@@daveperkins7645 why the us so obsessed with "i payed the bill" seems to be a big part of the culture. Its like you hate helping people and would rather spend it on budlight
@@bighouse7672 The US's militaryt budget is $ 800 billion. This is more than the next ten top military spenders in the world collectively (include China, Russia and India). It is the only country that has planned and can fighter to massive wars against near-pier enemies (Russia and China) on two front at the same time & win. Then, if you pull in NATO, you have an ustoppable juggernaught. Lastly, when you include other "non-military" military expenses (eg. CIA action groups, coast-guard, Home-Land security, etc), the true US "military" bugdet is over $ 1trillion.
Many years ago, I remember a high ranking official stating the US does not reveal existing military tech until we have 1 1/2 to 2 generations ahead ready to go into production.
US WAS ONLY RANKED 16th in military power during ww2. After we got attacked it was a smack in the face. So we built out military up to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Well, at the time the USA had more than half the world's industrial capacity. So our standing army wasn't that big, but our capacity to make war outstripped the Axis and rest of the Allies combined. So once we decided to leverage that for the purposes of all out war, the war was already over
My wife is a naturalized US citizen from China. Her nephew is in Chinese PLA. On our last trip, I met with some of his army friends. Being curious, I asked them how often they trained with their equipment. He said they spent more time in political thought and reliability meetings than actually going out to train. When asked if had been in the military, I told them I was in the USAF as a TACP ( I worked with frontline maneuver units providing close air support (airstrikes)). When asked me how often we did actual training. I told them we train with our equipment every day and the days we don't is spent on the firing range, qualifying with our weapons or in the gym lifting weights (my muscles are way bigger than him and his buddies even though quit serious lifting years ago), running or exercising. I think I scared them, because after that they said they never wanted to go up against any American units because we were trained a hell of a lot better than they would ever be.
That is 💯 true! You nailed it. The US is hands down the best in the World when it comes to deployment. The history of the US is very bloody. We have been fighting since the beginning.
Yep and it is actually a concept that goes back to Roman times. There is an old saying that goes back to 379-395 BC from an Roman General who said "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum" which when translated from Latin says "Let him who desires peace, prepare for war". This is very much a true statement. It's meaning is that to get peace you must have have a strong military as that will mean enemies are less likely to do anything stupid to your allies or friends or attack you directly knowing what will be unleashed against them if they do.
@@danbobway5656 When the US is weak, has a weak president, then nations like Russia, Cuba, Iraq...are emboldened to take what they want.. Proof that a weak America is bad for the world geo-political system. It's less to do with nukes, more to do with how much more we do with conventional R&D weapons and defensive system research, spending far more than any other nation.
@xJamesLaughx this is why I don't understand people who are anti-war, also be anti-nato. NATO is a massive reason why we haven't had any massive regional conflicts between two or more powerful countries since WW2
Another person pointed out. Not mentioned in the nearly 500,000,000 firearms in its citizen's hands, and over 1 Trillion rounds of ammo. Making it the largest military in the world, on its own unique territories. In fact, its citizens possess more small arms ammo, than the US military.
Although this was incorrectly attributed to Japanese admiral Yamamoto, it's nonetheless true that in America, there's a gun behind every blade of grass.
@@victorwaddell6530 Neither should the First Amendment but when gun nuts decide they need to display anger and frustration in public venues life and liberty take a back seat.
@@lawrencetomlinson761 Take a pill buddy, "gun nuts" are a politically motivated label used by our liberal media to demonize law abiding citizens. I choose to exercise my 2nd Amendment Right as well as all others. Life and Liberty NEVER take a backseat except when people like you try to limit our rights under the Constitution because you think you know best. It doesn't work that way because YOU don't get to define our rights just because you don't agree with them. As an law abiding American, I can peacefully exercise all my rights without your approval, So **** OFF.
If not for NATO, you would have cause to be much more worried about learning Russian the hard way. But, it is popular to view the US as bullies until you need them, of course.
The U.S. spends 850 billion dollars a year on it's military. That's more than next 5 countries (including China and Russia) put together. China is second with $150 billion. The U.S. also has over 800 military bases around the world in over 80 countries, including Italy.
the us spend 53% more than all other military on the face of the planet combined. not to correct you but you should know your facts before you start spouting numbers
And whats ecen funnier is that the Federal Government spends more money in Social security (1.2 trillion 2023 in 2023) than on the entire Department of Defense.
Great review ladies. I'm a US Marine Veteran and I understand your feelings, especially about the nuclear weapons. The hope is that the fact we have those weapons will deter other countries from using them. I visited your beautiful country while in the Marines (Naples) and trained in Monte Romano and I hope to visit again one day.
@@greeneyesinfl9954 We old salts are very proud of you young war fighters, upholding tradition and honor of the corps. tough you're out of active I think you younger Marines have raised the already high bar, the best to you, Ed.
well, if ya think about it, the russians is where the u.s. got the `stealth technology', if ya read ben rich's book called `skunkworks', he mentions as to how one of the skunkwork's engineers by the name of denys overholser, had read a publication by a russian guy by the name of pyotr ufimtsev had created a mathematical theory for the shaping of stealth technology.
@@sr71ablackbird True. Pyotr Yakovlevich Ufimstev wrote the paper but... Russia dismissed it. And the US actually developed the F-117 during the 70's...meaning China and Russia are further behind than I gave them credit for. They're fifty years behind - not forty. Also, lest we not forget... The B-2 Spirit was not the first flying wing "stealth" aircraft. Nazi Germany actually developed the first stealth aircraft... In the 1940's, Goering approved the production of forty flying wings - to be known as Ho 229 or Go 229. However, the Americans captured the factory at Friedrichroda, Germany in April of 1945. The most complete prototype was shipped to the US and can be seen still today, being restored at the United States Air and Space Museum in Virginia.
When I describe how big an aircraft carrier is (USS Midway, 1980-82) I just tell people there were three barbershops just to keep up with the haircuts. Yeah, it was the oldest carrier in the fleet at the time and it was a floating city of 5,000 people
I just visited Italy in early June this year, and it was the one of the best trips I’ve ever had. It’s interesting to see the wild differences between countries. It’s also cool to see the similarities between the USA and Italy
Questions: which country would you prefer to have the strongest military? What country protected Europe throughout the Cold War? Deterrence, by having a strong military, makes countries think twice about starting a war.
The USS Gerald R.Ford is now ready to deploy. As far as technology goes, the stuff they’re not telling you about is what the other guys need to worry about.
This program was produced in 2017, we never rest and this is 7 years old. Can you imagine what is not known to the public, and how we have progressed since this program was created?
I was going to subscribe until you said, China could win against the US. Everything you see in this video has been majorly upgraded , BTW China's yearly military budget is not even 1/2 of the US's militarys yearly 800 billion budget and China is behind on technology by 40 years.
Americans can’t take casualties though. The Chinese will be willing to lose millions of casualties. How many soldiers would America be willing to lose in order to win. We’d be surrendering after 100,000. That’s where American is weakest.
@@mikewheeler3994 well considering the u.s already warned China about attacking Taiwan, China doesn't stand a chance. Not saying China sucks, but the u.s and other nato countries would go against China which is a loss I dont think China wants
I read a quote years ago. “America is a vicious dog on a leash. When that leash is gone, the world trembles. Those the dog know is its friend will rejoice. Its enemies cower.”
Japanese general after bombing Pearl Harbor and getting us in the fight said “I fear all we’ve done is awaken a sleeping giant and filled it with a terrible resolve.” And it’s true, after they bombed Pearl Harbor America lost its shit and went ballistic. Apparently Japan told Hitler they bombed Pearl Harbor and Hitler was like YOU DID WHAT?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT
Our military is defensive not aggressive. Our military has been deployed to protect and serve other countries. If you think that we have exposed all our assets, your wrong, we have much more that is top secret. If you ask our generals , they will say they can neither confirm or deny. My brother was in the Marines special forces then he was a nuclear specialist in the name. After that he trained Navy Seal. Our Military is highly trained and highly educated, not only that we have a highly trained and ready we'll trained Soldiers in the reserves. Then we have Soldiers who have retired but can be called back into service. If our country was in jeopardy, just like WWII and 911, the American people will come together and join the fight. We Americans treasure our Freedom and we Respect our men and women who serve and protect our freedoms and our land. My dad died in Vietnam and I come from three generations of men who served in the Marines and have uncles and nieces and nephews who have served in every branch of the military.
This video does not point out the incredible threat that us Ohio Class nuclear submarines and now the coming Columbia Class can pose to enemies. One sub can destroy 24 cities, is undetectable and can be at sea for many months.
They wouldn't show you this if this was all they had. There are more secret military platforms than you can count on two hands. It would not be smart to let the potential enemy what they face.
The typical TH-camr records their videos a day or few before posting them to YT. This video was posted on February 24th, the day Russia invaded Ukraine.
There was a French/British submarine collision in 2009. Both of them were so quiet it was hard to tell if they were close to something. They suspected there was something close & were going very slow at the time so there were no injuries or radioactivity leaks.
@@bighouse7672 As subs get more stealthy & countries get more of them. This will happen again. Thanks for reviewing the 'Bad Ass US Military' video. LOL!! I think they do many more humanitarian activities than flash their weapons around. At least my daughter in the Navy says so.
My Grandfather (U.S.A. 3rd Division) protected Italy once before from the German Wehrmacht. Considering Italy is now part of NATO. Why would you be worried ?
I was stationed at Caserma Ederly 173rd Vicenza Italy. They just see us in the rear with the gear they don’t see us and our potential when we flip the switch!
Interesting factoid, girls. The US Air Force has the largest, most powerful air force in the world. The US Navy has the second most powerful air force in the world. lol.
The Navy Aviation claims to be the best. It’s hard to deny that landing on a moving airport is brave. Or foolhardy. And the Navy’s assault troops are Marines who also perform security functions.
@@MsWobbly1 Their pilots are incredible, but the US Air Force planes, because they don't have to have nose gear that handles the catapult launches, have better radar and heavier ammo. The F-15ex carries more missiles and bombs than any Navy jet, it's also faster, flies higher (and the only jet to shoot down a satellite while it orbited the Earth).
I detest war, and grew up in the 1970s, so I was too young for the draft for Vietnam. I had a couple of people about 10 years ago I played in a golf league with that both had Ph.D level engineers and making casual talk with them on the golf course as people do, me and my brother (my partner) asked them what they did for a living and they said they really couldn't say much other than they were researching technology with some other people in a team to miniaturize rail gun tech to present to contractors for the defense department to hopefully make them smaller and more deployable across various platforms of weapons, everything from fighter/bomber aircraft to tanks and other APC vehicles. According to them there are already large versions of these weapons deployed at some land installations and on some ships, but they did not mention which, said they couldn't. They did say that a current problem right now is being able to fire more than a few munitions without it basically destroying the weapon/barrel. They were working on some type of electromagnetic thing to reduce friction and pressure on the barrel from the projectile, but I have no idea how that works. They did say that another competing group of other people that live sonewhere else were also working on spread focus particle accelorators, which I didn't know what that was and they both said it is basically a super-intense high powered laser, and that was a competition for them to eventually get a part of a defense contract. I don't know how that worked out because they moved and did no play in our golf league the following year. That at least I do know and can speak to is that this was in 2014 and it is now 2022, so I have no doubt at all the things we haven't shown the world probably is 25+ years ahead of even our most advanced weapon systems now. I mean sure, they could have lied, but why lie about that and not some more practical business venture where they were making money; logically that doesn't make sense they'd lie about something that extravagant or advanced. Mr. Putin might be careful what he wishes for because he just might end up getting it, and maybe his military will end up being the testing ground of something nobody has ever seen before 30 years in the making. I sure hope not, but I know that we here in the US don't feel the need to parade our newest weapons systems down the streets of Washington for the world to see, which is honestly a very dumb thing to do anyway because you just tip your hand to the worlds' various militaries. Great reaction to the video btw, I hope you both stay well and safe.
The U.S. has been spending more than the entire world combined on its military for near on 80 years. China, Russia and the rest of Earth combined all working together would need decades to catch up to them if the U.S. remained where it is now. No single country like China has any hope of ever catching them alone. A few hundred years may see a change but its not looking like what would be needed would ever happen. China's economy depends on the West and that can change faster than they can get a military lead. The U.S. is one of few nations that can sustain all it own military needs, including fuel, nuclear and oil.
Submarines from all countries regularly chase and track each other at very close ranges to make sure we know where all their submarines are and what electronic signals they emit so we can track them and technology increases and submarines become nearly impossible to track. That is why they sometimes collide. Also nuclear submarines hide in the terrain of the sea floor and "hover" there without moving for weeks or months at a time.. They are all over the world at all times and can be positioned to launch attacks without warning at a moment's notice. Also the USA has protected Europe since World War II. I was in the US Army in the 1970's in West Germany when we protected the German Border and kept the Soviet Union from invading and occupying Europe. The Soviet Union's military doctrine at that time was to use Tactical Nuclear Weapons as a first strike weapon and planned to use nearly 150 nuclear weapons to conquer all of Europe in one week. They also had huge stockpiles of Chemical and Biological Weapons. Our forces protected western Europe from 1945 until 1986 when the Soviet Union broke up. Our country paid a huge price for keeping Europe free and giving you a peaceful life. I know in the 1970's the USA had approximately 200,000 troops in West Germany plus thousands more in neighboring countries. Are you aware of the amount of protection we provided Europe to keep you safe and free?
Mark 17:25. India, could probably do so, but being a smaller land mass of a nation, their storage space is smaller! Now, China, does have the storage space on their land! 😉
Greetings Italy! Love everything about your beautiful country! My ancestors came from Genoa Italy, to America in the 1870’s/1880’s! So we are practically familia, ok! lol. You Italian women are very beautiful too! 😘🤌”Mama Mia!” 🇺🇸🤝🇮🇹= ☝️. 💪 ✊✌️ from Los Angeles California USA 🇺🇸🫡
Another aspect of America is that even if we were cut off from the world we could actually self sustain ourselves. We prioritize getting resources to other parts of the world especially to our allies.
This thing about alcohol in the US is ridiculous people completely misunderstand this. It is not illegal to drink alcohol in the US if you're under 21. What is illegal is to sell alcohol to someone who is under 21. If someone comes to my house and they're under 21 I can serve them all the alcohol I want. We used to have a 18 drinking age the issue in the US is that people start driving at 16 or 17 and it was Carnage on the road. It's generally not true in Europe where people cannot afford to start driving until they're much older and can afford a car.
@@VfrYty I’m fine with that. You are capable enough of defending yourselves. I want all USA forces to withdraw from Europe. You need to seek peace with Russia.
No one likes war, certainly. However, I think it's helpful to have someone that somewhat monitors things, in conjunction with their allies (like Italy). I love Italy! I visited about 4 years ago and loved it. Where in Italy are you from?
I served in the navy many yrs ago. I was attached to an f14 squadron. I was on a total of 3 aircraft carriers. The first the Enterprise, then Eisenhower then the GW. I consider my shop to be the Eisenhower. Since I spent the most time aboard that ship. The f14 to me is still the most beautiful aircraft Think the top fun movie. The first 1.
I saw an aircraft carrier when I was quite young and it was the most impressive and terrifying thing I have ever seen in my life. AWE inspiring and this was 30 some years ago. And thank you for your service.
The comment about US subs not having communication isn’t necessarily true. While they are at operating depth they don’t have comms but if they come to periscope depth they can communicate while remaining submerged. They have high speed data links and satellite communication ability so they don’t have to remain shallow very long. Attack subs also have a VLF comms system that can receive comms with a floating wire while the sub remains at deeper depths than periscope depth. Ballistic missile subs have the same VLF comm system and other lower frequency comm systems that keep them in communications almost non-stop. I worked communications on 2 different US fast attack submarines in my Naval career.
The alcohol law matter is a little complicated. It's actually state laws that directly determine the drinking age, BUT the Federal Government can influence a state's policy - through "the power of the purse". In the early to mid 1980s, the Federal government passed a law stating that they would cut off supplementary highway funds by 10% per year for any state that did not raise its drinking age to 21 years old. This was in response to popular pressure to stop drunk driving - especially a group called MADD: Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Before then, states had a patchwork of laws. F.ex. Louisiana sold any type of alcohol to anyone at age 18, while Mississippi had it at 18 for beer but 21 for hard liquor. I was the last high school class for which last-year high-schoolers could legally purchase alcohol.
14:30 not only has drones been a thing for almost 30 years, touch screen technology existed even before I was born in 1991. There were security guards at the White House when my parents visited and they were seen talking to their almost spygear like equipment. I've seen a girl with a disability or mental health condition and she used a touch screen for communicating. Most drones from the last 5 years were incapable of being able to be stay powered on for more than 5-10 minutes, nowadays they can last 20 min to 1hr or more depending on who you buy the drone from. Actually it could be a couple hours now but the military using such large drones, it makes sense they can stay afloat in the air for hours and hours.
Sorry to break your bubble subs can be tracked. They have planes made to hunt them... Also not an American sub. The was a French and British sub. Neither sub was pinging, only using passive sonar.
I can remember the Italian soldiers having wine included in their MREs in Iraq in 2003. In the USA teenagers owned high performance cars in the 1980s and high performance cars and inexperienced drivers under the influence of alcohol don't mix well. The death tolls were rising and mothers against drunk driving began a national political campaign that resulted in the raising of the legal drinking age and a crackdown on drunk driving and underage drinking.
The open container of alcohol can land the driver and the drinker both in jail depending on the state. And in stone places if you want to drink outside in public you have to use a specific container for the alcohol and sometimes only on days with events
I'm a US citizen, and Navy Brat, so indirectly part of the military industrial complex of our mighty empire. The problem is that even with all of our superiority we still waste our precious resources, our brave warriors blood, and tax payer dollars, on frivolous wars, like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is impressive to witness from a historical perspective. In every period of history their is one dominant military power. The Romans, Genghis Khan's Mongols, in our time it is the US.
As an American going thru high school in the late 70’s onto the early 80’s . Trust me we drank ! There was a Keg party somewhere every weekend . lol the good old days ! Ha ha
This is an old video. The Nimitz Class carriers are being superseded by the Ford Class carriers. There are now two Ford Class launched (USS Gerald R Ford (CVN-78) and USS John F Kennedy (CVN-79)), the third, USS Enterprise (CVN-80) is scheduled to launch in 2025. These should replace USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN-69), and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). However, the US Navy is extending the service of all of those ships, which means that the US has 12 carriers, soon to be 13. Carrier Strike Groups can also have NATO ships with them, and yes, that does include Italy.
I went to Italy in 1974 when I was 16 with my parents and when I saw school kids eating their lunch with a glass of wine or beer it took me back, but I understood and yes, the USA is nothing to mess with, but I would worry about the people of the America because most of us have weapons and are ready to use them if we are attached.
The person who sings the words of Onurcan Özcan ..intihaşk..has a lot of fans and she died in 2018. If you react to this song, they will be very happy.her words are very meaningful
the 1st time the usa lost a stealth fighter was in the bosnian war in the early 90s they got a lucky hit. literally the 1st and only time ojes been hit in combat
Italy and the US are both NATO allies so the US is protecting you as well
And footing the bill
scarey until u2 realize the USA protects Italy.. ur welcome, haha
At the cost of our economy
@@daveperkins7645 why the us so obsessed with "i payed the bill" seems to be a big part of the culture. Its like you hate helping people and would rather spend it on budlight
The US doesn't protect any country out of goodness, it does it to protect its financial interests....look at Ukraine for an example.
If this is what the US is showing the world, imagine what tech they have in reserve.
Very good point!
@@bighouse7672 The US's militaryt budget is $ 800 billion. This is more than the next ten top military spenders in the world collectively (include China, Russia and India). It is the only country that has planned and can fighter to massive wars against near-pier enemies (Russia and China) on two front at the same time & win. Then, if you pull in NATO, you have an ustoppable juggernaught. Lastly, when you include other "non-military" military expenses (eg. CIA action groups, coast-guard, Home-Land security, etc), the true US "military" bugdet is over $ 1trillion.
Everything they mention is at least 20 years old.
Probably Alien technology
Many years ago, I remember a high ranking official stating the US does not reveal existing military tech until we have 1 1/2 to 2 generations ahead ready to go into production.
US WAS ONLY RANKED 16th in military power during ww2. After we got attacked it was a smack in the face. So we built out military up to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
We commissioned the largest navy in the world before that jsyk.
Well, at the time the USA had more than half the world's industrial capacity. So our standing army wasn't that big, but our capacity to make war outstripped the Axis and rest of the Allies combined. So once we decided to leverage that for the purposes of all out war, the war was already over
Trying to imagine what you both look like in bikinis 😊
Can I mention that the US has the most military experience and knows how to deploy all of it's assets effectively.
She said "CHINA"!!!
😂🤣😂🤣😂They're both so cute...
My wife is a naturalized US citizen from China. Her nephew is in Chinese PLA. On our last trip, I met with some of his army friends. Being curious, I asked them how often they trained with their equipment. He said they spent more time in political thought and reliability meetings than actually going out to train.
When asked if had been in the military, I told them I was in the USAF as a TACP ( I worked with frontline maneuver units providing close air support (airstrikes)). When asked me how often we did actual training. I told them we train with our equipment every day and the days we don't is spent on the firing range, qualifying with our weapons or in the gym lifting weights (my muscles are way bigger than him and his buddies even though quit serious lifting years ago), running or exercising.
I think I scared them, because after that they said they never wanted to go up against any American units because we were trained a hell of a lot better than they would ever be.
@Larry Harris We actually have logistics staff. That helps.
That is 💯 true! You nailed it. The US is hands down the best in the World when it comes to deployment. The history of the US is very bloody. We have been fighting since the beginning.
We are the only military that could effectively and efficiently deploy an army anywhere in the world within a 24 hour period.
Peace through overwhelming strength is a strategy that has worked since wwii
Yep and it is actually a concept that goes back to Roman times.
There is an old saying that goes back to 379-395 BC from an Roman General who said "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum" which when translated from Latin says "Let him who desires peace, prepare for war".
This is very much a true statement. It's meaning is that to get peace you must have have a strong military as that will mean enemies are less likely to do anything stupid to your allies or friends or attack you directly knowing what will be unleashed against them if they do.
That's more thr nuclear threat than anything tho, just means we can beat up on anyone who doesn't have nukes
@@danbobway5656 When the US is weak, has a weak president, then nations like Russia, Cuba, Iraq...are emboldened to take what they want.. Proof that a weak America is bad for the world geo-political system. It's less to do with nukes, more to do with how much more we do with conventional R&D weapons and defensive system research, spending far more than any other nation.
A gun held at the head of the world.
@xJamesLaughx this is why I don't understand people who are anti-war, also be anti-nato. NATO is a massive reason why we haven't had any massive regional conflicts between two or more powerful countries since WW2
Another person pointed out.
Not mentioned in the nearly 500,000,000 firearms in its citizen's hands, and over 1 Trillion rounds of ammo. Making it the largest military in the world, on its own unique territories. In fact, its citizens possess more small arms ammo, than the US military.
Although this was incorrectly attributed to Japanese admiral Yamamoto, it's nonetheless true that in America, there's a gun behind every blade of grass.
@Lezgo Brandon US citizens do not have to fight the US Armed Forces.
The Second Amendment shall not be abridged .
@@victorwaddell6530 Neither should the First Amendment but when gun nuts decide they need to display anger and frustration in public venues life and liberty take a back seat.
@@lawrencetomlinson761 Take a pill buddy, "gun nuts" are a politically motivated label used by our liberal media to demonize law abiding citizens. I choose to exercise my 2nd Amendment Right as well as all others. Life and Liberty NEVER take a backseat except when people like you try to limit our rights under the Constitution because you think you know best. It doesn't work that way because YOU don't get to define our rights just because you don't agree with them. As an law abiding American, I can peacefully exercise all my rights without your approval, So **** OFF.
If not for NATO, you would have cause to be much more worried about learning Russian the hard way. But, it is popular to view the US as bullies until you need them, of course.
The U.S. spends 850 billion dollars a year on it's military. That's more than next 5 countries (including China and Russia) put together. China is second with $150 billion. The U.S. also has over 800 military bases around the world in over 80 countries, including Italy.
the us spend 53% more than all other military on the face of the planet combined. not to correct you but you should know your facts before you start spouting numbers
And whats ecen funnier is that the Federal Government spends more money in Social security (1.2 trillion 2023 in 2023) than on the entire Department of Defense.
Great review ladies. I'm a US Marine Veteran and I understand your feelings, especially about the nuclear weapons. The hope is that the fact we have those weapons will deter other countries from using them. I visited your beautiful country while in the Marines (Naples) and trained in Monte Romano and I hope to visit again one day.
Semper Fi jarhead, my time in the Corps, 1963-1967, Ed.
@@edwardrmayer9807 Semper Fi, 86-90, 02-04.
@@greeneyesinfl9954 We old salts are very proud of you young war fighters, upholding tradition and honor of the corps. tough you're out of active I think you younger Marines have raised the already high bar, the best to you, Ed.
Same to you Devil Dog!
Yeah, its always been a dumb "hope".
The US will not show everything we have
The US started using stealth aircraft in the 80's...the Chinese and Russians are just now developing them...so there's a 40 year gap already.
well, if ya think about it, the russians is where the u.s. got the `stealth technology', if ya read ben rich's book called `skunkworks', he mentions as to how one of the skunkwork's engineers by the name of denys overholser, had read a publication by a russian guy by the name of pyotr ufimtsev had created a mathematical theory for the shaping of stealth technology.
@@sr71ablackbird True. Pyotr Yakovlevich Ufimstev wrote the paper but... Russia dismissed it. And the US actually developed the F-117 during the 70's...meaning China and Russia are further behind than I gave them credit for. They're fifty years behind - not forty.
Also, lest we not forget... The B-2 Spirit was not the first flying wing "stealth" aircraft. Nazi Germany actually developed the first stealth aircraft... In the 1940's, Goering approved the production of forty flying wings - to be known as Ho 229 or Go 229. However, the Americans captured the factory at Friedrichroda, Germany in April of 1945. The most complete prototype was shipped to the US and can be seen still today, being restored at the United States Air and Space Museum in Virginia.
@titaneteyes 1, the United States also had a flying wing in ww2
@sr71ablackbird no we got it from germany.
@Rob-metoo527 no one said we didn't get them from Germany...it states The US started using stealth..... Get over yourself long enough to read
When I describe how big an aircraft carrier is (USS Midway, 1980-82) I just tell people there were three barbershops just to keep up with the haircuts. Yeah, it was the oldest carrier in the fleet at the time and it was a floating city of 5,000 people
1 U.S. Carrier carries more combat aircraft than the ENTIRE combat aircraft compliment of most other 1st world countries. Think about that for awhile.
I just visited Italy in early June this year, and it was the one of the best trips I’ve ever had. It’s interesting to see the wild differences between countries. It’s also cool to see the similarities between the USA and Italy
I'm so glad you liked Italy!
Questions: which country would you prefer to have the strongest military?
What country protected Europe throughout the Cold War?
Deterrence, by having a strong military, makes countries think twice about starting a war.
The United States, 100%. I wouldn't want Communist China to have that capability, not with their gross violation of human rights.
The USS Gerald R.Ford is now ready to deploy. As far as technology goes, the stuff they’re not telling you about is what the other guys need to worry about.
This program was produced in 2017, we never rest and this is 7 years old. Can you imagine what is not known to the public, and how we have progressed since this program was created?
Did you know that the us navy is the second largest Air Force right behind the US airforce
we didn't! Wow!
I was going to subscribe until you said, China could win against the US. Everything you see in this video has been majorly upgraded , BTW China's yearly military budget is not even 1/2 of the US's militarys yearly 800 billion budget and China is behind on technology by 40 years.
Americans can’t take casualties though. The Chinese will be willing to lose millions of casualties. How many soldiers would America be willing to lose in order to win. We’d be surrendering after 100,000. That’s where American is weakest.
China couldn't beat Taiwan
@@mikewheeler3994 well considering the u.s already warned China about attacking Taiwan, China doesn't stand a chance. Not saying China sucks, but the u.s and other nato countries would go against China which is a loss I dont think China wants
My grandma is from Italy. Sadly she passed 16 ish years ago @(( she'd always be reading or writing letters to and from her sister in Italy.
I read a quote years ago.
“America is a vicious dog on a leash. When that leash is gone, the world trembles. Those the dog know is its friend will rejoice. Its enemies cower.”
Japanese general after bombing Pearl Harbor and getting us in the fight said “I fear all we’ve done is awaken a sleeping giant and filled it with a terrible resolve.”
And it’s true, after they bombed Pearl Harbor America lost its shit and went ballistic. Apparently Japan told Hitler they bombed Pearl Harbor and Hitler was like YOU DID WHAT?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT
Wow I'm so glad the US is an ally. I love your reactions! Can't wait to see more of your reactions to beautiful Australia 😁
thanks! :)
@@bighouse7672 no thank you 😊
Been living in the 🇺🇸 my whole life Texas lol be grateful man we have so much stuff
@@Kamisgoated1 Be nice to have healthcare too, lol.
@@Souledexexactly
Our military is defensive not aggressive. Our military has been deployed to protect and serve other countries. If you think that we have exposed all our assets, your wrong, we have much more that is top secret. If you ask our generals , they will say they can neither confirm or deny. My brother was in the Marines special forces then he was a nuclear specialist in the name. After that he trained Navy Seal. Our Military is highly trained and highly educated, not only that we have a highly trained and ready we'll trained Soldiers in the reserves. Then we have Soldiers who have retired but can be called back into service. If our country was in jeopardy, just like WWII and 911, the American people will come together and join the fight. We Americans treasure our Freedom and we Respect our men and women who serve and protect our freedoms and our land. My dad died in Vietnam and I come from three generations of men who served in the Marines and have uncles and nieces and nephews who have served in every branch of the military.
It is aggressive.
This video does not point out the incredible threat that us Ohio Class nuclear submarines and now the coming Columbia Class can pose to enemies. One sub can destroy 24 cities, is undetectable and can be at sea for many months.
They wouldn't show you this if this was all they had. There are more secret military platforms than you can count on two hands. It would not be smart to let the potential enemy what they face.
It's called peace through strength
Peace through superior firepower
Makes me feel so safe living in America.
Meanwhile Russia invading Ukraine 😁😁
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The typical TH-camr records their videos a day or few before posting them to YT. This video was posted on February 24th, the day Russia invaded Ukraine.
This comment didn't age well 😂😂
Two lovely examples of what many have known for many years. One of Italy's many great gifts to the world is beautiful woman.
Unique. I've never seen women here. Haha
@@thefallofKAE89 Where is "here", good sir?
There was a French/British submarine collision in 2009. Both of them were so quiet it was hard to tell if they were close to something. They suspected there was something close & were going very slow at the time so there were no injuries or radioactivity leaks.
Thanks for the clarification.
Still, imagining how big is the ocean what a coincidence to be in the exact same spot
@@bighouse7672 As subs get more stealthy & countries get more of them. This will happen again. Thanks for reviewing the 'Bad Ass US Military' video. LOL!! I think they do many more humanitarian activities than flash their weapons around. At least my daughter in the Navy says so.
My Grandfather (U.S.A. 3rd Division) protected Italy once before from the German Wehrmacht. Considering Italy is now part of NATO. Why would you be worried ?
"Protected"?
@@marcolucca6241 Helped kick the German Military out of Italy. And kept them out.
A.K.A. Protected.
I was stationed at Caserma Ederly 173rd Vicenza Italy. They just see us in the rear with the gear they don’t see us and our potential when we flip the switch!
When you walk around outdoors look up and remember the US military is watching you
And when you look down on your phone the NSA is watching you
Anything big happens in the world the president's first words are where are our aircraft carriers
Interesting factoid, girls. The US Air Force has the largest, most powerful air force in the world. The US Navy has the second most powerful air force in the world. lol.
And the 5th largest with the marine fleet
The Navy Aviation claims to be the best. It’s hard to deny that landing on a moving airport is brave. Or foolhardy. And the Navy’s assault troops are Marines who also perform security functions.
@@MsWobbly1 Their pilots are incredible, but the US Air Force planes, because they don't have to have nose gear that handles the catapult launches, have better radar and heavier ammo. The F-15ex carries more missiles and bombs than any Navy jet, it's also faster, flies higher (and the only jet to shoot down a satellite while it orbited the Earth).
Those planes are over 40 years old, the current new tech is top secret!
No country will ever outdo the US in military
Economy wise China already is.
@@TheGovernor-vw9cf lmao shutup bot China cant even beat the US coast guard.
@@rockbottom2786 the USA army couldn’t beat a USA militia.
I detest war, and grew up in the 1970s, so I was too young for the draft for Vietnam. I had a couple of people about 10 years ago I played in a golf league with that both had Ph.D level engineers and making casual talk with them on the golf course as people do, me and my brother (my partner) asked them what they did for a living and they said they really couldn't say much other than they were researching technology with some other people in a team to miniaturize rail gun tech to present to contractors for the defense department to hopefully make them smaller and more deployable across various platforms of weapons, everything from fighter/bomber aircraft to tanks and other APC vehicles. According to them there are already large versions of these weapons deployed at some land installations and on some ships, but they did not mention which, said they couldn't. They did say that a current problem right now is being able to fire more than a few munitions without it basically destroying the weapon/barrel. They were working on some type of electromagnetic thing to reduce friction and pressure on the barrel from the projectile, but I have no idea how that works. They did say that another competing group of other people that live sonewhere else were also working on spread focus particle accelorators, which I didn't know what that was and they both said it is basically a super-intense high powered laser, and that was a competition for them to eventually get a part of a defense contract. I don't know how that worked out because they moved and did no play in our golf league the following year. That at least I do know and can speak to is that this was in 2014 and it is now 2022, so I have no doubt at all the things we haven't shown the world probably is 25+ years ahead of even our most advanced weapon systems now. I mean sure, they could have lied, but why lie about that and not some more practical business venture where they were making money; logically that doesn't make sense they'd lie about something that extravagant or advanced. Mr. Putin might be careful what he wishes for because he just might end up getting it, and maybe his military will end up being the testing ground of something nobody has ever seen before 30 years in the making. I sure hope not, but I know that we here in the US don't feel the need to parade our newest weapons systems down the streets of Washington for the world to see, which is honestly a very dumb thing to do anyway because you just tip your hand to the worlds' various militaries. Great reaction to the video btw, I hope you both stay well and safe.
Facts who knows what Darpa is thinking up as we speak 🤔 lol The Russians stand no chance if the US puts boots on ground
Congrats on electing Meloni...she is GREAT !!
the US, exposés 20 years later...lol... essentially the world is 1 gen behind. always
The U.S. has been spending more than the entire world combined on its military for near on 80 years. China, Russia and the rest of Earth combined all working together would need decades to catch up to them if the U.S. remained where it is now. No single country like China has any hope of ever catching them alone. A few hundred years may see a change but its not looking like what would be needed would ever happen. China's economy depends on the West and that can change faster than they can get a military lead. The U.S. is one of few nations that can sustain all it own military needs, including fuel, nuclear and oil.
Submarines from all countries regularly chase and track each other at very close ranges to make sure we know where all their submarines are and what electronic signals they emit so we can track them and technology increases and submarines become nearly impossible to track. That is why they sometimes collide. Also nuclear submarines hide in the terrain of the sea floor and "hover" there without moving for weeks or months at a time.. They are all over the world at all times and can be positioned to launch attacks without warning at a moment's notice.
Also the USA has protected Europe since World War II. I was in the US Army in the 1970's in West Germany when we protected the German Border and kept the Soviet Union from invading and occupying Europe. The Soviet Union's military doctrine at that time was to use Tactical Nuclear Weapons as a first strike weapon and planned to use nearly 150 nuclear weapons to conquer all of Europe in one week. They also had huge stockpiles of Chemical and Biological Weapons. Our forces protected western Europe from 1945 until 1986 when the Soviet Union broke up. Our country paid a huge price for keeping Europe free and giving you a peaceful life.
I know in the 1970's the USA had approximately 200,000 troops in West Germany plus thousands more in neighboring countries. Are you aware of the amount of protection we provided Europe to keep you safe and free?
Your accent is delightful as a Texan I think I need to go to Italy, similar climate, and I learned Spanish I think I could manage Italian
You can track stealth aircraft with low-frequency radar. Their advantage is that high-frequency radar targeting weapons systems cannot target them.
Without US having the nuclear weapons you would be speaking Russian or Chinese
There are other countries in NATO equipped with atomic weapons
@@VfrYtyexactly France and uk.
Mark 17:25. India, could probably do so, but being a smaller land mass of a nation, their storage space is smaller! Now, China, does have the storage space on their land! 😉
the US needs to pull back on NATO funds
Ditto on the UN!! The UN is spineless!!
We need to withdraw form nato
Greetings Italy! Love everything about your beautiful country! My ancestors came from Genoa Italy, to America in the 1870’s/1880’s! So we are practically familia, ok! lol. You Italian women are very beautiful too! 😘🤌”Mama Mia!”
🇺🇸🤝🇮🇹= ☝️. 💪
✊✌️ from Los Angeles California USA 🇺🇸🫡
@@energyasylum997 thank you very much my friend
Another aspect of America is that even if we were cut off from the world we could actually self sustain ourselves. We prioritize getting resources to other parts of the world especially to our allies.
You guys should react to “The first Medal of Honor ever recorded” by Dan schilling books
Hard to watch.
This thing about alcohol in the US is ridiculous people completely misunderstand this. It is not illegal to drink alcohol in the US if you're under 21. What is illegal is to sell alcohol to someone who is under 21. If someone comes to my house and they're under 21 I can serve them all the alcohol I want.
We used to have a 18 drinking age the issue in the US is that people start driving at 16 or 17 and it was Carnage on the road. It's generally not true in Europe where people cannot afford to start driving until they're much older and can afford a car.
Western Europe lives of our protection and question us!
Which is why we should leave nato and be with Russia
you are a superpower and for this I respect you, but without you we are still perfectly capable of defending ourselves
@@VfrYty I’m fine with that. You are capable enough of defending yourselves. I want all USA forces to withdraw from Europe. You need to seek peace with Russia.
@@TheGovernor-vw9cf I quite agree with what you just said
@@TheGovernor-vw9cf However, I never think that the US abandoning NATO would jeopardize its international reliability and lose vital allies
They are in use now. This video was 6yrs ago so yeah.. just saying. Imagine how many more they're not telling Us about now? Wow!😂
USA!❤🇺🇸🌎
No one likes war, certainly. However, I think it's helpful to have someone that somewhat monitors things, in conjunction with their allies (like Italy). I love Italy! I visited about 4 years ago and loved it. Where in Italy are you from?
This is what the united states is showing you what are they not showing you
If it's on the internet we have way better that we don't know about.
Lady the USA has way more stuff then you will ever know haha
I served in the navy many yrs ago. I was attached to an f14 squadron. I was on a total of 3 aircraft carriers. The first the Enterprise, then Eisenhower then the GW.
I consider my shop to be the Eisenhower. Since I spent the most time aboard that ship. The f14 to me is still the most beautiful aircraft
Think the top fun movie. The first 1.
I was on a destroyer and sailed with Enterprise back in 80/81. Watching the F14 take off the carrier was assume.
I saw an aircraft carrier when I was quite young and it was the most impressive and terrifying thing I have ever seen in my life. AWE inspiring and this was 30 some years ago. And thank you for your service.
Peace means having a bigger stick
The comment about US subs not having communication isn’t necessarily true.
While they are at operating depth they don’t have comms but if they come to periscope depth they can communicate while remaining submerged.
They have high speed data links and satellite communication ability so they don’t have to remain shallow very long.
Attack subs also have a VLF comms system that can receive comms with a floating wire while the sub remains at deeper depths than periscope depth.
Ballistic missile subs have the same VLF comm system and other lower frequency comm systems that keep them in communications almost non-stop.
I worked communications on 2 different US fast attack submarines in my Naval career.
❤America is untouchable!❤
Usa military power is awesome asf
Awesome thanks ladies
The U.S. Navy is the world's second largest air force.
Italy. It’s approximately the size of Arizona.
The US isn’t disclosing everything either
1.6K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍. Thanks for the entertaining, digital video recording, and your perspective from over there in, Italy. 🎬😎✌️🖖👍
Oh my God listen
we supply approx 50% of the NATO budget
Italy even has an F-35 factory and also flies the F-35.
The alcohol law matter is a little complicated. It's actually state laws that directly determine the drinking age, BUT the Federal Government can influence a state's policy - through "the power of the purse". In the early to mid 1980s, the Federal government passed a law stating that they would cut off supplementary highway funds by 10% per year for any state that did not raise its drinking age to 21 years old. This was in response to popular pressure to stop drunk driving - especially a group called MADD: Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Before then, states had a patchwork of laws. F.ex. Louisiana sold any type of alcohol to anyone at age 18, while Mississippi had it at 18 for beer but 21 for hard liquor. I was the last high school class for which last-year high-schoolers could legally purchase alcohol.
14:30 not only has drones been a thing for almost 30 years, touch screen technology existed even before I was born in 1991. There were security guards at the White House when my parents visited and they were seen talking to their almost spygear like equipment. I've seen a girl with a disability or mental health condition and she used a touch screen for communicating.
Most drones from the last 5 years were incapable of being able to be stay powered on for more than 5-10 minutes, nowadays they can last 20 min to 1hr or more depending on who you buy the drone from. Actually it could be a couple hours now but the military using such large drones, it makes sense they can stay afloat in the air for hours and hours.
To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal
Yes the U.S. has attacked the U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Europe.
Every country spices on each other 🇪🇸
I can assure you that what you see is what they allow you to see you will never know the top secret stuff until it's to late.
Remember us only allows mil info to release when it's about to be retired
Sorry to break your bubble subs can be tracked. They have planes made to hunt them...
Also not an American sub. The was a French and British sub. Neither sub was pinging, only using passive sonar.
The Ford Class can hold over 120 planes
In the USA drinking and driving was a problem with teenagers dying at an alarming rate from automobile accidents due to intoxication.
If you want to check out some interesting US military aircraft I recommend the A-10 Warthog or the SR-71 Blackbird.
I can remember the Italian soldiers having wine included in their MREs in Iraq in 2003.
In the USA teenagers owned high performance cars in the 1980s and high performance cars and inexperienced drivers under the influence of alcohol don't mix well.
The death tolls were rising and mothers against drunk driving began a national political campaign that resulted in the raising of the legal drinking age and a crackdown on drunk driving and underage drinking.
The open container of alcohol can land the driver and the drinker both in jail depending on the state. And in stone places if you want to drink outside in public you have to use a specific container for the alcohol and sometimes only on days with events
8:57 That's supposed to say "Power Projection" (around the world).
I'm a US citizen, and Navy Brat, so indirectly part of the military industrial complex of our mighty empire.
The problem is that even with all of our superiority we still waste our precious resources, our brave warriors blood, and tax payer dollars, on frivolous wars, like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
But it is impressive to witness from a historical perspective. In every period of history their is one dominant military power. The Romans, Genghis Khan's Mongols, in our time it is the US.
Cool reaction. She said it’s sad. No Mam it’s smart.
I was offered a beer as a passenger in another country by a local police officer. . A very strange experience for me.
Q. Why does the new Italian Navy have glass bottom boats?
A. To see the Old Italian Navy.
As an American it's nice knowing no one is going to start shit with us and if they do they'll regret it.
Ask Vietnam and Afghanistan.
As an American going thru high school in the late 70’s onto the early 80’s . Trust me we drank ! There was a Keg party somewhere every weekend . lol the good old days ! Ha ha
Submarines do have contact otherwise they wouldn't be able to shoot nuclear weapons. And US subs quite often track russian and chinese subs.
This is an old video. The Nimitz Class carriers are being superseded by the Ford Class carriers. There are now two Ford Class launched (USS Gerald R Ford (CVN-78) and USS John F Kennedy (CVN-79)), the third, USS Enterprise (CVN-80) is scheduled to launch in 2025. These should replace USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN-69), and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). However, the US Navy is extending the service of all of those ships, which means that the US has 12 carriers, soon to be 13. Carrier Strike Groups can also have NATO ships with them, and yes, that does include Italy.
If they're willing to show this technology, imagine what they're keeping secret.
I went to Italy in 1974 when I was 16 with my parents and when I saw school kids eating their lunch with a glass of wine or beer it took me back, but I understood and yes, the USA is nothing to mess with, but I would worry about the people of the America because most of us have weapons and are ready to use them if we are attached.
Actually there's eleven super carriers.
The person who sings the words of Onurcan Özcan ..intihaşk..has a lot of fans and she died in 2018. If you react to this song, they will be very happy.her words are very meaningful
Power projection. US basically says “hey we’re right here, and if you wanna fuck around you’ll find out.”
Peace thru strength.
Since almost all Americans drive, drunk teenage drivers resulted in the 21-year-old drinking age.
the 1st time the usa lost a stealth fighter was in the bosnian war in the early 90s they got a lucky hit. literally the 1st and only time ojes been hit in combat
I'm sorry, but it still amazes me the people are surprised.