Comments by "ricardo kowalski" (@ricardokowalski1579) on "Ed Nash's Military Matters" channel.

  1. 12:33 when even the french are calling you "clumsy and bureaucractic" ...you know you are in trouble.
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  2. George Lucas surely saw this thing.
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  3. Drones laser designators + Loitering munitions + GLSDB = everything and anything the A10 did or does Faster response time, organic control at company level, less risk to CAS and spotter pilots, less risk of blue on blue.
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  4. Yep
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  5. "guns or butter?" question has been answered
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  6. What strikes me odd is that it has no Sidewinder, and not even a 20mm gun Noticeable. Cheers!!!!
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  7. Swarms of these things with heat seekers. Stuff of nightmares. Call them winged monkeys..."fly my pretties...fly" 🐒
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  8. I confess I am amused by this development.
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  9.  @bullpupgaming708  the SDB GBU39 is also launched from the A10. So the blast radius is the same. What is your point?
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  10. We will study this operation for decades to come. The feint, the misdirection, the intel gathering✅ Setting the objective in the railways ✅ The execution in dispersed formations, negating concentrated targets to artillery✅ The use of local knowledge and supportive population✅ Negating air superiority over the theater.✅ There is one thing missing: where are the prisioners ? Where are the images of the soldiers surrendering or walking? Too much equipment, too little POWs. Little fuel and few trucks for logistics should result in NO fuel and NO trucks for retreating infantry. 70 Km is a long walk.
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  11. The only people concerned by this are politicians Let them live in fear, or leave office
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  12. Soviet collapse was no excuse for aiming low, or making ugly aircraft. 👍
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  13. The OV10 is now a COIN rather than a CAS asset
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  14. 6:10 "took a couple of years to occur" respectfully disagree. Patton wanted to take Moscow, and Churchill wanted it nuked. Some people were squaring off for the cold war even before Vday Europe. I do grant that this would be a millitarily impossibility. You do NOT want to pick a fight against the red army in May 1945. What took two years to occur (on both sides of the iron curtain) was changing public's hate from one enemy to another. "eurasia has always been at war with Oceania" kind of thing. regards
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  15. Solid content
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  16. Solid content.
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  17. 60s Test pilots were either fools, brave, or both at the same time.
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  18. This is a significant development. Maybe on par with the Gatling gun
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  19. Solid content
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  20. So many times the engine power limits were "solved" by going from one to two engines
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  21. Heavier, slower, shorter ranged.. the ANTI Zero
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  22. Government doing government things.
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  23. It cannot be ruled out that they may end up as fixed pillboxes in a fortified line. Without clear air superiority, the war in Ukraine will drag onto a Verdun style meatgrinder with inmovable trenches
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  24.  @awatt  ji ji ji 👍
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  25.  @thelandofnod123  to be fair, when the A10 debuted, it was the "shark with brrr gun on it's head"
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  26. High tempo operations to recapture territory would be an inferior solution to a negotiated ceasefire right now. Rusia did not take Kiev (much to old to learn new spellings, sorry), and Ukraine proved it can stalemate them.
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  27.  @petesheppard1709  Complete agreement. Regards.
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  28. COIN and CAS coming back with vengance. Still ugly, can't say they improved the look. Would have to see the IR signature of this thing before making an opinion
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  29.  @terrynewsome6698  I have seen the videos, small groups here and there. I expect something larger, with political impact. 🤞
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  30.  @MM22966  I agree, you don't need a lot of trucks. But the story is that they had next to NO trucks at all. IF they DID have trucks, then performance is even worse ,because they had been supplied.
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  31.  @MM22966  Not sure what happened, that (pulled units) is a better explanation than most of what is going around. 👍 Regards.
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  32. The Emu - Cat alliance will soon rule the world.
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  33. The problem with "COIN" is that counter-insurgency is, by definition, government arming itself to kill it's own citizens That is why the sales brochure of COIN has to include such missions as drug interdiction, police work, SARs, disaster relief(🙄) to shift the attention from the fact that it is being purchased to use violence for political purposes
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  34. it's so funny that they claim current western aircraft are outclassed by their eqipment, but then also claim that prior generation western aircraft going into retirement are a "dangerous escalation" 🤷
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  35. Happy to see the market of MBTs shaking and moving.
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  36. There is got to be a "pull my finger" joke in this story.
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  37.  @gort8203  yep. 👍
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  38. The "one second" is the key parameter, because it can be overwhelmed with a swarm On the other hand, targeting with radar will expose the system and bring faster/larger/more lethal attention (Artillery, HARMs) Cheap drones are a fundamental shift in warfare. A Gatling gun moment
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  39. 0:20 "safe to shoot down" = "wreckage in the ocean and chinese hardware not exposed"
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  40. It is surprising to me how much these news are the same we saw in the late 70s
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  41. ...porter un gros bâton 🇫🇷😀🇫🇷
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  42. Good content
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  43.  @ChucksSEADnDEAD  Fair point. 👍
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  44. Strong A10 vibes.
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  45. Not good news
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  46.  @russell4718  also naboo starfighter 👍 https://youtube.com/shorts/1R7I3VkR0Ag?feature=share
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  47. A tank Someone develops a tank hunter-killer Then develop a helicopter tank hunter-killer Later develop a (helicopter tank hunter-killer) - killer aircraft And that resulted in manPADS A lot like the bugs bunny chase movie https://youtu.be/miM4N9jYgCk?t=150
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  48. "replacing the C130" The arrogance, the hubris.
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  49. The future is small, heavy arnoured, stealth, low signature manned comand and control tanks directing standoff weapons, specially artillery shells.
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  50.  @jimtaylor294  There is always uncertainty when making predictions. 👍
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  51. 2:30 "theoretically impossible" right up there with "I do my own brakes" and "packing parachutes is easy" 6:00 dummy missiles So it takes three dead, five maimed and a B52 loss to do the obvious. 🤷‍♂️
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  52. Argentina's air force is stuffed. They don't deserve it. They are paying for decades of blunders by politicians.
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  53. If the argentinians could hack the Exocet, the ukranians can jury rig a HARM.
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  54. Autonomous drones will become fire and forget, and will not depend on an operator. small laser gyros will free the drone from GPS jamming at short and medium ranges.
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  55.  @thethirdman225  totally agree about the air superiority condition. Am only asking if they chance into a target of opportunity ( a drone or transport helo). Regards 👍
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  56.  @Dori-Ma  yep. Gun pods are an option. 👍
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  57. 2:00 Yes. you butchered those little town's names.🙂 Not a problem. Don't feel bad. I can't say Worcestershire with a straight face. 🤷 Fun and engaging content.
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  58. Funny that sovereignty is only mentioned when it suits them. even funnier that not a single "journalist" asked about it
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  59. Argentina should embrace the fact that it has no natural enemies and that it has plenty of land to trade for time. Why does Argentina need FIGHTER (or interceptor) aircraft? Where is the strike package going to come *FROM*? What Argentina need is a robust air defense system, there are no terrain features to use as cover east of the Andes. AWACS and a mix of long/medium range batteries. Why does Argengina need STRIKE aircraft? What is worthwhile bombing in Uruguay or Paraguay? And even if you had 100 bombers, still is not smart to pick a fight with Brasil. For anti-drug, border patrol, and for harassing it's own civilian population, Argentina needs a replacement of the Pucara. A 20mm cannon and 250lbs bombs. So maybe a SuperTucano? For marine defense and patrol, 1-buy several dozens of Bayraktars. Cheap, proven. 2- small diesel electric medium range submarines. 3- Several CL415 for SAR and fire fighting (these are sorely needed, politicians complain about the "sequia" and want to fix it with fighter aircraft?) The whole "argentina needs a fighter" reeks of Letrine-American populism and military junta, once again. Argentina does NOT need a fighter, it needs to get rid of corrupt politicians. The problem is that argentine citizens are "proud" to waste their money on fighters (chinese or otherwise) instead of solving the problems inside the country.
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  60.  @thelandofnod123  😁
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  61.  @Rob_F8F  I have some ideas of what would satisfy both Ukraine and Russia STATE interest. But this is a war between PRESIDENTS. The political results and ego of the presidents weighs more than what the countries need long term. Long term? Russia has always wanted one thing only: a safe ice free military port in Crimea. Short term? Not sure what would Putin (Or Zelenski) ask for/need to parade as a "winner of the war" in the next elections. 🤷
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  62. Did the A1 Skyraider contribute to the demise of the Firebrand? Much larger production run, similar role?
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  63. Bombers have such cool names Lancer, Spirit, Flying Fortress, Super Fortress.. and BUFF JA JA JA
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  64. Without early warning assets opposing, the SEttendard has a fighting chance. They have proven capable of sneaking under the radar.
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  65.  @bjmccann1  great power etc
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  66.  @warheadsnation  haven't governments already attacked those who "piss them off" without drones? what is new is that noe the government is not just "pissed",,,, it is scared
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  67.  @warheadsnation  I missread nothing. And you evaded the question. Governments have been k1ll1ng people long before the appearance of drones. And it is biased to pretend "right wing" governments do it exclusively.
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  68. Maybe a humanitarian peacekeeping "special military operation" from China any minute now? Giving China access to the Indian ocean, bypassing Malaca and the island chain? Protecting the Sino-Myanmar pipeline? Kyaukpyu?
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