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@mauriciorousselon5261

5 ай бұрын

😅

@BobertLee156

5 ай бұрын

Day 38 of asking for F-18 close air support. GS you choose the variant

@nathangong8642

5 ай бұрын

Can you do an F-23 vs SU-57 please

@rebelhero96gaming96

5 ай бұрын

Day 7 of asking for F-35 Lightning air-to-ground missions. Perhaps something SEAD to really make sure of it's stealth.

@user-sm2kw6kp6l

5 ай бұрын

Day 163 asking for Ah-64 Apache versus F22

The North Koreans sure can rebuild their Air Force fast. I'm pretty sure I watched them get annihilated by some F-22's and a wall of AMRAAM's only a week ago!

@teodorwrzoskowicz1204

5 ай бұрын

😂

@rikkilleen3169

5 ай бұрын

Paper mache and duct tape.

@KarthanRouge

5 ай бұрын

@@rikkilleen3169 As long as the will of the Great Leader lives on, nothing is impossible.

@Archer89201

5 ай бұрын

The power of Juche

@Sr89hot

5 ай бұрын

What gets me is that many B-2s really on only one Raptor for protection.

A MIG-21 carrying a nuclear device doesn't surprise me in the slightest considering it's NK..

@DIBgmail

5 ай бұрын

I don't think NK has any gravity nukes. I'd be surprised!

@concinnus

5 ай бұрын

Would surprise me. We can fit an H-bomb in a 700# gravity bomb, small enough to stick a glide kit on (free fall range wouldn't be sufficient). But I doubt the NorKs can even shrink their A-bombs that much. And since they know this, they probably haven't even made any gravity nukes.

@paladin0654

4 ай бұрын

Suicide mission.

I was not expecting the nuke 😂Great content as always

@kineticstar

5 ай бұрын

Definitely, a major medical procedure will be required to remove the seat from the pucker if it was real life.😂😂

@adamk314

5 ай бұрын

North Korea really went for the hail mary there.

@beeengineer

5 ай бұрын

The instant GS sad it's a lone MIG-21 I knew it had a nuke.

@stevelewis6259

5 ай бұрын

I agree with you about not expecting a nuke but it does make sense. Only way they can counter the a large amount of ship's or the bomber fleet

@ONYXXXX_JP

5 ай бұрын

Thinking about it, it does make sense

When you're a radar operator and your see 21 frisbees and a bumblebee coming towards you 🥲🥲

@willlokeer5469

5 ай бұрын

"Gentlemen, it's been a pleasure playing with you tonight..."🎻🎻🎻

@baomao7243

5 ай бұрын

“Smoke if you got ‘em.”

Full stealth fleet: *we'll be fine.* The fleet: contrails everywhere, f-22 making sonic booms

“What is that on his middle pylon?” “OOOOOHHHHH” famous last words

Kind of loving these "large scale" operations, nice addition to the channel!

A kamikaze Mig 21 with a nuke could mimic a Genie rocket for destroying a bomber formation

@wren7195

5 ай бұрын

Yeah that kinda gave me the heebie-geebies, getting up close to the Mig and "Oh. That's uh, nuclear bomb." Sure as hell wasn't something I was remotely considering when trying to figure out why that little fella was out there flying by himself.

I’ll be honest I’ve commented a few times suggesting certain videos but it’s easy to forget to just thank you for these amazing daily videos. Keep it up, we all appreciate it gs

@bishopoftroy

5 ай бұрын

Amazing daily videos 😂😂😂

@GrowlingSidewinder

5 ай бұрын

Much love man, I appreciate you. I get to the video requests slowly over time.

MIG-21 just casually taking a nuke out for a Walk

@willlokeer5469

5 ай бұрын

It needed to stretch its legs a bit, get some fresh air...

@benn454

5 ай бұрын

A very enthusiastic walk

*A fleet of 21 B-2 Stealth Bombers roaring across the sky* [GS] "Yeah these guys are going to take out an Airfield".... -My brother in Christ... there's 21, these guys could level a country...

@EmillioMelendez

5 ай бұрын

More like a continent while they’re at it😂

21 bombers, only one fighter escort. One is all you need when it's GS in a F-22.

@RonM.

5 ай бұрын

Lol yeah but in reality there would be like almost half a dozen F22's.

@azravalencia4577

5 ай бұрын

@@RonM. nah, probably 4 F-22s and 10 F-15s. Or 2 F-22s, 7 F-15s, and 5 F-16s.

@willlokeer5469

5 ай бұрын

with another dozen F-16's, and they were all led by a squadron of F-15s (and probably a handful of F-35Cs to watch the show). XDDDD@@RonM.

@RonM.

5 ай бұрын

Would want to send the best aircraft possible if you have your entire B2 group, and not the modernized 4th gen fighters. (No hate to the F15 & 16, proven aircraft), but if you had to make a decision between F22's, F35's, F15's, and F16's, probably go with the new generations. All depends on the mission aspects n' stuff.

@cxaf420

5 ай бұрын

@@RonM.yea but the escorts being 4th gen is still viable. you just gotta have like 3 or 4 f-22s to go in and secure the airspace, and then you just have the f-16s and 15 protect the strike group and b-2s and once the airspace is clear then it doesn’t matter for stealth because by the time they realize the enemy is there it’s too late

"These guys are gonna level an air field up ahead" These guys are gonna level a small continent.

Your best bet to avoid the blast, if it was to detonate, would have been to accelerate straight ahead and gain distance.

@user-vt2cr8qd1b

5 ай бұрын

Yeah distance is what matters, horizontal and vertical are the same. Horizontal is just way faster. Inverse square law is your friend

@erasmus_locke

5 ай бұрын

Close. The best thing to do would have been to make a 90⁰ turn. This is what the bomber that dropped the Tsar Bomba did. Basically you don't want to fly the same direction the bomb is going but there isn't enough time to make a full 180

@horusfalcon

5 ай бұрын

Hmm... it seems the F-22 doesn't climb quite as well as the F-15 (at least not the Streak Eagle)... yup, a mad dash in the horizontal plane followed by a rapid ascent to get away from most of the shockwave, maybe. Is the F-22 EMP resistant? That would be the real concern. Get all your electronics hosed by an EMP from a nuke, even a small one, and you are toast unless you can somehow accomplish a manual eject.

@Bob10009

5 ай бұрын

@@horusfalcon most military systems have been EMP hardened for decades.

"How much air superiority do you need? " "All of it"

@azmodanpc

2 ай бұрын

Yes

Very well done, that B2 formation looked nothing short of outright menacing

@BullsMahunny

5 ай бұрын

If the formation wasn't menacing, that cloud of cruise missiles it sent out sure as hell was.

Would love to see a similar video with the YF-23 and B-21 against Iran (because they have the most interesting mix of aircraft in their air force).

@GM-fh5jp

5 ай бұрын

YF-23 was an unarmed prototype, you might as well ask for a reindeer V Iran.

@F23GreyGhost

5 ай бұрын

@@GM-fh5jp the prototype had a gun and weapons bays. I've heard that the designers were even planning to expand the weapons bay to hold 6 AMRAAM's with the two AIM-9's. Or were you just wanting to say the actual prototypes built never fired a missile and be literal for argument's sake? 😂

@GM-fh5jp

5 ай бұрын

Yes.@@F23GreyGhost

Spirit of Kansas crashed shortly after takeoff in 2008. So we had the spirit of Spirit of Kansas flying today. Sorta disappointed the nuke didn't go but still a perfect mission.

@user-zp8ku5os2q

5 ай бұрын

someone else who knew that it should be 20 b-2's not 21

That MiG 21 pilot really tried to become the main character here lmao.

Holy cow the b2s starting their drop is the scariest thing I’ve seen all week…

@renatoigmed

5 ай бұрын

certainly an apocalyptic scene

@ThePsychoPearl__

5 ай бұрын

It means end of the world is near

I'd love to know how hot your pc gets rendering these massive missions. Look so so good. Keep up the great content GS

@Webbamaet

5 ай бұрын

Also the reason they sent a lone Mig is because you already decimated their air force in a previous video 😂😂

I remember reading once that a B-2 is *literally* worth its weight in gold. That is a jaw-dropping thing to think about.

@flonkplonk1649

5 ай бұрын

It's just way overpriced

@BerserkFury89

5 ай бұрын

@@flonkplonk1649 Hard to be overpriced when there is nothing in the world like it. I suppose now there is with the b21.

@legitsu_

5 ай бұрын

@@BerserkFury89Manufacturers way over charge for components on the B-2

@BerserkFury89

5 ай бұрын

@@legitsu_ just like the rest of DOD contractors, especially when there is a monopoly for TS parts

@user-ir8uk8ey2d

4 ай бұрын

@@BerserkFury89 the thing probably has a $10,000 "military grade" toilet seat.

@3:03 “Radar doesn’t make you invisible….. “ Lol

That mig21 must be grateful to have an f22 as his wingman Wait what

Just like when you're dealing with ants and rats, *"there is no such thing as overkill."*

I trust GS' content so much that I click like before I even watch the video.

@fighterjetenthuisiast

5 ай бұрын

same

That B-2 formation is terrifying, shit looked like an alien invasion.

Visually spectacular! Twenty one B-2s, Raptor, Arleigh Burke, and a Tico. Just when I wonder how GS is going to keep things interesting, he pulls this out of his hat. Merry freaking Christmas to us...!

GS, your videos are amazing bro. It would be nice if some of these missions were available. Great job

@GrowlingSidewinder

2 ай бұрын

Thank you man, sorry for the late reply on this one, I'm sure you've noticed I've been leaving missions in the recent videos for download for you guys when possible.

"We need to go overkill on levelling an airfield" "How does all 21 B-2 Spirits sound?"

The moment you said the Mig- 21, my brain be like "oh, it's the only plane they got and I would be funny they armed it with a nuke as a suicide bomber. " Oh, that's a nuke

At 3:02 I think he meant to say “stealth” I was so confused for a moment. But to think for a moment the United States is capable of just clobbering every single nook and cranny of an airfield like this. It’s insane.

@sombraarthur

4 ай бұрын

It is. But only unitl the nukes start to fly. Then, panic sets in, specially if the strikes are carried out by H bombs, in hypersonic missiles, given that they are NOT ballistic, and given that they are flying to more than 6 times the speed of sound.

I don't comment often, but it's just because I feel like a broken record player. Your work is always top notch, and even when I don't expect to be that interested in a certain plane match-up, you always manage to prove me wrong. Really hope there will be more WWII war bird videos, as well! Thank you for the entertainment.

I heard once from a podcast that the B-2 has an onboard toaster oven and since then I always think about that whenever I see/hear about the B-2 or B-21.

The lone Raptor escorting the entire fleet of B2's ....how bad ass is that?!

this is what appeared when i searched on google "bullying"

I'm really curious to know what would have happened if you'd let that mig 21 go.

@Tommass79

5 ай бұрын

I’m guessing an air burst in the approx area of the B-2s if it could find them

@ThePrisoner881

5 ай бұрын

The most likely use would be against the naval assets. It's of no use against the B-2's. That's a gravity bomb nuke; it has no provision for use against airborne targets. That said, a MiG-21 basically has no chance to get close enough to a modern destroyer to drop or lob/toss such a weapon.

@blshouse

5 ай бұрын

@@ThePrisoner881 Why drop it? Just find the defenseless bombers and trigger the device. Like you say, flying toward the ships is pointless.

@ThePrisoner881

5 ай бұрын

@@blshouse it's not a grenade. You can't trigger a nuke from the cockpit. You can arm it and drop it, but detonation is either ground or airburst, and that is set before takeoff by the ground crew.

@blshouse

5 ай бұрын

@@ThePrisoner881 It isn't exactly rocket science to rig a bomb to blow up from inside an aircraft cockpit. It isn't a grenade, and it also isn't some sort of unalterable magic artifact either. smh

GS engagement with a fishbed turns out to be the most consequential action in the strike. Crazy to think how it might really go down. Cool video

Nukes, like all other weapons, have an arming cycle that must complete before it will detonate. Even if the aircraft itself burns, the detonation of an unarmed nuke is unlikely to cause an actual nuclear explosion. Might spray radioactive material everywhere, but it won't cause a reaction.

@concinnus

5 ай бұрын

As the Goldsboro B-52 crash demonstrated, just because it's designed with safeties doesn't mean they'll all work.

Any chance of getting some more IL2 videos? Love the videos. I check in everyday. Keep it up man!

Thanks GS for another great video!! I’d like to ask for a similar mission to this but at night. I think the realism would be unequaled.

Nice to see they rebuilt that one B-2 that crashed.

“Sir, 21 B-2 bombers en route to our position” XO: “who the hell did we piss off?!”

That's ONE MIGHTY BUMBLE BEE. Thank-you and Merry Christmas to all.

GS just keep flying the F-22 Raptor! I like the missions you do.

growling sidewinder makes topgun look like it was made by amatuers .. the flyover the bombers at the start when he goes upside down to give us a view is pure class .. its not just what hes showing but how he does it that makes his videos movies

I always wondered about the raptor intercepting nukes. Shooting down cruise missiles we've seen, intercepting hot nukes though 😁

When you look at the entire development cost of the program, spare parts, ground equipment, software, etc. the B-2's per unit cost, adjusted for inflation, is about $4 Billion. For comparison, the per unit costs on a Virginia-class attack submarine are around $5 billion

@tetraxis3011

Ай бұрын

Question: is it worth it? Answer: I don’t know but it’s cool.

I saw a B-2 at an air show a few days ago and let me tell you, seeing that black Dorito in the sky filled me with a sense of awe and pride that could not be matched by any of the other aircraft there. Was incredible to witness such an incredible aircraft.

Longer!!! Great direction and production my guy...

Imagine being a North Korean radar operator and seeing a dinner plate fly towards you, and the next thing you know, your entire airbase is reduced to atoms.

The single most beautiful formation ive ever seen

Love the mission style videos. I thought for sure you were going to drop back about 10 miles and get up high before hitting him with a 120D. Nope, “hold this 9X while I pray!”

@texas8322

5 ай бұрын

I thought he was gonna toss some 20 mike mike up the butt lol

I thought B-2 Spirits cost about $2 Billion a pop and that the new B-21 Raider was gonna cost around $700 Million per unit.

@SendMeBeetPics

5 ай бұрын

You're correct.

Seeing all the B2s in formation I started hearing "Goodbye Blue Sky" in my head...

I'm curious now what the real life procedures would be for a nuke under an enemy aircraft like that.

@benn454

5 ай бұрын

Call it in and wait for orders

@thenurarathnayake1854

5 ай бұрын

even if you hit the nuke it won't result in a nuclear explosion as it won't initiate a nuclear chain reaction but radioactive material will be everywhere

@theaveragegamer7221

5 ай бұрын

From what I can remember: 1.Eliminate the threat. 2. Run

@Aeroman08

5 ай бұрын

@@benn454 No

@sombraarthur

4 ай бұрын

@@theaveragegamer7221 You are missing the step 3: Pray that you don't get hit. So yeah, call it in and wait for orders is the correct procedure, given that the pilot is clueless as to what is the yield of the bomb, if it is armed or not, and how far away they are at the fleet you are trying to defend.

That Mig-21 was going Kamekaze on those B-2s with that nuke😂

Yep...I loved this one! More please 🙏

Not today Kim Jung, not today! Also loved that you were trying to outrun the nuke xD!!

@baomao7243

5 ай бұрын

Like the Skywalker X-wing trying to escape the imminent Death Star explosion

@daCHuNKY1

5 ай бұрын

@@baomao7243 Exactly, while i love the optimism lol..

So if all the B2 sortied, how many of the F22s and 35s do we think would deploy alongside them for security? Wasn't expecting a random broken arrow. It would be cool to do some super high stakes stuff involving nukes. Such good stuff being put out by your channel. Thanks, bud.

@ITIRICI

5 ай бұрын

At least 80

@smithyMcjoe

5 ай бұрын

@@ITIRICI Oh now THAT would be a fucking sight to behold, beautiful for our side... horrific for theirs!

@shadowywarrior

5 ай бұрын

@@smithyMcjoe nah, cause they wouldn't be able to see them

@smithyMcjoe

5 ай бұрын

@@shadowywarrior Can't tell if joking or not understanding shock and awe...

@joshuafischer684

4 ай бұрын

I'd guess 4 F-22s per B-2. With the "send 2 to do the job of 1" doctrine, nuking Pyongyang would be a 2 or 3 bird mission (so send 4 B-2s and 16 F-22's). Not entirely sure how the 35 would fit, but I'd estimate 2x the number of B-2s.

offfffffff, syncronised dying! LOVE IT!

Right On thanks for the video

0:52 these guys are gonna level a lot more than just an airfield, my friend.

Hmmm ... Ace in a day seems appropriate!! Great job on the video !!

Nice!.....OUTSTANDING!

great video by the way

I love the semi-casual surprise delivery of “that is a nuclear bomb”

11:19 “Hey, i think we’re safe!” Famous last words.

What’s crazy to me is everyone talks about how the su-57 or j-20 would give the f-22 problems and I’m sitting here thinking we have almost 200 of these jets that are that dominant. It’s insane. Not counting the new f15s and all the f35’s.

@jonathanpfeffer3716

5 ай бұрын

well the PLAAF actually probably have 200 J-20s now from OSINT estimates, but the F35s help ensure American 5th gen numerical superiority still. although whether we can get all those in theater in time is a whole other story.

God I love your content. Aussie bloke with no military background at all, but I really love this stuff. So damn interesting to watch and learn about.

man, that og battlefield theme kicked in so hard

Shit dude what an awesome action-packed video. Just when you thought they couldn't get any better, you pull this one out. Had my work Christmas party yesterday arvo so was way to hammered to watch it. Woke up to 2 videos though, so smash it GS.

I heard theyre gonna add JSOW's for the strike eagle. Be cool to see a vid on those.

how on earth did you make this in one day. this man deserves 1mil

Hory chit that's a lot of love in one video. F22 and B2!? Merry Christmas to us

Becoming an Ace and doing strategic arms reduction, all in a days work for a Raptor pilot.

Yaaaahoooo! You're all clear, kid!

You should try some of these missions with a viper or a 4th gen plane to show us the difference between the raptor’s capabilities and 4th gen capabilities.

Bro I was dying in laughter seeing the F-22 just casually flying under the unsuspecting MIG

I think 1 was written off after it caught fire either landing or taking off from Guam some years back.

@user-me6td1up1m

5 ай бұрын

The Spirit of Washington caught fire in 2010, but was repaired. The Spirit of Kansas crashed in 2008 and was written off.

That Mig 21 gonna do what with that nuke lol

Another fun mission! How about A-10 vs F-35 CAS competition?

I love the sneaky sneaky F-22!!

@growlingsidewinder You need to do the YF23 vs the Griffon with meteors.

i know you've made many Mig 21 videos, but im curious. does DCS have the gunpod weapon for the Mig 21 and if so can it be useful in a modern day dogfight? no BVR, just a straight up dogfight

It's been a while since you've done a WWII scenario. Did the Pacific version get released with the F4U Corsair? Would love to see you do a video with one of those.

Bro, come on GS!!! They’re tracking you. I haven’t even finished your entire vid😂😂

Touch of overkill on that there airfield dude....lol

Would love to see a 3 plane/adversary dogfight!

When you think you are being attacked by fresbees and bumbble-bees, but in reality it's your entire GDP worth of stealth boom-boom coming your way

I see you got the new Chrome F-22.

"They're gonna level an airfield up ahead." And also the surrounding area, but mainly the airfield.

He’s going for that small moon!

curious to see that nuke goes off in DCS graphics... :D

I just wanted GS to go TopGun Maverick on the Mig21. Fly up canopy to canopy and flip the bird! LOL

9:23 literally the ‘Undertaker Standing Behind AJ Styles’ Meme

That lone MIG-21thinks he's about to do something similar to Crimson 1 lmfao

NGL kinda wanted to see if the Mig-21 was gonna detonate in the middle of the B-2 formation - that would have been cool to see.

Who on your team organized this regalia??? Excellent!!!!!!