Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Ed Nash's Military Matters" channel.

I think Putin will claim it was all just an exercise and backdown. If he thought to use this to get a dialogue with the west about NATO not getting closer to the Russian border then that has failed. Before this happened there was not a majority in Ukraine for joining NATO but there is now. And all the weapons and equipment Ukraine wanted has not only been sent but NATO troops have been sent to provide the much needed training. If this was to test NATO's resolve in helping Ukraine then he has his answer. The problem for Putin is how much has this cost Russia. Russia is reliant on the sale of gas, oil and arms exports. Many arms deals have been cancelled and he has just shown those countries in Europe who buy the oil and gas how venerable they are. All that expense of the new pipeline is now wasted. And the only country he can sell to is China. Definitely a buyers market for China.
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Actually the Royal Air Force was using autogyros before the war and used them during the Battle of Britain to help calibrate the radar with regards to how high the Germans were flying.
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@mirthenary the SE5A had a top speed of 138 MPH so yes it could catch it.
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@grahvis SE5A could catch it with all its engines.
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@neoclassic09 I'd pay to watch that
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@jonathanklein383 The British SE5A could do 138 MPH
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@JanHgh It would have been interesting. Possibly using a Martin Baker tie pin.😀
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Much has been made of the F-35s stealth capability. But we all know that at some point it will be beaten. Every new advance will, at some point, be defeated. And if you can get within visual range of an F-35 is is not the top dogfighter. When the British Royal Air Force flew them in visual range against the Typhoon the Typhoon won every engagement. Ed. A bit of advice with regards your new microphone. Make sure you get a decent stand. If it comes with a little tripod do not use it. It is useless. It does not have to be mega expensive mike stand. Something between £20 and £30 should do it. Secondly get yourself a pop filter. That's one of those round discs they have in front of the mike. It will cost about £5 and will attach to the mike stand. I will improve the sound. Hope that helps.
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There was a report came out in 1959 which stated that surface to air missiles would become so potent that no aircraft would be safe and this would be the end of aircraft flying over enemy territory. The thing which amazed me when I found out about this report was that people actually believed it. Radar guided missiles can be effected by jamming and chaff. Neither of which were new. Chaff, after all, is just what window was in WW2. And jamming signals is older then that. I understand that the first use of flares to distract heat seeking missile was by an Israeli reconnaissance pilot who was trying to distract a heat seeking missile by using the flares he carried to aluminate the battlefield at night. It worked and he went home.
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Are we also starting to see a way of dealing with the likes of NLAW and Javelin. Something placed on top of a tank turret which can kill the missile on its way to the tank. We all knew it was only a matter of time before a counter was produced. On the up side t could be some time before the likes of Russia and China could have such a piece of kit.
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@Simon_Nonymous Now you mention it I can see what you mean👍😄
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I have to say I can solve all of those by simply telling you that all these phenomena are down to my playing Destroy All Humans. In the UK in the past one of the areas often sited for these phenomena was a place called Warminster. Warminster just happened to be near the Royal Aircraft Establishment where top secret research into aircraft was carried out. Another popular spot was in East Anglia. Were the USAF had bases. They, I believe, flew U-2 and SR-71 aircraft from there. Interestingly one area for which these phenomena have now been spotted is off North West Scotland and are thought to be what is known as the SR-72.
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Just when you think there is nothing new to learn about the Spitfire and its variants up pops two more. The Spitfires wing almost made a return. Back in the 1980s it was realised the problems which the Soviet helicopter fleets could cause in the event of a war by dropping troops behind NATO lines. There was a proposal put forward for a highly maneuverable turboprop power aircraft utilising the canard layout and with the Spitfires wing. The idea was that, similarly to the A-10, it would have a rotary cannon in the nose, 20 mm I believe, and the turboprop in the rear. It would also mount a large number of air-to-air missiles under the wings. Once the Soviet helicopter fleets were detected squadrons of these aircraft would be scrambled to intercept them. The end of the Cold War meant that the idea never went any further.
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Whatever the Navy felt about the RAF collaring all the best fighters the German navy would have been yellow and green with envy.
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With a speed of 120 MPH the Ta-Go could have been easy prey for the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a of WW1 which had a top speed of 138 MPH.
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Same here.
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@limedickandrew6016 True there is a lot of propaganda but those are not Ukrainian claims. And if anything they are confirmed kills. So there are others which are still to be confirmed. And if the Russians had not lost so many tanks why were they putting T62s back into service and are they bringing T-54s out of retirement. The T-54 dates from 1948.
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@limedickandrew6016 I've seen the ' German Panther' but it looks like it was a film prop.
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@ChucksSEADnDEAD And now T-55s which saw service against the US M48 and the British Centurian
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Looks like a pregnant fish and flew like one by the sounds of it.
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An interesting 'what if.' I seem to remember that the US Navy wanted the F-18 as cost saving exercise because the F-14 was so expensive. To sweeten the deal they added other capabilities which then pushed the price up to the point where it cost more that the F-14. Makes the F-15N look like a better choice.
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I have long known about the Whirlwind and, like you, I did think it should have been given the Merlin engine. They could have reequipped them with the Merlin once the Battle of Britain was over. Even without being used as a pure fighter it would have made a terrible mess on any ground target. Imagine a couple of squadrons doing hit and run raids in France in 1941 with four or five squadrons of Spitfires in support. It could have cause havoc to all the Luftwaffe bomber bases in Northern France. i understand a number of the squadrons ended up in Russia.
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I just looked up both the Gloster F.5 and the Mitsubishi A6M and they are remarkably similar. The F.5 is a bit slower but only has a 9 cylinder engine compared to the 14 cylinders of the A6M. You have to wonder what difference the extra 5 cylinders would have made as he F.5 had a top speed of 316 MPH whereas the A6M could make 331 MPH. It may, like the A6M, have made an excellent naval aircraft, assuming it is not used with the British Pacific fleet. The US did have some difficulty recognising none America aircraft.
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@mombaassa I have a feeling this is a story put about the US to hide the fact that they have it at Area 52 (Area 51 is in fact a cover story for Area 52.) We all know that the only way that guy you mentioned can get all those deliveries done in one day is by time travel. And what he flies is kept at the secret Area 25 at the North Pole. Am I the only one getting a headache from keeping track of all these secret bases.
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@joeschenk8400 There was a B-24 which flew the 25 mission before any B-17 did. Unfortunately it crashed into a mountain in Iceland killing a USAAF general who was onboard. So it never got the attention it deserved for what it achieved.
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The upward firing guns on the Me-110 could be just as dangerous to the Germans. The last sight for more then one German was the blazing wreck of his victim plunging down on top of them.
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The Bristol F2 was originally to be a bomber but when they realised it was built like a fighter, with the pilot also being provided with a machinegun, it became what must have been the first ever fighter bomber. Interestingly both the pilot and machine gunner of the F2 would be credited with same kills regardless as to who had actually shot the enemy aircraft down. This may have been because at some point both may have shot the same aircraft.
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