank you
Thanks to both of you for this fascinating report ~ very informative. 👍👍
They see our weaknesses and are taking advantage of them.
Weakness? Are you serious? We have 11 carrier strike groups half way across the world and you think we're weak? 31 NATO members and many allies in the Pacific. We have Russia and China surrounded with missiles, bases, military personnel and Allies and you think we're weak. Any enemy of the US will be fighting the war on their own soil and not ours. While their infrastructure and industry is destroyed by those missiles, allies and personnel on their doorstep the industry and infrastructure in the US will be untouched halfway across the globe safely across 2 oceans. China, Russia and Iran have no chance, especially with the war in Ukraine severely hampering Russia from engaging in any other war.
Our weakness isn't military. Our weakness is in our leadership.
@@teleologicalanalysis5291 That's always been the case
@@teleologicalanalysis5291 and his drug addled son’s bosses…
First Son’s* 😶🌫
Thanks Ward and Mr McGrath for the breakdown.
Wow. Thank you Ward and Mr. McGrath.
Wow wow wow! What phenomenal detail and incredible information. Thank you for putting all of this together. We are very unique and and uncertain times. Keep putting out these types of videos! Awesome
eorge Bernard Shaw noted: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
Thanks for the update and info there, WC. Hopefully we'll see some of this technology soon, carry on.
Great stuff, Mooch. Thank you for posting such good info for us all! See you next time! Fly fast!!
Thank you Mr. Carroll 🫡🇺🇸
I found Commander McGrath's comments in regards to Russia "stirring the pot via Iran" to be rather fascinating. Reason being, there are shades of the Vietnam era and the Cold War era. Vietnam was in many respects a "proxy war" between the U.S. and the USSR, and here we are, 50 years later, in apparently almost the same type of situation. Russia has, since the time of overthrow of the Tsar in the 1917 revolution, been "the sick man of Europe," and it would appear that more than 100 years later, nothing has changed in that respect.
Yep, Russia, the dangerous problem child of the world.
Putin wants retribution for the fall of the USSR. Enlightened minds do not run the world right now. All insane psychopaths.
Exactly. Imagine if Vietnam was going on while Russia was in Afghanistan. We may see competing proxy wars. Eisenhower would not be proud.
As a European I'm amazed that this is some kind of secret. All countries on the other side of the world order can see that the US is weak and unfocused. But Russia is not some puppet master. They just acted first and invaded Ukraine. And then the anniversary in Israel and the expected attack that followed. And now the rest are seizing the moment. Be it Venezuela, Azerbajdzjan, Serbia, Ethiopia, Iran. All have taken advantage of the situation to carry out their agendas. China would too if it weren't for the economic collapse they are dealing with.
I wonder if Iran knows what russia does to loyal helpers.
6omega2 Ukraine was still the poorest country in all of Europe before Russia ever even invaded them in 2022 so Ukraine is far more fitting of the "sick man of Europe" title than Russia is.
I'm also laughing about the exchange course. It's says nothing about the value of the money. That's something you guys never understand. Watch high inflation in the Western countries, people struggle to pay for everyday stuff, Russian people don't.
People also like to mention the rubel/dollar exchange which is ridiculous since RU was kicked out of swift, meaning you can't exchange rubel-dollar, so exchange course is a pointless number made up by US controlled International Monetary Fund.
Russia's economy is more stable and healthier than all Western countries together.
But sure, Russia is so weak and inferior they collapsed 10 times over the last 2 years.
Since the start of the SMO they were running out of everything, were fleeing the battlefield...bla bla bla.
What you can see is exactly the opposite.
VERY informative, thank you!
Another great episode, thank you ward
Thanks, Ward. If I ever get in control of things I hope you guys will advise me.
"Courageous senior person in the Navy . . ." I don't wish to be indelicate, but there can't be many. Can we count them on one hand? Thank you both for your efforts in today's video.
I mean no reflection or reference to any specific officers in current command. I am in no way familiar with the personnel. I do know, however, we have had past problems with "ticket punchers" who were simply interested in the advancement of their individual careers rather than support of the mission or advancement of our national policy. I hope and have confidence in our current staff that they are 100% mission forward!!!
Insightful and intelligent as usual Ward. Keep up the great work.
Thank you sir....
Interesting to see that Ward is now using a MESA Boogie amp. This Mark V & 2x12 slant rectifier cab owner applauds you Sir! 🙂
As is the case with many other warfighting areas, shortage of amphibious ship capacity is not new; it's been with us for 30+ years. Circa 1990, the "standard" ARG composition was typically 5 ships: a big-deck (LHA/LPH), LPD, LSD, and 2x LST/LKA. The LPHs, old LPDs, LSTs and LKAs rapidly disappeared during the post-Cold War drawdown of the early/mid '90's. In itself that was probably a sensible move; most of those ships were nearing (or even past) the end of their service lives. The LPHs and LPDs were replaced by LHDs and LPD-17s, but all that LST/LKA capacity simply went away and was never replaced, either by new versions of those classes or any other. We went from 5-ship ARGs to 4-ship to then 3-ship ARGs very quickly. "Not enough USN amphibs to meet USMC requirements" has been a chronic issue ever since.
I, along with probably several other readers, do not know any of those acronyms. Could you elaborate more on those? I would really appreciate it.
I second this notion, it sounds like you know your stuff but it went swoosh over my head.
@@Oxibase Just various types of amphibious ship: the "L" in all of them is the amphibious part of the designation, stands for "Landing".
The "big decks"; resemble small aircraft carriers, which is in fact what they were/are, although some of the older ones could operate only helicopters.
LPH: Landing Platform, Helicopter. The original amphib aviation ship. Could only operate helos, and did not have a well deck (i.e., could not launch seaborne landing craft). Long gone.
LHA: Landing, Helicopter Assault. Larger than an LPH, also had a well deck for landing craft. Could operate Harriers in addition to helos.
LHD: Landing, Helicopter Dock. Today's "big deck". Operates helos, MV-22, Harriers, and now F-35B. Has well deck and can operate air-cushioned landing craft (LCAC). Also much larger medical capacity than its predecessors.
There's also the newest America-class LHA, intended to replace the LHDs. There's been a bit of a kerfuffle over its design and capabilities, as the first two do not have a well deck. Many perceived that - understandably - as a step back, repeating the shortcomings of the old LPH. My understanding is that follow-on Americas will incorporate a well deck.
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LSD: Landing Ship, Dock. Has aft flight deck, can operate helicopters. Well deck, including LCAC capability.
LPD: Landing Platform, Dock. Essentially, a slightly larger version of an LSD. Older LPDs also often served as the ARG flagship, rather than the LPH. I don't think that's the practice any longer.
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LST: Landing Ship, Tank. Was a pretty unique class: Had flight deck and could operate (other ships') helicopters, but no hangar, so could not embark any. Unlike any other type, could land itself directly on the beach, specifically to put tanks ashore over a bow ramp (although even by 1980s that was very rare in practice). Could also launch landing craft more conventionally via a stern ramp. Provided a lot of versatility/utility at relatively low cost. Look up some photos; it was an odd duck. Served 3 years in one, 1990-93.
LKA: Amphibious Cargo Ship. This resembled a merchant ship; its purpose was to carry the MEU's "Supply Block". MREs, water purifier units, various utility vehicles, etc. As the LKAs decommissioned, LSTs took on this role, but only for a few years until they too went away.
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I'm not at all suggesting that we should have kept LST/LKAs longer, or replaced them with ships that do things specifically the same way they did. They belonged to an earlier era of amphibious doctrine and practice. Cool as it may have been, we don't need a ship that actually beaches itself to land vehicles any more (lol, a pretty risky endeavor even just in training).
But the bottom line is that those old workhorses still carried a big chunk of the MEU's troops, vehicles, and supplies. I don't think two extra ships' worth of capacity was somehow shoehorned into today's 3-ship ARG.
hah, I don't know if that helped or made things more confusing. Probably some of both, but I hope a bit more of the former.
@@cragnamorra thank you so much for the response.
@@cragnamorra I was on the USS Pearl Harbor (LSD). It took all the way across the Pacific Ocean to Kuwait on our Division ( 1 st Marine Division) way to invade Iraq in 2003. where we were disembarked with an LCAC that I believe was embarked with us on the USS Bonhamrichard which was a big helecopter transport with a huge well deck and more berthing ( the one that was burned to the ground by an arsonist). A bigger ship and the flag ship of our convoy I believe. Our well decks and all the other ramp space was filled with an entire LAR BN plus helicopters from a Marine Rotary unit. They also said we had a fast attack submarine as our Defense but we never did see the periscope or the sub. Even though we looked and looked day after day on the smoke deck or flight deck.
Useful as always, thank you.
Thank you Mooch
Senior Officers didn't anticipate a drone attack timed near the arrival of 1 of their own drones? The attack on Pearl Harbor - on the day that was supposed to live in infamy, began with U S radar operators assuming attacking squadrons of Japanese planes was an expected squadron of American planes.
I found your video randomly, and I'm glad I did, and on this one in particular!! I'm a Marine veteran, and I served only one combat tour, but it was with the 22nd MEU in a town called Hit in the Al Anbar province of Iraq in 2005-2006. We knew before we left that was where we were headed. I think that can be an added benefit of having three active MEU's at a time. In war time they could also serve as a very effective augmenting forces in a crisis situation that comes pretty much equipped to handle all of it's basic needs. If you look back historically though, the MEU's have predominantly been used in humanitarian responses after natural disasters, and those personal train for that as well. I was fortunate enough to spend my time at sea on the USS Nassau, LHA-4, Top Gator!! She was on her next to last float by the time I met her, but she took good care of us and got us where we needed to go. I have to say, as a Jarhead too, I had two homecomings from my combat tour, because getting back aboard Nassau was like coming back to a little slice of America, and all the Sailors we had been playing Spades with on the mess deck cheered for us as we were dragging all our shit back on board. That is a memory I will never forget. In short, personal feelings aside, MEU's are an absolute VITAL piece of US defense strategy in this Marine's opinion, both in war and in peace time. Glad to be aboard now sir, I just subscribed.
The gentleman is correct- this is a great service to your viewers. Thank you, Ward!!
Great and informative content. Thanks for the channel.
For all of the viewers who aren't American, I think that we can all agree that Ward stating that, "We don't have enough aircraft carriers" would make your beer come out of your nose when said as a punchline at a pub.
I totally get that. What sucks is that if history teaches us anything, the way things are developing globally he might not be entirely wrong. I grew up during the cold War. I have never felt closer to world wide outbreak of hostilities on par with the onset of WWII. It's like reading the signs of a storm front on its way.
The Japs lost three in a single day during 1940’s. The second those ships sunk was the second they lost their war and they knew it. So did we. We controlled the sea.
The J-A-P anese Navy lost three fleet carriers in a single day in the 1940’s. In that single day they lost their war. And they knew it. As did we. Even without the A-bom bs. Without the sea… Japan was doomed. We won control of the sea. CV’s are built in the span of years if not decades (with our bureaucracy and regulations and nightmare design and funding process). Once they sink… that’s the ball game. Nowadays we can still project power using VTOL or other types of aircraft launched from other “flat tops” that aren’t CV’s (or islands of allies) but CV’s remain the biggest and most capable of winning sea battles. If we want to control the Pacific and not be dominated in every conceivable way (not just militarily but culturally and economically) we need control of the sea lanes. Just as the British needed control to have any chance of overcoming the German plague infecting the world in the 40’s.
The military cannot have enough of anything when asked to fight everyone all the time. The US needs to reconcile its capabilities with the delusions about itself and the world
Crazy thing is he’s probably right
If I were still on active duty this channel would be all hands, all pay grades GMT. It would be part of the PoD.
Ward, I’m an Army 04 going through CGSOC. All of your episodes should be mandatory listening for all officers. The insight, the facts, and the analysis you and your guests provide help all of your listeners think like field grade officers. I’m grateful for your channel and the ODP work every episode.
Excellent report on 3 amphib expeditionary forces.
I reckon big part of the problem of untested laser employment would be the range. It's a short range option so you need to halt your kinetics from engaging the threat first. Test fire it and if failed it's probably too late to employ a kinetic interceptor.
Other than that thanks for insisting insight!
@@mcs699 yeah in pure economy terms a very expensive ship manned by very expensive personnel is too expensive to focus on last second defence option unless you're 100 percent it's working. But how do you get to that 100 percent? No wonder as mentioned in the video there's noone to take ownership cause that road might be very bumpy.
My understanding is that HELIOS has an effective range of about 10-12 km depending on the target. Something relatively slow & fragile like a drone can be engaged effectively at longer ranges than a proper missile. It’s still basically a point defense weapon. If anyone has better information feel free to update.
This is just one more example of how out of depth this Administration and it's DoD is. It is clearly foriegn policy by brail... just wandering around and seeing what happens with no clear objective other than to make the MIC Billions. This needs to change and the SecDef, NSA Sullivan and SecState need to go. For that matter, DHS Sec as well.
The mic was satisfied for 20 years. Last few years they've been happy with the proxy war, but now congress decided to stop advertising our products in that infomercial. They're going to make their money somehow. It wouldn't matter what name is atop the administration.
Indeed.
Absolutely fascinating. Thanks.
Brilliant brief! Thanks!
I wouldn't think of lasers as replacements for SM-2. CIWS and 5" guns certainly. Maybe SM-6 for ballistic missiles. If you're shooting through the air close to the ground, you get a lot of attenuation. If you try to pump more power in, you get thermal blooming. So you basically need lasers on every ship because of the relatively short range. And then we're back to we don't have enough ships. And then we're back to shooting SM-2s to cover the gaps. BTW, there is a small group of people looking at old technology but with a futuristic twist to defeat these kinds of air threats. Similar to what was said here, there hasn't been a reckoning with the cost exchange ratio yet. But that reckoning is coming sooner than we think.
Tower 22 used to have ADA guns. Someone needs to answer why they were removed/disabled.
There is no such thing as an "ADA GUN". Do you mean air defense artillery? Those are missile defense systems and they surely would not pick up a small drone.
@@TheOriginalArchie the C-RAM is a gun and utilized by ADA units. These systems can detect single rifle rounds and engage targets as small as mortar rounds. They can engage any known drone used by middle eastern adversaries.
@@seanuh60I've seen the C-rams on smaller outposts than this, so yeah, I have the same question
Nancy Pelosi sold them to Hamas, obviously!
If only the real world worked like Call of Duty
There are also still some old 20mm and 40mm towed air defense guns still in use in some countries. We had one at a base I was stationed at. Not much use against fast targets but are becoming more useful again for use against drones.
As always, appreciate the in-depth analysis.
Great interview!!! Been listening on my long drive home from work .. God bless the families and those who were lost and wounded.
The flash point 👉 event we knew was around the corner finally knocks.. 😢 🪖 😡
Good information. I just HOPE THAT we are taking care of the people on the ground. And keeping them advised on what is going on around them in a useful way. I am a RVN combat veteran. It is ALWAYS NICE to know what you are up against.
we also do not have enough veterans in any branch of government
Bingo!
Ryan's getting the word out. Wonder if anyone who should care cares.
Well. Not in elected leadership.
There are a ton of vets in the civil service. Just very few on the hill.
The USS Bataan AARG is for Non-Combatant Evacuations of US personnel (think the US Embassy) in Israel and Lebanon.
BONUS: Marine SOF Raiders with Ospreys for Direct Action-AT and Hostage Rescue. Plus F-35Bs to bring the pain.
The AARG is also an outstanding Tier 1 JSOC platform with deck space for helos from the 160 SOAR. They are already in Cyprus at the RAF Base.
ARG
Your Boogie Marshall stack looks sweet 😊. Can’t wait to hear your tone!!!
As always, great vid. Thanks. Like the WRV sweatshirt!
PS…also like the Virginia sweatshirt. “Conservative Wahoo”! Wow! I used to work there in another life/career…. I never knew a conservative Wahoo could exist! (I thought I was the only one!). 🤣
This video provides more information about that theater of operations, then listening to the Pentagon. Thank you
This is what "more with less" buys you over time. Eventually you just have less.
Sounds like Rumsfelds BS...
Thanks, Mooch!!!!!!!! ⚓ 🦅 🇺🇸
Fascinating insights!
Makes me sick
Marines in the ARG’s are always the 911 response force to fires around the world. Great job gents. Thank you.
Good update.
Fantastic insight and education. Also, nice Boogie!
It's getting a little nutz, sirs.
I believe (6) KC-135 Tankers (March AFB) just flew towards the UK. I wonder what kind of effort they will be supporting?
I was stationed at March AFB 1978-1980. At that time, it was 15th Air Force headquarters, and an active duty SAC base with B-52D's and KC-135 tankers.
Anything that flies!?!😅
Thank You 🙏🏻
Thank you Gentlemen a very disturbing brief Semper Fi Carry On.
In 1971 - 12 years before President Reagan’s SDI speech - the USAF fielded a 300kw CO2 laser in a KC135 aircraft, becoming the Airborne Laser Laboratory. Since then, Kirtland AFB in ABQ has been the center of the Air Force’s directed energy research directorate. In the 20-teens the Airborne Laser platform, a megawatt class COIL (chemical oxygen iodine laser) in a 747 platform succeeded in intercepting missiles in flight.
Also at Kirtland, not only did they invent the COIL laser but at Starfire Optical Range they also invented adaptive optics, being able to compensate for atmospheric turbulence to shoot megawatt class lasers into space.
All of this happened because of the foresight of leadership in these research arms of the Air Force. Clearly the Navy is in 3rd place in this field, and needs the leadership to catch up.
Why do we publish the location and capabilities and mission of all of our bases anywhere in the world?
It only allows our adversaries intelligence they would otherwise have to find out themselves.
The US military is a gold mine of critical information for our adversaries about where we are and what we are doing.
I'm reminded of one of the Pogo cartoons where Pogo declares "we have met the enemy and they are us." That rings true today. We give our enemies more information about our military capabilities than if they had to find out by themselves.
We are and open society, but we don't need to be so open as to give our adversaries details as to where we are and what we are doing.
It's not hard to pay a hundred bucks to a sat photographing service to get reasonably high res pictures of bases to see if they're staffed or abandoned.
Mind that 4chan users found the location of ISIS training camps. You can't hide facilities with hundreds of people. Let alone thousands.
Absolutely fantastic conversation
Thank you gents!
Why has Bryan got a lifesize Mooch head behind him on the wall? 😄
UPDATE (It's not, it's Bryan. Sorry all.)
Look a little closer, not Mooch - it's Bryan
@@mrdddeeezzzweldor5039
I was about to say that I think you're right when you got the definitive Mooch seal of approval. I concede! 👍
Where are our leaders?
Who Joe? 👉♿️🍦🍦
@@lisaroberts8556 More generic comment. George Patton, Billy Mitchell, Jimmie Doolittle, Eddie Rickenbacher, Norman Schwarzkopf, etc
Excellente'. spot on!
Great program
They will respond with more money sent to Iran.
i was going to say when i was active duty we never had a gap , always one group was on way and one in threate
in threate?
@@jasondelaney6849 if can’t figure out what he was trying to say… you need a helmet. If you can and you just need to point the error out… you still get the helmet. Congrats.
@@jastrapper190 I know what he means, just pointing it out in a way that doesn't make me sound like an a-hole.
Yeah… you failed. @@jasondelaney6849 . Nobody likes the spelling na zi. 😂👍🏻
Good try. Here’s the helmet. @@jasondelaney6849
Bravo ward and Brian!
Thanks!
Thanks for the support, Juice!
I work for the MPO at RAF Lakenheath, literally last week I sent out a parcel to the 'Dwight' via, well I guess I shouldn't say, I just wonder when 'that guy' will receive his package........guess at some point it will be loaded onto a C-2. Please accept my most sincere condolences to all of the fallen from this attack in Jordan
Dude. OPSEC is a thing you know.
Lucky I didn't give out the APO addresses@@dammitdan106
I appreciate you breaking it down and going in depth of how US will shape its attack on Iran/ Proxie Groups!!
Delete the word “proportional.” That is a bad recipe ingredient.
Excessively Proportional? Works...
Extremely proportional, Better 👍
Is the Secretary of Defense still AWOL?
No, he's back at work.
Does he matter?
@@donwoolley5763 When the commander in chief is senile… you bet he matters. That’s why it is so inexcusable that corrupt senile Joe let our nuclear (retalitory) strike chain of command get completely shattered… with zero accountability or punishment.(as would occur to anyone else in the military… as the entire military knows all to well about how the UCMJ hammer would have fallen if there wasn’t Joe’s “two tiered” system of justice.
@@donwoolley5763 when the president has cold oatmeal for brains… yes Absolutly he matters.
Love you guys thanks
Thank you, thank you so much! The only trustworthy news source, period.
i am willing to go back to sea
SNAFU & FUBA a regular flustercluck!
Semper Fi ✝️ 🇺🇸
Copy Lima Charlie
BAM!!!, This is the best brief ever!!!. Very COA oriented. You guys rock!! I just subscribed to the Wahoo substack.
Very fine disertation./ TY
The Strikes did work against the Houthi - they knocked out 20% of their launch capability in one day. Expecting to remove the capability in one airstrike is silly.
The risk of putting "boots on the ground" is that you are clearly going to take casualties and you're getting inolved on the ground in another middle eastern war - I simply don't think that's something the US wants to do, plus it would play much worse than airstrikes. One option would be to put the IRG frigate doing their spotting on the bottom (or persuade it to leave) that may degrade their targeting data (but may not if drones are providing it).
Tower 22 is distracting from the Houthi, is distracting from the straights of Hormuz.
War with Iran would likely be much worse than war with Iraq, simply because of the terrain.
Lasers would likely work against drones but I don't think they're going to work against ballistic missiles, my understanding is that the army's evaluation found that explosive driven kinetic interceptors were better than rail guns.
Random question - why can't a 127mm gun or a CIWS or cannon do as good a job as a laser at point defence.
I disagree that the US Navy is built to protect the freedom of the seas. It's built to protect US Ships, the main benefit of commerce moving through the seas is to maintain the world economy which also benefits the US economy but it isn't direct.
As we have seen in Ukraine the wests ability to produce weapons is drastically below that requried for war. If you think the US situation is bad look at other countries.
All of the issues surrounding the US military are 10x that in any other NATO country.
I agree with the bulk of your comment, however, rail guns are kinetic projectile weapons. Directed energy weapons are an entirely different breed of cat. A rail gun costs approximately $25,000 per shot. A directed energy weapon's per shot cost is approximately $10.
Yeah all these proxy wars are beginning to worry me; I hope we don’t get caught with our pants down so to speak. It feels like something bigger is to come of all this.
We need more of these conversations
These conversations should indeed be more frequent, high level and taken seriously.
Talk to the Israelis. They are developing energy weapons and they have a tremendous incentive to get those weapons on line by yesterday.
IDF has nec
@@user-oc2qd4nx5r what is “nec” please?
So the USN will not change until a large USN ship is sunk? Dude the Admirals need to be replaced as a group.
Admirals are being lost without replacement due to promotions being blocked by a certain person in Congress
@@stupidburpKeep up…Tuberville dropped his objections back in December.
Thank you Ward for assessment and explanation of this topic. 🇺🇸♥️. Nice man cave 🎸 👍
Will the response be a multi billion dollar check and a note requesting Iran stop attacking us?
Exactly!!💔
Maybe he'll invite them to Camp David or write them a nice letter. Maybe he'll salute Iran's generals!
Joe will give a rousing speech about how his Corvette almost got damaged by Houthis, and therefore understands the pain those families are feeling.
Exception the billion dollar check is to Halliburton and the note is being sent to Yemen for some reason. We look like idiots in this.
Yes!
Just imagine if Reagan was president, We wouldn't have to wonder what would be done. It would have been done already. Praying for strong leadership that will keep America's emboldened enemies at bay.
He would be easily manipulated into doing exactly what our enemies want by thoughtlessly shooting from the hip because they pressed the right buttons?
Yeah, no thanks.
If he were president, Iran would not have the balls
241 Marines would argue with you.
He was president when the barracks in Beruit were attacked. We left.
I mean Iran-Contra happened under Reagan. It's not like I am villanizing the man but his administration did help arm Iran with stuff they needed in exchange for one hostage.
More great intel on the state of things. So interesting to hear such intimate details on the workings of events of the day that just are not available elsewhere. Thanks again Ward. I feel so privileges to have access to your channel. I think this internet thing is going to catch on. Eh..? 😉
Thanks again Ward.....Shoe🇺🇸