As a Pole I'm very proud of my compatriot's great achievement. I hope stealthy Poles keep revolutionizing the military.

@vevenaneathna

Жыл бұрын

lol

@Chrisknot94

Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@stonefish1318

Жыл бұрын

I am a stealthy pole too 🦿

@evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879

Жыл бұрын

......I gotta be honest: Kinda making me want to Invade your nation, with that dad joke. 🤷‍♂️ you honestly got me to me think, for the first time ever, "Nah, I was wrong and didn't look at it from your side fully, Germany. The whole Invasion of Poland thing.....I understand where you were coming from a tiny bit now, Germany. I mean, morally....I wouldn't have acted the same (I mean, make a snarky, unfunny post or something. don't kill people and try to take over the world about it. Geez.) but.... I almost get one of your points now, 'Circa Just Before WWII Germany.' " Poland: who needs em? 🤷‍♂️ I shouldn't have to say this but: ☝👆 .....all jokes. None of it was meant seriously. I just don't want SJW's or White Knight type of people to get confused and offended over a joke. I also don't want to be rude and feel obligated to hand feed the fact that it's a joke to Poles. A joke, Poles, is meant to be funny and not actually an insult, in this case. 👍 😉

@TheMelbournelad

Жыл бұрын

Are you sure you’re a pole with SKI in last name

Congratulations on the award. I remember that article and it was excellent. You are certainly on a level with Aviation Week and Space Tech. 👏👏👏

@marcoskush3512

Жыл бұрын

work

I never thought I’d enjoy watching a story about a pole! Congratulations on your award!

@jake3551

Жыл бұрын

I dunno, a lot of interesting things can happen on a pole

@dillan6134

Жыл бұрын

@@jake3551 and they’re worth every dollar lol

@lfoster4525

Жыл бұрын

@@dillan6134 😂😂😂

I'm hoping you get invited to the debut of the B-21, your recent award might be just the ticket. Congratulations Alex

The f117 has to be my personal favourite aircraft ever. So iconic and imo, so aggressive looking. Blew my mind the first time I ever saw pictures of one.

@deusexaethera

Жыл бұрын

It was a flying brick, though. Not very good at being a fighter. It was mainly a proof of concept for radar stealth technology.

@josharnold4638

Жыл бұрын

What’s so incredibly complex about this? Isn’t it almost self evident that if you detract a radar wave away from an object attempting to be detected, and identified , to me, it seems like basic physics and Geometry. I don’t think I know it all, but it seems like a pretty simple principle to me. Playing Billiards is a simple geometric/ Physics game, nearly anyone can play with some simple obvious action/reaction Newtons law. It seems pretty simple to me. I have cataracts, so I know I probably makemade oneword spelling errors here, because I can’t always accurately determine what letters U I touched. Anyway…… I couldn’t see well enough to fix all my errors. I come from a science family on my dad’s side, so maybe that’s why it seems simple to me.

@stemartin6671

Жыл бұрын

@@josharnold4638 calm yourself down petal, I was talking about how I thought of the plane. When it came out it looked so different and radical compared to anything else at the time. Especially to me as a child.

Жыл бұрын

Too bad Chinese got their hands on a crashed f117 in serbia and reverse engineered the shit out of it. Along with all the secret documents hacked from boing and lockeed martin servers by individuals paid by china. USA did all the r&d and china built their J20 and H20 based off it without all the hassle & cost. Having an edge in technology doesn't mean shit when you can't protect it. And thanks to all these, China now rivals USA's world domination.

@gaijinmq-9when951

Жыл бұрын

@@deusexaethera a no shit sherlock moment right here who told you the F-117 was a fighter?

According to my wife, I've had a stealth pole for years!

@yamoto1833

Жыл бұрын

Lol

I love that moment where a person who has grown to admire someone great in a field that they are passionate about, wins an award on par with something that the person they admire would win. It then takes them a bit of time to realize they are the next generation, they are the legend now, the person who will be considered one of the best in their field for the coming future. We all already realize it, but it takes a minute to soak it in. Congrats on the award, we all know just how good you are at what you do.

8:59 ...Of course. Even when it comes to building a pole, Lockheed still manages to find a way to somehow screw-over Northrop.

Alex your professionalism and humble approach is so refreshing. You deserve all the accolades and positive vibes you receive. Keep up the great work.

@LukeBunyip

Жыл бұрын

"Scott Manley" levels of delivery and humour.

An award well deserved, and many more in the future. Your work is second to none.

CONGRATULATIONS! Having grown up on a diet of flying, pouring over the big, hard-cover Jane's books and memorizing aircraft specs (wish they'd bring them back), watching Wings, etc, etc, I know what professional aerospace coverage looks like, and you deliver! I am elated that you received this prize and recognition, and hope it aids in propelling you forward in the field. Cheers!

It was funny that they would raise and take down their F117 models between soviet satellite intervals to keep it from being seen but they were able to take that infrared picture of White Sands and were able to see the silhouette of what was on the pole just from the shape of the Nighthawks shadow making a cool spot on the sand lol. Awesome video man, always love learning something new about that old plane :)

@marcalvarez4890

Жыл бұрын

CIA actually played with this fact, which they knew about, and built strange models of non existent plane shapes to fuck with the soviets. Little got by the CIA.

@JoshuaC923

Жыл бұрын

@@marcalvarez4890 that's hilarious 😂

@The_ZeroLine

Жыл бұрын

That is impressively brainy stuff.

@mosthatedandroidtunernolim9800

Жыл бұрын

All done buy cia to throw em off

Your videos are nuanced and really insightful, glad for your recognition

Congratulations, Alex. This award is well deserved. Keep up the great work.

Congratulations on All your work Alex. This is exactly why you have risen to a national statis because of your hard work and commitment to your readers and subscribers. Keep up the great work! And Thank You!

Congrats, Alex... well done. Been watching since the early days so it's cool to see you be recognized.

Congratulations on being recognized with the award, and congratulations on another outstanding video. I knew they had put a model on a pole but I didn’t know about the fascinating story of the stealth pole. Very interesting!

Simply a great video deal please keep them coming

Thank you! This video answered a question I asked years ago. Congratulations on your much deserved award.

Congratulations , you definitely deserve it. Never miss any of your videos.

Congratulations on the award Alex, I look forward to your content everyday.

Thats very impressive, congratulations! And the way you handled it all, very apropos and professional. I've subscribed. Please keep up the great work.

Great video. I love your research, knowledge, presentation and passion that comes out in these videos.

When they were testing the have blue stealth model on the radar range, the technician asked them to make sure it hadn't fallen off because he couldn't see it. The plane was actually still on the pylon and just about the time a bird landed on the have blue model, the radar technician says I see it now. This is not a direct quote but it's in Ben Rich's book about the skunk works. It's a great book if you haven't read it I strongly suggest it.

Congrats on the award you deserve it. You do a great job bringing us Defense news without no bull crap which is hard to find. Thanks Alex USA

I saw this article on your website and I was hoping you'd make a video and here you are delivering yet again!!

Congrats Alex, well does!

Congrats on the award. Your content is top notch so I am glad you are being recognized for it by the industry.

Congratulations! You worked hard and diligently!

Congratulations on the award. I'm not surprised at all as both your writing and videos are world class journalism. I hope you win several more.

As I said to some friends, your videos mix an overview of technical stuff with sources for more detailed research into various topics. Its quite a hard work to distill such stuff without dumbing it down. Despite me not being a military (or aviation) buff, I quite like because of the tech.

Congrats Alex ... well deserved!

Next up: Stealth pole _dancers._ "Are they even onstage? I can't see anything, just some tassels swirling around in the air!"

Congratulations Alex, it's about time you get the recognition that you deserve!

I new there was a reason I listened to this channel. award winning congratulations 🎊

Always a good day when you upload! Congrats on the award you definitely deserve it .

Thank you!

Skunk Works was such a good book.

Congratulations on the award, Alex! I’m certain it’s the first of many to come! Keep up the great work.

Congratulations getting recognized and awarded for your efforts! Always enjoy your videos and I am always learning something new.

Conrgatulations on the award! Outstanding content as always!

Congratulations, Alex 🥳 Very well deserved. 👏👏👏👏 And a great story. 😄

You earned that award man. Top notch stories with great presentation. 👏👏👏

Congrats mate , you do great work , keep it up 😎👊

Congratulations Alex! -Fan of your channel

Congratulations on the award! Welcome to SC and I hope you enjoy your stay and that you get great info at Fort Jackson.

Again a great video!

You deserve the award !!! Congratulations !! nobody can make an interesting 11minute video on a just POLE. Keep it up.

Congratulations ! Skunk Works was one of the best books I ever read. Another one was BLIND MANS BLUFF. It's about what some of our subs were doing in the cold war.

Love your work

I imagine this would be useful for measuring RCS for any aircraft more accurately. Meanwhile I’m over here thinking of stealth missiles

@jakeaurod

Жыл бұрын

They had a stealth ALCM (AGM-129) but it had issues, so they ditched it in favor of staying with the non-stealth design (AGM-86). May as well let the Russkies know the nukes are coming and give them a few moments to think about what they did before the end arrives.

Great stuff! Very interesting!

Congrats on the award Alex, well deserved!

Thank you, Alex! 👍😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👊👏

congrats on the award brother, great videos as always

Congratulations Alex! :-)

Alex: first, congratulations on the award: your work is certainly deserving of such accolades. And thanks for bringing such defense esoterica to us in a way that is always entertaining and educational.

Congrats man!!!

I'm not the least bit surprised at your award. You are, easily, the best defense industry writer and, maybe even the best WRITER, PERIOD, plying the trade. Congratulations!

Excellent video.

You're our Aviation Whsiperer with the gravelly voice! I search out old content to get my fix all the time! Congrats on the award and to all that come!

Great video

Incredible story brought to us by an expert storyteller. There is a reason you win nice awards, your communication is top notch. Thank you for the wonderful entertainment, and a little knowledge.

Congratulations on winning the award. I came across your channel thanks to Ward Carroll and haven't looked back. Good uploads all the time!

Congratulations u deserve it keep making great videos 👍👍👍

I love the story of the stealth pole

I love this channel and its content. You deserve awards!

Great stuff

A nice recounting.

Congrats on the honor, Alex!

Congratulations on the award Alex! I have to agree with the selection committee. That was an excellent article!!

Congrats! Well deserved!

Congratulations, BZ!

Great story and you deserve the award.

Best story about a pole on KZread.

Congrats man, you deserve it

I've seen that pole or it's sister! I've been to lockheed's radar test range facility in the SoCal high desert when that facility during a family day tour when a relative worked there. Clearly all of the test models and other sensitive stuff was hidden. The pole had an asymmetric calibration model mounted on it. We got to go down to the bottom of the pit where it retracts underground. Also got to see the radar image of the calibration model. Interestingly one of the radar images they showed us had a bird flying through the test range and the bird was significantly more reflective than the pole or calibration model. The radar array was like a drive-in movie screen. Very impressive stuff to my then teenage aviation fanatic eyes.

Excellent

Congrats on award - you deserve it! Pls do some tutorials on radar in general, including gems like the POLE. Thx 🤓

This certainly gives new meaning to the term, *_"pole position."_* 😊😊😊

congrats on the award mate! keep up the good work

What an awesome story!

Congratulations on the award, you deserve it!

Maybe not your wheel house but an episode exploring the objective data around UAPs and their capabilities would be a cool watch!

Such a cool story!

Many congratulations on the award!!

Cover the space force shuttle. The plane that is sent into space and lands on an airstrip like the discontinued space shuttle.

amazing

It's gonna be interesting to watch

Gotta love the military complex

I love the story!!!

sandbox news never miss a drop? why not never miss a grain?

Congratulations!

It was so good, bats in the hangar were flying into it at night. from the book, Skunk Works. (the F117)

Line from the Rich book: there was a panel screw half a turn loose, radar had no problem seeing plane. A tech fixed the screw, plane disappeared. Stealth is not just construction, but insane maintenance requirements too.

When I heard a Blackbird landed on the model, I was confused and astonished. The I realised an actual bird was spoken about, not the aircraft. Well deserved award too

well deserved award 👏

Masha hopi pabien with your reward Alex!!

Alex has the best tall stories...

congrats. well deserved sir.