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@pyeitme508

2 жыл бұрын

Cool

@dominien6487

2 жыл бұрын

indeed

@richelle9563

2 жыл бұрын

Regarding on tank battles RedEffect is the best out there IMO.✨ and matsimus known him too. he has great sources.

@JTL1776

2 жыл бұрын

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@amacca2085

2 жыл бұрын

This channel is always on point can’t be bothered listening to the rest anymore there full of shit or have boring voice’s 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

"This brings up an issue I have with the book... there wasn't much strategy in their plan" From what we know now of Russian military strategy, I'd say that was a pretty accurate prediction from Clancy

@StewartHines

2 жыл бұрын

I'm reading it right now and it's eerie how similar it is to Ukraine right now.

@chemtrailpilotxy5415

Жыл бұрын

I watched the video, stumbled over the exact same sentence and I wanted to write the same comment. 😅

@markcrandley8061

Жыл бұрын

I disagree that it lacked strategy. You have to keep in mind the very limited objective of the invasion -- knocking out West Germany and destabilizing NATO so they could safely invade Iran, something they end up being unable to do because the war grinds on too long. They didn't want to attack the US mainland because of the nuclear implications of that, which they mention after the US strike on the Russian mainland. They wanted to fight a fast war based on the overwhelming superior numbers of their tank corps in Europe. Having Iceland under control would also buy time to prevent NATO reinforcement. So the whole thing hinged on speed--could they clear a path for the Iran invasion before the US got fully engaged? Turned out to be no, but it took a lot of little chances (like the survivors on Iceland) to "run out the clock" on them. Just because the strategy failed doesn't mean it didn't exist.

@sjonnieplayfull5859

Жыл бұрын

There were at least 15 Spetznaz missions planned, many were intercepted. One targeted the port of Hamburg and had a partial succes, one targeted a canal functioning as a supply line. Others that failed had NATO hq and comms as targets. Most groups were not able to report on succes or failure, so no follow-up action was made. That bit IS Russian, but they did start with strategy. They also had the entire Maskirovka planned to take Nato unprepared, and had planned to be done in three days like Ukraine. Well, maybe a few days more, but they DID plan for a real fast strike. After that they did the same as in Ukraine: keep pounding harder

@delta5-126

Жыл бұрын

@@sjonnieplayfull5859 And it all fell apart thanks to a middle age French Woman in a Sedan and a careless Spetnaz Major who didn’t know common road rules.

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@non5309

2 жыл бұрын

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@SalmanSalman-gr8ko

2 жыл бұрын

Oversimplified reference

@warpmonkeh

2 жыл бұрын

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@DriveLaken

2 жыл бұрын

@Ярослав Л You know your comment is racist. That's a statement I made there. I know you know that because ALL EASTERNERS are smart

@akirayuu7318

2 жыл бұрын

@@DriveLaken I Am Asian, not Western

We're pretty much looking at this very scenario, right now, in Ukraine. I'm actually shocked how accurate TC was in predicting Russia's performance.

@zimbabwesteve4620

2 жыл бұрын

Not because of capability but horrible political leadership

@sonar357

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the accuracy of Russian missiles isn't great. It took 18 missiles for the Russian navy to take out one bridge SW of Odessa...17 misses before one hit: 6% hit rate.

@sjonnieplayfull5859

Жыл бұрын

He also described the deficiencies of the Red Army being worked out in the months before the invasion. Putin skipped that part of the book: too boring

@lek8630

Жыл бұрын

@@sonar357 trust me bro

@limitlessLtd

Жыл бұрын

@@zimbabwesteve4620 And also capability. The Russian armed forces are riddled with corruption to the point that basically none of their naval fleets are viable military platforms and their air force can't even gain air superiority over Ukraine.

"It seems a bit of an extreme solution, but it's a book." True, though that was basically the same rationale behind preemptive warfare initiated by Imperial Japan, so it's not THAT strange an idea.

@carso1500

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and look how it turned out to then

@asciiCAT

2 жыл бұрын

@@carso1500 the russians got destroyed

@jimmym3352

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, they would be most effective on the offensive. It was widely thought that Warsaw Pact countries could overwhelm Germany before the U.S. bring in any significant reinforcements. There really is no scenario where West Germany would survive. There's a possibility they could have taken France as well, but most likely the offensive would peter out in France. Of course the book assumes thy had enough forces to wage a 2 front war like that, which I doubt they could have done effectively. Not to mention they would still have to keep the East fortified against attack (though a secret treaty with China could have had them come into the war if they were attacked there- I'm talking fictional here).

@sjonnieplayfull5859

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmym3352 one year later, we see that Russia has had some serious issues with corruption and while Ukraine is bigger then Western Germany, they would have had to fight in urban environment a lot more, likely against a load of militias Then again, the addition of the other Warsaw pact countries could have helped, especially the DDR forces would IMHO be quite efficiënt and least susceptible to corruption

@Walterwaltraud

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmym3352 But as Clancy pointed out, those ATGMs (though back then Milan and TOW) were quite effective in comparison. So as we see now since Feb 24th, those pre war planning assumptions might have been overly pessimistic; and that for good reason, how do you speed up procurement of more kit and tank divisions? By not underestimating your dictatorial, imperialistic adversary.

Whose watching this while the war in ukraine is ongoing?

@philgiglio7922

Жыл бұрын

Oddly enough I started rereading this in early January this year and then reread it again just before Putler started this little war

@sjonnieplayfull5859

Жыл бұрын

Read the book two years ago, still have it and go back from time to time

@rodionzakharov4575

Жыл бұрын

Just watched this video. I recall from the book that many Russian tanks were defeated by mobile AT teams using ATGMs to shoot-and-scoot. Incredibly similar to the NLAW and Javelin use early in war. Also, NATO went after Russian supplies using the secret stealth aircraft in the book, while Ukraine used HIMARS with similar effect.

@epapa737

Жыл бұрын

Currently comparing and contrasting

@BilltheTulaneGuy

Жыл бұрын

Still watching. Came back up on my feed.

Red Storm Rising is one of my favorites. I have a signed hard copy!

@mrpusser0348

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t sell it ...ever!

@saberdogface

2 жыл бұрын

Love that book.

@rpbajb

2 жыл бұрын

Cool. Where did you meet Clancy?

@guitarninjarick8179

2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@orgeebaharvin6284

2 жыл бұрын

@Leoneidas, I've read RSR about 20 times and I still have the book. I saw the Fulda Gap in 97, it made the book come alive for me.

I recommend the series of book Battlefield from the autor James Rosone, it's pretty much Red Storm Rising but with the geopolitics and the technologies of today

@Sol_Invictus510

2 жыл бұрын

Reading Korea right now! Was gunna recommend the same series.

@DARTHBLUNT713

2 жыл бұрын

I got to get that book Battlefield

@gusgone4527

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, great series. Obviously inspired by RSR. The CCP volumes are insightful.

@tonycavanagh1929

2 жыл бұрын

Not very realistic though. When Red storm came out, it was closer to reality, i was based in West Germany at the time. With the Soviet 3rd Army just down the road. Now its all Russia has to maintain a peace time army.

@Stinger913

2 жыл бұрын

Nice

The reason that the Soviet Union did not attack command and control locations in the novel was because of propaganda reasons. Their claim that their attack of West Germany was a preemptive defensive attack wouldn't be believable (even though it _wasn't_ believable in the first place) if they attacked C&C locations. In the novel, this political decision was widely criticized by the military leaders.

@bluewavechris

2 жыл бұрын

There WAS a plan to attack NATO C&C sites, Commo sites and ports: it was a Spetznaz mission, that was thwarted when one of the Spetznaz commanders was hit by a motor vehicle while picking up written orders. He is interrogated and reveals some of the information about the plans, which gives NATO security forces and critical opportunity to sound the alarm and be more prepared for the attacks. Clancy talks about the war opening in a series of small unit pitched battles between security forces and Spetznaz commandos-some successful in their missions, but most attacks are repelled. This also allows NATO to launch the "frizbees" on a preemptive strike on key Warsaw Pact supply hubs and bridgeheads as the war begins.

@KellAnderson

2 жыл бұрын

@@bluewavechris Yes, but they're also lower value targets. They're not going after the high level nodes outside of Germany in order to maintain the masquerade.

@aguaweasel

2 жыл бұрын

The Soviets had no qualms in attacking and going after the Hungary and Czechoslovakia leadership in their invasions of those countries in 1956 and 1968, even though they were helping fellow socialist countries. I assume that the Soviets, hypothetically didn't attack command and control targets, because the US, France, UK could had easily attack and destroy command control targets in the Soviet Union. The US did try to put taps on the communication lines near the Soviet Union Military Headquarters..

@sjonnieplayfull5859

Жыл бұрын

The Spetznaz operations at the start had quite a list of targets, they just never got there

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@Puzzoozoo

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's such an anti Russian propagandist CC should of had the 'Star Spangled Banner' playing in the background.

@andreivaldez2929

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Russia is doing soooo well right now in their "totally not an invasion", right? Right?

Well.. The ending of this video aged unfortunately bitter..

Damn, he completely predicted the Russia Ukraine war 😂💀

@2838Steve

10 ай бұрын

So the US against it's agreements expanded NATO into Ukraine?

@Matt-yg8ub

6 ай бұрын

He predicted the cause at least….NATO encroachment in Russia’s backyard.

RSR is my favorite Clancy novel, and I've read most of the originals. That reminds me, from 2nd to 6th grade, I turned in the same book report (The Hunt for Red October). Got an A every year. Good times. 🤣

@RaidsEpicly

2 жыл бұрын

That book is SO GOOD. I wish he wrote more like it, imo it felt like nothing he wrote Red October really hit the same quality. I tried reading Bear and the Dragon afterwards and it was almost offensively bad

@sirbader1

2 жыл бұрын

@@RaidsEpicly Luckily, I didn't read RSR first, or I would've been mildly disappointed in the later works. They're all good, but I enjoyed the multiple storylines and locations. Plus, with RSR, you could tell he really was more of a weapons than tactics guy. You can see him delve deeper into tactics and strategy in later books, but RSR was almost like reading a battle order off a list, which worked well telling so many different stories at once. I still get the same images in my head right now thinking about it, that I did as a 10 year old reading it, weird.

@samthegamer3697

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirbader1 Funny you say that, RSR was actually my first Clancy. I enjoyed it, although I never really understood what the Soviets' actual objective was in the book, or why they didn't just attack in the Middle East first. I understand there was the risk of going nuclear, but then, isn't that always there? Anyway I loved the technical feel of it, probably the most technical of Clancy's books I read. You definitely get the feeling he was really eager to show off all his cool knowledge about Cold War weapons and tactics.

@samthegamer3697

2 жыл бұрын

@@RaidsEpicly Same, I think he really tried to outdo himself with the complexity of the plots after that. That whole trilogy (Debt of Honor, Executive Orders, and Bear and the Dragon) seemed to decline in quality as it went. I did really like Cardinal of the Kremlin, Red Rabbit and Sum of All Fears, though, pretty amazing spy novels. And out of the newer ones, Threat Vector is pretty decent, although it's debatable how much of that one Clancy really wrote.

@sirbader1

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I should clarify, I mean the originals, not the later works. Rainbow 6 was alright.

It's already a good day when covert cabal uploads

@tigerpjm

2 жыл бұрын

Thus write fans of literally every KZread channel. The copy-paste has to be more effort than just coming up with your own comment, surely?

My favorite Clancy novel. I still remember some of the code words - "dreamland", "trumpeter", " vampire", "bear".

@CovertCabal

2 жыл бұрын

The Frisbees of Dreamland! Haha that was fun

@diosdado0711

2 жыл бұрын

@@CovertCabal The Race of the Cripples (hope I got that right). Lost the book in the '90s. Also read "The Third World War: the Untold Story" by sir John Hackett.

@sjonnieplayfull5859

Жыл бұрын

@@diosdado0711 sword point by Harold Noyle is about the Russians invading Iran, and the US launching one to "protect" them. Someone has an accident, a US carrier is sunk and in retaliation the Soviet one too, and then the gloves come off The Soviet steamroller is nothing like what we have seen this year... The logistic problems, yeah, they got that right

Red Storm Rising is the kind of book that you can pick it up and just open any random page and start reading.

@kbanghart

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!!

Russia is really more like a pale yellow today rather than red.

@kiwitelevision

2 жыл бұрын

Somebody is making uninformed RA RA USA RA comments. Thier missiles are better and more advanced (hypersonic) plus S400 & S500 Anti Ballistic Milliles. There ship fleet aand land vehicles have all had a refresh. Done by them not having a bureaucratic military industrial complex which makes US pay 6 times more for weopons. New Subs even - Level 4.... You have a narrow view which is far from being accurate I am afraid.

@richelle9563

2 жыл бұрын

@@kiwitelevision As funny as its sounds I still like russian made weapons hahah🤣🤦‍♀️ i think i have fetish on commie weapons lol, maybe most of you'd agree too.

@kiwitelevision

2 жыл бұрын

@@richelle9563 I'm the same. Channel "COMBAT APPROVED" is an excellent channel covering all the Russian military weapons up-to-date. I like their ability to manufacture awesome weapons on 1/6 of the US budget for defenders. The hypersonic weapons are evil. Plus I don't like the way Americans think they have any right to be so self righteous and elitist ... Rubs my rhubarb

@operez6519

2 жыл бұрын

@@kiwitelevision lmao his comment really upset you

@xxk4rilsxx

2 жыл бұрын

@@kiwitelevision Kiwi TV We all gone die anyways Some just faster than others lol

Russia went from the 2nd strongest army in the world, to the 2nd strongest in Ukraine, and now the 2nd strongest in Russia.

As the Russian debacle unfolded I remembered this book - I think my last several read copy fell apart 20 years ago. So I found a nice used copy and have read it through a couple times in the last year. Whiles the two situations are not at all the same, Clancy's takes on Russian mentality and the parallels between his fiction and current reality are just unreal.

we have seen this in Ukraine it is not a red storm it is a red fart

@andrerothweiler9191

Жыл бұрын

Lmao 🤣

I devoured this book. Clancy is one of my favorite authors and I spend a significant amount of time reading his novels more than often. In fact, I lived almost my whole life in Holle Germany. It is depicted in Red Storm Rising as a rallying point for the Soviets and I can say all that Clancy has written about Holle and the other Villages and Cities is pretty much at the point. Even the small forest where the AA-Turrets are stationed is there and as I read this my view of the cold war changed drastically. I walked my dog on the path where Tanks would roll in my village from the Autobahn (Motorway/Highway). Hell, in his book the war started on the 15th of June, my birthday.

@kbanghart

2 жыл бұрын

Ok, that's creepy about your birthday lol

@markusgawor9010

2 жыл бұрын

Wenn Putin so weitermacht, steht der Russe bald wirklich an unserer Grenze. Glaube nicht, dass er sich mit der Ukraine zufrieden geben würde....

@markusgawor9010

2 жыл бұрын

@@Finn-tl7nw Ich hoffe es. Denn wenn das passiert, haben wir ratzfatz einen Nuklearkrieg.

@helmetfire5973

Жыл бұрын

He was just writing about you. Nothing weird at all.... wait....

@Finn-tl7nw

Жыл бұрын

@@helmetfire5973 Well that would be an honor let me tell you.

Ah, Red Storm Rising, my first-ever book read in English as no translation was available at the time. Such a page-turner! Been sticking to original language versions ever since.

If y’all think red storm rising would be a little too much, I recommend reading team yankee. It’s a cool book about a American armor company fighting in ww3. If you want a Warsaw Pact side I also recommend Red army my Ralph peters. A awesome book that goes more in-depth than team yankee, it goes from strategic all the way down to the soldier level for stories. If you like both books you’ll definitely like red storm rising. They make a awesome little trilogy.

@dennisgraham3087

Жыл бұрын

I've read both novels and I agree they are both great reads.

I’ve worked transportation for the army in both the ports of Bremerhaven and Antwerp. It’s very interesting to see how vulnerable the operations are from a strategic standpoint.

Now compare this video one year later, with how bad the Russian army truly is, how bad some of their equipment is actually fairing in combat and how much Europe has come together.

Congratulations you predicted the pretext for Russia invading Ukraine. You are very smart.

That's efficient, they made the documentary in advance so they wouldn't have to do one later. Genius.

I read Red Storm Rising twenty years ago so it's wonderful to see your take on it today.

With less hardware than before, they will leverage their cyber warfare. Thus the importance of going back to basics and training to fight under degraded information and technological capabilities.

@jebes909090

2 жыл бұрын

@@zykom1 i think you underestimate the us reliance on technology and information. I would say thats its biggest weakness now

@jebes909090

2 жыл бұрын

@@zykom1 the biggest weakness of the us is its power grid. Take that out and it loses so much of its abilities. I think its been proven over and over again how the us isnt ready for a combined attack on its infrastructure. Imagine trying to manage a war when the homefront is in complete shambles. I dont think the us is ready for ww3. Its military is strong, but very weak at the same time. I dont think countries like china and russia have the same weakness.

@datadavis

2 жыл бұрын

They are cyberattacking sweden right now at full force. Read the news. Little more than a nuisance.

@datadavis

2 жыл бұрын

@@zykom1 no, not referring to that. We are constantly being probed, and since our government is a clusterfuck of idiots who put a complete list of swedish government, military and police personnel on serbian servers a few years back all targets are easy pickings.

@jebes909090

2 жыл бұрын

@@zykom1 all big nations screw.with each other is some.way. its just what happens. But the us should REALLY invest in its power grid and cyber warfare. So what you want about china, they at least have a unified vision.

If I’m not mistaken the F-117 did have air to air capability in order to shoot down Russian AWACS on its way in or out of enemy airspace. I just listened to TFPP on the F-117 earlier this week. Never knew it had that capability.

The soviets did focus on command and control with their first strike spetznaz units, which were pre-empted by one getting hit by a car and NATO discovering their plot.

@Rokaize

2 жыл бұрын

I thought they just blew i up radio towers and stuff? I don’t remember them attacking actual headquarters and stuff.

@bluewavechris

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rokaize The plan also included the sabotage of Western European ports and supply depots and an attack on the NATO HQ in Brussels.

@Rokaize

2 жыл бұрын

@@bluewavechris in the book or in real life? I honestly can’t remember the part you mentioned.

@bluewavechris

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rokaize In the book.....I would have to look up the pages....I have read the book so many times over the years I am sure of it.

@Rokaize

2 жыл бұрын

@@bluewavechris I believe you. Like I said I just can’t remember that part. Did they not hit those other targets because that one spetsnaz guy got hit by a car?

Well it’s pretty amazing how much changed in a year… nobody is afraid of Russian conventional power anymore. Most NATO countries could handle them solo given how poorly they’ve done.

Just one thing: They explicitly *DO* go after NATO C&C installations as well as major ports in Germany; it's just that, after being forwarned by capturing a Russian commando, NATO is able to stop 17 of the 20 attacks preceeding the ground invasion and the Soviet airforce units at the front get annihilated in the first hours of the war.

@ashesofempires04

2 жыл бұрын

I scrolled the comments looking for this. CC must have misunderstood the point of one of the early pre-war chapters, where a soviet spetsnaz team has their, and essentially the entire soviet spetsnaz infiltration plan blown by a car accident. It's Clancy's way of explaining why NATO C2 was left intact. The entire book is littered with Clancy's reasonings for why the USSR doesn't widen the war by attacking US ports directly (I think there are references to sunk ships in NY Harbor though?). The book is a good read, well worth the time.

@MajinOthinus

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashesofempires04 The "sunk" ships in NY harbour are ships damaged during the atlantic crossing that made it back to port but are unfit for further service if remember correctly.

I'm not going to lie, the last few minutes of this video, where you addressed a likely scenario is EXACTLY what is going on today. Spot on.

Not just a good concept for a new book, but an actual war as well.

Good analysis, and concisely presented. Nice work!

As always you are putting out very insightful and well thought out infos.

There is a novel named "Red Metal" by Mark Greaney that provides a more modern context for a Russia/NATO war.

@arturoBbrito

2 жыл бұрын

I read it too. It more realistic

@pacus123

2 жыл бұрын

@@arturoBbrito Anything is more realistic than the drivel Clancy spouted

@kbanghart

2 жыл бұрын

@@pacus123 aww jealous

Attacks on command and control nodes were mentioned in the book in the hours leading up to the war. The part that we read was one Spetznaz attack that was discovered with the Soviet team lead was hit by a car while picking up his orders.

my fav military channel does a video about one of my fav military books....today was a good day. thx for your content!

The only thing that matters in the war is LOGISTICS. Fancy super advanced weapons are great, but how many do countries have in stockpiles? How quickly they can be produced, assuming you even have all required components or capabilities to manufacture them?

@richelle9563

2 жыл бұрын

also the weird thing is US has +800 military bases around the world. and all countries around the world combined have only around 40 bases operating overseas. US Is a military giant.

@bobtank6318

2 жыл бұрын

@Pantelis Tzimas Aegis ships would like a word

@bobtank6318

2 жыл бұрын

@Pantelis Tzimas I’ll take 2 Arleighs and 1 Ticonderoga, one of the standard escort groups for a carrier. Determining how many anti-air missiles each one has is difficult as all the missiles and the ships’ Tomahawk compliment use the Mk. 41 VLS, so individual load outs can vary, and the ships carry different types of SAMs with some (like the ESSM) able to be quad-packed into the VLS cells. What I do know is that Arleighs have 96 VLS cells and Ticonderogas have 122 cells, so as a rough estimate (and this a guess off of what I know) is 240 to 300 SAMs plus CIWS, chaff, flares, and EW suites (this is excluding the carriers own defenses).

@bobtank6318

2 жыл бұрын

@Pantelis Tzimas And all three kinzhals are shot down during the terminal guidance phase. One major problem with current hypersonic weapons is that the built in sensors of the weapons can’t see through the plasma sheath created by traveling at such high speeds. Therefore, hypersonic weapons have to slow down during the terminal phase to low supersonic speeds in order to reacquire the target and guide itself in, making them vulnerable to a ship’s defenses. For more information on this check out this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pGF1tcVufLasY7g.html and pg. 21 of this RAAF report: airpower.airforce.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-03/BPAF01-Hypersonic-Air-Power.pdf

@bobtank6318

2 жыл бұрын

@Pantelis Tzimas So did you read either of my sources or did you just reject what I said because you didn’t agree with it?

The algorithm certainly has a sense of humor

Do a collaboration with Red Effect, his entire channel is deciated to tanks and he has quite an extensive knowledge about thanks and goes really to details about every tank.

We would really love a collaboration with matsimus

@CovertCabal

2 жыл бұрын

I've talked to him a few times. Good guy!

Damage to the ports was discussed in Red Storm Rising - Special Operations teams could cause craploads of damage to bridges and rail lines. This was a plot point in one of the early chapters, that the SO teams were discovered after one got hit by a car.

Another well timed recommendation from KZread

Id love to see this done again considering the current conflict revealing alot of battle data on the russian equipment

@sjonnieplayfull5859

Жыл бұрын

He also predicted the problems in the Red Army. Lies about training hours while actually helping bring in the harvest, older soldiers stealing from new recruits, stuff like that. In the book they worked hard to remove them, and most worked. That is why we don't hear of any corruption and empty fuel tanks in the first week. Putin found this part of the book boring and skipped it

@Matt-yg8ub

6 ай бұрын

@@sjonnieplayfull5859More to it than just that…. In the book the Americans are tipped off BECAUSE the Soviets shot 4 colonels for falsifying readiness reports…..Putin was bluffing Ukraine and increasing his readiness levels in advance would have tipped off the US who would have likely stepped in earlier and made bluffing impossible. Turned out the US was already balls deep in causing the conflict and it didn’t matter. NATO wouldn’t let Ukraine back down and resolve the issues without a fight and it went to open war.

I'm thinking this needs to be updated. NATO's missile defense combined with Russia's inability to do precision strikes would make a big change.

You should read "1967 the water shed year" a brilliant book on Indo-China conflict along the Indo-Tibetan border. Im sure you'll find it interesting

Do you honestly think Russia is gonna give America their latest missiles so America can do test with them. You can be sure the missiles they sold them weren't their best / latest missile.

@tree70737

2 жыл бұрын

Russia is broke they don’t care who they sell their weapons to.

@Irish_1916

2 жыл бұрын

@@tree70737 Russia is broke? How much is it America owe again? Russia will sell weapons sure, but they're not going to give America their latest weapons.

@thelight3112

2 жыл бұрын

@@Irish_1916 Those missiles were sold in the 90s. Russia was an absolute mess and broke as hell. If you were a senior military leader and could barely feed your troops, you'd probably consider selling a few missiles too.

@joserodriguezjr.6422

2 жыл бұрын

@@Irish_1916 no matter how broke the US they will continue to spend trillions on military some how 😆

@quinndenver4075

2 жыл бұрын

@@joserodriguezjr.6422 because money has no real value. The u.s controls global currency right now so they can basically do what they want

Love these videos

I mean Russia can’t even take Ukraine

Thats right! Fully agree with everything yousaid. keep up the good work.

I actually read “Red Storm Rising” while being deployed in the Arctic Circle near a major soviet base in 1988. United States Marines….

@radicalxg8282

2 жыл бұрын

Well at least i bet it prepared you to pull a LT Michael Edwards in case they invaded you lol

@oceanhome2023

2 жыл бұрын

That made the book that much more enjoyable !!!

So basically Tom Clancy was the greatest tactician the USSR never had…

@aguaweasel

2 жыл бұрын

I think it would had been reckless, and something akin to Imperial Russia rushing into East Prussia in August 1914. NATO forces would had easily cut off Soviet and Warsaw Pact Forces if they invaded the North German Plain, and slowly destroy them and destroy half of the Soviet Navy if they invaded Iceland, Leaving an invasion route open for NATO through both Poland, and the Baltic open

@michaelkaylor6770

2 жыл бұрын

@@aguaweasel very similar to the charge of the light brigade except that if the cannons had not been prepared and on the gunk one it could have been a route instead of a great story and tactical lesson…

Great content as always!

Yeah, after recent events in Ukraine, I don't think this is much of a concern anymore. lol.

What a coincidense I just started reading red storm rising myself

I have in the past been directly told by a F117 crew chief that the F117 was capable of using AIM-9 sidewinders. Take it for what it's worth.

@user-jd7gh2ef4s

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds pretty plausible, after all the jet's name is F-117 and not B-117 😉

@ImBigFloppa

Жыл бұрын

@@user-jd7gh2ef4s The name means very little. The USAF regularly used F- designations for attack aircraft like the F-111 and F-105

Love the book! I’ve watched your videos in the past but because of this one I’m sub’d, good job sir.

It would be a very very short invasion.

Great video other than a couple little things that I posted already! Tom Clancy was very prescient on SO many things - airliners as weapons, Stealth aircraft, China's military rise, etc etc etc etc. RSR was my favorite book when I was in high school (ninth grade when it came out in paper back), and when my pipe band toured the world in 1987/1988, I'd buy a copy of RSR in various countries, which all had different book covers. I have 8 different looking copies, with the Australian one being a gloss black cover with huge orange flames on it. Fantastic.

@sjonnieplayfull5859

Жыл бұрын

I have the Dutch version with me. Kinda bordeaux red, with the silhouette of a surfaced submarine and some persons on deck. Never toured the world tho

The funniest thing is, no one really know's what modern tank warfare involves. It has not really been tested with an even playing field.... The closest was desert storm,

@sawyernorthrop4078

2 жыл бұрын

I'm willing to bet it involves a lot of people getting killed very quickly. Beyond that who knows

@clutchnixon5880

2 жыл бұрын

Generals know. Tanks are useless now days. A $10,000 shoulder fired anti tank missile can destroy a million dollar tank. Tanks are even useless in 3rd world countries

I'm a simple man, I see CC uploads a video, I like.

@leehrvyoswld

2 жыл бұрын

Same, but with the dislike 💁🏽

@FUnzzies1

2 жыл бұрын

He really doesn't know what he's talking about.

Great video! As usual.

The Navy may not have a direct S-3 Viking replacement but it does have the P-8 Poseidon though

Could you do this type of video. On the Red Dawn scenario? Keep it up from Ireland 🇮🇪.

Probably my favourite book ever since I first read it in the late 1980s whilst serving in the RAN! The detail of the naval battles, particularly those of the Knox and Perry class frigates(of which Australia had 4 at that time, later 2 more) seemed very realistic to me.

@tippo5341

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%, loved the naval portions of the book, so thorough and indepth, absolutely brilliant reading from start to finish. And now the RAN expands (eventually) into the nuclear sub era (at long bloody last), and with the HMAS's Canberra & Adelaide LHD's, we have a navy that at long last has a real aviation pointy arrow (just shy of having an actual carrier), and a sub fleet that will show the world how good our submariners actually are when in command of such a potent vessel (RIP the Collins class...and the good old diesel/elec Oberons...loved them boats). Cheers No Name!!!!

@NoName-ds5uq

2 жыл бұрын

@@tippo5341 Canberra and Adelaide could be modified to operate F-35B without too much hassle! I believe the ski jump angle was purposely chosen for the Bravo rather than the Harrier that was in service with the Spanish Navy, and they have one of those ships designed as a stand-in carrier. All we need is the political will to purchase maybe 24 F-35Bs for the RAAF to operate both from land and sea as needed. I’m more hopeful of that now the submarine deal has been announced, but I’m still not holding my breath.

@sjonnieplayfull5859

Жыл бұрын

@@NoName-ds5uq have you read 'Swird point' by Harold Noyle as well? Got some interesting naval bits too

@NoName-ds5uq

Жыл бұрын

@@sjonnieplayfull5859 no I haven’t. Thanks for the tip, I’ll give it a look!👍

Oh, extra cool, that was really helpful I am going to report to my CO with some awesome suggestions Thanks, Comrade

@CovertCabal

2 жыл бұрын

Haha if your CO couldn't come up with the idea of attacking bridges and ports... then he should be fired!

I'm thinking the second there is Russia/US conflict we will also have conflict between north and south Korea, with a Chinese assist, as well as Taiwan/China. Perhaps the gulf states would erupt as well. Seeing as how Russia would he too busy to protect Syria from the Saudis. The balance of every conflict area would be off.

@1nsaniel

2 жыл бұрын

Why would china go after Taiwan? Is not like the pacific fleet would be occupied with Russia.

@cloj4754

2 жыл бұрын

No doubt, it would be a world war because these 2 nations are holding a leash on nations that would otherwise be killing each other right now. Another one is Israel. Without the shadow of America protecting Israel Muslim majority nations would be attacking. The only safe place would be Southern Africa. Everywhere else would be chaos.

@gustavocarmo2500

2 жыл бұрын

@@cloj4754 everything is in peace and quiet here in South America

@russianpower4252

2 жыл бұрын

@@1nsaniel If war starts do you think USA will attack Russia with 2 ships and 5 aircraft? They would heavily mobilise. And still it would be impossible for USA alone to face both Russia and China.

@richelle9563

2 жыл бұрын

@@1nsaniel Xi jing ping recent speech in the founding of Chinas 100th year communist party he said the reunification of china.

"Do you really think your computer and cellphone are protected from hackers and snoopers? Do you worry about people tracking your online movements and stealing your personal data?" IF SO, THEN ROUTING ALL YOUR DATA THROUGH A SINGLE PROVIDER IS PROBABLY NOT A GREAT IDEA. Just keep using the encryption built into your browser.

The very first ground combat action in the book is a Spetznaz attack on a NATO communication node. That specific attacks is stopped by GSG9 but the book mentioned that several other sites were not as lucky.

@jamesmiller6627

2 жыл бұрын

I loved those parts of the book as I find them the most fascinating. i still go back sometimes and read the chapters on the opening shots of the war. The hat tips to GSG9 and SAS against Spetsnaz were incredible.

Definitely one of my favorite books. When’s tac ops getting up and running again? If you need a co-host lmk, definitely geek out on this like y’all 😌

7 months later and it’s exactly as you predicted.

I read the book way back in the late 80s while on active duty USAF. Great read, little bit biased towards NATO (maybe😁). For an opposing view, on the level of Team Yankee and World War III, read Red Army by Ralph Peters. Very good read from the Soviet viewpoint. Honestly, in the 80s, I think it really could have been flip a coin to see who would have won a conventional war in West Germany. Whomever caught the most breaks, would have probably won. Definitely would have probably been some of the bloodiest conflict ever.

@ouicb

2 жыл бұрын

The US had a limited battlefield Nuclear Strike package that was REQUIRED to be integrated into the overall NATO Battle operation plan due to sheer enormity of their and the Warsaw pact Armor divisions and it Looks Like Putin has adopted the Slow Massive Power Red War Machine all us old Cold Warriors knew and respected....but alas, the modern day Russians have teeth but nothing like the Mighty Massive Armies the Soviets Welded in the 80's....i was in the Us Navy back then both afloat and shore Admiral Intel Staffs....

@stanleyharrell6009

2 жыл бұрын

@@ouicb Yeah, the Russian Bear is but a shadow of its former self now. Of course, neither do we have the troop levels either. But, I still think we have the advantage in a conflict today. I think it will be the reverse in a conflict with Putin. We would dominate and back the Russians into a corner. Then, they will come out with nukes. Kinda the opposite of the Cold War. I see where Germany is starting to rearm. German government just increased their military budget to 500 million euros. About time they wake up. They also need to deal with the influx of Arabs. That is a danger to the German nation too.

@sjonnieplayfull5859

Жыл бұрын

@@ouicb the teeth are kinda gone by now... Who knows next year, but for now...

@sjonnieplayfull5859

Жыл бұрын

@Stanley Harell: from what we see today, the bias was probably too much in favor of the Red Army...

@stanleyharrell6009

Жыл бұрын

@@sjonnieplayfull5859 I always wondered about that too back in the 80s. If the balloon would have went up and we could have gotten air dominance in the first couple of days, it would gotten ugly for the Soviets. We all learned really well from the Israelis in the Six Day war and Yom Kippur how to defeat Soviet tactics.

My favorite Clancy novel. Read it in two and a half days while in high school in '86. Clancy studied Jane's Fighting Ships and the "Soviet Military Power" books. For the F-19 he and Testors model company were on the same page... Other good/similar reads are "Team Yankee" (mentioned below) and "The Ten Thousand".

Hey man, ive been coming back to your channel for years now, like three. Youre awesome and you do great work, keep it up. (some rando from the show me state)

@Killaknott27

Жыл бұрын

A year later we see Russias army is total shit

Covert cabal: There's a tom clancy book called Red storm rising depicting a fictional ww3. Me: Pauses video and goes to listen to it. Me: 2 weeks later watching the video now. Thanks man! Awesome book!

Team Yankee (Larry Bond, who co-authored RSR with Clancy) is another good read, using the same _The Third World War_ scenario Sir John Hackett wrote.

This was a great book . It was the first book ever that drew me in . I actually got scared and felt i was there when reading it. There was a chapter in the book that my heart started beating fast and i felt nervous.

My favorite book that would be great for a mini-series !

Don't forget that those same _buffer nations_ can't afford to lose access to cheap Russian gas. This could definitely put a wedge in the heart of NATO. Needless to say, and regardless of their dependence on natural gas, they won't take kindly to having T-14s drive through them.

@alabamacoastie6924

2 жыл бұрын

Russia stopped production of the T-14 tank in 2018 after building just 20 of them. Not so scary.

@tuberaider

2 жыл бұрын

@@alabamacoastie6924 That goes to show you how much I know about modern Ru tanks! :)

@VisibilityFoggy

2 жыл бұрын

The nice thing is that they like living with Russian gas, but they *can* afford to live without it if they have to. Most of these states are exceedingly small and exceedingly wealthy and/or members of the EU which would open up methods to import energy.

@aguaweasel

2 жыл бұрын

@@alabamacoastie6924 Russia is having serious money issues in purchasing equipment. The Russian Gov't demands the United Aircraft Corporation to build more planes, but doesn't pay for them, and ask UAC to take out loans to pay for the aircraft, which in turn, they have all these outstanding loans, and jeopardizing the Russian Bank Industry..

I’m gonna be honest here, Russia is just a regional power like Turkey or Iran, but with Nukes.

@mokenchi5883

2 жыл бұрын

I agree that Russia’s power is over hyped way too much but I disagree with calling them a regional power. I view them as a great power on par with countries like France and the uk. The collapse of the Soviet Union is kinda like the callapse of the French and uk empires in the 50-60s with both france and the uk trying to regain there old influence in there former colonies just like how Russia is trying to regain influence in there post soviet republics.

@amritnimiyar5033

2 жыл бұрын

Well Russia could easily destroy the United States if provoked. Not the other way round.if u think that it is overhyped then America is overconfident of its reality. Russia is a superpower. America is joker that simply can't compete and intervenes everywhere only to be defeated remember Afghanistan Vietnam even Iraq and now Syria where the Russians defeated America and American funded Isis terrorists. You people live in world full of yourself.🤡🤡

@calebemerson9317

2 жыл бұрын

@@amritnimiyar5033 good troll. Goodnight :)

@mcul3474

2 жыл бұрын

@@amritnimiyar5033 shrinking demographics, vastly smaller economy and terrible geography for power projection. Yep Russia is stronger than America. /Sarcasm

@himanshusingh-qg2su

2 жыл бұрын

@@calebemerson9317 OK so anyone with a different opinion than yours is a troll? You are doin great.

An update to this video would be a good idea considering the changes in the environment since its release.

Well this didnt age well.

I literally started this book three days ago, it is amazing. And here you are releasing the video. Anyway, I am not going to watch this video,I just saw it in my recommendations. Once I'll deal with the I'll come back for the video.

Covert Cabal/ Binkov combo in the future?

@foreverseeking8397

2 жыл бұрын

Binkov's strategy level is computer strategic game .You cannot compare numbers only and not taking in consideration nuclear weapons and alliances.

@usecriticalthinking243

2 жыл бұрын

Binkov fell off, he’s to scared to depict country vs country that will have a hard comment war under them.

@shaider1982

2 жыл бұрын

@@usecriticalthinking243 he did an armenia vs azerbaijan before the actual shooting happed

@usecriticalthinking243

2 жыл бұрын

@@shaider1982 yeah but he's reluctant to do more vs and rather do U.K vs France over and over.

Missed you CC!

Your ideas at 14:20 are a little bit too close for comfort.

Great book. Some awesome chapters in it. Two that I'll never forget are the M1 Abrams removing speed restriction devices to outflank russian tanks at night, and Russian bear bombers attacking A US Nimitz class Carrier.

@alanhughes6753

2 жыл бұрын

"Dance of the Vampires" - one of my favourite chapters

@linusa2996

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanhughes6753 Still trying to make that happen in DCS. Edit Unless the Russians pull off that drone fake out, the Russian bombers get slaughtered before they can launch their first missile. I've had to use trigger points to get them close enough without the E-2 finding them.

@kbanghart

2 жыл бұрын

The naval attacks in RSR are both thrilling and chilling. I can't imagine the dread knowing that supersonic missiles are headed right for the thing keeping you alive in the ocean.

Watching this after the invasion of Ukraine like 0_o

This video was ahead of its time

@RonJohn63

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, just using logic.

The book does a pretty good job of explaining why Russia didn't declare total war against NATO and why the fighting didn't quite reach the mainland US. I suggest reading it again and paying close attention the first 10 chapters.

Well there are ways this did and did not age well. lol

I highly recommend the Fighter Pilot Podcast Episode on the F-117. They had Air to Air capabilities and possible missons

@jaydenthatcher5243

2 жыл бұрын

Checked the comments just to see if someone had said this!

@jamesmiller6627

2 жыл бұрын

Wait,,, what??? Is that realistic without an onboard radar for guidance? I've always thought of that possibility but have never read it proposed anywhere. Also, I've never heard anyone propose an RF-117 variant for reconnaissance.

@Kommentareable

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmiller6627 Just listened to the episode again. They had two high resolution IR Sensors, one looking forward and one down for ground target. The former pilot says that shooting down Soviet AWACS was their secondary mission in the cold war and that the Nighthawk carried every A/A Munition at its inception except for the Sparrow, since that needs a radar emitting plane. No AIM 120 back then but AIM 9s are just fine when they have no idea you're there

@jamesmiller6627

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kommentareable Thanks "Pimps"! That makes perfect sense. I will give that episode a listen. I just discovered that podcast a week or 2 ago. Just haven't stumbled upon the F117 episode. I've always felt that plane could do more than we were told it could publicly.

@undefined7141

2 жыл бұрын

Glad someone brought this up. Yes we have those mission abilities.

Love RSR I can listen to the LA Class vs Alpha class fight over and over and love it when a Brit spearfish gets the Alpha

I love your videos....best of luck to you

"...if you have the time..." When i was a kid in school it took me nearly 4 months to finish! LOL

@jamesmiller6627

2 жыл бұрын

Bingo! And I have to admit, in 9th grade I didn't understand a word of the submarine warfare but couldn't put it down regardless!

@lil__boi3027

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmiller6627 I finished it in 2 mounths when in HS One of the best books ever made honestly, reading red phenix rn by lerry bond and it doesn't disappoint me Also as a military nerd what made me angry is that the russians never deployed costal defense systems in iceland, despite them making a important part of naval tactics and strategy Also the fact they deployed mig-29s in iceland instead of the much longer ranged su-27s, and I get that many A-50 have been destroyed by the discount nighthawk clone in the book,but couldn't they really let one for iceland? Seems kinda an important place to defend

@jamesmiller6627

2 жыл бұрын

@@lil__boi3027 Good point on the SU-27s but when the book was written (1985-1986), were they fully in the field operationally?

@lil__boi3027

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmiller6627 entered service in 1984 in small numbers initially iirc, it should been there In a way j-20 service status is similar to su-27 back then, in service but not in the numbers to come later

Red Storm Rising is more focused on the air/naval battles the ground combat detail is small Team Yankee is more in depth about ground combat between NATO/Warsaw Pact forces in Germany during the cold war era In red storm rising the Spetsnaz plans to damage the headquarters and other logistics airfields and ports was stopped because the plans was discovered when the Spetsnaz commander was accidently hit and injured by a automobile.

@LordOceanus

2 жыл бұрын

yup he crossed a street in germany without looking and was captured when the officer responding to the accident just happened to be a Bundeswehr reserve captain with a security clearance who looked at the plans

@radicalxg8282

2 жыл бұрын

@@LordOceanus Yeah i think that was the perfect excuse for Clancy avoid covering the ground boots combat war pov, he was already full with the Naval, Air and Armor aspect

@kbanghart

2 жыл бұрын

@@radicalxg8282 not sure what you mean, avoid covering it?

It will go down like this, fruhstuck in Berlin, petite dejeneur in Paris, siesta in Madrid and tapas in Porto, all in one day. Did I mention the Dutch don’t have live ammo ?

@peterderuiter2937

2 жыл бұрын

that is something of the past my friend. Defence budget have been increase and will do so for the next years