@@floydlooney6837 You may be recalling the strike from the year prior in 2017 when 59 Tomahawks were fired from USS Ross and Porter in retaliation for a chemical attack.
I mean to be fair „almost 20 years old“ is still pretty young for an advanced aircraft. The Viper had its first flight 50 years ago and it’s still considered to be pretty modern.
@@JR-ut2ne No it's not. The F16 from 50 years ago is nothing like the one's flying now, even if the airframe is the same the onboard avionics and electronics is not. The lowest model/block which still makes sense militarily is block50/52 or MLU which are quite comparable. Ofc this depends on what you deem 'making sense' and that depends on the money one's willing to spend and the mission profile you're trying to fill in.
@@MarvinWestmaas You‘ve got a point. Of course a new Block 70 Viper is a whole different beast than a Block 5 but it still remains the same airframe and even the very early examples had stuff like full digital fly by wire, relaxed stability and maneuvering characteristics that are still state of the art today. In general the advancements in aircraft’s aren’t as quick anymore as they were in the 1950s or 60s so we‘ll get used to „old“ airframes still being state of the art.
@@JR-ut2ne I had a lot of family working at Fokker, Fokker was involved in the Dutch production line I been 'proud' of the F-16 al my life I think she is the sexiest looking fighter without canards ( .. canards just add a little extra ). They are still excellent energy fighters, it's just that this isn't as important anymore. Still not many planes, except those with trust vectoring, would want to get in close with an F-16.
Yeah the commander in chief launched so many strikes that he had passed the amount of strikes obama did in his 2 years and than just stopped reporting it lmao...warhawks absolutely loved how much he liked to order then .@@namenameson9065
@@looinrims Wasn't it the battle where US forces obliterated the Wagner Forces (at least that what I assume were the enemies) by heavy firepower including a goddamn AC-130 gunship and many other air units.
@@Jeffrey-hu2gb Menwhile Uncle Sam: Kid No! Airforce: Kid Noooooooooo! Grandpa BUFF: Hehehehe, You go get em Kid! Franklin: Malicious racoon squeaking accompanied with sounds of angle grinder and blow torch
Each Tomahawk missile costs 2 million dollars !!! The Western imperialists spent much more money than what they destroyed !!! They were getting rid of their old stock so the US MIC could make more money !!!
@@drakecarter1780 "It's not about the money, it's about sending a message..." Unironically what many bombardments & military campaigns short of full war are about now.
I love how every aircraft was the cutting edge of UK, France and US air forces and then the EA-6 just rolls out saying "Like the old days over Kwuait". She was a beautifull bird
@@atomf9143"We have carrier, too! The powerful Admiral Kuznetsov , equipped with many aircraft, far superior to your F-35, will make you tremble in fear!"- Russian bot
Those are not decoys. Those DDGs were probably tasked with destroying the Russian ships, if they wanted to fight. US Destroyers have 8 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and 6 torpedo tubes. The DDGs also have 90 to 96 Mk 41 launchers, which can be loaded with rocket propelled vertical launch torpedoes.
they were real destroyer and were actually capable of making the attack syria and russia thought they were going to do but at last it was not those destroyer but the one behind.
People sometimes forget that the US still has by far the strongest military in the world and that even Russia and China combined can't really compete (especially back in 2017 when china was definitely far weaker than it is now). Imagine how much stronger could US military get if they just stopped wasting so much money on overpriced defense contracts. Cost-efficiency isn't an American strong suit but the US defense budget is still massive enough that all of the great powers combined still wouldn't have comparable capabilities.
@@TheLordPolar Uncle Sugar has to test missles now and then on live targets to avoid things like having sent torpedo aircrews on suicide missions to launch Mark 14 torpedoes that hadn't been tested and didn't function for the first 2 years of war with Japan. It's all being paid for by the usual generous donor.
The United States has the unparalleled ability to get effects on target at a moments notice. The fact that the US can send a nuke within 30 minutes, a bomb within a couple hours, a brigade of paratroopers within a day, or a fully functional Burger King within a couple days ALL AROUND THE WORLD speaks to its hard power. Professionals think in logistics.
I was onboard the USS John Warner for this mission and did not truly appreciate the scale of the strike until seeing your video. Thank you very much for the content you create.
Crazy, I was on the Syrian Turkey border. Whole place was on full alert In case of any retaliation but same we just herd they bombed some targets. Wasn't aware of this scale. Wild to see.
This is why I love aircraft so much. There's so many different types of aircraft, all with specific duties and specialties, and they all work together so perfectly. The coordination in this attack is really cool to see.
This is what a true superpower looks like. The ability to bring to bear so much military power that the opposing side literally stands down and refrains from intervening. And not only that, to be able to call upon and coordinate with allies. Military power is one thing for a superpower but actually being half decent at diplomacy is also another.
While the whole operation is super impressive, I think I'm also most impressed by how quickly this was thrown together. This isn't like ww1 where the coalition took 5 months or something to plan, this was an enormous operation with forces from like 5 major NATO nations involving naval and air assets thrown together as a *response*. Hell of a thing.
Each Ohio class SSBN has 24 Trident II SLBM launch tubes, but four of those tubes were deactivated under New START which reduced the total number to 20. The four Ohio class SSGNs had 22 launch tubes converted to carry clusters of seven Tomahawk cruise missiles each for a total of 154 Tomahawks. The remaining two launch tubes are converted to swimmer lockout chambers for Navy SEALs or USMC MARSOC teams.
Something in the background of all of this which I find funny is that Trump is often accused of being too cozy with Putin and not strong against Russia.
@@robertungsod691While Russia/USSR was always at a logistical disadvantage, the dissolution of the USSR crippled Russian logistics and the ability for Russia to project power beyond its borders. It's been widely discussed that Russia has long declined from a superpower to a regional power and its influence continues to wane. They simply cannot afford to wage a conventional war at anywhere near the scale of the U.S.
There is a huge difference between regional superpower that can deploy mass forces across its border and a global superpower that can deploy mass firepower anywhere on the globe. There is only one global superpower, and that superpower has made it a point to not be territorially predacious and gather enthusiastic allies.
Do you know what I found more than impressive about the attack? While Russia is still struggling with missile attacks on Ukraine and has to rely on the Ukrainian air defense being oversaturated with drones, the US simply launched an attack out of nowhere with 59 cruise missiles that flew through air zones protected by Russia's "mighty" S-300 and S-400 and hit their target
The S-300 and S-400 are extremely, extremely large missiles. Flying telephone poles. They had no chance to have any effect on 60 incoming missiles. It would've been an effort in vain, those targets were getting destroyed no matter what.
@Red-Magic incorrect, the size isn't the issue at all, and munition interception is one of the primary objectives of those sites. There were other factors at play that prevented the interception
*entire Russian fleet starts heaving anchors* Syrian government: "Hey, hey, hey! Where are you guys going? I thought you were gonna like... They're gone."
@@vlad_47 No?? The Soviets/Russians literally lost in Chechnya and Afghanistan (Twice), more so they suffered so much casualties against them lol. The wars they won is just against small countries.
The first US airstrike was interesting, the President was in the middle of a state dinner with the Chinese PM and took a 10min call and came back to finish.
Made quite an impression on the Chinese. Also, the US politely informed the Russians ahead of the first strike to preclude both their demise and agitation
“Captain! One of the missiles has malfunctioned!” “…And?” “Won’t the effect of the strike be degraded?” “…Just let me know when we hit the target, Lieutenant.”
Wasn't him. Neither in 2017 nor in 2018. The UN investigation teams findings were silenced, intimidated and then a joke of a report was published after the higher ups made sure it said what it wanted them to say. You think this thing doesn't happen? Then you're extremely naive to how the world works. By the way, in 2002, John Bolton said the following to the head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons: “You have 24 hours to leave the organization, and if you don’t comply with this decision by Washington, we have ways to retaliate against you. We know where your kids live. You have two sons in New York.” Why? Because he was doing his job, which meant that he wasn't towing their line regarding Saddam.
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Crazy to see The EA6B Prowler getting shit done still even though its a far outdated Aircraft. I think they and their older brother the A6 Intruder are really neat.
It was one of my favorite aircraft when I was a kid, next to the F-14 which Top Gun mad that everyone's favorite. Sadly they've been retired in the years since then and it's now the EA-18G Growler which is a heavily modified F-18 Super Hornet.
If you count the missile being destroyed when it slams onto its target as the missile being destroyed by its target, then they had 100% rate of destroying the incoming missiles. Very impressive.
@@biddyboy1570 Honestly, a very successful test. They learned that they have technical issues, they learned that they need more crew training on these weapons systems (which I'm sure are immensely complicated), and still got the job done regardless. 10/10.
I thought Russian assets in Syria would be able to do something but dang, the big 3 of the free world literally calling them “You’re powerless and Vous êtes impuissant”.
Oh hello funny upside down man, nice to see you here. Patiently standing by for the Russian Air Force Part 2 vid- can’t wait! Please don’t go too hard on the MiG-15 🥺
@@christopherchartier3017 I know, i just want a meme of a 136-year-old Manstein sitting on a research vessel in the North Atlantic saying: its been 81 years.
This was a significant demonstration of NATO's power-a true projection of military strength. Many people underestimate the immense effort and resources required to deploy combat aircraft to different theaters of operation. Additionally, the challenges of coordinating multiple nations should not be overlooked.
That is all it was in the end, a show of force. I remember at the time it seemed so underwhelming. Also there were a lot of people talking about how much money USA spent in comparison to the damage they did. The ratios were wild. The Syrian army brushed it off and continued as normal.
@@adamwilliams5426 Did... for some reason I don't think you watched until the end. This strike eliminated Assad's will and ability to use chemical weapons. This wasn't a show of force, it was the use of force.
It also demonstrated how big of a threat the US is globally, considering they can attack anyone and anything with such efficiency. No country should ever be allowed such position.
I'm guessing the subtext to this strike (and possibly back-channeled to Russia and/or Syria) was: "No more gas strikes on civilians, or the next time the cruise missiles land in your living room, not empty R&D offices and depot bunkers."
Sir/maam.... While it is highly likely a back channel conversation went very close to what you describe, it is unlikely that the United States would ever spend this much gas, labor, and wear & tear on our toys for such a miniscule purpose alone. Syria? Chemicals? Tiny contingent of lost Russians? As everyone knows and chides us, we like our gas and we LOVE our national toys. Add to this that American generals are NOT graded by their American peers on the total destruction, but instead by the efficiency with which we achieve it. Think cleaver vs scalpel. The Joint Chiefs and Secretary of Doom would never allow such a massive expenditure (yes dollars & oil) or showboat this wildly without a larger / deeper message to the rest of the world and in particular our would-be military opponents. I haven't compared timelines of Chinese, Russian, or Iranian shenanigans, but I'm sure some intel with the big 3 would match up. Idiots in North Korea as a lesser non-existent threat, but just cause they get a severe case of the Dumbs sometimes. In my best guess, the message sent was not even delivered to Syria, or for that matter to Russia in the "don't respond" sense. They were just the unfortunate morons that through their recklessness ended up being the courier for the true message. THE United States (generally) only demonstrates this kind of total unnecessarily complex and coordinated Doom Attack for communicating superpower capability.... sorry let me try that again.... SUUUUPERPOWERRRRR capability to our top 3 or 4 adversaries around the world. Because this kind of attack is completely overwhelming for ANY nation on earth, it is extraordinarily effective in communicating to the other puppies getting itchy.... YO! Stop chasing the truck, or one day soon, you might just catch it and you're really not going to like that.
@@PatrickWhelan-Rock Political stuns are conducted 24/7, many with billions of $ in the costing. Don't be so naive. Just look at historical records if you want proof of USA doing this, but every single country in existence has done it and continues to do so to this very day. (By "it" I mean political stuns/PR moves/Political power plays)
yeah, it was definitely america caring about "human rights" and "war crimes" or whatever dumb shit, america has a huge track record of that lmfao. had absolutely nothing to do with everyone in the DoD being jewish, and trump taking hundreds of millions in campaign funding from people single-issue donors loyal to only israel
The thing is there was no gas attack on civilians after the investigation the BBC did apologize to Syria. Because the victims from the videos was brought to the UN and they were alive and well. The whole thing was setup by the west and white helmets because Syria won't sell oil in dollars. This is why US is still stealing the oil today. Y'all will believe anything to justify the west wrong doings you can literally look up the investigation online.
@@PatrickWhelan-Rockit’s geopolitics my friend. This was like 2 days after Trump was officially elected president, and one of his first acts. It’s a tone setter
They wanted to just attack with the best aircraft, but then realised that their F-15, F-16, Typhoon, Tornado, Mirage and Rafale fighter pilots all needed some flight hours. Its also impressive, funny and scary at the same time the Raptors just casually flying about in enemy airspace just waiting for something to kick off
He's the leader America needs now. Other leaders can't fool him and he's the best person to negotiate deals for the US. Countries won't try to fuck around like they do under Biden
The guy who runs it, he's a speaker almost as good as Jr.! About as handsome too I've gotta admit, and I've got a good lookin' kid! Sharp as a tack, The Operations Room, good people behind it.
@@DustinHorvath1987 lol for real. I was reading yesterday for the for all of their Air to Air superiority they have, the F22 has yet to record a confirmed kill of an enemy air craft. Owing to the lack of air battles and dog fights, in the type of warfare since their inception. Im sure people who follow these things know that, but I just recently starting reading about them and found that super interesting.
RCS is too low, plus even if they did know they couldn't do anything as I'm pretty sure F-22 outrates SU-33 in most situations even with SU-33 3D thrust vectoring the only plane in the world that could beat F-22 in traditional eye to eye dogfight is a SU-57 and there isn't many of those. Anyways I doubt there will be too many SU-57 built since the Russians will probably move to trying to get a plane capable of competing with the F-35 since that's the new thing.
@@WinterXR7 Except in the real-world what would happen is that a F22 would take steers from an AWACS or its own passive sensors, and just launch a Slammer from max range. The enemy jet would have about 3 seconds to react as the missile came out of nowhere and its seeker head locked on/made the threat-warning receiver light up. And the enemy jet would still never see the F22.
Meet back in 2034 and let's see what the history books say. I'm 20, and my high school U.S history book had a detailed chapter about the Obama Administration. So, I won't doubt that in only 10 or so years this will be written.
@@taiwandxt6493"On July 13th, President Donald Trump would be shot in the ear by would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks at a Pennsylvania rally. He would proceed to post about it on social media."
I was in country for this in a forward deployed location. We packed up weapons and sensitive equipment. Rigged a bunch of shit to blow and layed in our tube on a regime communication tower. Wild times.
You had not legal right to be there. The US is steeling Syrian oil and starving the Syrian people for their own twisted gain, while lying to the world about the truth of the war….
You only see the strikes from a random guy filming from his window but putting more than 100 cruise missiles on air at the same time multiple directions using different platforms is crazy hard to imagine. This is an only-NATO thing cos Russian already shown in Ukraine that shitty dictatorships can only hit hospitals or schools.
@RhoDesia-gr1wb Churchill was an allied leader of a traditionally maritime power, and was made an honorary U.S. citizen. The Naval Hisotry and Heritage Command makes recommendations for ships names to the Secretary of the Navy via the Chief of Naval Operations
Logistics wins the wars as always. hundreds years ago mongols with their mobile horses won wars. Now huge battle fleets with lots of moving parts all around the world wins wars. The problem is cost. You have to annihilate any enemy in order to maintain those costs. Or constant small wars can wears out those supply chains.
@@djan0889yes and out lack of will to actually win any wars. We always get distracted by politicians and commentators, who know very little about geopolitics
Using Chem weapons at that point of war seems just so moronic for me. Assad's-regime was winning at that point, why use chem-weapons? Anyone with better knowledge?
Probably because they're very effective, and to an extent relatively cheap for how much damage they can do. Gotta remember not every country follows the same rules of war.
@@spiceytaco95yeah but why attract the retaliation? They know the U.S. won't let them get away with it. The losses they'll take from the strikes we'll respond with do way more damage than they'd save themselves from taking via the rebels
I was thinking that they got so many Arleigh-Burke's, that they probably ran out of famous names to call them, so had to go across the pond to pick one up!
considering that many people use Twitter including a lot of young people who might not watch the news, its an easy way to inform them on what is going on in politics
Man.... that title is for the Algo 100000% lol (it is the only video saying a specific person orders something versus USAF destroys, Special Ops kills etc..)
@@Mr_Sarcasum I... I don't think doing the thing you're absolutely not supposed to do should give you more credit in the end (even if it was admittedly hilarious lol)
Russia - "oh our air defences got penetrated by low observable cruise missiles? Probably the last time we'll have to worry about that anyway look at our nice sub base in Crimea"
At 5:00 Notice how the condemnation comes from the three nations that had been on the receiving end of chemical warfare during the first world war reacted most strongly in opposition?
I love seeing you cover recent battles because it is a good practical demonstration of all the advances in military tactics and technologies that we read about in articles but never get to see in real life because (thankfully) there are not that many conflicts with NATO involvement these days. It's nice to see the big picture of how modern-day combined arms warfare works, how stealthy and non-stealthy assets are combined, what level of coordination modern communications allow and so on.
It's the fact that Russians actually ran away that shows how scared they were. Besides you definitely want the Russians out of harms way to prevent a potential nuclear war.
@@langasikosana3540 No you don't. Russian soldiers killed American and Americans killed Russians in previous wars. No nuclear war happened. You people really need to quit being so easily scared of "nuclear war." Russia doesn't win that war either.....nor would they ever rebuild. They know this. Nuclear war would only happen if Russian troops were about to capture America or Americans about to capture Russia.
thank you for adding real photos of the aircrafts mentioned throughout the video, it's exactly what I thought it was missing. 10/10 now, keep up the great work! 👍
@@kaliss7192 Thank you for thanking me but really as I said. I was just an Aircraft mechanic. I was lucky to never see actual ground in hands on fighting and combat. Besides, the discounts I got at Taco Bell over 10 years basically paid for it!
You’re not “just” an aircraft mechanic, without YOU those jets wouldn’t have been able to do what they did. You played your BIG PART in the operations and you should be proud of that, no matter what you did. Thank you for your service.
They don’t even imagine it themselves. Putin has very clearly said that Russia wouldn’t stand a chance - which is exactly why they won’t allow Ukraine in NATO. They need their nuclear arsenal to remain as a deterrent and it’s hard to do that if NATO can deploy radars in Ukraine.
@@mithrandirthegrey7644 Just to clarify, the way Russia is not allowing Ukraine into NATO is by having a war with Ukraine... Ukraine will very likely become a member of NATO if the war with Russia ever ends. We (NATO) just don't want to be pulled into a direct conflict with Russia right now... Who knows what may happen in the future that may lead to NATO adding Ukraine anyway... Like if Russia is crazy enough to attack a NATO member because they are supporting Ukraine, or if it becomes obvious that Russia has become very weak economically, politically, and/or militarily and cannot really continue the war.
@@mithrandirthegrey7644 With their thousands of nukes, nothing would help prevent the end of the world if a nuclear war broke out and radars in Ukraine aren't needed for detection of a nuclear launch or a retaliatory strike. Russia doesn't want Ukraine to join NATO because they'd much rather control Ukraine themselves.
Every time I hear about a time F22 just casually sitting around in enemy airspace waiting for a order undetected, I imagine Lockheed and Boeing going “you see, it was expensive for a reason”
I didn't know this strike qas this coordinated and seeing those F-22 raptors slip into Syria undetected was a massive flex especially for all the "state of the art" air defenses that Syria claimed to have. If anything went south, I guarantee that they would have completely sweeped the skies of any aircraft and Russian and Syrian pilots would have never seen it coming or have any ideo who was taking them out
Man, just imagine the amount of mission planning that goes into something like this! From targeteering, weaponeering, tanker placement and timing, coordination between different countries and different services, all the way down to individual formation mission planning! Its a LOT of work. Also, JASSMs are freaking awesome. Must have been a sight to behold, 19 of them coming off each B1!
Yeah that's nuts that those B1's are launching like a dozen *tomahawks* off of a *rotary* launcher. I've never seen one of those systems but that must be a hell of a machine if it can chuck that many splodey bois.
Absolutely brilliant video. Thank you for the great content as usual. May I suggest a video done on the Battle of Khasham next as this also took place around a similar time and also in Syria. 👍
Because all it takes is one threat to be carried out and we’re in the Stone Age. The growing callous disregard of nuclear apocalypse by arm chair generals in the west talking about nukes like they’re an archaic long forgotten threat is so alarming. We haven’t even had nukes for a century and already people are treating them like they no longer exist and should push ever closer to open war with other powers.
Can you imagine what the response for a first strike nuclear attack on allied nation would be if this was the response to a chemical attack on the populace in a non-aligned country?
@@falkenlaserwe would survive because American technology is far superior to everyone else's and our delivery systems actually work. Any opponent would be glassed before they could get off more than a couple. NATO counties are far too numerous and spread out for much damage
Always appreciate your videos. It starts with "I think I have heard about that event" and ends with "I could discuss this historical event with someone else who knows about it." 🤓
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Imagine you have a giant task force off your coast you cant do anything about and its just a fucking distraction
Murica
@@POPJack1717dude this is so odd, the TH-cam auto translate is translating “murica” to “kill”, like wtf? Fucking commy bastards
Murican brothers in arms 🇬🇧
@@stonedfish99Gotta love the English, hello from the USA 🇺🇸
That same tactic has been built into the nose cone of the F35's with some interesting abilities.
Government can coordinate 100+ cruise missiles to impact simultaneously but keeps loosing my car's updated registration in the mail.
That was in 2017. There is another government now, hiring people for diversity motives, not merit. You get what you vote for.
That’s coz the smartest people are busy coordinating those missiles, and the rest of us… well it’s known 😂
We've been trying to reach you about your car's updated registration
I feel you. (But it's spelled losing* btw)
If the task was given to military it would get done
I had thought we launched a few Tomahawks and that was that. Wow. The co-ordination of such a thing is amazing.
Where did you get that idea?
@@xthebumpx I don't know. It's happened so many times over the years they all just sort of lump together in my head.
@@floydlooney6837that’s very understandable
@@floydlooney6837 You may be recalling the strike from the year prior in 2017 when 59 Tomahawks were fired from USS Ross and Porter in retaliation for a chemical attack.
The media couldn't find a way to criticize Donald Trump about this so they had to minimize it and under-report instead.
"One tomahawk cruise missle suffers a malfunction"
"BUT THE OTHER 59 PRESS ON"
Sabaton song when?
Morale remained high.
😂😂😂@@maxpeterson8616
@benjamintherogue2421😂
America.. Fcuk Yeah!
“IM IN YOUR WALLS!” -that F22 squadron
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
👁👄👁...He's in the god damn walls!!
＼(>_
Nahh F22 be like "In your hood, just chillin' Sup?"
"uhhhhh we're in your base... and we have all your dudes... so, yeah"
The F-22’s just flying around inside an enemy air defense zone undetected just waiting for a mf to slip up is so bad ass lol
Defensive CAP sure is easier if you can do it over ENEMY airspace...
The syrians are scrambling 4 Mig 29s aaaaaaand they're dead.
Ah yes. Third world dirt country.
"would you intercept me? I'd intercept me." F-22 circa HLC 😂
They did this one like a war maps game
14:04 F-22s just casually flying in hostile air defense zone. It’s almost 30 years old and still the tip of the spear.
I mean to be fair „almost 20 years old“ is still pretty young for an advanced aircraft. The Viper had its first flight 50 years ago and it’s still considered to be pretty modern.
@@JR-ut2ne No it's not. The F16 from 50 years ago is nothing like the one's flying now, even if the airframe is the same the onboard avionics and electronics is not.
The lowest model/block which still makes sense militarily is block50/52 or MLU which are quite comparable.
Ofc this depends on what you deem 'making sense' and that depends on the money one's willing to spend and the mission profile you're trying to fill in.
@@MarvinWestmaas You‘ve got a point. Of course a new Block 70 Viper is a whole different beast than a Block 5 but it still remains the same airframe and even the very early examples had stuff like full digital fly by wire, relaxed stability and maneuvering characteristics that are still state of the art today. In general the advancements in aircraft’s aren’t as quick anymore as they were in the 1950s or 60s so we‘ll get used to „old“ airframes still being state of the art.
@@JR-ut2ne I had a lot of family working at Fokker, Fokker was involved in the Dutch production line I been 'proud' of the F-16 al my life I think she is the sexiest looking fighter without canards ( .. canards just add a little extra ).
They are still excellent energy fighters, it's just that this isn't as important anymore. Still not many planes, except those with trust vectoring, would want to get in close with an F-16.
Well the tech is 1990s..
When you're just chilling in your syrian military base and suddenly all the Russian troops start packing up and leaving
I saw a meme saying something like that! hilarious
Id just surrender
I laughed so hard at this comment.
Russki: "I'm not getting paid enough for this shit, you're on your own buddy! Ciao!" 😂
My jaw dropped at the "ruse" with launches from the middle east, that's what global base presence can get you militarily.
Just wait till you understand what the US space force is doing to the Ukrainian conflict
And a commander in chief who lets them do their jobs.
Yeah the commander in chief launched so many strikes that he had passed the amount of strikes obama did in his 2 years and than just stopped reporting it lmao...warhawks absolutely loved how much he liked to order then .@@namenameson9065
@@namenameson9065 political 🤡
True, thank god for that. I wouldn't want to see what Chyna would do with something like that.
This is the type of content I crave: in-depth on a relatively obscure, recent battle.
Google battle of Khasham
That’s what Russians look like fighting Americans
@@looinrims Wasn't it the battle where US forces obliterated the Wagner Forces (at least that what I assume were the enemies) by heavy firepower including a goddamn AC-130 gunship and many other air units.
@@bahamutknight5783 yes that’s where Wagner fucked around, and found out
They even made a holiday and monument about it in Wagner as if they won
Yeah I really enjoy watching this stuff
@@bahamutknight5783 "Hit 'em as hard as you want." -Mattis
Syrian leadership "well at least they didn't send any F22's against us."
😂😂 10/10 comment
You never detect the mach 2 bumblebee...
Meanwhile the F22's flying in the Syrian airspace: "Would You intercept me??? I would Intercept me..."
F-22: send me enough Syrian planes so I get to be a ace
All I had were ballon’s and ufos and I’m fkin tired of this air to air vegan diet
@@Jeffrey-hu2gb Menwhile
Uncle Sam: Kid No!
Airforce: Kid Noooooooooo!
Grandpa BUFF: Hehehehe, You go get em Kid!
Franklin: Malicious racoon squeaking accompanied with sounds of angle grinder and blow torch
"105 are in the air...."
Oh damn...
"...With only 3 targets"
OH SHIT-
No kill like overkill - US Doctrine since the 1940s
@@EpicRenegade777 "Bounce the Rubble"
-unofficial motto of United States Air Force Strategic Air Command
Each Tomahawk missile costs 2 million dollars !!! The Western imperialists spent much more money than what they destroyed !!! They were getting rid of their old stock so the US MIC could make more money !!!
"Bouncing rubble with million dollar missiles"
General Colin Powell
@@drakecarter1780 "It's not about the money, it's about sending a message..."
Unironically what many bombardments & military campaigns short of full war are about now.
The one, long-past-retirement, EA-6 Prowler just doing its part got me 😂
I love how every aircraft was the cutting edge of UK, France and US air forces and then the EA-6 just rolls out saying "Like the old days over Kwuait". She was a beautifull bird
@@paolocalzone7186 Loud too
He got lost back in ‘91 and just decided he’d stick around until somebody came back to find him lol
Whats the story on that one? Why did they bring out the old warhorse?
There were already Prowlers getting sent to museums when this one was flying a combat mission.
15:34 yeah, you got decoy tank, decoy air defense, decoy jet. We got decoy destroyer
"You feint with a brigade. We feint with a carrier strike group. We are not the same."
@@atomf9143"We have carrier, too! The powerful Admiral Kuznetsov , equipped with many aircraft, far superior to your F-35, will make you tremble in fear!"- Russian bot
Those are not decoys. Those DDGs were probably tasked with destroying the Russian ships, if they wanted to fight. US Destroyers have 8 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and 6 torpedo tubes. The DDGs also have 90 to 96 Mk 41 launchers, which can be loaded with rocket propelled vertical launch torpedoes.
they were real destroyer and were actually capable of making the attack syria and russia thought they were going to do but at last it was not those destroyer but the one behind.
@@Nmille98and yet they’ll still run scared when we release the kid.
“Would you intercept me. I’d intercept me.”
Amazing how they sent 60 missiles on different targets in under 5 minutes. That's a superpower for you.
Yes, superpower that failed to punish Syria for use of chemical weapons
RAAAAAHHHH🇺🇸🇺🇸🗣️🗣️🦅🦅🦅
People sometimes forget that the US still has by far the strongest military in the world and that even Russia and China combined can't really compete (especially back in 2017 when china was definitely far weaker than it is now). Imagine how much stronger could US military get if they just stopped wasting so much money on overpriced defense contracts. Cost-efficiency isn't an American strong suit but the US defense budget is still massive enough that all of the great powers combined still wouldn't have comparable capabilities.
And that shit is rookie numbers compared to og gulf war
That's $120 million for you...
Everyone else, "fire some many missles they can't handle it."
The French, " we uh... have missles that work, right?"
Those issues have been fixed btw
French Navy**
@@angelusdr9676I don’t believe you 😂
@@TheLordPolar Uncle Sugar has to test missles now and then on live targets to avoid things like having sent torpedo aircrews on suicide missions to launch Mark 14 torpedoes that hadn't been tested and didn't function for the first 2 years of war with Japan. It's all being paid for by the usual generous donor.
@@over9000andbackYour lack of knowledge is as hopeless as your opinion
The United States has the unparalleled ability to get effects on target at a moments notice. The fact that the US can send a nuke within 30 minutes, a bomb within a couple hours, a brigade of paratroopers within a day, or a fully functional Burger King within a couple days ALL AROUND THE WORLD speaks to its hard power.
Professionals think in logistics.
We used to have a submarine we could fly in, too....
Artillery wins battles, logistics wins wars.
30 min worldwide delivery or the next one is free!
I think there's a group actively fighting each war 24/7 in a simulation, so all they have to do in an instance like this is flip a switch and go live.
I can get a burger joint set up in an hour just gimme the means of acquiring a grill
F22 got me moving like an invasive species
"IM BUILT DIFFERENT!!"
Dracula Flow
@@Noah-es5iz"I'm him"
@@carbonylgroup12888this sh*t aint nothing to me man
@@Oliepolie LMAOOOOOO you all made my day
I was onboard the USS John Warner for this mission and did not truly appreciate the scale of the strike until seeing your video. Thank you very much for the content you create.
Crazy, I was on the Syrian Turkey border. Whole place was on full alert In case of any retaliation but same we just herd they bombed some targets. Wasn't aware of this scale. Wild to see.
This is why I love aircraft so much. There's so many different types of aircraft, all with specific duties and specialties, and they all work together so perfectly. The coordination in this attack is really cool to see.
This is what a true superpower looks like. The ability to bring to bear so much military power that the opposing side literally stands down and refrains from intervening. And not only that, to be able to call upon and coordinate with allies. Military power is one thing for a superpower but actually being half decent at diplomacy is also another.
While the whole operation is super impressive, I think I'm also most impressed by how quickly this was thrown together. This isn't like ww1 where the coalition took 5 months or something to plan, this was an enormous operation with forces from like 5 major NATO nations involving naval and air assets thrown together as a *response*. Hell of a thing.
“Superpower” or bully?
@@Armo1997 if we have to be, both.
A very diplomatic response imo
@@Armo1997 Found the Syrian
Did I hear the numbers right? The ONE Ohio class sub has 150 missiles?? Where as the entire JTF launched 105??
Four of the Ohio class subs were converted to SSGN (guided missile subs). These SSGN carry 154 Tomahawks per sub.
While the US surface fleet is imposing, a lot of people forget what lurks below the waves. The US submarine fleet is insane.
Each Ohio class SSBN has 24 Trident II SLBM launch tubes, but four of those tubes were deactivated under New START which reduced the total number to 20. The four Ohio class SSGNs had 22 launch tubes converted to carry clusters of seven Tomahawk cruise missiles each for a total of 154 Tomahawks. The remaining two launch tubes are converted to swimmer lockout chambers for Navy SEALs or USMC MARSOC teams.
@@christopherwang4392
Cool
Thou shalt not fear what you can see.
Americans sure do understand the idea of logistics in warfare.
We seem to have more aerial re-fuelers than many countries have aircraft
@@floydlooney6837 yeah shame the US uses it for the wrong reasons.
Well, as a country, we've only been at peace for like 40 seconds lmao
War is chaos, and we Americans excel at chaos!
Well I mean it’s not surprising considering they have almost 800 over sea bases
Something in the background of all of this which I find funny is that Trump is often accused of being too cozy with Putin and not strong against Russia.
6:30 “I have investigated myself and find no evidence of wrongdoing”
Same thing the democrats do.
just like the Jews but we don't hear the same outrage regarding them
@@gouverneur2001 the Jews did…what again?
@@gouverneur2001 that's what i've been saying... Well, least some folks are noticing now that things have really gone hot out in the east again.
@gouverneur2001 are you regarded or just stupid? There are protests DAILY and it is the most decisiveness topic I've seen in my lifetime.
Never realised the insane logistics of this operation. How quickly the US could mobilise devastating force all across the globe. Insane.
To be fair, that's a tiny force lol
Meanwhile russia is straggling to supply there special military operations but they fixed the issues at snail pace what happened.
@@robertungsod691While Russia/USSR was always at a logistical disadvantage, the dissolution of the USSR crippled Russian logistics and the ability for Russia to project power beyond its borders. It's been widely discussed that Russia has long declined from a superpower to a regional power and its influence continues to wane. They simply cannot afford to wage a conventional war at anywhere near the scale of the U.S.
Well US doctrine always stressed the importance of logistics every since we became a world power due to us being separated by two oceans
There is a huge difference between regional superpower that can deploy mass forces across its border and a global superpower that can deploy mass firepower anywhere on the globe. There is only one global superpower, and that superpower has made it a point to not be territorially predacious and gather enthusiastic allies.
Do you know what I found more than impressive about the attack?
While Russia is still struggling with missile attacks on Ukraine and has to rely on the Ukrainian air defense being oversaturated with drones, the US simply launched an attack out of nowhere with 59 cruise missiles that flew through air zones protected by Russia's "mighty" S-300 and S-400 and hit their target
Just a superpower, doing superpower things, to a decrepit paper tiger. Nothing else to it.
While doing so across the world, while russia struggles with its smaller neighbor lol
The S-300 and S-400 are extremely, extremely large missiles. Flying telephone poles. They had no chance to have any effect on 60 incoming missiles. It would've been an effort in vain, those targets were getting destroyed no matter what.
On a country that isn’t being backed by 7 of the top ten worlds largest economies
@Red-Magic incorrect, the size isn't the issue at all, and munition interception is one of the primary objectives of those sites. There were other factors at play that prevented the interception
The Syrains watching this only now realizing F22s were just hanging out in their airspace.
"Would you intercept me?"
Imagine getting mogged so hard you dont even try to defend your allies. You just watch as the chemical weapons facilities delete themselves
*entire Russian fleet starts heaving anchors*
Syrian government: "Hey, hey, hey! Where are you guys going? I thought you were gonna like... They're gone."
Classic Putin Russia
@@kyledabearsfan In Putin's presidency since 1999 the US has lost literally all the wars it fought while Russia has won every one.
@@vlad_47 No?? The Soviets/Russians literally lost in Chechnya and Afghanistan (Twice), more so they suffered so much casualties against them lol.
The wars they won is just against small countries.
@@SeGo-T Afghanistan and first Chechen War stalemate wasnt under Putin lol
Just a couple of F-22s with hands in their pockets pretending to be lost behind enemy lines.
The first US airstrike was interesting, the President was in the middle of a state dinner with the Chinese PM and took a 10min call and came back to finish.
Back when china russia north Korea and Iran were well behaved.
Made quite an impression on the Chinese. Also, the US politely informed the Russians ahead of the first strike to preclude both their demise and agitation
@@DesolatorsDayz Kamala 2024 cry about it
Trump 2024. We have videos of you guys crying about it last time 😂😂😂
@@jacobq.2204 You guys were crying a lot harder on Jan sixth.
america moment:
“one of the missiles suffers a malfunction”
“….but the other 59 are fine”
“Captain! One of the missiles has malfunctioned!”
“…And?”
“Won’t the effect of the strike be degraded?”
“…Just let me know when we hit the target, Lieutenant.”
Uses chemical weapons. Complains about a violation of international law. XD
hahahaha :D
Such is the russian way
womp womp syria lmao
I mean that’s what the Russians have done, and Assad is Russia’s bitch
During the war from 2014 btw not after 2022 as normies would think
Sounds like ww1 Germany crying when Americans used shotguns while they are literally gassing hundreds of miles of land
LOL @ F-22's casually flying INSIDE the Syrian air defense zone, just in case.
EDIT: "Would you intercept me?... I'D intercept me..."
(Shamelessly copying below commenter)
The kid wants action!!
@LunaticTheCat they were waiting for Russian fights to act, but they didn't act
These guys really wanted to down a Mig.
I bet the pilots could sneak up to an SU-30 and take a photo of them like in Top Gun lol
@@mirrorslash028Greetings! Hahaha! 😂
Murica: "So, how often do you want to repeat the same mistake?"
Assad: "Yes."
Listen, there are two rules: Don't touch our boats, and don't touch a chemistry set
They made no mistakes here. Assad is an Ass. It's in the name
Wasn't him. Neither in 2017 nor in 2018. The UN investigation teams findings were silenced, intimidated and then a joke of a report was published after the higher ups made sure it said what it wanted them to say.
You think this thing doesn't happen? Then you're extremely naive to how the world works. By the way, in 2002, John Bolton said the following to the head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons:
“You have 24 hours to leave the organization, and if you don’t comply with this decision by Washington, we have ways to retaliate against you. We know where your kids live. You have two sons in New York.”
Why? Because he was doing his job, which meant that he wasn't towing their line regarding Saddam.
Assad: “Nah I’d win”
ah the classic "yes" joke XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
If you've ever played Jane's Fleet Command, you'll understand just how... orgasmic... the coordinated TOT/impact of all the missiles is.
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Crazy to see The EA6B Prowler getting shit done still even though its a far outdated Aircraft. I think they and their older brother the A6 Intruder are really neat.
It was one of my favorite aircraft when I was a kid, next to the F-14 which Top Gun mad that everyone's favorite. Sadly they've been retired in the years since then and it's now the EA-18G Growler which is a heavily modified F-18 Super Hornet.
The Prowler pulled up like a grandpa at a boxing match, and still did its job well.
trump talking sh*t on the internet before ordering strikes his presidency was unreal 😂😂
It is freaking WEIRD. And people want to make him President again.
@@timothyhouse1622I mean why not
@@timothyhouse1622 Nah that was awesome
@@timothyhouse1622 "erm u shouldnt vote for him bc he was weird (in my opinion) on the internet"
@@timothyhouse1622 stupid bot. Go away
Those F-22 Are Scary💀
As usual, Russia claims to destroy all incoming missiles yet intercept zero.
If you count the missile being destroyed when it slams onto its target as the missile being destroyed by its target, then they had 100% rate of destroying the incoming missiles. Very impressive.
@@MidWitPridethe target had successfully destroyed the missile lol.
Do you even listen? IF ITS A THREATH TO THEIR BASES AND PERSONAL... people are really that dense.
@@LarryPigeon1cope harder
@@bigchooch4434 hes not wrong
“At 2:40am, after multiple all CAPS Trump tweets…”
Honestly? I think it goes hard.
@@lucasworden1017 Hoping tr*mp goes hard straight to prison for Jan 6.
@@lucasworden1017what are you talking about?
@@SaltyCanadianhuh?
@@SaltyCanadian its also unbecoming of a politician to wear blackface...
The coalition really just wanted to test all their weapon system. 😂
france kinda missed out ngl
@@Just_A_Random_Desk France found out it's system sucks and need fixes, that's the most valid test you can do
France always be giving up in fights.
They did have the foresight to send two backup guided missile cruisers. Maybe they knew.
@@biddyboy1570 Honestly, a very successful test. They learned that they have technical issues, they learned that they need more crew training on these weapons systems (which I'm sure are immensely complicated), and still got the job done regardless. 10/10.
I thought Russian assets in Syria would be able to do something but dang, the big 3 of the free world literally calling them “You’re powerless and Vous êtes impuissant”.
I love how the UK and the US just let the French tag along 😂
"These air strikes were massive, almost as massive as Chris Christie" - Trump during an interview shortly after the air strikes.
no way LMAO
lmfao the man's a comedian. we need him back in office
Common trump W
@@skytron22 We do not need a pedophile rapist felon in office.
What a joke of a president 🤣
For the first time in your entire TH-cam career Ops Room. I am here not for the video... but the comments section. 🤣
Oh hello funny upside down man, nice to see you here. Patiently standing by for the Russian Air Force Part 2 vid- can’t wait!
Please don’t go too hard on the MiG-15 🥺
Video on 2nd Battle of Kursk where?
You beat the 114th Russian keyboard brigade here, they're tied up on Twitter right now lmao.
@@matthiaslenzen9462Give it time, even Perun is letting it play out
@@christopherchartier3017 I know, i just want a meme of a 136-year-old Manstein sitting on a research vessel in the North Atlantic saying: its been 81 years.
This was a significant demonstration of NATO's power-a true projection of military strength. Many people underestimate the immense effort and resources required to deploy combat aircraft to different theaters of operation. Additionally, the challenges of coordinating multiple nations should not be overlooked.
That is all it was in the end, a show of force. I remember at the time it seemed so underwhelming. Also there were a lot of people talking about how much money USA spent in comparison to the damage they did. The ratios were wild. The Syrian army brushed it off and continued as normal.
@@adamwilliams5426Wow if the Russian soldiers fought as hard on the battlefield as their trolls do in the comments they’ve been in Kiev last year
@@adamwilliams5426 Did... for some reason I don't think you watched until the end. This strike eliminated Assad's will and ability to use chemical weapons. This wasn't a show of force, it was the use of force.
It also demonstrated how big of a threat the US is globally, considering they can attack anyone and anything with such efficiency. No country should ever be allowed such position.
@@goldbullet50 You're joking right?
The F22 s watching all this unravel and them not having any action: Am i a jocke to you.
I'm guessing the subtext to this strike (and possibly back-channeled to Russia and/or Syria) was: "No more gas strikes on civilians, or the next time the cruise missiles land in your living room, not empty R&D offices and depot bunkers."
Sir/maam.... While it is highly likely a back channel conversation went very close to what you describe, it is unlikely that the United States would ever spend this much gas, labor, and wear & tear on our toys for such a miniscule purpose alone. Syria? Chemicals? Tiny contingent of lost Russians? As everyone knows and chides us, we like our gas and we LOVE our national toys.
Add to this that American generals are NOT graded by their American peers on the total destruction, but instead by the efficiency with which we achieve it. Think cleaver vs scalpel. The Joint Chiefs and Secretary of Doom would never allow such a massive expenditure (yes dollars & oil) or showboat this wildly without a larger / deeper message to the rest of the world and in particular our would-be military opponents. I haven't compared timelines of Chinese, Russian, or Iranian shenanigans, but I'm sure some intel with the big 3 would match up. Idiots in North Korea as a lesser non-existent threat, but just cause they get a severe case of the Dumbs sometimes.
In my best guess, the message sent was not even delivered to Syria, or for that matter to Russia in the "don't respond" sense. They were just the unfortunate morons that through their recklessness ended up being the courier for the true message.
THE United States (generally) only demonstrates this kind of total unnecessarily complex and coordinated Doom Attack for communicating superpower capability.... sorry let me try that again.... SUUUUPERPOWERRRRR capability to our top 3 or 4 adversaries around the world.
Because this kind of attack is completely overwhelming for ANY nation on earth, it is extraordinarily effective in communicating to the other puppies getting itchy....
YO! Stop chasing the truck, or one day soon, you might just catch it and you're really not going to like that.
@@PatrickWhelan-Rock Political stuns are conducted 24/7, many with billions of $ in the costing. Don't be so naive. Just look at historical records if you want proof of USA doing this, but every single country in existence has done it and continues to do so to this very day. (By "it" I mean political stuns/PR moves/Political power plays)
yeah, it was definitely america caring about "human rights" and "war crimes" or whatever dumb shit, america has a huge track record of that lmfao. had absolutely nothing to do with everyone in the DoD being jewish, and trump taking hundreds of millions in campaign funding from people single-issue donors loyal to only israel
The thing is there was no gas attack on civilians after the investigation the BBC did apologize to Syria. Because the victims from the videos was brought to the UN and they were alive and well. The whole thing was setup by the west and white helmets because Syria won't sell oil in dollars. This is why US is still stealing the oil today. Y'all will believe anything to justify the west wrong doings you can literally look up the investigation online.
@@PatrickWhelan-Rockit’s geopolitics my friend. This was like 2 days after Trump was officially elected president, and one of his first acts. It’s a tone setter
They wanted to just attack with the best aircraft, but then realised that their F-15, F-16, Typhoon, Tornado, Mirage and Rafale fighter pilots all needed some flight hours.
Its also impressive, funny and scary at the same time the Raptors just casually flying about in enemy airspace just waiting for something to kick off
What are you referring to, the aircraft performed without issue
Live Tweeting your airstrike is wild
It's such a massive flex, I love it
@@skytron22 It really is.
Trump talks his shit, and proceeds to back them up. Madlad
He's the leader America needs now. Other leaders can't fool him and he's the best person to negotiate deals for the US. Countries won't try to fuck around like they do under Biden
That is a freekin awesome display of power. Great animation to show it all unfold, as per usual.
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The documentary series Warship was filming on HMS Duncan at the time for its whole deployment.
I think its like 8-10 episodes
nah when i heard 4 F22s i giggled ngl lmao. they probs never even knew they were there.
Those pilots had to've been so bummed. You know they were super itchy for someone to come up and try to start some shit.
@@DustinHorvath1987 lol for real. I was reading yesterday for the for all of their Air to Air superiority they have, the F22 has yet to record a confirmed kill of an enemy air craft. Owing to the lack of air battles and dog fights, in the type of warfare since their inception. Im sure people who follow these things know that, but I just recently starting reading about them and found that super interesting.
RCS is too low, plus even if they did know they couldn't do anything as I'm pretty sure F-22 outrates SU-33 in most situations even with SU-33 3D thrust vectoring the only plane in the world that could beat F-22 in traditional eye to eye dogfight is a SU-57 and there isn't many of those.
Anyways I doubt there will be too many SU-57 built since the Russians will probably move to trying to get a plane capable of competing with the F-35 since that's the new thing.
@@WinterXR7 Except in the real-world what would happen is that a F22 would take steers from an AWACS or its own passive sensors, and just launch a Slammer from max range. The enemy jet would have about 3 seconds to react as the missile came out of nowhere and its seeker head locked on/made the threat-warning receiver light up. And the enemy jet would still never see the F22.
@@nikoleirosati2486 But they killed the spy balloon! 😂
Not the French alway lettings the team down 😂
When?
@@rolletroll2338 When they didn't do that? Idk bro there is no point in history were they didn't
"US president Donald Trump posts a Tweet" Can't wait to see that one in the history books
Meet back in 2034 and let's see what the history books say. I'm 20, and my high school U.S history book had a detailed chapter about the Obama Administration. So, I won't doubt that in only 10 or so years this will be written.
@@taiwandxt6493"On July 13th, President Donald Trump would be shot in the ear by would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks at a Pennsylvania rally. He would proceed to post about it on social media."
The USA power projection is mind blowing. The logistics, the fire power, the timing. The true superpower.
Honestly, the US doesn't need nato. The US could actually defeat NATO by itself.
@@POPJack1717That's because the U.S. might as well _be_ NATO.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hows the war in vietnam and afghanistan go for them lol
@@RexEvil It's hard to win when your objective is to lose.
I was in country for this in a forward deployed location. We packed up weapons and sensitive equipment. Rigged a bunch of shit to blow and layed in our tube on a regime communication tower. Wild times.
In Syria?
You had not legal right to be there. The US is steeling Syrian oil and starving the Syrian people for their own twisted gain, while lying to the world about the truth of the war….
@@scdrvesper6141 Probably Syria, Kuwait or Iraq. Or even Jordan. the region is satured with outposts
Syria, right outside of hajin. About 1000 meters behind the line.
Thank you for your service
6:00 "we investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing!"
Holy shit, I had no idea we responded like this
we're so awesome sometimes lmao
compare this with the failure of the biden harris admin late last year and early this year
You only see the strikes from a random guy filming from his window but putting more than 100 cruise missiles on air at the same time multiple directions using different platforms is crazy hard to imagine. This is an only-NATO thing cos Russian already shown in Ukraine that shitty dictatorships can only hit hospitals or schools.
Check out the Battle of Khasham.
Then check out Operation Paul Bunyan.
@@ialsoagree1634 Praying Mantis....Mayaguez Incident(though that one was messy)
The US has a warship named after a British prime minister. Interesting.
Churchill is one of only a handful of people to have been awarded honorary American citizenship. Also his mother was American.
It also has an exchange program with the Royal Navy there's always a Royal Navy sailor on board.
its like we have like no rules with naming ships its really insane
@RhoDesia-gr1wb Churchill was an allied leader of a traditionally maritime power, and was made an honorary U.S. citizen. The Naval Hisotry and Heritage Command makes recommendations for ships names to the Secretary of the Navy via the Chief of Naval Operations
Americans dislike most Brits but we do like Churchill. More than the UK presently does.
American logistics is just insane!!! No country in near the US when it comes to logistics round the world
Logistics wins the wars as always. hundreds years ago mongols with their mobile horses won wars. Now huge battle fleets with lots of moving parts all around the world wins wars. The problem is cost. You have to annihilate any enemy in order to maintain those costs. Or constant small wars can wears out those supply chains.
@@djan0889yes and out lack of will to actually win any wars. We always get distracted by politicians and commentators, who know very little about geopolitics
Russia: all missiles were destroyed....
US: yeah because they hit their targets
Thank you very much for modern battles, Ive been waiting for this
Using Chem weapons at that point of war seems just so moronic for me.
Assad's-regime was winning at that point, why use chem-weapons?
Anyone with better knowledge?
Dictators think they can get away with anything (and most of the time they actually can)
Terror. They want people too afraid to ever rebel again.
It's the only thing propping up regimes like this.
Probably because they're very effective, and to an extent relatively cheap for how much damage they can do. Gotta remember not every country follows the same rules of war.
@@spiceytaco95yeah but why attract the retaliation? They know the U.S. won't let them get away with it. The losses they'll take from the strikes we'll respond with do way more damage than they'd save themselves from taking via the rebels
@@spiceytaco95they are effective agains the non prepered
And well noone expects a chemical attack in the 21 centry
Pretty based that the US named a DDG after Winston Churchill
I was thinking that they got so many Arleigh-Burke's, that they probably ran out of famous names to call them, so had to go across the pond to pick one up!
WC was far from based.
@@normiedeathsquad40 PFP checks out
Churchill had an American mother and was made an honorary U.S. citizen. The navy also had a frigate named after Harold Holt.
It's absolutely surreal that a US president gave updates to the world via Twitter, using all caps like some random person
considering that many people use Twitter including a lot of young people who might not watch the news, its an easy way to inform them on what is going on in politics
Trump tweets pre-2015 were absolutely golden. He was in his late 60s and shitposting daily. Being president killed his sense of humor.
It’s crazy how organized the US military is
Man.... that title is for the Algo 100000% lol (it is the only video saying a specific person orders something versus USAF destroys, Special Ops kills etc..)
Well if a guy openly talks mad shit about doing something, right before it happens, I think credit goes directly to them.
Agree. Why not use the title, "U.S. Launches Massive Airstrikes Against Syria After Chemical Weapons Attack" ?
I mean, Obama got Bin Laden
@@Mr_Sarcasum only credit that subhuman deserves is the 34 felonies he somehow racked up in addition to being a self admitted pedo
@@Mr_Sarcasum I... I don't think doing the thing you're absolutely not supposed to do should give you more credit in the end (even if it was admittedly hilarious lol)
It’s so good. You guys remind of my love of the old history channel that has long since died.
That's nostalgic. Now all we get is American pickers, pawn stars, and ancient aliens. I miss those days.
@@TheJenor001 Scifi channel has wrestlers. Count your blessings.
Russia - "oh our air defences got penetrated by low observable cruise missiles? Probably the last time we'll have to worry about that anyway look at our nice sub base in Crimea"
that was a storm shadow
@@xenonfuel4496 And slow moving kamikaze drones (both in surface and air)
@@xenonfuel4496 yes storm shadow - a low observable cruise missile
Old and unfunny joke, amoeba
At 5:00 Notice how the condemnation comes from the three nations that had been on the receiving end of chemical warfare during the first world war reacted most strongly in opposition?
could u imagine the radio traffice when the 2 French ships stated they couldn't fire their missles 😂😂😂.
The French admiral must have been kissing people when that 3rd ship launched. Imagine all the jokes if all 3 had dropped the ball.
“FIRE ZEE MISSILES!”
“But I am Le tired…”
@@Billy-vi8nu*le fatigue
Napoleon turning in his grave.
Mission report conclusion: "More live fire training is required"
When you said tornados I jumped up in my seat lol I never realised the RAF didn't decom them until March 2019
I love seeing you cover recent battles because it is a good practical demonstration of all the advances in military tactics and technologies that we read about in articles but never get to see in real life because (thankfully) there are not that many conflicts with NATO involvement these days. It's nice to see the big picture of how modern-day combined arms warfare works, how stealthy and non-stealthy assets are combined, what level of coordination modern communications allow and so on.
Not sure if i missed it, but you never mentioned that Trump warned Russia of the attacks so they would have time to evacuate their personnel.
It's the fact that Russians actually ran away that shows how scared they were. Besides you definitely want the Russians out of harms way to prevent a potential nuclear war.
@@langasikosana3540 No you don't. Russian soldiers killed American and Americans killed Russians in previous wars. No nuclear war happened. You people really need to quit being so easily scared of "nuclear war." Russia doesn't win that war either.....nor would they ever rebuild. They know this. Nuclear war would only happen if Russian troops were about to capture America or Americans about to capture Russia.
How Mattis lasted as long as he did with that walking OpSec nightmare is beyond me 😂
You're not suggesting it would have been a good idea for the US to hit Russian military with cruise missiles are you?
That is just a standard foreign policy thing. The strike was on Syria not Russia, and not Russian personnel.
thank you for adding real photos of the aircrafts mentioned throughout the video, it's exactly what I thought it was missing. 10/10 now, keep up the great work! 👍
Oh hell yeah! Finally something I directly helped! I mean I was in Turkey as an Aircraft Mechanic but still!
They also serve, who maintain the sortie rate.
Thank you for your service.
@@kaliss7192 Thank you for thanking me but really as I said. I was just an Aircraft mechanic. I was lucky to never see actual ground in hands on fighting and combat. Besides, the discounts I got at Taco Bell over 10 years basically paid for it!
You’re not “just” an aircraft mechanic, without YOU those jets wouldn’t have been able to do what they did. You played your BIG PART in the operations and you should be proud of that, no matter what you did. Thank you for your service.
@@noynoybaqui Thank you for saying so. And I am proud of it. Everyone has a part to play in the machine!
Me and my buddies always enjoy these videos. Never change the music, it has that 2000’s tacticool vibe! Respect from Romania!
Man the capabilities of Nato and the US alone + the coordination of so many assets of various nations is simply mind-blowing.
I swear my jaw drop 3 times during this video.
Good job showing us how it got done
You haven't been thanked yet smh
And people say Russia has a chance against NATO 😂😂
Russia doesn't even have a chance against Poland. It would look like Tyson in the ring with a 1st grader.
They don’t even imagine it themselves. Putin has very clearly said that Russia wouldn’t stand a chance - which is exactly why they won’t allow Ukraine in NATO. They need their nuclear arsenal to remain as a deterrent and it’s hard to do that if NATO can deploy radars in Ukraine.
nato🏳🌈usa 🤣
@@mithrandirthegrey7644 Just to clarify, the way Russia is not allowing Ukraine into NATO is by having a war with Ukraine... Ukraine will very likely become a member of NATO if the war with Russia ever ends. We (NATO) just don't want to be pulled into a direct conflict with Russia right now... Who knows what may happen in the future that may lead to NATO adding Ukraine anyway... Like if Russia is crazy enough to attack a NATO member because they are supporting Ukraine, or if it becomes obvious that Russia has become very weak economically, politically, and/or militarily and cannot really continue the war.
@@mithrandirthegrey7644 With their thousands of nukes, nothing would help prevent the end of the world if a nuclear war broke out and radars in Ukraine aren't needed for detection of a nuclear launch or a retaliatory strike. Russia doesn't want Ukraine to join NATO because they'd much rather control Ukraine themselves.
Every time I hear about a time F22 just casually sitting around in enemy airspace waiting for a order undetected, I imagine Lockheed and Boeing going “you see, it was expensive for a reason”
the real question: did the 22s get to bring their raccoons?
WHERES FRANKLIN?!
😂😂last update was that Franklin was on a c17
@@mortemvenientem8147 What is this Franklin joke?
I heard they havent met back in 2017
@@MM22966look up Habitual Linecrosser.
I didn't know this strike qas this coordinated and seeing those F-22 raptors slip into Syria undetected was a massive flex especially for all the "state of the art" air defenses that Syria claimed to have. If anything went south, I guarantee that they would have completely sweeped the skies of any aircraft and Russian and Syrian pilots would have never seen it coming or have any ideo who was taking them out
Man, just imagine the amount of mission planning that goes into something like this! From targeteering, weaponeering, tanker placement and timing, coordination between different countries and different services, all the way down to individual formation mission planning! Its a LOT of work.
Also, JASSMs are freaking awesome. Must have been a sight to behold, 19 of them coming off each B1!
Yeah that's nuts that those B1's are launching like a dozen *tomahawks* off of a *rotary* launcher. I've never seen one of those systems but that must be a hell of a machine if it can chuck that many splodey bois.
@@DustinHorvath1987 It's just like a soda machine...only bigger.
Massive US industrial complex, military might and operational effectiveness at full display
Rahhh!!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅
Watch Operation Iraqi Freedom
16:30 Goddamn French man
Imagine being that third ship. No one expects to be the backup plan to the backup plan
unreliable as always
As a French I do hope the navy got its acts together by now, didn't hear about any of that at the time.
Why were they even there. US can do it by itself. Europoors
At least they got it off in the end...
If they shot down so many cruise missles, where are the pics of people running around with the debris that they like to do overe there?
Also how come all their research facilities and weapons stockpiles done 'sploded? Must've been built by the Russians, I guess.
What I want to know is if Russia was such good friends with Trump why he even ordered the strike...
Collusion was always a hoax
Syrian civies still sleep, and if not, they're in night prayer. no aftermath footage? Idk, maybe Assad's loyalist is too good at it
Absolutely brilliant video. Thank you for the great content as usual. May I suggest a video done on the Battle of Khasham next as this also took place around a similar time and also in Syria. 👍
This happened back when actions had consequences. A 'stong condemnation' doesn't carry the same authority today that it once used to.
Lmao kid this was barely 5 years ago, what the fuck are you on about?
It's soo disgusting the russian rethoric hasn't changed in years and people to this day take them seriously
Because all it takes is one threat to be carried out and we’re in the Stone Age. The growing callous disregard of nuclear apocalypse by arm chair generals in the west talking about nukes like they’re an archaic long forgotten threat is so alarming. We haven’t even had nukes for a century and already people are treating them like they no longer exist and should push ever closer to open war with other powers.
This shit has been going on since at least Georgia 2008. And I'm too young to remember either Chechnya | or ||, but I would bet on it.
Say what you want about America; be glad you're on their side.
Now that’s a lot of damage (The meme was in at the time, somehow)
I really dig your animations - very satisfying to get great visuals to go along with your excellent script
Can you imagine what the response for a first strike nuclear attack on allied nation would be if this was the response to a chemical attack on the populace in a non-aligned country?
No one would survive on either side
@@falkenlaserwe would survive because American technology is far superior to everyone else's and our delivery systems actually work. Any opponent would be glassed before they could get off more than a couple. NATO counties are far too numerous and spread out for much damage
Always appreciate your videos. It starts with "I think I have heard about that event" and ends with "I could discuss this historical event with someone else who knows about it." 🤓
14:07 ...Raptors...
...Lurking...
😂