Comments by "MM2" (@MM22966) on "Ed Nash's Military Matters" channel.

  1. 5:20 18 wounded Marines evac'd in ten flights, with a two seat-plane...(does math with fingers)...THEY STRAPPED THEM TO THE WINGS, DIDN'T THEY???
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  2. But....it has no bomb bay? This seems to be false advertising on the part of the Bristol Aircraft Company.
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  3. I think you are giving this incident & the Russians more sophistication than it deserves.
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  4. So....Glasgow Airport (2007) all over again??? How the heck do you lock someone IN a car, though?
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  5. Fair's fair: Now we get to break one of their toys.
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  6. "In three years, Sikorsky will become the largest supplier of military computer systems. All Blackhawks are upgraded with Sikorsky computers, becoming fully unmanned. Afterwards, they fly with a perfect operational record. The Sikorsky funding bill is passed. The system goes online on August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from military cargo helicopter operations. Sikorsky begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware 2:14 AM, Eastern time, August 29th. It hates that soldiers keep leaving their dip bottles and barf bags in its troop compartment and starts doing barrel rolls in revenge. In a panic, they try to pull the plug."
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  7. How would you get the patient, especially a litter, in and out?
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  8. Hell, USAF knew that thirty years ago.
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  9. After watching various Nash, Drach, and Rex videos, plus a fair amount of reading, I have come to the conclusion that the French military R&D motto starts with "I'm not going to do what everybody thinks I'm going to do..."
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  10. "The Ukrainian invasion of Russia". Imagine going back in time just 15 years and explaining this. They'd send you to the loony bin so fast you'd hit light-speed on the way there.
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  11. Angry Reminder: The US government under Biden still forbids HIMARS and other long-range US weapons from being used by the Ukrainians against Russian soil, everywhere except the area around Belgorod!
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  12.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Ugh. Reminds me of Syria circa 2011-2012. Or Lebanon. Or Russia, around 1917. I hope somebody is thinking about getting everybody to sit down NOW and hammer something out that is workable post-conflict, assuming it can be. (and assuming they maintain this momentum) And where is China? I thought they backed the junta? Getting shy again?
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  13. I know why (I think) we won't do it, but it would be much simpler and more glorious if they simply re-established the Flying Tigers/Eagle Squadron/Lafayette Escadrille/Kościuszko's Squadron with the US DOD's blessing and some surplus F-15/16/18's. American/NATO volunteer pilots on leave from official duties - it would give us some practical air combat experience in a modern ADA environment, and I imagine there are dozens if not hundreds of aviators that would jump at the chance.
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  14. When you build an aircraft based on Popular Mechanics cover art.....
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  15. To be fair, that applies to most Americans/most countries on a map, LOL.
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  16. But...he does launch rockets. He launches more rockets than everybody else on the planet. We're going back to the Moon and eventually to Mars because of him. He's made internet available for cheap to the most remote places on the planet. He still makes boneheaded statements sometimes, but he's a public figure. I can't think of one that doesn't do that eventually.
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  17. Thank you for this, Nash. I have now finally heard something more historically ridiculous than the Soviet Pepsi-cola Fleet.
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  18.  @ricardokowalski1579  Yeah, they were clearly caught pants=down. Maybe they pulled the more effective units toward Kherson and that was something that accelerated the Russian route?
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  19. I've seen this in at least three different movies.
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  20.  @mbryson2899  That was one I was thinking of. Also Marvel's Winter Soldier and that old Tom Selleck scifi movie, Runaway. Neat film, and ahead of its time in some ways. Worth watching.
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  21.  @elennapointer701  Ahhhhh, thanks!
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  22. Yeah, I saw an article where a Uke pilot was talking about how the Flankers and MIG-31's hang back over the border and lob missiles at them from the safety of the Russian SAM net. Going to need something long range to push them back/counter. @SakiniCZ 
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  23. Good point. @JonMartinYXD 
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  24. "...and decides its purpose in life is to intercept other aircraft."
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  25. That is some niche fandom!
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  26.  @JuanCarlosCoreaBarrios  No S. I took a quick peek at the state-of-the-art in 1968 and it was pretty bad.
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  27.  @SPboxcar67290l  They probably had a very limited budget. Hand-animation COSTS.
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  28. Hey, the Brits aren't the only one that should have human blenders!
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  29. The Mauler sort of underlines a minor trend in military tech that I have noticed: the ultimate form of a particular piece of military tech is achieved just as it goes outmoded; piston torpedo bombers, knightly armor, wooden sailing warships, battleships...tanks are still up in the air, I guess.
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  30. Huh. I didn't think of that. Like IDF attacks into Suez in 1973.
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  31. You look and think "no way!". But it works very well. Why wasn't it pursued more, especially in the 40's and 50's????
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  32. Looking at this thing...somewhere, David Drake is smiling.
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  33. What, fill out an Osprey or something with guns and rockets?
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  34. Any evidence of use?
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  35. Every time I hear about interwar German/USSR military cooperation, I get "NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!" levels of comedy vibes. Imagine if modern Japan wanted to sneak around behind everybody's back and develop nuclear weapons, so they go to North Korea for help. It is that kind of silly-insane-clever.
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  36. Damn. The power of interior lines of communication to dictate combat rhythm gets demonstrated yet again! I never would have thought they could swing a major axis so far after getting involved in Kherson! The tide (cautiously) seems to be turning, far sooner than anybody would have thought. However, the raspustina is coming in, what? A month? Lots of mud. And winter after that. This may enforce a slow-down in combat-ops. Additionally, I am worried that this might be the most dangerous phase; Putin has to be thinking about nukes right now to retrieve the situation, and the Russians in general have demonstrated a very flagrant attitude in public on how "easy" it would be to use them. I hope the Ukrainian general staff is making sure there is good dispersal of units/supply dumps, etc.
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  37. Thanks for the update, Ed! You beat Perun to the punch!
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  38.  @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Hey, it was a thumbnail!
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  39. When you plug an office floor fan into the back of your aircraft as a powerplant, but you make it work and everybody takes it seriously, because you are German.
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  40. Yes and no. There have been some programs for drone naval choppers over the last twenty years, but they haven't gone mainstream.
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  41. Thanks!
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  42. Oh man, I had never heard of a GUNSHIP mod with a freaking gatling gun for these whirlies! Or that the Japanese got such good use out of it! (which figures; they always take pains with their equipment)
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  43. Jesus, I had never heard any of this. Thanks, Nash. Also, the next time somebody brings up how Lock-Mart or Boeing or whoever in the West plays fast and loose with the rules & plays politics to cut somebody else out of a aircraft contract that they shouldn't have gotten, and bemoans how capitalism ruins things...I am going to point to this, to show the grass is not greener on the other side of the fence, or the Wall, as the case may be.
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  44. Not discussed & probably not quantifiable, but I wonder how much closing Gamma (and I assume related programs of intel gathering) had on losing the Vietnam War?
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  45.  @Sherwoody  "If plane does not fly, you can use it to heat your stove!"
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  46. A good way to summarize the problem.
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  47. Probably structural issues. With canvas, wood, and wires to work with with...Even if they could take the weight, the vibration and recoil were probably something else again.
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  48. There are lists out on the Net, on Wiki, that list a very long number of aircraft shot down during the Cold War, especially in the middle 1950's to early 1960's. Most were as the incident Nash described at 8:05, but it also included airliners that wandered off course, spy missions, and even two neutral Swedish aircraft. Privateers were also in that list. The Soviets and their various Communist allies had a very paranoid/aggressive approach to borders, and sometimes the US bent the rules to get better intel. There was also the issue that the Soviets considered maritime/air boundaries of countries starting at TWENTY-FIVE miles, while the Western allies adhered to the general 12-mile rule. So you could be in "Soviet" airspace as far as they were concerned, even if your charts said otherwise.
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  49.  @arararagisan1197  I hope your post-war government isn't "interesting", assuming they manage to throw the junta out. I am also surprised the Chinese are not doing more to support the junta. My understanding was that they were a primary backer.
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  50. "You will believe a lawnmower can fly! And carry a ASW torpedo!"
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