Comments by "William Davis" (@williamdavis9562) on "WarLeaks - Military Blog" channel.

@josephkujur1189 Both the pilot and the people on the ground are human. He is most likely terrified just like the people on the ground. War is a strange thing but I'd imagine we're equipped to handle it as humans since we've been doing it for so damned long.
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@CIA_Is_aTerrorist_Orginization Yet they've probably killed more ISIS fighters in their operations in Syria than the United States and England combined. Hell of a talking point you have there, one that folds like origami when put under a microscope.
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@cadenrolland5250 The crazy part is a lot of Nato nations placed embargos so this drone wouldn't be built. Imagine the irony of all this.
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@avrocat80 They are the best drones when you take cost into account. Yes the US predator is a MUCH MUCH better drone. But you can buy about 50 TB2s for the price of 1 Predator. There is no way 1 Predator out performs 50TBS. When cost is factored in, this is probably the best drone by a wide margin too.
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As long as these nations use these drones defensively and not against civilians I'm not sure how you'd have a problem with this. How would you feel if Russia invaded your town and no one was willing to give you weapons?
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@lukej452 5 million a pop but a machine that on the daily can destroy 1 billion dollars worth of equipment is a steal.
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@Chambers36TheEnter I think that's bare bones, with a full suite of weapon systems and training programs it probably does cost around 5 million. Still dirt cheap as far as military tech goes and if you consider how much damage this thing can do to the enemy.
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@hodaka1000 Russia is clearly in the wrong for invading Ukraine, few people will deny that. They're wrong and they must pay a heavy cost for this. But Nazi? Seriously? Don't be ridiculous.
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The Ukrainians are already trained in flying the TB2 as they've had it since 2019. Sending different models won't work as Ukraine simply doesn't have the time to train people to fly them. Yes those larger drones with much more capacity would probably come in handy for the Ukrainians but it's too late for that. They need stuff they can use right now.
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@Sinan Duran, at the time you might not have felt that way but Israel did you a huge favor by not selling you the drones. Now you're making your own.
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@Giorg189 seeing the footage and reading about how much damage this TB2 is doing to the Russian convoys, it makes me think how this would have gone down if Ukraine had purchased like 50 of these things instead of just 12.
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@mmdirtyworkz Modern drones have precision guided missiles. If civilians are hit, it's because the operator simply didn't give a shit.
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@hyunamommyftdaddydawn6189 They're already fighting proxy wars with Russia in Syria and Libya. Fought one recently with them in the Caucasus. Why would Ukraine be any different?
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@samsonsoturian6013 I'm not sure it was possible to "exaggerate" the results of something you actually have video footage of. As far as exaggerating their progress, not sure how they could have done that because they surrounded their enemy and forced a surrender. I follow all conflicts just like I'm following Ukraine. During the Karabakh war I watched Armenian media telling it's people "we're winning the war, the Azeris are taking heavy losses." Then bam, they surrender. I'm not sure anyone has seen that level of propaganda by a losing side in a war since the Nazi TV broadcasts were telling their people they're winning while the Russians were like 10 miles outside of Berlin. lol
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@tomshanakian909 They were defending one of the easiest defendable terrains on the planet. All mountains, barely any roads and millions of ambush points. Not to mention armed to the teeth with Russian military tech. Yet they were completely routed in about a month. If Russia didn't step in the Armenian forces would have been completely massacred. That doesn't sound to me like a very stout defense. Not to mention everyone following the war saw all the videos of Armenian soldiers abandoning their positions and running. Not judging, I would have probably run too if I was in a war like that. But to turn around and claim they fought well is just plain ridiculous.
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@samsonsoturian6013 Again I was following that war and watched a lot of youtube videos of the battlefield. I don't remember seeing much Azeri activism but I do remember seeing a horde of pro Armenian comments in English talking about how they're winning and the Azeris are on the verge of collapse.
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@ramsimon8045 According to your logic one could then claim Azerbaijan was fighting Armenia, Russia and Iran. Considering both of those nations were arming Armenia. Fact of the matter is you had Russian and Iranian weapons and the Azeris purchased Israeli and Turkish weapons. Difference is they paid for their weapons and Armenia's were gifted. Fact of the matter is the Armenian forces weren't up for the fight and they were routed. It's really that simple, all this mental gymnastics and cognitive dissonance games being played to obstruct from that reality isn't healthy.
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@thinmuir7334 I don't really buy that reasoning. It makes sense for any soldier when captured to tell a story about what little they know as to what is going on. Makes being interrogated much easier on them if their captors believe they know nothing. I find it hard to believe that a bulk of the soldiers didn't know they were involved in an invasion. It's pure insanity and it simply wouldn't work.
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@thinmuir7334 Either way it's a terrifying situation. Old comfortable men in suits start wars, young 18 year old kids go to fight them. I wonder if we humans will ever evolve out of this need to wage war. :O(
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The British don't seem to be very involved in this war.
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@Zero would have been nice if Georgia showed the same balls in 2008 the Ukrainians are showing right now.
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@green-canis1113 Can you name the Muslim nations which support Serbia as you claim. Forget Muslim nations, you'd have a hard time finding nations of any religion that by in large would support Serbia. Maybe 10 in the entire world?
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Those same allies also gave up on Ukraine once the bullets started to fly. I think we all see a pattern here.
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@Resistofc, These drones they're using can be linked with certain Mortar systems. The drone paints a laser on the target and the Mortar system drops the explosive on the target. These drones aren't only deadly for recon and dropping their own bombs, they also guide other systems to hit their targets dead on.
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@Ferdinand Peelen, even though they're government wants it as they'll do anything to escape the Russian orbit of influence right now I'm not sure the EU is the best of ideas for Ukrainians in the long term. They'd basically be joining what is slowly becoming the Soviet Union 2.0. They've been through that and don't need it again. And like the Soviet Union the EU will eventually collapse under it's own weight. So what's the point?
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@ferdinandpeelen3614 I'm not from the UK, one doesn't need to be from country X to have an opinion about country Y. I wish everyone the best. I'm not a glass is half full or half empty guy, I'm a "I'll measure the glass and tell the truth as to what is in it" kinda guy.
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@erkan655 Nuking isn't an option, the fear of escalation is too great. So if Russia wanted to deal with Turkey it would have to do an old fashioned invasion, which I doubt would be something Russia would be willing to risk. They're having trouble dealing with like 12 old tech drones in Ukraine. The Russians would still probably win but would also lose like 80% of their entire military in the meantime. All in all, Russia won't be invading Turkey anytime soon.
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@James Green it would be nice if the UK actually sent some high tech military gear to Ukraine. Instead of gassing them up for years about how much support they'd get and then some cheap hand-me-down military gear and words of encouragement once the bullets started flying.
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@billybobhouse9559 A few anti tank missiles relative to all the high end military tech England has? Seriously? Turkey sent them attack drones which are decimating the Russian lines. Surely England could have outdone the Turks no?
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@Gokhan Guler, I agree with your post. However to make a better impression, spell the word incredible properly next time. :O)
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@samsonsoturian6013 Yea because a bunch of 5 million dollar drones blowing up billions of dollars in Russian machinery daily is "irrelevant." I'd imagine the Russians don't feel that way. The Ukrainians were smart, they saw this unit in action during the war in the Caucasus and realized just how easily to destroys Russian equipment and purchased some. I personally wasn't sure if this machine was a "Russian equipment killer." It could have also been possible that the Armenian militia using the Russian weapons were simply inept and that is why the drone was successful. The war in Ukraine pretty much proved I was wrong.
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Rhetoric is one thing reality is another. By the numbers I'd imagine Turkey has killed more ISIS members in Syria than America and England combined. A lot of time those team one liner talking points fall apart when put under a microscope. Sorry for calling you out but I'm allergic to bullsh!t.
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@Lung, You know what I never really considered how similar the Taiwanese situation is to that of Ukraine. I'd imagine you guys are following the living hell out of this war and paying attention to how the world is reacting. You too have a large neighbor who believes your territory to be theirs.
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@stefanoskons Same thing? Tell that to an entire small ethnic group on that island which was being exterminated Hitler style. You cant' simply attempt to exterminate an entire ethnic group and expect no consequences. To this day I'm shocked the majority group on that god forsaken island hasn't been forced by the international community to pay reparations to the people they slaughtered like cattle.
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Adolf H. Losing a 2 million dollar drone after it has done a few billion dollars in damage to the enemy is a pretty damned good trade off. These things are meant to be shot down but only shot down after doing 100x the amount of damage in dollar cost. Unfortunately Ukraine only has about 12 of these bad boys. Imagine invading a country which has like 200 of these things.
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