Comments by "That Car Guy" (@ThatCarGuy) on "What electronic weapons could the UK be sending Ukraine?" video.
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Ro Herms Where to start with your comment...
"Ukraine cant afford tomahawks, let alone have the time to field them. "
They are getting all these weapons free... They even got harpoons which cost around the same price as tomahawks, less then 2 million each which is cheap.
"They have no naval ships that can launch it, nor aircraft that can launch what few air launched tomahawks that are in reserve, as the air force retired the air version decades ago."
The tomahawk was designed as a ground launched missile and only was stopped to do the INF, but since the US pulled out of the INF and already showed test launches of them being ground launched and unlocking their maritime strike capability, as it already had them both but were banned under the INF. It uses the BGM-109G Gryphon Transporter Erector Launcher. Which is how the US tested it so fast, they had them already. Now to devils advocate, how many do they have that we can give? That is a question only the army knows the answer too.
"Ukraine has domestic missiles that can reach deep into Russia, they just need the raw materials and time to make them in bulk."
No where near as accurate or with the same range, and as you stated they would need to build them, we have thousands of tomahawks ready to go to give them now. If we literally gave them 500, that is 1 billion dollars, that would change the course of the war in a day and would be nowhere the crazy 40 billion the US wants to give.
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@jimbob100-d3l And the troll is now claiming to be someone "who does the job." LOL. I at least seriously hope you are trolling and aren't this dumb. Please do not post again or I will just block you. You have no idea what you are talking about.
Straight from the US military website:
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On Dec.11, 2020, Capt. Aaron “Brutus” Tindall, 390th Electronic Combat Squadron EA-18G Growler weapons officer, became the first Airman to graduate from the Navy Airborne Electronic Attack weapons school, making him a subject matter expert in Airborne Electronic Attack and the EA-18G.
According to Lt. Col. David Davidson, 390th Electronic Combat Squadron commander, Tindall’s success will have a positive impact on the U.S. Air Force. “The Air Force and Navy are dependent on each other in a modern fight,” Tindall said. “Through the 390th ECS, the Air Force gains great insight into how parts of naval aviation execute on a day-to-day basis. Our goal is to take that knowledge and expertise back to the Air Force to jointly execute with more lethality today, and plan more efficiently for tomorrow.”
The EA-18G weapons school ‘HAVOC’ is the Navy’s version of an Air Force weapons school for a specific platform. It is the highest level of training for pilots and electronic warfare officers in the EA-18G.
Until now, only naval aircrew had attended the course."
And the fact you can't read English and just glanced over this in the original source shows you are either trolling or have an IQ of 2. Heck it could be both since you love to like your own comments.
"Due to this fact, in 1995, the Office of the Secretary of Defense arranged an agreement with the Navy embedding USAF electronic warfare airmen in Navy EA-6B and now EA-18G squadrons. Currently, The 390th provides logistical expertise and personnel to operate the EA-18G Growler in support of the Joint Airborne Electronic Attack Program."
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Ro Herms "1) They are getting some weapons free, SOME. "
They are getting everything for free... Ukraine has no way of paying back billions of dollars. Hell the US is trying to give them 40 billion free...
"You have it backwards. The Tomahawk was designed for and by the navy, and then adopted by the USAF. The army, not wanting to loose out on funding came up with the BGM-109G Ground launcher to base missiles on their installations and capture funding. As to BGM-109G's, show me where they are sitting in storage... Cause they are not. They were all destroyed in 1992. "
And now you are just making things up. The BGM-109 came out in 1983, like all other original tomahawk variants and was literally one of the main variants up until the INF.
"3) So again, the only Tomahawks in the inventory are naval, and require a mk41 launcher. While the navy has tested a ground based mk41, it has not been fielded, and it would require the full suite of controls, not something the DOD will want to just hand over to Ukraine, let alone Tomahawks of block III or later, which is what we have in inventory..."
Proven wrong above already.
"So again, No, Ukraine is not going to get Tomahawks. As to Harpoons, they have REQUESTED them, but have not been authorized them, or been sent them. Only the UK was considering giving some of their Harpoon supply to Ukraine, but the US has not approved the transferer. Again, even if they did, you still need the accompanying equipment for target accusation and the training required for the system. Ukraine has the ability to produce more Neptune's, if they can get secure manufacture facilities. "
You sound like a Russian bot at this point and im already to the point of blocking and muting you. UK has already sent them Harpoons. Please stop posting on my comment, you have no idea what you are talking about, thank you.
"According to information accessed by Republic TV, Britain's shipment of new weapons support is aimed to bog down the Russian Black Sea fleet blockading Ukraine's coasts. The announcement of the Harpoon missile systems to Ukraine comes after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in embattled Kyiv on Saturday (April 9). "Today I met my friend President @ZelenskyyUa in Kyiv as a show of our unwavering support for the people of Ukraine.
We're setting out a new package of financial & military aid which is a testament of our commitment to his country's struggle against Russia’s barbaric campaign."
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