Why the US isn't worried about China's new H-20 STEALTH BOMBER

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Last month, China's People's Liberation Army Air Force Deputy Commander Wang Wei announced China is about to unveil the nation's first-ever heavy payload stealth bomber - a platform we've long known as the H-20 (though its real designation has yet to be revealed). This is a significant development, as the United States has been the only nation on the planet with a stealth bomber in service for nearly three decades now.
But this week, US intelligence officials have gone on record to say that this new Chinese stealth bomber is "not really" a concern... So what gives?
Let's talk about the H-20, and why it isn't causing American Defense officials any lost sleep.
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  • @SandboxxApp
    @SandboxxApp10 күн бұрын

    Go to ground.news/Sandboxx to stay fully informed on military developments around the world. Subscribe through my link for 40% off their Vantage Plan, which is what I use.

  • @Nathan-vt1jz

    @Nathan-vt1jz

    10 күн бұрын

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  • @jaredyoung5353

    @jaredyoung5353

    10 күн бұрын

    Doesn’t need to be as stealthy when it has hypersonic missiles with 500-1000Km range

  • @wtftolate3782

    @wtftolate3782

    10 күн бұрын

    J20 is a failure... It is considered a 4.5 gen aircraft.

  • @rustyshaklferd1897

    @rustyshaklferd1897

    10 күн бұрын

    I wish you’d put that yellow bar on the bottom during the advertisement. Otherwise love all your content.

  • @Lord_Legolas_Greenleaf

    @Lord_Legolas_Greenleaf

    10 күн бұрын

    When the discovery channel did an episode on the stealth fighter, all stealth aircraft was detectable and lockable lol "We" just never needed to use it.

  • @bryonslatten3147
    @bryonslatten314710 күн бұрын

    When you order your B-2 on Wish...

  • @Netraven001

    @Netraven001

    10 күн бұрын

    Temu! 😂

  • @cen7ury

    @cen7ury

    10 күн бұрын

    Dammit! Beat me to it....

  • @hanrockabrand95

    @hanrockabrand95

    10 күн бұрын

    Well played

  • @williamduffy1227

    @williamduffy1227

    10 күн бұрын

    ​@@Netraven001 -I was going to say Etsy, but Temu is much funnier... 😅😅😅

  • @ShanksD596

    @ShanksD596

    10 күн бұрын

    Ali express

  • @Warpathallthetime
    @Warpathallthetime10 күн бұрын

    Chinese hardware seems to work fine when a green screen is present.

  • @jamesogden7756

    @jamesogden7756

    10 күн бұрын

    ...or just pure CGI. 😅

  • @on1yadam

    @on1yadam

    10 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂 right lol. We should check out their moon landings next lol

  • @kennychad2821

    @kennychad2821

    10 күн бұрын

    They do love those animations, it makes them look good! 😂

  • @irrelEvant5352

    @irrelEvant5352

    10 күн бұрын

    😂😂 so true 😂😂

  • @DaftDrunk24

    @DaftDrunk24

    10 күн бұрын

    😂

  • @wyattterrell
    @wyattterrell10 күн бұрын

    China is like that kid trying to copy your homework over the phone and still gets it wrong

  • @ylstorage7085

    @ylstorage7085

    10 күн бұрын

    just like this stale meme you are parroting mate.

  • @georgearrivals

    @georgearrivals

    10 күн бұрын

    @@ylstorage7085rent fucking free

  • @jj4791

    @jj4791

    10 күн бұрын

    @@ylstorage7085 Is that avatar Your real photo?

  • @ylstorage7085

    @ylstorage7085

    10 күн бұрын

    @@jj4791 bastila shan, photoshoped to be a bit more photo realistic. was done a decade ago. game was 2 decades old.

  • @SamtheIrishexan

    @SamtheIrishexan

    10 күн бұрын

    Its not a meme its a saying that has existed for a long time before anything that could display a meme was even built. So it stands. Can copy all you want but if you dont understand what you are copying, and havent ended up with any counter intelligence (which is unlikely) China makes the worst knock offs. They overplayed their hand against the US and got caught, now their manufacturing and tech industries will begin to fall apart. Being a tyrant can only get you so far in China. Xi has broken the social contract by squaring up to the West and the economic costs have the potential to see even more abandoned factories and cities.

  • @granatmof
    @granatmof10 күн бұрын

    Imagine the shocked Pikachu face when the US Snipes it out of the sky because they've had 30 years of active testing against all known stealth technologies to refine active radar system.

  • @MrTmax74

    @MrTmax74

    10 күн бұрын

    Haha no shit

  • @MarkMiller304

    @MarkMiller304

    10 күн бұрын

    Yeah, spending that much money on the B21. It would be a shock.

  • @loremipsum3147

    @loremipsum3147

    10 күн бұрын

    Thats why they lost an f35

  • @jamstagerable

    @jamstagerable

    10 күн бұрын

    ​@loremipsum3147 Now imagine the number of losses an adversary incurs with decades less experience and testing under its belt. Your guess is as good as mine due to a lack of transparency.

  • @alicorn3924

    @alicorn3924

    10 күн бұрын

    ​@@loremipsum3147 that just sounds more like the F-35's stealth being undetectable to US' radars

  • @bryanrussell6679
    @bryanrussell667910 күн бұрын

    I wonder if the H-20 is filled with water too. I mean the name does say H20.

  • @JohnJaneson

    @JohnJaneson

    10 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂 noice

  • @levelazn

    @levelazn

    9 күн бұрын

    see what happens when you watch c.i.a propaganda? who told you chinese filled their weapons with water?

  • @Booz2010

    @Booz2010

    8 күн бұрын

    TOFU 🧆🍮 and Noodle 🍲

  • @perrinromney4555

    @perrinromney4555

    8 күн бұрын

    It will be quickly in a cross-pacific conflict..

  • @okidok8HLEY

    @okidok8HLEY

    6 күн бұрын

    Lol😂

  • @harrisonlichtenberg3162
    @harrisonlichtenberg316210 күн бұрын

    One thing a lot of people don't talk about is that in order to make a good stealth-busting radar, you need great stealth aircraft to test it against over and over until you have everything configured just right. The US has been testing its own stealth-busting radars against the F-22 and B-2 for a long time. I have no doubt that the current-gen radar systems employed by the U.S are more than ready to detect, track and intercept Chinese 5th gen aircraft. The same goes for Russian aircraft, but calling the SU-57 "stealth" is like calling the Titanic unsinkable, and the SU-75 is a PR ploy at best

  • @joseglenn20

    @joseglenn20

    10 күн бұрын

    At least in part we're telling anyone or Braging about it.

  • @SCH292

    @SCH292

    10 күн бұрын

    Lol. SU75. SU75 is like those crappy quick cash scam game on steam. Just think of The Day After when you think of the SU75 project.

  • @MotoroidARFC

    @MotoroidARFC

    10 күн бұрын

    Doesn't the SU-57 have the same RCS as a Super Hornet? It might be stealthy compared to other Russian aircraft which would allow it to get a little closer but not significantly enough to launch missiles and get away with it.

  • @buildmotosykletist1987

    @buildmotosykletist1987

    10 күн бұрын

    @@MotoroidARFC : Yeah, it's RCS is 1-5.24M2. It also visible on commercial radar apparently.

  • @MotoroidARFC

    @MotoroidARFC

    10 күн бұрын

    @@buildmotosykletist1987 is that with the signal booster mounted or without? I know that US aircraft usually have them mounted when traveling to allow air traffic control to see them; similar to motorcyclists wearing hi-viz vests at night. Add on: it also hides their true RCS figures when the signal booster is mounted.

  • @FR-ce2tk
    @FR-ce2tk10 күн бұрын

    I perform EMC engineering testing in a lab for military and aerospace vehicles and components. People have No Idea how much testing that is needed in order to build something as impressive as a B2 Bomber. It's Years and Years of testing and mountains of data is needed to get it right. Being in that field has really opened my eyes as to how much effort goes into creating and testing these technologies. We Are Elite!

  • @ImaStupidNobody

    @ImaStupidNobody

    10 күн бұрын

    Do you know anything about Ronald Rayguns star wars nuclear missile defense? Their are videos online of the plans they have and i wonder when it will be complete.

  • @piotrd.4850

    @piotrd.4850

    10 күн бұрын

    How much testing is needed to build something FAR LESS IMPRESSIVE than B2.

  • @mrbaab5932

    @mrbaab5932

    9 күн бұрын

    ​​@@ImaStupidNobodyLook up GBI. They decided not to build a system big enoughto defend against Russia, but big enough to defend against Iran, North Korea and Chins.

  • @edphillips2998

    @edphillips2998

    9 күн бұрын

    @@ImaStupidNobody- What you miss is that Reagan’s SDI was a masterful red-herring. The funds that were ostensibly targeted at SDI were mostly re-directed into Stealth. This was a major factor in the defeat of the Soviets. They had been spending most of their defense budget on anti-ballistic missile defense (something that was, at the time, impractical) only to have Stealth revealed. They went into panic mode trying to catch up and spent their way into collapse. The history books won’t cover the story for political reasons, but Reagan’s SDI/Stealth head-fake was a genius strategy that executed to perfection!

  • @Booz2010

    @Booz2010

    8 күн бұрын

    TSMC 🇹🇼 Slava

  • @zackthebongripper7274
    @zackthebongripper727410 күн бұрын

    Wow. china builds a handful of low-tier quasi-stealth bombers. We built 100 legitimate ones.

  • @randomdude4505

    @randomdude4505

    10 күн бұрын

    21 B-2s were built. 100 B-21s are planned. We will see if Congress will look at Ukraine and see what peace dividends actually are or cut the program.

  • @piotrd.4850

    @piotrd.4850

    10 күн бұрын

    Who else has ANY newly manufactured bombers?

  • @incomingincoming1133

    @incomingincoming1133

    10 күн бұрын

    China has no need for stealth planes. Their military focus has always been defensive. There is little need for stealth in defense.

  • @Kenny-yl9pc

    @Kenny-yl9pc

    10 күн бұрын

    @@piotrd.4850 Who else is trying?! Nobody! So whats your point?!

  • @jliang70

    @jliang70

    9 күн бұрын

    Yes, sure but you still lost to Taliban even with those 100 legitimate stealth bombers. I don't think Russia has them but you still do not dare to go to a war with Russia.

  • @jackedpackage796
    @jackedpackage79610 күн бұрын

    There is so much defense misinformation out there on youtube I really appreciate having a reputable source of information to turn to on here that tries to look at things as objectively as possible amid a sea of hysteria. Sandboxx remains criminally underrated. Y'all kick ass.

  • @Psych_advisor

    @Psych_advisor

    10 күн бұрын

    Yeah, there's a whole lot of pure BS out there, and for some disturbing reason, it gets way more views that the real info. I think Americans have gotten stupid and lazy. Those are the good qualities, lol.

  • @JohnJaneson

    @JohnJaneson

    10 күн бұрын

    Well, some military misinformation are intentional, so... 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @Booz2010

    @Booz2010

    8 күн бұрын

    Slava 🇹🇼

  • @954ram7
    @954ram710 күн бұрын

    Hope your surgery went well Alex!

  • @happykiwi

    @happykiwi

    10 күн бұрын

    A source suggests he is gained considerable capabilities post procedure, such as 25x magnification and thermal sensory. But as alas, these are merely claims until proven; we can only hope he is well.

  • @saberdogface

    @saberdogface

    10 күн бұрын

    The surgery provided an upgrade in the modularity and lethality of his Mark 1 Eyeball.

  • @happykiwi

    @happykiwi

    10 күн бұрын

    @@saberdogface Indeed, even as we speak, Lockheed Motrin has announced the beginnings of works on the Block 2 upgrade whose goal is to increase the efficiency of data flow via the streamlining of information processing with the assistance of the next generation, state of the art AI. In addition to the increase of processing power and efficiency of operations, Lockheed Motrin will take advantage of the modular 'Hawk Eye' framework to introduce yet more capabilities into the Block 2 package such as LIDAR and the ability to receive video feeds directly from the 'eye's of other friendly troops. When questioned of this decision in the face of increased power requirements, a spokesperson stated, "...[this] feature will allow the warfighter to take full advantage of their sensory suite by pairing LIDAR with thermal, magnification and proprietary AI-assisted resolution upscaling technology to produce a near full spectrum sight picture of the battlefield and dramatically increase the accuracy and lethality and effects of the platforms employed by the warfighter. For this reason, we encourage the troops to maintain a healthy physical regimen and a nutritional diet to ensure adequate energy for optimal performance." As of this time of writing, Lockheed Motrin has declined to comment on an estimated timeline for the Block 2 rollout but what is for sure is Lockheed Motrin's commitment to the evolution of America's future warfighters.

  • @happykiwi

    @happykiwi

    10 күн бұрын

    @@saberdogface Indeed, even as we speak, Lockheed Motrin has announced the beginnings of works on the Block 2 upgrade whose goal is to increase the efficiency of data flow via the streamlining of information processing with the assistance of the next generation, state of the art AI. In addition to the increase of processing power and efficiency of operations, Lockheed Motrin will take advantage of the modular 'Hawk Eye' framework to introduce yet more capabilities into the Block 2 package such as LIDAR and the ability to receive video feeds directly from the 'eyes' of other friendly troops. When questioned of this decision in the face of increased power requirements, a spokesperson stated, "...[this] feature will allow the warfighter to take full advantage of their sensory suite by pairing LIDAR with thermal, magnification and proprietary AI-assisted resolution upscaling technology to produce a near full spectrum sight picture of the battlefield and dramatically increase the accuracy and lethality and effects of the platforms employed by the warfighter. For this reason, we encourage the troops to maintain a healthy physical regimen and a nutritional diet to ensure adequate energy for optimal performance." As of this time of writing, Lockheed Motrin has declined to comment on an estimated timeline for the Block 2 rollout but what is for sure is Lockheed Motrin's commitment to the evolution of America's future warfighters.

  • @meloncake12967

    @meloncake12967

    10 күн бұрын

    @@saberdogface Indeed, even as we speak, Lockheed Motrin has announced the beginnings of works on the Block 2 upgrade whose goal is to increase the efficiency of data flow via the streamlining of information processing with the assistance of the next generation, state of the art AI. In addition to the increase of processing power and efficiency of operations, Lockheed Motrin will take advantage of the modular 'Hawk Eye' framework to introduce yet more capabilities into the Block 2 package such as LIDAR and the ability to receive video feeds directly from the 'eyes' of other friendly troops. When questioned of this decision in the face of increased power requirements, a spokesperson stated, "...[this] feature will allow the warfighter to take full advantage of their sensory suite by pairing LIDAR with thermal, magnification and proprietary AI-assisted resolution upscaling technology to produce a near full spectrum sight picture of the battlefield and dramatically increase the accuracy and lethality and effects of the platforms employed by the warfighter. For this reason, we encourage the troops to maintain a healthy physical regimen and a nutritional diet to ensure adequate energy for optimal performance." As of this time of writing, Lockheed Motrin has declined to comment on an estimated timeline for the Block 2 rollout but what is for sure is Lockheed Motrin's commitment to the evolution of America's future warfighters.

  • @LinLi-vb3pz
    @LinLi-vb3pz10 күн бұрын

    Inside China, it is generally agreed that the H-20 is definitely the most stealth airplane ever. Because no one has ever seen one.

  • @JohnJaneson

    @JohnJaneson

    10 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @Booz2010

    @Booz2010

    8 күн бұрын

    Ma FARDs are Stealthier than H20 💯

  • @DavidKnowles0

    @DavidKnowles0

    6 күн бұрын

    It might not even exist.

  • @mcblaze1968
    @mcblaze196810 күн бұрын

    I think one issue you could talk about is how the Western Alliance is getting into almost mobilization mode. Japan is no longer a self-defense force and is getting integrated with US, Korea and upping their procurement greatly. Australia with it inclusion into AUKUS and it's new defense plan should give the PRC pause. So many arrayed against it these days.

  • @tonysu8860

    @tonysu8860

    10 күн бұрын

    China has threatened belligerence in 2027. Japan probably won't have much more than a symbolic capability beyond defending territory very far north. Until maybe 2030, Japan won't be able to offer the US more than access to Japanese territory for US based but that by itself is significant. Australia is far further behind Japan and can provide only a presence and reconnaissance from the south. Maybe well into the 1930's Australia will have some ships and planes to shoulder some military force. Submarines bought or made domestically won't likely be available until the 1940's and that's optimistic. Until then Australia can operate only one small diesel sub and a few light ships plus an aircraft carrier which probably would need American support for defense.

  • @dzcav3

    @dzcav3

    9 күн бұрын

    @@tonysu8860 Japan has one of the most powerful and modern navies in the world. It's aircraft carrier conversion completion is still a few years down the road. Australia's "carriers" are only suitable for helicopters and Ospreys, and it doesn't have much of a navy in general. It's air force does have F-18s and F-35s which could potentially launch long range missiles of various types.

  • @Mercer1012

    @Mercer1012

    5 күн бұрын

    China and Russia together build more ships than SK and Japan, especially military ships. Also, SK has just this week said it does not plan to assist the US in case of a China-invading-Taiwan scenario, which I expected. I am sure China could cause plenty of problems for SK regarding NK. Also not to mention all of SK is well within range of Chinese missiles and artillery.

  • @jasonhargis5598
    @jasonhargis559810 күн бұрын

    China can't compete with our planes. I'm more concerned with their cyber attack abilities

  • @HKim0072

    @HKim0072

    10 күн бұрын

    It would be bad initially, but remember: we have the smartest computer engineering people on the planet. It would be all hands on deck. People aren't a fan of big tech, but the government would lean on them for resources.

  • @SodiumEx

    @SodiumEx

    10 күн бұрын

    We have the NSA

  • @RacingS2000

    @RacingS2000

    10 күн бұрын

    I think u need to be more concerned about people selling out from the inside .

  • @feDUP1337

    @feDUP1337

    10 күн бұрын

    We should be scared of fast-spreaded stupidity "pandemic" called TikTok. It should have been just banned in civilized world for a long time now...

  • @dereenaldoambun9158

    @dereenaldoambun9158

    10 күн бұрын

    @@RacingS2000 Yup, basically this. Goshhhh I hate traitors so much.

  • @jloiben12
    @jloiben1210 күн бұрын

    It is crazy to me that there were people who were alive both during the Civil War and the Korean War. Jeez what a tectonic change they lived through

  • @vic5015

    @vic5015

    10 күн бұрын

    My parents' generation in Korea watched their country go from a poor, backwards, mostly agrarian country to a modern, developed, advanced first world economic powerhouse. All in 50-70 years i.e. a single human lifetime.

  • @hanrockabrand95

    @hanrockabrand95

    10 күн бұрын

    @@vic5015 Must be South Korea. The experience was a little different in the north 😶

  • @jj4791

    @jj4791

    10 күн бұрын

    Koreans (N. Or S). Believe in One Korea. (Very different Koreas). They do not recognize the other government.

  • @vic5015

    @vic5015

    10 күн бұрын

    ​@@hanrockabrand95I'm aware.

  • @evilbred974

    @evilbred974

    10 күн бұрын

    I mean, the change we lived through is probably even greater. Think of going from to nearly every human being being functionally illiterate to nearly every human being having immediate personal access to almost the entirety of human knowledge at their fingertips. The proliferation of knowledge and communication has been the most groundbreaking change in human history.

  • @i-love-space390
    @i-love-space39010 күн бұрын

    The B-2 Stealth Bomber was in development when Jimmy Carter was President! It didn't fly until 1989. Building a Stealth Bomber is not trivial. And now we have 35 more years of stealth experience. We have years of experience building them, and we have the same amount of time figuring out how to detect and target them.

  • @MikeMike-K9ZamboTravels
    @MikeMike-K9ZamboTravels10 күн бұрын

    As a veteran, I watch every single video your channel puts out. I’m proud of what you’ve built and your honesty and humility surrounding it. As soon as your content drops, I dive in! Thanks a lot, brother ❤🇺🇸

  • @imhimdk1785

    @imhimdk1785

    10 күн бұрын

    Same to you. I really don’t have much knowledge in terms of knowing how the us treats it’s veterans but ima just say they need to treat y’all even better because without y’all us wouldn’t be who they are

  • @Booz2010

    @Booz2010

    8 күн бұрын

    Slava 🇹🇼 Heroyam TAIWANese 🦾

  • @andrewlim7751

    @andrewlim7751

    5 күн бұрын

    Btw, Boeing planes had their screws, door, roof and the entire planes dropped from the sky work as prescribed, and they're a major weapon industrial complex. 😂😂😂

  • @Ifoughtpiranhas
    @Ifoughtpiranhas10 күн бұрын

    China would also have to figure out how to avoid interception by Japanese, South Korean, and of course American fighter jets once they left their bases in China. One of the things the United States did when developing stealth technology was how to spot it once an adversary builds a stealth aircraft, so if the Chinese think they can just stroll a stealth bomber over Japan or South Korea on their way to American targets, that would be a very costly miscalculation on their part.

  • @JohnJaneson

    @JohnJaneson

    10 күн бұрын

    China is surrounded by F35s by now. J20 and H20 are only fourth gens in reality.

  • @levelazn

    @levelazn

    9 күн бұрын

    you forget that china is 1.45 billion people. thats more than U.S EU, canada, new zealand australia korea and japan combined.

  • @cg7982

    @cg7982

    8 күн бұрын

    @@levelazn What does that have to do with the price of tea in China ? ( sorry, I had to)

  • @longdragon88

    @longdragon88

    8 күн бұрын

    think about korea war 😂@@cg7982

  • @53kenner

    @53kenner

    8 күн бұрын

    @@cg7982 I guess he figures that 200 million people will take the planes apart and smuggle them in their knapsacks...

  • @dna6882
    @dna688210 күн бұрын

    Who else gets a little bit of nerd chills when he goes and this is "AIR POWARRRR!"

  • @michaelpelzek8882

    @michaelpelzek8882

    10 күн бұрын

    I kinda do...

  • @matthughes3379

    @matthughes3379

    10 күн бұрын

    I kinda do, too. My gf rolls her eyes at me

  • @CSGATI
    @CSGATI10 күн бұрын

    Copies do not work the same and the user manual is missing.

  • @JohnJaneson2449
    @JohnJaneson244910 күн бұрын

    Tofu dreg weapons. Will perform as one would expect from tofu dreg weapons.

  • @jamesogden7756

    @jamesogden7756

    10 күн бұрын

    Meanwhile, "superior Chinese infrastructure" is flooding and cities are SINKING. Communism takes too many shortcuts. 😂

  • @aznguy771

    @aznguy771

    10 күн бұрын

    China is what China does. Making cheap, copied, second rate garbage products.

  • @user-ce6el8tt6e

    @user-ce6el8tt6e

    9 күн бұрын

    Do you know what tofu is? It's Chinese, not your white-skinned tofu

  • @JSFGuy
    @JSFGuy10 күн бұрын

    Correct, there's more to it than shape and simply flying.

  • @hanrockabrand95

    @hanrockabrand95

    10 күн бұрын

    Yeah, but even the shape has challenges. A flying wing is a lot trickier to design and fly than most people realize.

  • @isaacbrown4506
    @isaacbrown450610 күн бұрын

    Hope your eye is doing better

  • @Whateverjudy
    @Whateverjudy10 күн бұрын

    Nothing will ever compete with Russian stealth technology. Nobody can find their stealth fighters anywhere 😂

  • @houseoquinnizyodaddy
    @houseoquinnizyodaddy10 күн бұрын

    Engines....engines....engines! The Chinese can't even get their fighter jet engines nailed down, let alone something as difficult as stealth bomber propultion.

  • @earlharvey7659
    @earlharvey765910 күн бұрын

    22,000 lbs? The A 10 Warthog can carry over 20,000 lbs. Questions: Can the H 20 fly 4,000 miles without refueling? The B2 Spirit can carry 40,000 plus lbs of payload. The B1 bomber payload is 75,000 lbs, the B52 payload is 70,000 lbs. Why would the US be worried about the H 20 bomber?

  • @virginccyy7645

    @virginccyy7645

    10 күн бұрын

    Same thing with Russian/ Soviet Union heavy bomber carrying 8000kgs less than the B1 bomber which has the greatest payload out of any bomber in the world!

  • @wilhufftarkin5852

    @wilhufftarkin5852

    10 күн бұрын

    Because Nukes dont weight that much anymore.

  • @ex0duzz

    @ex0duzz

    6 күн бұрын

    No one knows the true specs.

  • @Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent

    @Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent

    6 күн бұрын

    The main worry was about how much tech was stolen or leaked to China for them to build a copy. From what it seems to be going, China only had barebones at best of the knowledge they needed likely merging what they gleaned with other stealth tech they stole from I'm guessing the early knowledge of the F-35 and the F-117. It seems they figured they had enough to build something and decided to go with a flying wing design, and yet didn't realize the sheer complexity of the design and the stealth requirements to ensure such a design could maintain that stealth or fly well for that matter. If this is true it means that China might be having trouble in the complex programming needed to keep such a craft in the air, and the requirements for its stealth. Assuming its the same they are using for their fighters. This is probably why their design has tail fins, indicating they couldn't figure out all the issues and that provides stability in certain flight situations. Also its telling that China was originally supposed to show the world the bomber as far back as 2020 or 2021 I belive. Then it was pushed up to 2022 and I believe they were going for 2023 when the US suddenly revealed the B-21 Raider and likely had China's H-20 look like a joke. It will be interesting when they finally reveal the bomber. At most it will make a nice war trophy.

  • @DavidKnowles0

    @DavidKnowles0

    6 күн бұрын

    No one has even seen and we probably won't until the 2030s, if ever. So no one knows it specifications. We only knows it even existed because the Chinese said it exists.

  • @RAS_Squints
    @RAS_Squints10 күн бұрын

    H-20 is if you order a B-2 from Temu

  • @tokukeitaro

    @tokukeitaro

    10 күн бұрын

    Brings a new meaning to Shop Like A Billionaire.

  • @Mercer1012

    @Mercer1012

    5 күн бұрын

    Depends on how good it is, if it's 75% as good at 40% the cost of a B-21, it's a winner. China will just outproduce the US as it is with ships right now.

  • @andrewlim7751

    @andrewlim7751

    5 күн бұрын

    This channel looks like a Indian channel trying the best to smear others and made themselves look good, nothing have been substantiated.

  • @hamzamahmood9565
    @hamzamahmood956510 күн бұрын

    "We have the B-2 bomber at home" The B-2 at home:

  • @user-kq5ke5yb6k
    @user-kq5ke5yb6k10 күн бұрын

    Ooh, China. A "stealth" bomber. Welcome to the 1980's.

  • @Fraet

    @Fraet

    10 күн бұрын

    Gotta start somewhere

  • @hairy-one
    @hairy-one10 күн бұрын

    The CIA tried painting the U-2 with radar absorbing paint, but it added enough weight to keep it from achieving altitude.and generally affected the handling.

  • @ShadowOppsRC

    @ShadowOppsRC

    10 күн бұрын

    They added material to the aeras they knew reflected radar well with what was called by the workers as "wall paper." Predecessor to the same stuff slapped on the outside of the f-117. Weight was a big deal when you condsider every pound over a certain altitude costed you in how high you can fly in the U2. The paint and "wall paper" added to much weight and did not work as they thought it would.

  • @jamesogden7756

    @jamesogden7756

    10 күн бұрын

    A coat of VantaBlack would have more effect.

  • @jlehm

    @jlehm

    10 күн бұрын

    @@jamesogden7756it’s not the color that makes it low observable, bud.

  • @chaosXP3RT

    @chaosXP3RT

    10 күн бұрын

    Where did you read that?

  • @theonlydiego1

    @theonlydiego1

    9 күн бұрын

    @@jlehmVantablack isn’t a paint color. It is however light dispersing nano fibers.

  • @Sabotage_Labs
    @Sabotage_Labs7 күн бұрын

    8:06 Kelly Johnson...one of the greatest Americans ever! Man was a genius and did more for aviation and the defense of our country than arguably anyone!

  • @texasranger24
    @texasranger2410 күн бұрын

    The US Army just chose General Dynamics and Rheinmetall as finalists for the 4000 Bradley replacement IFVs. Could you do a Firepower series video about this program, the two finalists and the other three that dropped out. Or more generally the current state of IFVs (Bradley, CV90, Puma, Lynx) and their most likely future. Maybe even including anti air IFVs like some CV90 variants and SkyRanger.

  • @itsericzhou

    @itsericzhou

    10 күн бұрын

    This would be sick. Liking so he sees it

  • @lobsypobsy

    @lobsypobsy

    10 күн бұрын

    Alex please, give TexasRanger24 what he wants. I'm sick of seeing his comments regarding this matter.

  • @jj4791

    @jj4791

    10 күн бұрын

    😂 ^agreed

  • @misplacedstarman5455

    @misplacedstarman5455

    10 күн бұрын

    Here's an idea for you. Why don't you do the research, make some informative video segments, start your own KZread channel, and present the information to everyone. This way, you'll have the information and the satisfaction of knowing it at an even deeper level.

  • @ItsJoKeZ

    @ItsJoKeZ

    10 күн бұрын

    ask task & purpose. he does army stuff often.

  • @Cheka__
    @Cheka__10 күн бұрын

    Just because you can copy the Mona Lisa, that don't make you da Vinci.

  • @davidfisher6356
    @davidfisher635610 күн бұрын

    Those SR-71s were good looking birds

  • @SplashJohn

    @SplashJohn

    10 күн бұрын

    Hoping to be crowned King of Understatement, are you? 😉

  • @davidfisher6356

    @davidfisher6356

    10 күн бұрын

    Yessiree bob 😉

  • @-Gramps
    @-Gramps10 күн бұрын

    This is a repost, but even at age 69, I get chills down my spine when Alex shows an SR 71: 1969- As a kid with a pilot father stationed at (then) Blytheville AFB,our base housing backed up to the primary landing strip. As a kid of 13 (1969) I was mowing the lawn at dusk. I heard a huge jet engine sound, unlike my dad’s usual 8 engine B 52s, & looked up to see this AMAZING long, black aircraft landing that looked like something from a sci-fi movie. I ran inside to get my dad & show him. His jaw dropped, too. He had heard about the SR 71, but had, of course, never even seen an illustration! I almost peed my pants! It was only about 400 yards away when it taxied to a hangar. I didn’t know how (or if I even could) to describe the experience to my fellow USAF dependent friends. My goal instantly became: attend the UASF Academy & fly that damn black airplane! Alas, my vision issues precluded admission to the Academy, but I did attend the US Naval Academy & spent 30 yrs there as a physician. That said, I would give it all up to have flown that blackbird….

  • @rangerlongshot

    @rangerlongshot

    10 күн бұрын

    In the late 70's I dated a girl whose stepfather flew 120+ combat missions over North Vietnam in F-105 Thunderchiefs, including some of the early Iron Hand/Wild Weasel missions. Then he transitioned to the SR-71 and flew it out of Okinawa and Beale until he retired. I was at the ranch one day looking at his pictures in the den and I saw a small 'Mach 3' pin and next to it a small '300 Hour' pin. I knew that Air Force pilots have 1000's of hours so I asked him what was the big deal with 300 hours in the SR-71? He said, in that hot pilot drawl "Well, when you're going that fast it don't take all that much time to get, well, anywhere."

  • @gayprepperz6862
    @gayprepperz686210 күн бұрын

    Alex, you have become one of my main go-to sites for serious and educated sources when I am researching topics along your line (just of layman's news). I'm more informed than most everyone I know (and that may not be saying a lot), but I also realized not long after I began watching your channel that you're not just out there waving Ole Glory and grandstanding the USA (which I don't mind if it's backed up by facts), you really do your homework and I consider you a legitimate source of knowledge that I would quote a source. Thanks for all of your efforts. I enjoy them, but most importantly I feel like I'm walking away edified with factual knowledge. You're the best Buddy! 👍

  • @texasranger24
    @texasranger2410 күн бұрын

    A video about the X65 and active flow control would be cool.

  • @buildmotosykletist1987

    @buildmotosykletist1987

    10 күн бұрын

    I'll support that one. I spoke to an F1 fluid dynamics bloke about it. Fascinating stuff.

  • @billkilbourne6409
    @billkilbourne640910 күн бұрын

    Durring the flight testing of the YB-49, it was noticed that when the aircraft turned head on to the RADAR source, it would almost disap[ear from the scope. this was 1949. The SR-71 was so fast that it would get pcked up once on the scope, and then be gone on the next sweep.

  • @dbreunig
    @dbreunig7 күн бұрын

    This covers my favorite bit of trivia about early stealth aircraft: they were angular because we lacked the processing power to calculate higher-poly surfaces. Same reason Starfox 64 looked the way it did.

  • @erasmus_locke
    @erasmus_locke10 күн бұрын

    Don't discount them just because they came second. Complacency is the enemy of progress. If we assume their technology is worse than ours and we assume that ours will always be better, eventually they'll overtake us.

  • @TK199999

    @TK199999

    10 күн бұрын

    Exactly, it may take longer but they will get it. Which is why the Pentagon has said it has to take claims of the Chinese and Russians at sorta face value. Yes it knows it probably more propaganda than reality. But it has to try to make sure US overmatch remains uncontested even if China and Russia's claims are true, which usually they are not. Because by doing that, it scares China and Russia from attempting anything because they do know for sure that the US tends mean what it says about its capabilities.

  • @cameroncarley7958

    @cameroncarley7958

    10 күн бұрын

    I agree fully, it makes me worried whenever I see people discrediting anything they do, we need to be aware that they *are* a formidable force and we must be aware of that. lucky the intelligence community in the government seems to agree, I just wish the public would understand as well

  • @barefootbreezy6983

    @barefootbreezy6983

    10 күн бұрын

    @@TK199999 America is not going to stop developing high tech for the air. Its how we win wars. I bet we already have a fleet of anti gravity crafts out there somewhere unless what I saw was alien. Navy choosing their next 6th gen fighter jet later this year too.

  • @dx-ek4vr

    @dx-ek4vr

    10 күн бұрын

    Better to overestimate and overprepare than underestimate and get absolutely destroyed Also, I don’t know why YT erased my comment where I said the same thing?

  • @granatmof

    @granatmof

    10 күн бұрын

    Looking at the f15, I dont think the US military takes enemy claims as anything less than a real threat. The US has been watching this program and has some expectations whether it exceeds their estimates or not. Until China has friendly airbases around the world to provide mid air refueling to project power around the world, China remains a regional military power. Increasing their air attack range to be like Australia round trip puts more American air bases into immediate threat should the Taiwan war break out.

  • @artlife6210
    @artlife621010 күн бұрын

    the warranty expires in the middle of the first mission

  • @JohnJaneson

    @JohnJaneson

    10 күн бұрын

    More like before first deployment lol

  • @paradox_productions

    @paradox_productions

    10 күн бұрын

    Could you imagine if you had to have jet insurance? 😂😂

  • @lorijones8860
    @lorijones886010 күн бұрын

    Another Top notch Episode Keep on keeping on 💪🏼

  • @terryfreeman1018
    @terryfreeman101810 күн бұрын

    Hope you are feeling better Alex. I appreciate you and Sandboxx. I seen the Tom Clancy book on your shelf. I love his work. Lol

  • @fraidofthedark
    @fraidofthedark10 күн бұрын

    Language barrier, stealth in Chinese means "here I am."

  • @LexionCombine
    @LexionCombine10 күн бұрын

    Thank you for bringing up Quiet Bird.

  • @d_lollol524
    @d_lollol52410 күн бұрын

    the person in charge is more of a concern than some weapon platforms. Especially when the person in charge has actual plans to use those weapons in near future.

  • @davedeville6540

    @davedeville6540

    8 күн бұрын

    True. Intent is more interesting than capability. Something European security services learned after their botched pre war analysis of Russia’s large scale invasion of Ukraine

  • @DeaconBlu
    @DeaconBlu10 күн бұрын

    Great vid. Thanks Alex!

  • @Nathan-vt1jz
    @Nathan-vt1jz10 күн бұрын

    It doesn’t make much sense for China to focus on high end stealth bombers when they aren’t focused on air power generally (their focus seems to be the rocket force and navy).

  • @JohnJaneson

    @JohnJaneson

    10 күн бұрын

    Ah, but that is misdirection. Their true military power is in supermassive numbers of low-grade air and land units. Their rocket force is a dud; they know it. Their naval ships have very thin lining and easily sunk. But millions of kamikaze troopers can exhaust Taiwanese ammo, and their fighters have enough CnC for kamikaze attacks on key installations.

  • @jimandnena4
    @jimandnena410 күн бұрын

    Here's a hint on stealth: if it has canards, it ain't stealth. Canards also indicate a lack of modern flight control technology.

  • @jacobbaumgardner3406

    @jacobbaumgardner3406

    10 күн бұрын

    Not quite. Canards aren’t inherently unstealthy, the issue is hiding it. Rear tails are also not stealthy, but as you can see in the F-22 and F-35, they blend the leading edge into the airframe to limit returns. Canards suffer with that leading edge, but if they’re fixed and blended, then they’d be the same as rear tails. Canards also do not indicate a primitive flight control system. European jets have some of the most advanced flight control setups out there, well on par with American ones. The canard is used because it allows for a more efficient aerodynamic profile, especially at supersonic speeds. Believe it or not, the F-22 is not optimized for high speed and high altitude. It sacrificed some of that capability for low and slow dogfighting potential. The J-20 is not going to beat an F-22 in a dogfight, that’s for sure, but its aerodynamic profile means that it can efficiently sustain supersonic speed, and will, at least kinematically, be on par with the F-22 when fit with the WS-15 engine.

  • @jimandnena4

    @jimandnena4

    10 күн бұрын

    ​@@jacobbaumgardner3406If canards worked and were not a problem for stealth, why are they not used on US jets? The AFTI had canards, but it was only a testbed for pointing the nose without the roll axis. Canards add extra control actuators to the flight control system, i.e. added failure points. The flight control system on the F-22 can move each control surface independently. Blending each surface to control flight path makes canards unnecessary.

  • @wilhufftarkin5852

    @wilhufftarkin5852

    10 күн бұрын

    ​@@jimandnena4Only because the US doesnt use it does not mean its bad. Its a design choice after all and as said above, the Eurofighter, Rafale and Gripen use canards and they are all highly advanced fighters. The Eurofighter even had steath as a secodnary requirement.

  • @jacobbaumgardner3406

    @jacobbaumgardner3406

    10 күн бұрын

    @@jimandnena4 why didn’t the US use canards in their 4th gen jets? They had p,entry of prototypes in the 60s and 70s, yet they chose not o use them. There was a reason, and stealth was not it, not during that time. It actually makes a simpler system, as you don’t have a rear all moving tail. Most modern jets can move flight surfaces independently, don’t think it’s some proprietary American technology. Canards are not unnecessary, it’s all about optimizing for your particular mission. The fact is that canards improve high Mach performance over rear tails.

  • @jimandnena4

    @jimandnena4

    10 күн бұрын

    Canards are necessary if the aircraft is a delta wing design. The Typhoon- F-22 Red Flag event reviewed by Alex a year ago required the Raptor to fly with external fuel tanks to give the stripped down Typhoon an even chance at winning. The event was a dog and pony show, not a real contest.

  • @woodysranch2690
    @woodysranch269010 күн бұрын

    It would be a mistake to underestimate the Chinese. The years it took for the US to "get here" are lessons the chinese can learn from in a much shorter timeframe not to mention their human intelligence sources which likely go far beyond what we know about. They are also great imitators and are paying attention close to the Ukraine war.

  • @nosteponsnek7036

    @nosteponsnek7036

    10 күн бұрын

    What's that old "never underestimate your enemy" refrain?

  • @user-ex3lo7pk9j

    @user-ex3lo7pk9j

    10 күн бұрын

    @@nosteponsnek7036 Not to mention the traitors selling the tech to help them catch up.

  • @dx-ek4vr

    @dx-ek4vr

    10 күн бұрын

    Better to overestimate and overprepare than underestimate and get destroyed. Even if China isn't as strong as they want you to think, I don't doubt that they will be an incredibly dangerous opponent. I really hope that people keep that in mind

  • @tonysu8860

    @tonysu8860

    10 күн бұрын

    Not going to happen. American analysts probably can guess the state of Chinese flying wing and stealth technology by the products they've produced and probably have had a look inside exported weapons. I don't know if a single weapon or aircraft including drones that are anywhere close to American weapons they're trying to copy. And that's only the obvious, publicly available information. I assume American Intelligence has a better view than what the public knows

  • @jasonyambor3272

    @jasonyambor3272

    10 күн бұрын

    China builds junk

  • @user-je5do6jn2f
    @user-je5do6jn2f10 күн бұрын

    Well done, Sir Expert. That's a comprehensive history of U.S. stealth technology development in condensed form.

  • @pahtar7189
    @pahtar718910 күн бұрын

    One thing to consider about the H-20 is that China has had trouble developing reliable high-performance jet engines. Most of their planes came from the Soviet Union/Russia or were copies of them, and even some of the indigenous designs used copies of Russian engines. When you're flying thousands of miles over the ocean into hostile territory, that's a big deal. That said, only a few countries even have strategic bombers, and even a mediocre stealth bomber with questionable engines would be a serious threat to India, Japan, and China's other neighbors.

  • @OtherWorldExplorers
    @OtherWorldExplorers10 күн бұрын

    H-20 Is that code for H2O. Maybe it's stealthy cuz it's made of ice... It decreases its radar cross section by melting. 😂

  • @JohnJaneson

    @JohnJaneson

    10 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @KevinBB88

    @KevinBB88

    5 күн бұрын

    真不错,美国的快乐教育果然出类拔萃🤟

  • @statmonster
    @statmonster10 күн бұрын

    What about the British Mosquito as an early unobservable aircraft? Maybe it wasn’t designed that way but it was used that way.

  • @MrSJPowell

    @MrSJPowell

    10 күн бұрын

    Low observability against early radar? Certainly. Actual intentionally designed low observability? Not really. It was designed to be fast, and the relative low observability was a lovely benefit

  • @TK199999

    @TK199999

    10 күн бұрын

    Jack Northrup's flying wing bomber is actually considered the first true low radar cross section aircraft (not stealth), again by accident. But yes the British Mosquito also had low radar cross section properties due to its wooden construction. But that may have had as much to do with German radar limitations than truly lower RCS of the Mosquito. Besides its the UK and the US never gives the UK credit for anything. It part of deal Churchill made with the US to get the US into war against Germany.

  • @michaelpelzek8882

    @michaelpelzek8882

    10 күн бұрын

    ​@@TK199999The United States gets the credit for airplanes. Churchill made that deal? Lmao

  • @gfresh353
    @gfresh35310 күн бұрын

    Another really well narrated episode. Thank you!

  • @p1zd3c
    @p1zd3c10 күн бұрын

    The doctrine quote was amazing.

  • @Verminator4
    @Verminator410 күн бұрын

    Even if it's outright inferior to the B21 or even the B2, it still represents a brand new and threatening Chinese capability that will need to be accounted and prepared for. Same goes for the J20. Even mediocre (and even assuming this is dangerous) 5th gen aircraft are such a greater threat than 4th gen that they threaten to completely change the game. Honestly the biggest benefit of the US / the West in being ahead of China is that they can use their own 5th gen fleets as adversaries to train against and prepare. I hope that the H20 not being "a concern" is more down to this fact than a flippant disregard of the potential threat it might represent.

  • @XkriskrossX

    @XkriskrossX

    10 күн бұрын

    We should always overestimate their capability and design something completely overpowered to fight it That's how the F-15 came about, no?

  • @user-fs9kc1vo4o

    @user-fs9kc1vo4o

    10 күн бұрын

    J-35

  • @johnsilver9338

    @johnsilver9338

    10 күн бұрын

    Yes, they even made a stealth practice target drone 5GAT that can emulate either J-20 or Su-57.

  • @dianapennepacker6854

    @dianapennepacker6854

    10 күн бұрын

    Yeah I am suprisred how dismissive Alex, and especially the Admiral. First time I heard a general be so blunt. Usually they make the enemy seem like the enemy is superior to try to get more funding. Here he is just like, "They are truly stealth as they don't even show up on our threat radar. Flocks of birds around the runway will cause more damage. The losere." Anyway I prefer us not to underestimate our enemies. China was hiring ex pilots, and stealing any information they can get. Yet most importantly they have their hands on super computers along with AI. I imagine it is a lot easier to make iterations with them. It doesn't have to be better than ours to be dangerous. Just good enough, and who knows how fast China will be able to make a fleet.

  • @Leed831100

    @Leed831100

    10 күн бұрын

    No, China is no way near American's weapon capability. Please share this channel to let more americans know that China doesn't, and can't, pose any national security threat to the US.

  • @xkavarsmith9322
    @xkavarsmith932210 күн бұрын

    As Stalin said, quantity is a quality all its own. China makes 500 of those semi-stealth bombers, it's a concern.

  • @jj4791

    @jj4791

    10 күн бұрын

    Population 1920 Russia 135 Million USA 106 Million Population 2020 Russia 144 Million USA 330 million People go where they're treated best. And have children when their future is not all doom and gloom. Side note: Russian soldiers are fielding Mosin Negants in battle circa 2024. Because there was a large stockpile of them in storage.

  • @RushFX

    @RushFX

    10 күн бұрын

    except the Ukraine war has proved that notion to be wrong. Even if China were to make that many there's no way they could field even a decent fraction of that due to the severe lack of skilled pilots.

  • @tonysu8860

    @tonysu8860

    10 күн бұрын

    Only for certain scenarios. That's why war doctrine is important to maximize your advantages and avoid exposing weaknesses.

  • @No-mq5lw

    @No-mq5lw

    10 күн бұрын

    He also sent millions into the meat grinder under equipped and under trained with reckless abandon so I don't think that doctrine should be used as a point here.

  • @johnsilver9338

    @johnsilver9338

    10 күн бұрын

    Except China is late in the game. B-21 is in production and their are already 5 of them. While there are 4 to 5 times F-35 than J-20 with half of that in US arsenal. Not to mention their is still the F-22s and B-2s. So US has both quality and quantity.

  • @jolness1
    @jolness110 күн бұрын

    7:04 what’s up with the b52 pluming smoke occasionally. I know the engines are smoky but why is it intermittent?

  • @tonyromano4341
    @tonyromano43419 күн бұрын

    Leaving a comment to assist in the advancement of this channel's exposure. Great job, as always Alex.

  • @jacksavage7808
    @jacksavage780810 күн бұрын

    Love this honest content.

  • @steveshoemaker6347
    @steveshoemaker634710 күн бұрын

    We thank you Alex🇺🇸

  • @joedyhicks9415
    @joedyhicks941510 күн бұрын

    Another wonderful presentation, thank you Your videos present complicated subject in a manner that can be understood by layman such as myself - thank you very much.

  • @marketcipher
    @marketcipher9 күн бұрын

    Groundnews is not just a garbage sponsor. I use them now too, so nice to have all the perspectives in one spot.

  • @erikcourtney1834
    @erikcourtney183410 күн бұрын

    Strange it’s name is H2O… literally water… take it how you will.

  • @gazzman6547

    @gazzman6547

    10 күн бұрын

    CCP tried to copy HO 229 name and they messed up the translation and they ended up with H20 instead.

  • @tommanseau6277
    @tommanseau627710 күн бұрын

    So steady a as she goes, the CCP is more talk than walk. The whole “We’ve got the best of everything!” sure sounds like rehashed Soviet / Russian propaganda. Now China is claiming they can easily pinpoint an F22 via what appears to be software algorithms in their radar systems. The veracity of those claims would be a great topic for another video Alex. Hope your surgery went well & your depth perception returns!

  • @user-cj2wz8sb1l
    @user-cj2wz8sb1l10 күн бұрын

    13:53- beautifully written

  • @richardlee9825
    @richardlee982510 күн бұрын

    Again. Superb video dicussion and ideas. Thanks snd more video!!

  • @Anarchy_420
    @Anarchy_42010 күн бұрын

    I bet Planes such as The YF-118G, Tacit Blue, and X-36 are still more stealthy than The J-20 especially if they were applied with modern RAM

  • @jj4791

    @jj4791

    10 күн бұрын

    Tacit Blue was designed to test an undetectable radar.

  • @everettputerbaugh3996

    @everettputerbaugh3996

    10 күн бұрын

    With ceramic RAM, it is possible that a Tomcat would be more stealthy than something with canards and a poorly applied RAM coating.

  • @Anarchy_420

    @Anarchy_420

    10 күн бұрын

    @@everettputerbaugh3996 lol good one, The ST-22 ;) Yo I almost forgot about The F-15SE Silent Eagle! Would obliterate SU-57 and J-20!👍

  • @jonathanpfeffer3716

    @jonathanpfeffer3716

    8 күн бұрын

    @@everettputerbaugh3996Yeah no. Shaping is like 80% of stealth.

  • @jmckittrick1
    @jmckittrick110 күн бұрын

    Very dumb question, does the British WW 2 aircraft mosquito count a stealth. Technically the radar of the time couldn't detect that aircraft.

  • @kennethng8346

    @kennethng8346

    10 күн бұрын

    The wooden frame would not get detected, but the engine sure would.

  • @jj4791

    @jj4791

    10 күн бұрын

    Wood is not inherently stealth. I doubt any claim that the mossie was undetectable by radar in the 1940s. It had two huge metal propellers.

  • @jmckittrick1

    @jmckittrick1

    10 күн бұрын

    Watched a video by the fat electrician about the mosquito. He explained that the Germans couldn't detect it. Admittedly, I'm no expert so I may deserve a good roast but check out the video and tell me what you think

  • @perryallan3524

    @perryallan3524

    10 күн бұрын

    @@jmckittrick1 Since the Germans did not have RADAR, their detection method must have been visual or perhaps when the bomb hit the ground...

  • @keithnoneya
    @keithnoneya7 күн бұрын

    Now when you put it in those perspectives of "You need friendly runways to land on" and airspace to operate in, that brings it all into perspective, not to even mention the experience the U.S. has using them in actual combat. Thanks Alex for another eye opening and informative episode of Sandboxx News. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya

  • @gardnert1
    @gardnert110 күн бұрын

    "The Americans' just had a stealth airplane shot down by some random Serbian anti-aircraft battery with some out-dated equipment. WE MUST STEAL IT AND COPY IT!" "The Serbian anti-aircraft battery, right?" "lol no!"

  • @TheBizziniss
    @TheBizziniss10 күн бұрын

    China is behind but their espionage seems to be top notch and you just can never be complacent with the Chinese. The second you think you are better than them they show you they have other strengths. We learned this lesson in Korea and it’s influenced pretty much every decision we have made regarding China since then.

  • @jj4791

    @jj4791

    10 күн бұрын

    Chinas primary espionage channel is literally TikTok and the US power grids 1990s computer systems which have little to no internet security or protection.

  • @tonysu8860

    @tonysu8860

    10 күн бұрын

    You never know what the effect of theft is. I suspect the much publicized theft of stealth aircraft technology may have netted the Chinese very little usable info. This was when the F-35 program was a mess and many years before the program had to be practically burned to the ground and rebuilt around 2017 replacing all the avionics, virtual perspective, modular architecture, improved stealth materials and numerous other features. The joke really was on the Chinese stealing stuff that didn't work. Maybe they got something out of it but no one is saying exactly and authoritatively what China stole that is showing up in their aircraft.

  • @merlesmith6794
    @merlesmith679410 күн бұрын

    Just gotta be careful about those stealth balloons 🎈

  • @Zulu4impi

    @Zulu4impi

    10 күн бұрын

    😂😅😂 Tough part is if the CO is compromised, you get what happened.

  • @stevencolborne6845
    @stevencolborne684510 күн бұрын

    I have always liked tour content, but this is the best explanation I have seen. Well done.

  • @samson1200
    @samson120010 күн бұрын

    Alex, you knitted together the journey of the Stealth program and all the iterations and influencers of the technology and the speed bumps along the way and did it clearly and easy to follow like a good book from start to present day! It is such a great story you write for us lay people to understand the process and how other countries try to imitate what has been done! That is why I love how you stitch together all the technology to make it easier to understand. Thank you for your hard work.

  • @CRAZYHORSE19682003
    @CRAZYHORSE1968200310 күн бұрын

    While the HO-229 was not designed with Stealth in mind, the flying wing design did in fact have a much lower RCS than typical fighters of the day. It would have cut reaction times for the RAF in half.

  • @jj4791

    @jj4791

    10 күн бұрын

    Nah. It has not one but TWO forward facing, exposed axial-flow compressor fans. It probably has a RCS closer to a 737MAX than a Cessna.

  • @CRAZYHORSE19682003

    @CRAZYHORSE19682003

    10 күн бұрын

    @@jj4791 You would be incorrect, when tested against radars of the time the HO-229 had a much smaller RCS than the BF-109 for example.

  • @mcblaze1968
    @mcblaze196810 күн бұрын

    The US is working on v2 while PRC is still in v.8 beta basically.

  • @HailAzathoth

    @HailAzathoth

    10 күн бұрын

    Try v3

  • @nigelmoore957
    @nigelmoore95710 күн бұрын

    Love your show! It's so informative. Speaking of which, I was wondering if you knew anything about the Lockheed Martin Cormorant? Is it still in development or was it scrapped in favor of something else? Would truly appreciate the feed back. keep up the great work.

  • @scienceMicroguy77
    @scienceMicroguy778 күн бұрын

    I really love how I can't hear you talking so I have to turn my volume way up and then your intro music destroys my speakers as it's a 100% louder than you're talking. That's amazing. You know they have this thing called noise leveling which you can use when you're editing your videos to ensure that things aren't too quiet or aren't too loud. Maybe you should check it out. Is just a thought.

  • @paxofpayne
    @paxofpayne10 күн бұрын

    Newzealand has a stealth fighter and bomber program as well, in far in advance of the US ,, in fact go to any of our air bases and look ,, so so good its like there not even there , and pilots and crews are so good at keeping the secreate if you mention it , they say your crazy and ignore any more questions 😊

  • @granatmof

    @granatmof

    10 күн бұрын

    This reminds me that my univerity was undefeated in football for it's entire 50 year history.

  • @paxofpayne

    @paxofpayne

    10 күн бұрын

    @@granatmof I all so have a stealth bank account all working four years it remains under cover of the zero

  • @hankadelicflash
    @hankadelicflash10 күн бұрын

    Is it full of water? Would be good for fighting fires I suppose, those fires would never know what hit 'em!

  • @The1stDukeDroklar
    @The1stDukeDroklar10 күн бұрын

    Just like in many multiplayer games, people who buy the good gear cannot compete with those who earned it because of experience gained through the process of acquiring it. So as you pointed out, even if China had the exact same equipment we do, they would not have the vast experience of the US military in utilizing that tech. Not just the soldiers in the field and air, but also the commanders being trained to work together in the digital war room shared by multiple countries. Then there's the advanced logistics required to make it all work.

  • @brucebarnes8138
    @brucebarnes813810 күн бұрын

    My brother when working in China said. How they copied all of the american oilfield equipment ,but they did not work well. They had to replace the pump liners every other day. They shut the rig down at dark and the pipe in the hole would get stuck. He knew they had taken his down hole tools apart to copy them, because his tools were not put together right. He said he did not care that they were coping his tools, because there was no way they could reproduce the metallurgy needed to make the tools work and if they could they would not know how to make the tools work down hole. Even using good engineers, they would not have years of experience of down hole lessons to learn all the different situations you could run into. Good american engineers have to work with experienced down hole experts for 2 years to understand how to run down hole tools. Copying our aircraft designs, they will still be at least a decade behind us.

  • @BasicBobby
    @BasicBobby10 күн бұрын

    I disagree, they’re worried. We mothballed billions in radars and planes and scrambled to get leverage over technology and systems that specifically is able to identify and track these new planes. That plus their missile technology has made us pivot to decentralized command and control rapidly.

  • @granatmof

    @granatmof

    10 күн бұрын

    The USAF has considered decentralized c&c like 2 decades ago. They understood their over reliance on GPS et al and have been developing technologies that are recently bearing fruit. The US Navy has accepted that as well and has reintroduced more manual ways of determining position than just relaying on GPS. The only big thing that may be surprising is Chinses timeline, as estimates from like 2006 wouldn't exactly be able to account for emerging technologies like 3d printing, and the advancements in computing power and AI systems. That said US capabilities in rapid prototyping cannot be understated, either. The biggest surprise would probably be small scale drones. But again the US should have some solutions for them. Even if it's designated marksmen taking them out. The biggest hurdle the US faces isn't China, it's unregulated and under regulated capitalism. Boeing is one of America's top defense contractors, and they're screwing the pooch when it comes to delivering civilian planes. If Boeing doesn't clean house and fix their production issue, the US is going to nationalize them next time we go tines r

  • @JDmix123

    @JDmix123

    10 күн бұрын

    @@granatmofah yes more government oversight is definitely the solution, let’s nationalize everything in that case

  • @BasicBobby

    @BasicBobby

    10 күн бұрын

    @@granatmof I agree with your points on timeline, the results have outperformed more optimistic models that a great deal of congress has relied upon to avoid restricting lucrative economic relations for 30 years. And yes, decentralized CC has long been considered, the Pentagon is very large, and we’ve been similarly challenged by near peers in the past. Frankly, these are literally ancient strategies, each with trade-offs. That said, the important point remains unchallenged-no matter what we admit, we are acting “worried.” Our spending and actions indicate we do believe these systems are more capable than the optimists would admit they are publicly. And finally, yes, there are a number of other threats to the average American and westerner right now. In terms of kinetic threats this is near the top. If the most comforting thing we can say is-well, we’ve done it better longer, so we’ll stay ahead and regain ground-I don’t believe there’s any evidence for this claim. In terms of industrial capacity they’re more capable, in terms of human capital they’ve surpassed us, in terms of capital, they are on track to surpass us, in terms of technology they are on track to surpass us, and have already proven capable of reverse-engineering and integrating sophisticated technology. By every metric, we’re in a Cold War with a much more powerful rival than the Soviet Union ever was. Luckily, what probably holds them back, is population collapse and economic regression. They’re a very old population, their critical goods are even more reliant on trade, their economy isn’t diverse or efficient (relatively-speaking), and it’s difficult for them to stop brain drain for their most capable engineers and researcher. But in my opinion, we made a serious miscalculation pushing the Russian economy and store of energy resources into their hands instead of our own. Their industrial capacity, technology, human capital, and access to energy is a real problem for us. We’re worried, our actions and spending indicate such, and analysts like Bob Spalding have been vindicated.

  • @BasicBobby

    @BasicBobby

    10 күн бұрын

    @@JDmix123 @granatmof is correct - in practice, we’ve already soft-nationalized a large portion of our defense and aerospace sectors. More recently, computing. And there’s a good chance we’ll simply have to, whether it’s China or India or Brazil or Southeast Asia forcing our hand. Without heavy government investment, these sectors simply can’t compete, stateside, given the comparative advantage in labor and energy cost by many other countries. That said, demographics and human capital are generally a mess globally, and AI and automation is going to provide x amount of relief in this regard. Of course, there’s also massive downstream effects of replacing labor, rapidly, at scale. But yeah, no matter what, simple economics says these sectors, responsible for national security, will be nationalized one way or another.

  • @JDmix123

    @JDmix123

    10 күн бұрын

    @@BasicBobby that’s just not true, anytime government gets involved it’s destroys most advances. Govt subsidies are one thing and I’m ok with some but nationalizing industries is an awful idea with an awful track record

  • @cthulholmhastur5317
    @cthulholmhastur531710 күн бұрын

    Another great episode, Alex! Thanks for that.

  • @sirgalahad6618
    @sirgalahad661810 күн бұрын

    hi Alex another awesome video hope you're healing well and get well soon! :)

  • @JoelSalazarM
    @JoelSalazarM10 күн бұрын

    It doesn't have to be as good as American bombers to cause irreparable damage. Bombers don't fight each other.

  • @ryankubinski8789

    @ryankubinski8789

    10 күн бұрын

    Thank you I don’t get the underestimating. Even if it’s not as stealthy, if it has long range and carries advanced weapons, it is a serious threat.

  • @jibreelkeddo7030
    @jibreelkeddo703010 күн бұрын

    People are underestimating the significance of US losing it's monopoly on stealth fighters+bombers. Even if H20 is easier to target + shoot down than B2, H20's will mark the first time that mainland United States can be threatened by something other than 100% "world-ending" "too-escalatory-to-use" ICBMs. I doubt that China would dare to station H20 in Cuba -- But what happens if China decides to station 2-3 squadrons of H20's, J20's, and a few tanker planes (for last leg of H20's return trip) in Venezuela's northern city of Maracaibo in the late 2040's? >Maracaibo to Miami: 3,800 km round trip >Maracaibo to Norfolk, Virginia: 6,000 km round trip >Maracaibo to Dallas, Texas: 7,200 km round trip H20 is estimated to have 7,500 km range. That range could expand to 10,000km+ with midair refueling (+ J20 escorts for the tankers) in last leg of return trip over the Caribbean. The Pentagon should expand air defenses + surveillance in Puerto Rico and prepare accordingly from today.

  • @brainletmong6302

    @brainletmong6302

    10 күн бұрын

    I'm sure venezuela would absolutely not have its leadership CIA'd if it allowed for the staging of nuclear weapons by a foreign adversary.

  • @jibreelkeddo7030

    @jibreelkeddo7030

    10 күн бұрын

    @@brainletmong6302 Who said anything about nukes? China could station these bombers "as-is" in Venezuela for non-nuclear defense at "Venezuela's own" request. The idea of nearby H20's carrying 60-80 250kg gliding-bombs is definitely concerning to the USA -- But it's still a far cry from a nuclear threat. Initiating a full on coup over a conventional weapons buildup would bring a big diplomatic blowback. I would be surprised if that happened.

  • @tobyw9573
    @tobyw957310 күн бұрын

    Excellent points you have raised, Alex! Keep up the good work!

  • @Toddnesbitt
    @Toddnesbitt7 күн бұрын

    I was just watching your show about the H2O it's very excellent I appreciate that very very good I don't know how you get all this stuff but keep it up.

  • @davehodge1032
    @davehodge103210 күн бұрын

    I love this stuff Alex. Keep up the great work!

  • @eugenenunn4900
    @eugenenunn490010 күн бұрын

    Very informative!!! I appreciate the comments about the lack of friendly nations hinders tactical aspects of war fighting. Never saw it that way

  • @ChristopherNelson2k
    @ChristopherNelson2k10 күн бұрын

    @7:15 there is a shot of a B36 in HD minty fresh condition. Where did this shot come from???

  • @bingo5694
    @bingo569410 күн бұрын

    Quality perspective

  • @Zulu4impi
    @Zulu4impi10 күн бұрын

    Very well thought out, presented and detailed. You basically have to apply simple a logic statement:- If then therefore. With range and fuel being just one aspect the simple logistics creates a major hurdle. Cheers Alex 🧐👌👏

  • @NinjaNeoN
    @NinjaNeoN10 күн бұрын

    Another issue that is seldom discussed, LO aircraft are notoriously difficult to maintain. The RCS values usually quoted for Stealth Aircraft are likely from when it comes off the production line, but every time a Stealth Aircraft flies, it's RCS degrades. The United States has decades of experience in maintaining the RCS of it's Stealth Aircraft, and I've not seen any research into how the Chinese are coping in this regard.

  • @marktisdale7935
    @marktisdale793510 күн бұрын

    Great analysis as always, Alex.

  • @buckwheat6722
    @buckwheat67225 күн бұрын

    Alex, as always, MOST EXCELLENT! Thank You! Oohraah!!! 🤠

  • @communismisthefuture6503
    @communismisthefuture650310 күн бұрын

    Alex, can you do an in-depth on Chinas navy and ship-building capabilities and how the US is trying to counter it? It seems like it may be a threat soon.

  • @vic5015

    @vic5015

    10 күн бұрын

    A channel called Perun did an in-deoth breakdown on the topic a couple months ago.

  • @communismisthefuture6503

    @communismisthefuture6503

    10 күн бұрын

    @@vic5015 hmmm. I’ve watched every video of his and I don’t remember that. I just looked over his videos and didn’t see one

  • @noahMrkz

    @noahMrkz

    10 күн бұрын

    Check out the video titled fragile frigate by China observer from 4/25. They go in depth with it too

  • @hanrockabrand95

    @hanrockabrand95

    10 күн бұрын

    @@communismisthefuture6503 Two months ago: "Chinese Military Capabilities"

  • @communismisthefuture6503

    @communismisthefuture6503

    10 күн бұрын

    @@hanrockabrand95 it touches on it briefly in that video but I’m hoping for a dedicated video from Alex’s POV.