Comments by "Titanium Rain" (@ChucksSEADnDEAD) on "Ukraine Matters" channel.

  1. During peacetime we switched to "efficient" manufacturing. That means expending the least amount of resources to get better margins, because the govt contracts are too small to make a profit on volume. We were all running on the smallest possible amount of trained personnel, machines, raw materials in inventory, etc. What happens when you try to increase production rates? You don't have the people to cover the shifts. You'll run out of the correct alloy of steel within a few days and your supplier won't deliver a batch until 2 months. Then when the shells are made, someone needs to melt the explosive and cast it inside the shell. Turns out, in peacetime there's only one factory that can do that. So we'll have to make the investment that needs decades to pay off, for a war that won't last a decade. There's some hubhub about ultrasonic explosives casting. Maybe if we reinvent the wheel we won't have to invest that much money.
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  2. They need barrier troops for their own barrier troops.
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  3. External fuel tanks means less pylons/payload capacity for weapons. Also, more wear and tear from the extra hours racked up covering the distance.
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  4.  @nooboftheyear7170  The US developed the GBU-28 bunker buster in three weeks, with two weeks between design approval and dropping it in combat.
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  5. ​ @blue_ish4499 the one that Russia would have to pay fines on for failing to deliver? And that the explosion conviniently let Russia off the hook?
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  6. What does that even mean? It's not like Russian air defense has a hundred Ukrainian fighters on their radar scope, snd they'll have the luxury to pick and choose the F-16s. Whatever comes across their screen, they shoot. Hence all the friendly fire downings.
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  7. The point is to fight where the enemy is weak. If a fighter keeps his hands up you start dealing blows to the body. The body shots will either weather down the opponent or force him to drop his hands. It's his choice. The point is meaningless, the objective is to fight effectively and if the opponent has a weak spot you keep hitting.
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  8. A dogfight is like throwing away a rifle in combat and using the bayonet. If you have the AMRAAM, just shoot it. There's no points for style, preserving the life of the pilot and the airframe is a big priority.
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  9. Hornets are mostly a Navy bird. The USMC Hornets were flown off Navy carriers, while the Harrier was meant to be much closer to the troops.
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  10. The F-117 aerodynamics require a more complex flight control software.
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  11. ​ @dmitrybatishchev2867  Was Canada at war, though?
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  12. Russia knows the talks begin as soon as they leave.
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  13. There are 30mm chain gun and 40mm automatic grenade launchers made to be anti-drone, shame none of these seem to be in service anywhere.
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  14. Because Sweden never manufactured enough Gripens while F-16s exist by the thousands.
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  15. Cope. Reminder that the Summer offensive of 2023 took more territory in less time and fewer losses than 9 months of Russian advances.
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  16.  @valleykilladude  WWI? You mean the one where the Russian army had mutinies and culminated in a revolt against the Tsar?
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  17. It's important to consider that the HIMARS is the United States Marine Corps organic long range fire support. Yes, the US Air Force and US Navy have long range missiles and aircraft, but the USMC wants the ability to call in long range fires without resorting to other branches of service. Their new force design slashed tanks and cut the number of barrel artillery. The software on the HIMARS was also updated to allow the vehicle to fire rockets from the deck of a moving amphibious assault ship at sea, meaning the ATAMCS can be launched from Marine Corps vessels and not let them be dependent on the US Navy firing Tomahawks at coastline defenses.
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  18. Yeah and Armenia has a treaty with Russia. Didn't seem to help at all.
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  19. Well, they're welding 1950s naval guns to battlefield tractors and pulling mortars with motor-ploughs.
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  20. Within context, stopped means the advacing force is neutralized and has to consolidate as they exhausted the means to move forward. Halted means it cannot move forward at the present but could still fight through and continue.
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  21. That's cap. After losing men and materiel, it will be easier to take it back because the defenses will be understrength. So no, Russia can't afford it because it's a sunk cost. While Ukraine doesn't want to lose men trying to recapture areas, Russia would be outright sending those understrength offensive forces to their death by forcing them to defend without a significant mobilization to replace them.
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  22. It's also important to remember that reported Russian artillery fires are reducing in intensity. Russian overmatches Ukraine in firepower on paper, but the threat of HIMARS forces ammunition drip feed as they can't pile all those shells together within reach of a missile and barrel wear is taking its toll.
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  23. Saab isn't competitive at all. There's a reason why they lost so many bids. The actual decision makers looking over the cost estimates are not convinced.
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  24. The F-16 has a good track record, are you mad?
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  25. I've always wanted to watch Dollar Store D-Day.
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  26. Unless you have a way to deploy Ukrainian forces in the Kamchata peninsula, every move is telegraphed in this war.
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  27. It took months to build those lines. Whateverthey build next is a stabilization line, not a fortification.
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  28. The only issue is that the only country they could feasibly sell to was... Ukraine. Trying to sell to any other country would get the shipments and money transfers seized by either the West or Russia itself.
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  29.  @VilkatisJanis  But weapons shipments are monitored precisely to restrict the arming of warlords. Which is why when they do get large amounts of weapons, usually it's a country providing them. When both the West and Russia are monitoring Wagner shipments, it's incredibly difficult to move them.
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  30. The noise from the wind with the high speed flying would drown out the sounds. Tracking an IR beam would be better.
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  31. On the Russian side? They already recruited the dregs of society and issued them a hodgepodge of Soviet gear, Iranian imports and Aliexpress combat gear. Do they have half a million uniforms?
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  32. Ukies seem fast learners, and their SAM crews usually have college degrees.
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  33. ​ @peterlaurie1247  There's not enough operational Gripens and Saab can't manufacture them fast enough.
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  34. ​ @edpenny8460  Aviation grade servos are 500 bucks each, the engine was 9k alone.
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  35. If those routes also work as supply lines they have no reason to leave.
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  36. ​ @markbryant4641  Little cost? Elite VDV units have been rebuilt multiple times thanks to those "defensive" actions. Which are actually offensives but whatever.
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  37. He specifically said that Russia isn't following doctrine.
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  38. Bakhmut's strategic significance was contingent on Russia being able to push past Bakhmut. Since the taking of the town bled the Russian forces, it was a self-defeating goal.
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  39. T-90s die easy. Bust the tracks, crew abandons it, drone drops VOG through the hatch. Tanks are only hard to kill when the enemy is good and comitted to recovery. If the metal is left behind, it's easy to take out.
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  40. The A-10 requires direct line of sight to the enemy to be fully effective, where SAMs can hit them. So much like the Su-25, it would have to fire rockets into the air and back out of the fight.
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  41. Ukraine made a big deal of showcasing grenade-drop videos and Russian forces were baited into using their own drones for drops. Later Russian telegram pages were complaining that they lacked drones for artillery spotting since they were being taken away to be converted for grenade-holding. Oh and huge nostalgia flashback with Xena, I remember being a kid and watching every afternoon during summer holidays.
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  42.  @criminalscum6075  So just let Russia win?
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  43. lol lmao even
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  44. Russian propaganda is now saying father should volunteer to buy phones for their kids. They know the patriotism angle isn't doing well.
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  45. There's no WW2 levels of materiel, production and manpower.
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  46. The other way around. You are lending the US govt the money it needs now, then the US govt pays back with interest. The biggest holder of US debt is the US itself.
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  47. "Midjourney" AI, apparently
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  48. It wasn't just quantity. Allied equipment was flat out better in many aspects. Warfare existed prior to aircraft, and will continue to be conducted even when they're unavailable.
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  49. Russia spent billions in shipping fresh water and building a desalination plant. Let's hope that by 2023 they won't have to worry about that.
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  50. Leopold? Fortunately, Russians have not laid 5 minefields back to back in the skies. Can't drive in Ukraine without hitting one if you're grounded.
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