Distributed maritime operations is the new kid on the block and I'm here for it. The Navy will have to downsize over the next few years in order to increase their size over the next 30 years. What do you think of the US Navy's modernizaiton plan with? I feel like I've been fooled before with the Zumwalt and Littoral Combat Ship, will the Conestellation class be different? Follow for updates: instagram.com/cappyarmy | twitter.com/Cappyarmy

@ARMY-ep6fz

3 ай бұрын

China using carriers running off regular fuel ⛽ was a huge mistake. When we use nuclear power and can run almost endlessly except for supplies like food. We can easily get other countries not to allow them to fuel at other countries ports which would make them return to China to fuel or fuel ships that would make easy targets. Add in they've made a lot of enemies in Asia with them trying to take everyone exclusive economic zones for fishing and oil drilling. Like the Philippines, Vietnam, India, Japan and others. They're making a lot more enemies in their own region which will bite them later.

@grahamstrouse1165

3 ай бұрын

The Constellation class is kind of a turd. Most Western European destroyer/frigate designs are badly underarmed for peer conflicts. They just don’t have the missile capacity.

@andrewday3206

3 ай бұрын

@@ARMY-ep6fz Nuclear carriers still have a massive fuel requirement. Aircraft burn millions of gallons a week when in heavy combat operations.

@ccbcco

3 ай бұрын

Ukraine in the Black Sea conclusively has proven: Big ships are obsolete.

@andrewday3206

3 ай бұрын

The Zumwalt needs NAMMO rounds in 8” or larger guns. This would provide 100+ mile range with mass produced inexpensive artillery. Just because the railgun went bust doesn’t mean a different gun technology didn’t fill that void. From what I see the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers with CATOBAR installed would be a great option. You could get 4+ QEC’s for 1 Ford Class. Not every carrier needs to be nuke powered. The USMC really loved the QEC carriers when they deployed on them.

As a machinist that's been doing this for over a decade now starting when I was 18 the skilled labor shortage is very very real. I've been the youngest man in the shop or shipyard by decades. Most of the old timers that taught me are either retired, going to retire or dead. I get constant unsolicited job offers because there are so few younger guys that have the necessary experience. I try to pass down the knowledge I've obtained but it's not enough. There needs to be a resurgence of trade schools and less emphasis put on college degrees. I make a very good living with no college degree and going back to school now the hands on work experience is invaluable to the academic setting. Having gone to a vocational high school companies like general dynamics and Lockheed would come and give presentations telling us and the welders that once we turned 18 to apply and we'd be almost guaranteed a job. It's a very powerful thing to have on a resume. They know that they don't have to train you from square one and that you're not going to retire for the next 40 years.

@mikewithers299

3 ай бұрын

I totally agree with you on trades being a dying artform. I graduated from a vocational high school decades ago and learned more by experience than most now days. It's awesome to see younger tradesmen coming up thru the ranks. Wish they would push that harder in the high schools. These kids I see in the construction field today have no clue about anything and don't seem to care. They are only there for a paycheck. Keep learning everything you can young man. Old men are usually the best teachers and have the best techniques.

@therealthreadkilla

3 ай бұрын

"skilled labor shortage is very very real" AND that is why this whole war with China is utter bullshit and just a way for the MIC to get more cash from congress.

@616CC

3 ай бұрын

@@mikewithers299if he’s young not sure what you’ll say about me at 29, I’m a Brit over here in the UK and I completely agree but generally believe it to be more than a trades issue. Everyone I’ve ever worked with just don’t give a f about quality or pride in work they’re just here for a paycheck. It’s a problem of character I think people are lost. But I have noticed now as compared to when I was a child that the respect for trades has increased significantly, possibly because people are discovering it’s harder and harder to find a good tradesman that isn’t busy, discovering the reality of a poor one the hard way. Also have much love to my American brothers over there glad to hear something that resonates 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 ✊

@venivinivinci

3 ай бұрын

What trades would you suggest?

@616CC

3 ай бұрын

@@venivinivinci any of the trades. Electricians, plumbers, brick masons, carpenters, welders all can garner great pay if you put the work in to get yourself to a high standard good luck 👍

7:13 Still takes longer to make GTA VI then it is to build a nuclear carrier

@toddmullis8051

3 ай бұрын

😂 good one

@driedbrainfreeze2149

3 ай бұрын

One thats seaworthy?

@rashad4333

3 ай бұрын

*Cries in starcitizen player* 😭

@pHpTjMoney

3 ай бұрын

​@@rashad4333soon you'll be able to buy a IRL warship with the amount of money that's been dumped into that game

@mnorth1351

3 ай бұрын

The US Navy's whole modernization effort will be finished before we get Half-Life 3. 😭

A lot of high schools stop teaching basic carpentry, welding and other basic manufacturing skills...technology took hold with computers...we need the basics back...💯👍🇺🇸

@sketchesofpayne

2 ай бұрын

My theory is that a lot of schools don't want to handle the liability of kids getting injured in shop class. So they just quietly stopped offering them. On the bright side, a high school near me offers a home-building/general contractor type class. I forget what they call it, but they go to an actual work site and get hands-on learning of each phase of construction.

@aaronschaefer4167

Ай бұрын

I agree 👍👍 I think vocational schools should be on the same level as college if not higher. I went to college it was okay but I know plenty of other people who did a lot better without. Higher education has many avenues and they should all be supported

@ulisessoto9424

Ай бұрын

The reason why these programs are gone is because of funding. There is no money. I witnessed this first hand and now with my kids. Computers are cheaper than paying a master tradesman and technicians to maintain and fund these trade classes.

@Charles-pf7zy

Ай бұрын

stop union busting and pay skilled laborers better. Simple supply and demand

@LazySillyDog

Ай бұрын

Reminds me of modern jiujitsu, a lot of people want to learn weird, crazy, flashy sequences while neglecting the basics. You can do all the cool flashy stuff AFTER you know the basics inside and out. This country has neglected the basics for decades, encouraging everyone to go into collage for degrees flooded with applicants for the same job. Its completely unsustainable

Props for talking about the skilled labor shortage and Diego to explaining it so clearly. US used to be the factory of the world, and not a lot of people realize that that ship has sailed and that getting back would require radical changes to education, social security and economics of labor.

@antonnurwald5700

2 ай бұрын

This. It would be a threat to certain positions of power. You would need free and easily accessible education and practical training. Corporations would have to commit to long term staff development. There would have to be state guarantees to jobs. Unions would definitely become a lot more powerful. A lot of people won't want this.

@knoll9812

2 ай бұрын

The balance between labour and management was broken. You could work hard and be skilled and your factory would shut and your job sent overseas so that a small number of men would get much richer

@amazin7006

2 ай бұрын

We have the most skilled engineers in the world, and the best educated, but we don't have the skilled manufacturers here anymore. Like Nvidia invents the greatest chips in the world by far, but we still need Taiwan to build them for us.

@knoll9812

2 ай бұрын

@@amazin7006 a risk area for USA is that number of home grown engineers and scientists is shrinking and they need more and more imported ones. Good thing they still want to come. Good thing that China and Russia are unattractive destinations.

@StrongHarm

2 ай бұрын

Put simply, we won WWII with our industry. We later almost entirely moved our industry to a country that's openly aggressive toward us, and simultaneously skyrocketed their economy and war capabilities. Lunacy!

Diego did well. He was very well spoken. And he has a natural "radio" voice!

@hothoploink1509

3 ай бұрын

Read that as "radio face" for a moment and was like, dude why be so mean :D

@user-yh1nm1vy3i

3 ай бұрын

Is it just me or did his audio and video not match up?

@Ezekiel903

3 ай бұрын

the British did it long before the US! the Spanish too, Portuguese or even the Venetian, not something new!

@metamaxis

3 ай бұрын

Formal petition for more Deigo side content time?

@mikewangler3017

3 ай бұрын

@@metamaxis Diego is nice but he is no Cappy :)

"We are short on labor and we are paying extremely well" where were those word when i didn't know what to do with my life after school! We go to uni for like 10 more years when someone who knows how to weld with a short course on welding probably make as much as someone who went to uni for 10 years.

@Gaehhn

3 ай бұрын

Manual Labour still pays less than what you can get with jobs you need to go to Uni for. But you're more likely to get and keep a job. Sadly lots of people focus on the potential pay more and just assume they will be part of the group that gets it and doesn't have to get a job as a cashier at a fast food chain because they have no other qualification. And it's not like I can blame the young people for that, they were raised to shoot for the stars by a generation that still believes in stuff like the American Dream. And it's that generation that teaches that manual labour and crafts and trades are not worth pursuing and you're a disappointment if you do.

@smoke5985

3 ай бұрын

no lmao. in noworld will welders make more than educated people, in general. not even limiting to STEM

@randomuser6306

3 ай бұрын

​@@smoke5985 dunno. Used to work with a guy who became a plasma welder. 300k/year + in Canada in the oil patch. Pipelines mostly. That was in 2005.

@tomlawrence1335

3 ай бұрын

​@Gaehhn coming from a blue collar worker for last 10 years. Sure I make better money than most college grads in my area but I'm 30 with bad joints and ruined body. Buddy did 9 years in concrete just had his second back surgery at 31. We pay in other ways than money for that pay. We all agree use your brain not your body you'll live longer and happier.

@WhyWhatWhoWhenWhyAgain

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, as a Canadian kid I chose that route. In 2007. Industry fell apart in 2008. That was the quickest way to flip that script. 4000 or some welders laid off Christmas day, and that was from one company. I was just thinking that the welders in Alberta's welding pool would love to have a second industry to fall back on when oil does the inevitable roller coaster dive to unemployment.

“Filled with water” is apparently a Chinese saying for using lower quality materials in order to save money.

@xiaopoding-hr6xd

2 ай бұрын

Chinese people have never heard of idioms

@Spearhead45

2 ай бұрын

also... liquid fuel that goes into those missiles are only pumped in right before launch. so them saying the missiles have water in them makes no sense. just more western propaganda

@Larry-liu371

2 ай бұрын

Yes, it could be the Chinese idiom ”掺水”。 The literal translation is mixing with water. But it means to use substandard ingredient (e.g., water) to substitute required ingredient (e.g., alcohol) to fool customers.

@Wolvieonepunch

2 ай бұрын

Lol😂😂

@mickkelly6389

2 ай бұрын

Lol

Nice to hear from the guys behind the curtains! Thanks Diego!!

Maybe I’m just biased but as a US Submariner, our boats are so far ahead of everyone else that seeing issues like “China building more ships than us” just makes me chuckle if I’m honest. During war games with our own ships we need to make an ungodly amount of noise to give even our most advanced ships a chance of detecting us and that’s with there active sonar. Don’t get me wrong, visual force projection is important, but if were talking about no hands tied proper naval combat. The US dominates to an ungodly degree with subs alone. There are some great modern sub stories online that give a fraction of our unclassified capabilities if anyone’s curious. Great video btw.

@d.w.w.sweetz3008

3 ай бұрын

Army combat engineer and later MP national guard. I don't know much about all Navy stuff but one thing I was told years ago is; it's not how many boats we have but how much tonnage those boats can move? So China can name every fishing boat and kayak a military ship but how much tonnage can it move is the real question.

@grahamstrouse1165

3 ай бұрын

We do have a huge submarine advantage in tee,s of quality. We don’t have enough hulls, though.

@alexlyster3459

3 ай бұрын

I mean, there are definitely Other Subs on par with US subs, but they're going to be on our side rather than against us. So it's generally a moot point.

@datianlongan5567

3 ай бұрын

Don't let the Senate Armed Services Committee see your post at budgeting time

@SurvivethePoleShift

3 ай бұрын

ORRRR....Has ve zay in der vorld of zee untersee kreig!!......HI SKIMMMER...BYE SKIMMER! [Ve haf vays off makink you zink] [old Aussie Submariner pretending to be an old German Submariner] Red watch, watch dived, Patrol Quiet state. What movie are we watching? Crimson Tide?....You bewdy!

The capability to reload these VLS cells is very important as well. It is very difficult to achieve in any sea state via cranes. Ships essentially must return to port to reload. Developing the capability to reload them more quickly would shift the balance of firepower drastically. In the Napoleonic era, technology allowing higher rates of fire of muskets and rifles were closely guarded state secrets of strategic importance.

@driedbrainfreeze2149

3 ай бұрын

"Its a fool for a ship to fight a fort"! Still holds true today

@henli-rw5dw

3 ай бұрын

The biggest issue is that China's VLS cells carry hypersonic missile, giving them bigger strike radius.

@spartancrown

3 ай бұрын

@@henli-rw5dw need solid proof they have a viable accurate hypersonic VLS onboard their ships.

@spartancrown

3 ай бұрын

Exactly. If we can manage to make that work somehow at sea and not have to all the way back home that would be a game changer. What they need is a way to dock that ship at sea. What you need is something like the blue marlin or dockwise vanguard possibly.

@disposabull

3 ай бұрын

@@henli-rw5dw It takes a lot of energy to move quickly so hypersonics don't fit into standard VLS cells, they need an ICBM sized launcher. Hypersonics also move so quickly they turn the air into plasma making communication or sensing impossible. China "claims" to have figured out how to get a comms signal through plasma, but has provided no actual evidence of a test flight or deployable system that can do so.

This was superb, as usual. Thank you

I love how the Industrial Complex is now advertising before the start of movies in cinemas for Columbia Class sub shipbuilders and now, the shipyard in Marinette WI cannot find enough workers to actually start building the new FFGs. “Naval Planning is Build Planning” is especially insightful when you cannot find the people to actually build the damn things.

@Bacteriophagebs

Ай бұрын

They could if they paid enough, but they don't. The job listing for Marinette have no pay info listed except for advanced jobs like foreman and welders with 5+ years of journeyman experience. When pay isn't listed, it's because it's crap. NSC is offering $22-26/hr (which means $22/hr) for pipefitters with 5 years experience, 2 of which have to be in shipbuilding, when the national average rate for pipefitters with _under 2 years_ experience is $25.63. But they can't get enough workers for some unexplained reason! (insert shocked Pikachu face pic)

As one of those Ship contractors I love I get to hear good analysis from my average infantry dude! Kudos! With lives of 40 years, maintenance is as much or more of an issue as emergent repairs are even more "custom" and cannot be scripted or automated

@SpookyEng1

3 ай бұрын

That is one issue I have noticed with ships, it seems like every one is different, weak configuration management. I thought airplanes were bad!

@Taskandpurpose

3 ай бұрын

Great to hear from one of the actual ship contractors ! Thanks man

@Distalled

3 ай бұрын

@Taskandpurpose 40 year **cough*except*LCS*cough**, but seriously, new Construction is seen as easy/automated, but we end up loving our classes (Nimitz, Tyco, Arleigh for me) as you love your Bradleys, maybe. So proper mention/accuracy from you was great. Keep it up man.

@robmx2324

Ай бұрын

@@SpookyEng1 some of these Aircraft companies are now in the ship building business. Northrup Grumman, a merging of two military aircraft companies are now involved in building Navy ships. Lockheed Martin (Aircraft companies) teamed up with General Dynamics to those infamous LCS ships.

@starrionx1

22 күн бұрын

@@Distalled Could they get another 5-8 years on the ships that they are decommissioning? Do we need to slow the exits while we are increasing the build rate?

Doesn't matter how many ships the Navy has if they don't have the personnel to crew them.

@tomasFL

3 ай бұрын

Or if politics are cowards..

@shenmisheshou7002

3 ай бұрын

It is likely that we will see the Selective Service ordered to re-start the draft. There has been a bill sitting in congress that would include women in the Selective Service but of course no one wants to vote on it today, but if they order the Selective Service to reinstate the draft, my guess is that bill will be passed and signed by whoever the President is at that time.

@oldscratch3535

3 ай бұрын

You mean the woke crowd won't sign up and the conservatives purged from the military over the last 4 years has made the people who actually form the fighting force (Conservative Southerners) not want to join? How surprising. I surely thought the trans lesbians with the two moms were going to sign up after that recruiting ad.

@scottg-un3sb

3 ай бұрын

China has the same problem.

@qbi4614

3 ай бұрын

Australia has just announced 6 new " large optionally-crewed surface vessels" with 32 VLS type 42 Imagine 6 platforms aimlessly roaming the oceans, with 32 tomahawk missiles on board, with someone in an AC room in Sydney with controls LOL

Thank you, good info

Best channel Ive discovered this year

I'm glad you mentioned the corruption in the us procurement process. Any time I see problems with a foreign power (Russia, China) I wonder if we have a similar problem. After all, human nature is human nature.

@jaggerpirtle3766

3 ай бұрын

We do! It’s just different here

@Taskandpurpose

3 ай бұрын

It’s not as well known but corruption is terrible

@kennethng8346

3 ай бұрын

@@Taskandpurpose I am reminded of the old adage: we have the finest Congress money can buy 🙂

@moonasha

3 ай бұрын

They all have different types of corruption. Russian corruption: take half the money, buy a yacht, make a half quality product. Chinese corruption: random flaws in the product, but higher ups are afraid to look bad so they sweep it under the rug and you get an inferior product. US corruption: charge 2x more than it's worth, charge $50,000 for a wrench and coffee maker, deliver a good product.

@jj4791

3 ай бұрын

Kelly Johnson's unspoken rule: Never do Business with the NAVY.

I greatly appreciate how you integrate force capability with strategy, tactics, design, acquisition, training, logistics, industrial capacity, and manpower issues.

@tacitdionysus3220

3 ай бұрын

Could not have expressed it better.

@mmoarchives2542

3 ай бұрын

yeah, i love military defense industry issues, this is the first channel that actually knows anything about it

@politichia6820

3 ай бұрын

@@mmoarchives2542 If he actually knew anything about it, he would start the vid with Nelson's quote "A ship's a fool to fight a fort". Oh well, only Americans could be so dense to believe they can win a war against China...in China.

@Taskandpurpose

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for your support! I appreciate it greatly

I’m glad I’ve been a long time subscriber to this channel, I am glad I can always get a fr trustable pragmatic, logical, and a view based in experience from a veteran. Helps me a lot in my own forming of opinions, thank you man.

Great video!

Remember BRAC ? There are now fewer shipyards that repair, maintain, or even build naval ships. As the need for eighty SSN’s…not even remotely possible. There are SSNs tied up waiting for years to be worked on. Now. Plus Australia is expected to receive 3-5 Virginia class boats

@tsubadaikhan6332

3 ай бұрын

Speaking for Australia, part of that deal is we are to fund a new slipway in Norfolk to help you double the production capability of Submarines, and also sending over 100's of staff looking to be trained. Those staff aren't starting from scratch either. We've built our own Destroyers and Frigates, plus Austal, that has a Plant in Alabama, is a Majority Australian owned company that has built our own new fleet of Patrol Boats, along with boats for Jordan and Bahrain, and many ships for Civilian Markets, so we're not complete novices.

@TheSickjits

3 ай бұрын

@@tsubadaikhan6332Welcome to freedom 🫡 We’re glad to have you.

@user-yh1nm1vy3i

3 ай бұрын

What’s a SSN? Supersonic submarine nukes?

@ericsegura7436

3 ай бұрын

@@user-yh1nm1vy3i SSN is the classification code for Submersible Ship Nuclear or in otherwards a nuclear submarine.

@michaelt1775

3 ай бұрын

​​@@tsubadaikhan6332half the ships Austal built for the navy, have hulls cracking in half

“If they’re wrong, it’s difficult to turn things round mid-development” LCS anyone? 🤣🤣🤣

@rumble_n0w

3 ай бұрын

FCS playa FCS 🤣

Thank you

The Army uses the acronym METT-TC (Mission Enemy Terrain Troops Time Civilians) as a means of accounting for operational concerns. Designing a naval force similarly contemplated makes complete sense to me.

A wise man once said “don’t touch Americas boats” they tend to go on a bit of a rampage when anyone touches their boats.

@blackbuttecruizr

2 ай бұрын

It's not a war crime, the first time.

@elizabethashling

Ай бұрын

​@@blackbuttecruizr Would you intercept me? I'd intercept me

They need me

@bananajesus667

3 ай бұрын

They need you

@whatisahandle_69

3 ай бұрын

Sure thing, bud

@Osprey980

3 ай бұрын

@@bananajesus667 They need him

@TETRAsp

3 ай бұрын

))/They ((( "need" You

@cesarvidelac

3 ай бұрын

You and Chuck Norris 👍

Very well done.

Thank you for having Diego on the show, what a smart guy!

Idk, maybe if they offered weldors decent wages when we left schooling, we wouldn't have been picked up by other trades. A construction company will pay 4x what they'll pay a weldor, better working conditions too.

@jakemocci3953

3 ай бұрын

My local college has 100+ “diversity officers”, all paid 200k+, all paid by the State, and yet they don’t have to do any actual work. And yet, people expect young men to break their backs in shipyards for half that? Not going to happen. Maybe they can get their diversity officers to build the fleet.

@deadcarbonboy

3 ай бұрын

​@jakemocci3953 what college do you go to?

@SnackPack913

3 ай бұрын

My wife is a boiler maker (I know she’s a bad ass) and during her schooling there were these sharks who tried getting young kids to sign up for underwater welding. You make like $250k for working like 9-10 months of the year but usually away from home. But her instructor said many of those guys don’t live past 60 not to mention it’s just plain dangerous diving that deep in general. But anyway she went straight into a boiler maker apprentice ship and by the time I was done with college getting my masters degree in Mech Eng she was already putting away well over $100k which is a bit more than I make now with 6 years of schooling with a degree that isn’t complete nonsense like gender studies or something. My parents pushed me to go to college but I’m letting my kids go into the trades if they want to that’s a well paying career not to mention you learn useful skills for life in general like tying 30 kinds knots, building things to spec, and dealing with assholes 😂

@Ikbeneengeit

3 ай бұрын

​@@jakemocci3953your college pays out $20M a year to diversity officers really lol?

@nolongerblocked6210

3 ай бұрын

​@@jakemocci3953 please name this school bcuz I don't believe those numbers for a second

Sir Corbets picture you use in the video is actually Reinhart Scheer.

@Idahoguy10157

3 ай бұрын

I was wondering about that

@Taskandpurpose

3 ай бұрын

great catch thank you ! sometimes we mix photos up thanks for the correction good sir

@luckydog9809

3 ай бұрын

@@Taskandpurpose Since we are making corrections, the submarine animation is not a US Navy boat, looks Russian.

@televized1781

3 ай бұрын

​​​@@Taskandpurpose 10:51 didn't't know you played Nebulous fleet command. Lol, games made by US navy personnel showing up in your vids is pretty funny

There is no labor shortage for skilled manufacturing There is a PAY SHORTAGE for skilled workers.

Incredibly informative. As good as I've seen on modern military capabilities.

That picture of “Sir Corbett” is German Admiral Reinhard Scheer.

@platiuscyndar9017

3 ай бұрын

The animation at 10:50 is of Nebulous: Fleet Command... Notably a *spaceship* game with cold war ship vibes. Also he's launching SGM-1s, a missile body noteably unsuited for offensive use lmao

@Taskandpurpose

3 ай бұрын

thanks for the correction !

@cheesedoff-with4410

3 ай бұрын

I was wondering why he had a crown on his sleeve rather than a loop. Wrong navy. I see. Thanks

@tamer1773

3 ай бұрын

I was just going to comment on that. Good eye!

@mikewangler3017

3 ай бұрын

Somebody is watching. Good Catch.

Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content awareness 🙏🏾

More tonnage doesn’t mean more advanced, nor does it mean more capabilities anymore. It was the case back then, when more tonnage meant a bigger ship with more crew, more guns, more capability. But today, a ship that is 4500 tons does the same, if not more capable, than a ship that was 10’000 tons heavy. Advancements in electronics and the reduction in their size means that a weapon system, for example a naval gun and its radar, that was 14 tons heavy is now 4 tons heavy. These same advancements in electronics means more computing and a lesser need for manned systems, thus less crew members. For the same task and purpose, ships went from 1000 crews members to 200 crew members, etc.

Great Show

its awesome to see how far the content has come man. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for sharing Cappy

Great vid

I served and retired after 22yrs from the United States Navy in 2019. I left way before I had to because I was burned out honestly, but still felt like we needed to do more as a whole toward future proofing ourselves, however, many upper echelon leaders were and still most likely are hesitant to propose and actually implement "extreme" modernization systems. In my opinion, the US military services as a whole have to start focusing more toward drone warfare and increased cyber warfare/information warfare dominance. We have seen how effective both of those types of warfare are nowadays, we just need to figure out the defense of EMP and other various ECM attacks that could possibly counter our efforts. Additionally, remember, the information we have access to is just a small part of what the United States militaries are actually capable of when "urgency" or national security actually come into play. Finally, this was a decent generalization of a possible modernization path, nice job. Semper Fortis Edit: Yes, the US Navy is and always will be prepared for China... Hooyah

Super analysis! Thank you!

The US Navy spread around while the PLAN is concentrated around China reminds me of the Anglo-German Naval Arms race of the early 1900s. The Royal Navy (superpower of the time) was spread around the world while the German Fleet was concentrated in the North Sea, right next to Britain.

@bertholdvonzahringen6799

3 ай бұрын

And while the Germans could bring a credible force to bear, against the royal navy in the north sea, it was still vastly inferior both in numbers and in quality. Never able to challenge the blockade, only goad the royal navy into hopefully making a mistake which might bring the odds from comical down to just unfair. While a fair comparison i think a closer comparison would be japan in the interwar period, though that would still not be perfect.

@eternalobi

3 ай бұрын

In the age of hypersonic missiles, size of fleet is not the most important. Its your stock pile of hypersonic missiles. Enough to overwhelm your enemies missile defence system.

@cjwrench07

3 ай бұрын

A more apt comparison is that China is the German & Austro-Hungarian empires combined, and the US & Allies are akin to the Allied forces facing them. The Chinese peoples’ food, fuel, and exports also rely heavily on international waterway *easily controlled* by her economic & military rivals. The PLAN isn’t just concentrated off China’s shores anymore. They’re in the worst position for needing international terrorism & piracy to be held in check, so they deploy from China, to Singapore, Pakistan, down to the Horn of Africa, and around to Liberia. Thats not counting the ships ready to interdict any N.Korean attempt to slow/sink shipping from the Americas. The Americas are their biggest export market overall; while *Canada alone provides the daily Protein & Calories needs for +400 million PRC Citizens, and a little under 60% of their combined fertilizer market*

@cjwrench07

3 ай бұрын

@@bertholdvonzahringen6799 I think your comparison is the closest of the 2 examples, but with China being much closer to 1938-1941 Japanese empire era. As they require so much fertilizer, food, fuel, and a steady stream of foreign currency to prop up their overly leveraged internal economy. (Evergrande is just the tip of the iceberg for their heavily indebted & cash poor construction market)

@minimad8793

3 ай бұрын

@@bertholdvonzahringen6799fair point that. I would say, the world is a smaller place now and allies should be able to rely on each other cover there backs. the US does have a large fleet but with the advent of all these marine drones(ukraine have mastered these), I would see that this could reduce the amount of tonnage in the combat area. A whole new warfare is brewing I fear.

Sub Brief had terrific piece about downfall of maintenance / repair shipyard numbers and capacity.

I worked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine for many years. Over a decade in the welding shop and also involved with the Union. I totally understand the lack of skilled laborers in the ship building and maintaining field. Have been involved with decommissioning, overhauls and maintenance work on Submarines. Good Video, very informative.

@Kriss_L

25 күн бұрын

It's also piss poor management. PNSH just had three senior managers fired because the shipyard was doing so poorly.

@devildawgpryde4764

25 күн бұрын

@@Kriss_L When? what codes?

@Kriss_L

25 күн бұрын

@@devildawgpryde4764 Within the past month or so. Codes 300, 105.3, 105.2.

Perun did a fantastic video on the PLA and it's competition with the US. I'd highly recommend it as it's the only military channel I'd recommend apart from this one!

@xiaoshuchu4095

3 ай бұрын

Oh I know him! That powerpoint player!

@Taskandpurpose

3 ай бұрын

Love Rerun’s work great stuff

@NmaeUnavailablesigh

3 ай бұрын

Add William Spaniel to that list

@evananderson1455

3 ай бұрын

@@NmaeUnavailablesigh Line. On. Maps.

@dancemunki

3 ай бұрын

🇨🇳 has an overated army,navy and everything. Not saying they would not do damage. And they have not had extensive military experience. Just saying. 🇷🇺 has been 🇨🇳 mentor. Extrapolating from 🇷🇺 experience in 🇺🇦 🤷🏿‍♂️. I think we on solid ground or ice

You were made to make these videos. Only channel that breaks down each layer to give a complete view of each situation.

Well done Analysis.

Your video would have really helped when I took Naval Science in college during my NROTC training.

Excellent presentation, thanks.

Thanks! That was very educational!

I have been critical of this videos mangling of historical sources but I do also have some positive things to say about it. My co-collaborator in a book on the 1914 Battle of Coronel is an intelligence officer in the Australian Navy and has been trying for a couple of years to turn my attention towards the developing situation with China to see what, if anything, my talent at spotting obscure links that others miss may unearth. He succeeded at engaging my attention a couple of weeks back and I have been looking at the Pacific situation a lot more closely. I watched this Task & Purpose video when it first came out a month ago as something of only passing interest, but now, after taking a deeper dive into the topics covered, re-watching this video today has greatly helped to clarify some key aspects of the situation and helped me gain a better understanding of how screwed the US Alliance is. So in reply to the topics covered in this video I would say that the USN plans are too little, too late. For various reasons, China, as a functioning nation, is currently in its death throes. It has very nearly reached the point where China absolutely needs to go to war to conquer the resources (human, mineral, food etc.) it needs to survive (in its current form that is). Those resources are not to be found in Taiwan and I believe that everyone looking at Taiwan as a flashpoint is in for a major surprise. I suspect that the Chinese will attempt, by a large scale coup de main operation, to simultaneously invade and seize the island nations to its south, from the Philippine’s, through Indonesia, Australia, and onto New Zealand. Ambitious yes, but China needs to take all these island nations to secure the necessary resources for its own survival whilst simultaneously pre-empting an attritional island hopping campaign like that which destroyed Japan in WW2. If China is successful, then all the pre-war US Alliance planning centred around trade choke points will be obsoleted as China will hold and control the strategic geography of the South Pacific that would have otherwise allowed the US Alliance to strangle her into submission in fairly short order. The bane of all military planning is that the enemy gets a vote and I would say that the US Alliance is too myopically focused on Taiwan to properly realise that China knows what they plan to do and has an obvious option to nullify the key foundations of the US Alliance general war plan. Also, China has no other choice (other than fall apart) but to strike southward to ensure her continued existence by relieving her internal problems with external conquest of what she desperately needs. China’s military does not appear to have the strategic reach to accomplish the coup de main I outlined above quite yet, but it is clear that they are making strong efforts to acquire it in the very near future. I would expect war to occur prior to 2030 as I can’t see China surviving internal pressures beyond that date. I looked up the USN’s (I believe obsolete already) 30 year plan and was surprised to see the reduction in the carrier fleet to only 9 vessels. This video did explain that as it made it clear to me that the USN is transitioning to missiles and drones in lieu of manned aircraft. However, the video also suggested that the USN is expecting the war to go nuclear as that is the only reason the Navy would be considering de-concentrating their naval forces. Concentration is considered a fundamental strategic pillar of naval power (as per Mahan and Vice-Admiral Philip Colomb anyway) and, in a conventional war, single ships, or small groups of ships, will be overwhelmed by the missile barrage a more concentrated naval force can send against them. Small ships, such as frigates, simply cannot carry the defensive systems larger ships can and if dispersed they are very vulnerable. China’s navy may not have the tonnage of the USN but the number of available hulls to act as missile carriers makes them currently dominant. The fact that the USN is running down its large ships to emphasise a larger number of smaller ships actually indicates that the USN is trying to create a navy similar to China’s (ironically, China is trying to go in the other direction). I think that the strategy the US Alliance is adopting is very flawed and doomed to fail and I am starting to suspect that there has been a fundamental misunderstanding of Corbett’s theories which are currently in vogue. Virtually everyone views Corbett as a singular strategist working alone. This is not the case. Corbett was a civilian lawyer who became a naval analyst and historian at a rather mature age. Within a few years of starting his new career he formed a partnership with Admiral Sir John (Jacky) Fisher. For various reasons, the Royal Navy’s ability to think strategically virtually died out during the 1890’s leaving Fisher as the sole repository of the plans and theories of the strategic thinkers that served in the Royal Navy during the mid to late 19th century and it was through his partnership with Fisher that Corbett had access to the strategic thinking of the great strategic admirals such as Milne and Hornby. This helped Corbett refine his theories. Admittedly, I have only begun my research into Corbett but I have been studying on Fisher for more than a decade now and I understand his strategic beliefs which are also those of Corbett. That understanding is what is making me suspect that there was an error in understanding what Corbett was advocating. However, one thing is clear, we are the generation cursed to be living in “interesting times”.

Cappy! Good job tackling the history of navel strategy and infrastructure logistics! May I suggest you also introduce the ideas of Colonel John Boyd to your subs.

Cappy, you’ve been on fire lately. Keep it up!

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

As "suggested" by "someone" from all the way up ... either the Pentagon, DoD or State Dept . China bashing month...to coincide with the Chinese New Year .

That Corbet fellow looks quite a lot like a ww1 German Admiral you may have heard of.

@toranagachan3402

3 ай бұрын

Yes indeed! A fellow named Hipper, if I'm not mistaken. Who's doing his photo file editing?

@j.pershing2197

3 ай бұрын

​@@toranagachan3402 It does look like him

@meta-baron

3 ай бұрын

@@toranagachan3402 as a German i can assure you it is the famous Admiral Scheer

@jakemocci3953

3 ай бұрын

@@toranagachan3402 Jfc, it’s admiral scheer, he led the German battlefleet at Jutland. You know, the second largest naval battle in world history. The fact that this yew didn’t know that, leads me to believe he has no idea what he’s talking about.

@cpt-cheese3489

3 ай бұрын

@@jakemocci3953cappy? I doubt he’s a expert on early 20th century naval battles

You are doing a Great Job

Love all the talk about future new missles and systems that we still haven’t actually fielded nor produced in any large numbers. Absolute Vaporwave and magic accounting for capability we don’t actually have.

Congratulations on the channel, dude, your content is amazing!

@Taskandpurpose

3 ай бұрын

Hooah !

Nice NEBULOUS: FLEET COMMAND clip. Very cool. :)

Should also add that the US would unlikely fight alone in the Pacific: both Japan and South Korea have substantial fleets with sophisticated AAW destroyers, frigates and SSK submarines. Australia is also making substantial investments. There is also potential support from the United Kingdom and France, although they are likely to backfil in the North Atlantic area of operations.

Had the US Navy Ghost fleet cruise past my place recently, they were pretty cool!

Correction: The Constellation class will not be able to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles. It only has the MK 41 tactical length VLS. Congress inquired about having the strike length VLS installed instead, but was told it would take a major redesign of the ship. For now at least, the first ships of the class will be limited to ESSM, SM 2, and ASROC. It will also carry 16 Naval Strike Missiles.

@Taskandpurpose

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction ! I appreciate the feedback, I’ll have to look more into this aspect of the constellation class

@deansmits006

3 ай бұрын

It's too bad they won't v Be able to carry the longer range missiles, but hopefully Congress doesn't mandate it as that would cause long delays and cost over-runs. And, frigates don't need to do everything

@deplorablebrian2023

3 ай бұрын

They should do LRASM instead of NSM and SM-6 should be available.

@paulbade3566

3 ай бұрын

In a pinch, it might be feasible to emulate the Russian practice of attaching launch tubes to the sides of the ship, if it can be done without causing roll stability issues. I don't really like doing that; the Ukrainians have discovered that detonating the side-mounted missiles with a drone attack is an easy way to sink those ships. The weight of armored tubes could make the ship prone to capsizing, so that's probably not workable either. Thus, this would be a desperation measure, or something for a one-off operation rather than standard practice.

@jonathanpfeffer3716

3 ай бұрын

@@deplorablebrian2023there are barely enough LRASMs for the air wings as is, besides carriers are inherent to US naval doctrine, there will always be enough LRASMs in any battlespace because there’s a carriers worth of launching platforms not ever very far away.

I love how u tried to sound Italian with the ship name. 😂 I wouldn’t be able to resist either.

When I was in High SchoolIn The 60's we had several shop classes from Auto, Wood & Metal Shops & Those Classes Were Always Full

@killinspecialist1965

Ай бұрын

exactly alot of schools took all those classes out years ago and now we wonder how we got here thankfully my HS didnt and i got to take those

In my opinion it's a good strategy. FREMMs are hands down the best frigates available on the market. Sink a big cruiser, you deal a lot of damage. But when you have to deal with big ships AND small, yet extremely modern and capable frigates, that's where you start realizing that you're screwed either way.

@user-fd6rr4iz9m

2 ай бұрын

Type 26 are better ASW

@WilliamSanderson-zh9dq

2 ай бұрын

Are they? The ESSM Sparrow missiles are equivalent to the Sea Ceptors and are quad packed, which means the Constellation carries more anti air missiles. Type 26: 24 cell Mk41VLS + 24 SeaCeptors Constellation: 32 Cell Mk41 (24 cells plus 8 cells for 32 quad packed essm sparrows) AND 16 Naval Strike Missiles. AND 16 Naval Strike Missiles.

@user-fd6rr4iz9m

2 ай бұрын

Type 26 is quieter with an advanced electric drive with more advanced Anti Submarine Warfare capabilities and more room for adaptable multi mission bay areas. Constellations are better general purpose units whilst the Hunter class have very advanced radars with the Aegis combat system.

@WilliamSanderson-zh9dq

2 ай бұрын

@@user-fd6rr4iz9m how would you know which is quieter? The type 26 doesn’t exist yet. They’re being built now. Edit: Neither exist yet.

@user-fd6rr4iz9m

2 ай бұрын

I can read, @@WilliamSanderson-zh9dq

Awesome to see Mahan get some love!

Damn good explanation and references! Tnx!

0:45 I think this Alfred Mahan guy was mentioned in my eastern European history book for some reason somehow

Can't tell you how much your vids like this cover exactly what I am looking to hear and know...plus I like that you go more in-depth and unlike other military channels which can be dry, you always manage to keep your vids entertaining at the same time.

My man........ WHEW.....as an Iraq./Afghanistan war(s) era veteran who proudly served 12 years in the US Navy, I am extremely impressed by the level of accuracy and detail you've achieved in this relatively brief--albeit surprisingly thorough & expansive in scope--new Task and Purpose production. Not only is the research solid and evidently in-depth, but it is also undeniably relevant--past, present & likely future as well. It adds important historic context and in my humble opinion, it adds significantly to your overall analysis. Smart, straightforward, informative and freakishly well made! Thanks again, Cappy....it is a pleasure to follow you and watch you grow as a content creator and dare I say.....up and coming to journalist??? No? Too far......? 🤔 Ahhh, c'mon....the admiration is genuine, sir. Not bad for a former average infantryman.😉 Keep up the great work. May you enjoy longevity and awesome relevancy, on par with the great Navies of the World.⚓. "UNDERESTIMATE US AT YOUR OWN RISK & PERIL." 🇺🇸 SEMPER FIDELIS 🔱 Cheers

Not to nitpick here, but ... talking about FREMM, showing a Perry class, talking about frigates and showing destroyers, some british and german ships thrown in the mix...

@jakemocci3953

3 ай бұрын

He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I have never heard of Sir Julian Corbett, but I can sure recognize that that isn’t him, it’s Admiral Scheer.

@bluemountain4181

3 ай бұрын

Also when talking about Sir Julian Corbett he showed a picture of Admiral Reinhard Scheer

@antonnurwald5700

3 ай бұрын

@@jakemocci3953 i mean i don't know who does the editing.

@antonnurwald5700

3 ай бұрын

@@jakemocci3953 Corbett existed, i checked, and he was a navy strategist like Mahan.

@squidwardo7074

3 ай бұрын

its stock footage

Great channel

10:36 putting an FPV drone right in that frigate missile bay in modern combat

Well done Cappy

Just remember, to a military strategist the terms "limited war" & "unlimited war" have 2 very specific definitions. "Unlimited" refers to a war where you are attempting a regime change with overt military force. "Limited" refers to the wars that are not attempting a regime change as the end goal.

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

When the U$ orchestrate naval blockade against China ... and at the same time...attacks their navy and airforce ... This is already an "unlimited war".

Finally a decent, non-biased, and truthful video from this channel.

As an Italian and a former Fincantieri Group employee, I IMPLORE you to correct your pronunciation of “Fincantieri” at 10:00. You mangled it beyond any recognition 😅 For every other aspect, great job as usual!

@Taskandpurpose

2 ай бұрын

Senior It’s A Spaghettiii !

Whoever is doing the animations, graphics, and editing for your videos is doing a stellar job. Edit: Sorry, gunt speak. Camra dude is fucking outstanding.

Feel like a comented about building Frems in the Litoral Combat ship video! This is exactly the correct strat, glad to see the real military is ahead of us arm chair admirals!

i would argue for fast tracking an arsenal ship. one withy 100 - 150 vertical launch tubes. it would have minamal radar, electronics, but maximum data link. it's only function would to , on demand, launch the called for missel, which would then be taken over by the calling ageis system or AWACS link. this ship would be assigned to a carrier battle group, and there would be 3 per carrier group. one would be with the group, one would be close in reserve and one would be in port reloading,/stand by. this would give the fleet, when the program is compleat, an additional 1100 to 1650 additional launch tubes, quite a boost, and make an over whelming swarm attack much more difficult.

@bluntforcetrauma8192

Ай бұрын

That's a good idea!

LOL I couldn't help but laugh when at 6:01 you show my old ship, Nuclear powered Cruiser USS California CGN36 and then proceed to label it as "IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIP" Wow all that time I spent on board little did I know that I was actually serving aboard a Battle wagon! Sweet! Then right after it at 6:06 you show my other ship USS Long Beach CGN9. Thanks bud you are the best!

For a channel with 1.45+ million subscriptions, it still feels like a channel made to be down to earth for us average folk

@edwardhochwand9063

3 ай бұрын

That's exactly what's going on in US.

Great breakdown

Can yall do a video in how rhe US military is updating the medical corps of the branches its an interesting topic yall make awaome videos thankyou, and more importantly thankyou for your service to our great natuon🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

The problem with drones is that those manufacturers are used to building them and getting the money very quickly. IN short a quick turn around. The Navy is a giant bureaucracy, and they're used to doing things much slower.

Sun Tzu v Clausewitz, but on water. Well done.

1.45 m subs, Good for you Cappy !!!

@willywonka4340

2 ай бұрын

kinda wished our navy have that many 😂

nice work as usual Cappy. this is Cold war 2.0 but directed by Kevin Costner! B.T.W. i notice you're keeping your "PPE and tools of the trade" within easy access since all this started. lol. as an Aussie i have two questions. can you spare us an old OHIO Class for when this all heads south and secondly, should i start learning Mandarin? regarding the skills crisis, we are feeling it too. maybe you could offer ex-service service and retiring personnel apprenticeships or trainee ships and include military time in there long service or pension entitlements?

1:25 that is Reinhard Scheer a WW1 Imperial German Naval Admiral who commanded the High Seas Fleet during the Battle of Jutland.

What nobody talks about is that so many of the shipbuilders are shorthanded because of how they treat their workers.

@Dog.soldier1950

3 ай бұрын

Haha shipyards aren’t a flower patch so snowflakes need not apply but they pay very well from my experience

@notanymore9471

3 ай бұрын

@@Dog.soldier1950it depends where. NASCO in San Diego used to pay really low because they always had labor coming over the border. Heard the same about shipyards in Florida too. But as you go further North I’ve heard it gets better.

@able34bravo37

3 ай бұрын

@@Dog.soldier1950 the complaints I heard were not from snowflakes, but rather people who have self respect. I'm sorry to hear that you value money so much that you're willing to endure outright abuse in order to get it.

@Chris-cb9ln

3 ай бұрын

@@Dog.soldier1950 Expecting to be treated well by an employer is weak liberal propaganda right?! All hail the corporate overlords! May my sacrifice make them rich, so they can lobby politicians against my own interests!

@dinglesworld

3 ай бұрын

@@able34bravo37😂 All of a sudden not wanting bad deals and getting ripped off means people are “snowflakes”. Gotta love the human brain for being capable of mental gymnastics like that.

Diego is a natural.

Commander Alfred Mayhem😎 The first superhero.

👍👏👏👏 Tou wold have some very interesting questions for some very interesting guest’s if you would start inviting experts on your show

10:43 Dimitri "Flip ya Off" Fantastic name!

@oldscratch3535

3 ай бұрын

Meet my Russian driver. His name is Pickup Andropoff.

FYI A knight such as Sir Julian Corbett is correctly referred to either by his full name or 'Sir Julian'. You may feel free also to just refer to him as 'Corbett' after first use of his name, just like anyone else. In correct British usage 'Sir' doesn't simply replace 'Mr': it's a whole thing. We Brits do it this way to confuse Americans. Glad to see it's working 🙂

@Taskandpurpose

3 ай бұрын

Ah good to know thanks mate!

@ElGrandoCaymano

3 ай бұрын

You have the wrong picture of Julian Corbett

@markgrehan3726

2 ай бұрын

@@ElGrandoCaymano And its a German Admiral to boot ( Reinhard Scheer) I was trying to figure out why a British navy officer had Knights cross on his uniform.

Don't forget the lessons of the Russian navy vs Ukraine.

@bradz9413

Ай бұрын

Good call

We have this problem due to many factors, but one of the biggest is the Jones Act which was supposed to keep our ship industry healthy. Instead, it left us with a tiny industry dependent on government.

@NoobsofFredo

2 ай бұрын

Every time my mind turns to anything related to naval commerce and/or shipbuilding, I curse the name of the Jones Act for crippling our capabilities.

One of the things that is seldom mentioned is that the PRC equivalent to the Coast Guard uses ships identical to the frigates in its navy. These vessels are usually unmentioned and thereby underestimates their fleet size.

@Yandarval

2 ай бұрын

Is that not basically the same for the US Coastguard. Frigates in White paint?

@arthurmosel808

2 ай бұрын

@@Yandarval i suggest that you check the number of large US Coast Guard vessels compared to theirs. I also suggest that you check, the type pf operations they undertake. I will agree that they serve an auxiliary role in wartime; but do not do so in peacetime.

Thanks!

@Taskandpurpose

3 ай бұрын

You bet good sir!

I think what might be worthwhile would be to focus on smaller and faster autonomous (or close to autonomous) vessels with limited radar signatures that would serve as drone (aquatic and aerial) or missile platforms.