Comments by "Hyok Kim" (@hyokkim7726) on "The Yemen Civil War: Iran and Saudi Arabia's Proxy Battle" video.
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@andriandrason1318 ''Contemporary Russian-occupied territories include Transnistria (taken from Moldova); Abkhazia and South Ossetia (taken from Georgia);''
So far so good, yes, I had been aware, but .........
''.. and some part of the territory of Ukraine.''
Can you elucidate these 'some'?
''Additionally, the four southernmost Kuril Islands are considered by Japan''
Yes, that's what Japan considers; that's rich. Japan is the only Axis nation that got to keep what she had taken from others, like Okinawa, and Hokkaido, and no local autonomy, still treating the Okinawans, and Ainus as 2nd class citizens in their own homeland, with full support of U.S.!
''..and several other countries to be occupied by Russia.''
Which several countries?
Btw. You forgot to include Urals, Siberia, and the Russian Far East; they all had been taken by force by the Russians from the native peoples. They don't count?
What about Hawaii, and the part of CONUS taken by U.S. from the natives?
What about Taiwan itself? It didn't belong to ROC/KMT. It belonged to the natives after WW2. ROC/KMT took it by force after WW2 with full support of U.S.
What about Jeju island? Koreans had taken it by force, and later treated them like 2nd class citizens, treating them worse than the Japanese had.
This had led to Jeju uprising.
You can google Jeju uprising.
Btw. The English source is not even complete. U.S. involvement goes far further than what's in wiki; they demanded ROK forces to act more 'decisively'.
As a result, the first ROK commander (an ex-IJA officer no less) had been relieved and more fanatical officer was put in charge.
As for U.S. complicity,
You can google, White Shirts Society, and Korean National Youth Association.
Kinda similar to Ukraine today, huh?
February 28 incident, in Taiwan as well. Btw. U.S. doesn't support the independence of Taiwan. It's got nothing to do with the desires of the Taiwanese native peoples or even PRC.
It has everything to do with the desires of Chinese Han.
One of ROC/KMT's main goals is the 'mainland recovery', and that includes all the land currently occupied by PRC: Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Manchuria, that had not belonged to Chinese Han. Do you think U.S. would oppose?
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@OpaqueNihilist '' literally more places than it isn't throughout the 190 so countries in the world. We are still more or less legally occupying Germany, Japan and South Korea.''
Strictly speaking, U.S. forces are in those three at their request. However, ROK is becoming neutral on this issue. ROK will be strong enough by 2050 to take on both DPRK and PRC in a total war, a pre-emptive, offensive setting no less alone.
So now there are serious internal debates within ROK; both agree U.S. would be an asset if PRC and/or DPRK attack ROK in a defensive war.
However, in an offensive war against PRC and/or DPRK, increasingly they believe U.S. would be a hinderance. ROK's eventual ambition is to recover NK and Manchuria, and help MPR recover inner Mongolia from China, any China, not just PRC, and that includes ROC/Taiwan.
So the prevailing view now is, ''If U.S. wants to stay, stay. If U.S. doesn't want to stay, leave. But we are not begging U.S. to stay if she doesn't want to.''
''We have over 400 military bases all over the world including places like Djibouti, Tunisia, Cuba, and Greece. No official at the Pentagon would ever deny that we're an imperial power... any country that has ever been a preeminent military power in any point in world history is Imperial by definition.''
Ditto, and by itself, nothing wrong with that, but it has outlived its usefulness after the Cold War. It no longer serves U.S. interest in the long run, and neither does for anyone else, including EU as well. It's one thing for the NeoCons and to a lesser extent MIC supports it for their own parochial reasons, it's another for the U.S. patriots, and EU patriots to become useful idiots for their self-destructive agenda.
''Unless you really honestly think we've let the Israelis use our aircraft and bombs to destroy around 30% of the entirety of all buildings in Gaza is somehow altruistic... why did we fight the Spanish American war if we're not imperialist? Why isn't Puerto Rico a state? What happened in Liberia?''
U.S. should have annexed Cuba after the war; it would have been gainer for U.S. Cuba, and the rest of the world as well, other than the Soviets. Not Philippine, though.
''Why are we the world's currency (that dynamic at least is progressively changing with BRICS)''
There is nothing wrong with USD being the world's only reserve currency by itself, provided U.S. is strong enough; U.S. is no longer strong enough to warrant that.
''what could be the possible explanation for the Petrodollar other than Imperialism? What happened in Lybia or our attempted overthrow of Syria?''
Waste of resources, that could have been used for far more productive investment for U.S.
''What happened in Vietnam?''
Another money pit for U.S. U.S. could have gained Ho as an ally against PRC! Talk about shooting oneself in the foot. F the 'Domino' theory.
''Nearly every breath we take has been as an imperialist power, make no mistake. I can give you quotes from nearly every president in our history acknowledging it, for both better and worse. We've always meddled in other nations affairs''
There's nothing wrong with being an imperialist power so long as one is strong enough, and it's one's interest to do so. But the problem for U.S. today is that U.S. is no longer strong enough, and it's not in U.S. interest to do so. Unfortunately, there are too many, phonie patriots, and phonie Christians demanding this PR stunt so that they can feel good about themselves like some junkie.
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@rayanalzahrani8756 ''Just to let you know Saudi did acknowledge that war crimes....''
What's the big deal?
''..and as a result Saudi pilots receive extra training from NATO countries...''
What kind of 'training', and from which NATO countries?
''... were not allowed to get f-35s and had western weapons cut dramatically ...''
No, the reason was the Pro-Zionist Lobby in U.S. Why both MBS and UAE have lost confidence in U.S. and the West; ROK is going to step up in place. Just Saudi alone is to order 300 to 500 KF-21s. Egypt, UAE, Iraq are also going to order. ROK is building an entire city from the scratch filled with autonomous factories to build fighter jets, operational 24/7, 365, sans the maintenance. The understanding was that after the Abrahams Accords, UAE was to get F-35, and Saudis later on till the Pro-Zionist Lobby blocked the sales. Penny wise, dollar foolish move. So both MBS and UAE will turn to ROK for KF-21 instead, and no longer 'chained' to U.S. Foreign policy. IDF had already tested KF-21 AESA radars, and found it to be far superior to the one in F-35. So they should have anticipated what MBS and UAE would do if F-35 sales was blocked.
Also, separately, MBS no longer trusts the West and especially U.S., and here, not just the Pro-Zionist Lobby, but also MIC, and DNC as well.
MBS has been informed by ROK that if he bought F-35s, he would be 'chained' to U.S. Foreign policy; every time F-35 hits Mach, the stealth coating has to be inspected and reapplied. And only Lockheed Martin is allowed to do so. LM knows Saudis got money; LM has the conscience of an authorized dealership service center; you get the picture, and so does MBS. Trump does not want MIC ripping off U.S. but is ok with MIC ripping off the foreigners. MBS's probably thanking the Pro-Zionist Lobby now, for helping him dodge the bullet.
No country is allowed to inspect and reapply the stealth coating of F-35, not even Israel, and UK. So much for the 'Special Relationship', and BiBi wants to purchase F-22: Out of touch with reality.
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@OpaqueNihilist ''South Korea makes some of the worlds best tanks, ...''
Soon enough they will make the best MBT by far, by the later version of K3.
It will be equipped with rail run, the world's best AD Laser, and electric motor that can be 'fueled' remotely, and the world's so far only active camouflage, anti-infrared, anti-radar stealth armor. It will come with an option of autonomous version, after the autonomous version of K9, K9A3, by 2040.
''..some decent missiles...''
Update: There has been a breakthrough. ROK is coming out with the world's first, and only hypersonic, stealth, (radar, and infrared) cruise missiles within a year or two. It also is 'slippery', radar lock resistant, even if the enemy locates it and targets it.
You can google, ''han jae won, stealth''.
Not only that hycore hypersonic cruise stealth missile will be far more advanced than the Russian Zircon: Up to 4 times the range of Zircon, with less predictable path, smarter.
It achieves this feat by being able to turn on/off the ramjet engine on demand, in real time, after it has been ignited. Zircon, and any other ramjet engines cannot be turned on/off reliably on demand, in real time, once it's been ignited. This allows hycore missile to coast significant part of the journey to the target, extending the range up to 4 times. It could achieve maximum stealth by turning off the engine some distance away from the enemy AD zone, so by the time it enters the AD zone, its exhaust would be too little to be noticed by the enemy IRST, with speed a little below Mach, so no sonic crack/boom: The enemy won't know what hit them.
''and AA systems...''
ROK's upcoming L-SAM is going to be comparable to THAAD, overall, except it will be stealth against radar, IRST so far less chance of being jammed when it homes on the target.
''and a great though still young aerospace program.''
...but very capable, ambitious, and able program: Russia and Putin had been a great help.
KF-21 using ramjet will fill multi-roles; point interceptor, mass microsatellites launch platform, on demand, in real time, during war, depending on the operational need, and suborbital fighter, both using boosters, and for SOF, using A.I. Pilot robots, no need for training, and expensive life-support system, with added weight.
You can google, Meet 'PIBOT,' the robot who can fly planes.
They're working on MBT, SPG, Sub version of pibots as well.
KF-21 is to be equipped with Virtual Laser Turret, VLT, by 2035. It will be strong enough to 'slice and dice' like 'Light Saber' at close range dog fights. Laser right now is not powerful enough, but 2035? Computer simulation showed that one KF-21 with VLT could neutralize up to 20 conventional fighter jets in close range dog fights by 2035.
''I'm going to permanently suspend belief if you think they could win an offensive war against the PRC by 2050 though... that's absolutely insane.''
Hadn't Japan defeated both China and Russia, and shocked the world?
4 billion 1960 ROK
1.8 trillion 2021 450 fold ROK
543 billion 1960 USA
23 trillion 2021 43 fold USA
In about 61 years, ROK GDP has grown more than 1000% faster than USA.
You can google, ''Bloomberg Innovation Index 2021''
At this rate, unless U.S. makes a radical optimal change from the foreign and economic policies of the past 30 years, or so, ROK GDP would surpass U.S. around 2050.
''The Chinese are at least a decade ahead of Korea in almost every weapons category....''
You're badly out of date: PRC cannot even make a decent jet engine for their vaunted J-20; they keep buying obsolete Russian jet engine, because their domestic engine has serious problems in all areas, performance, durability, and reliability.
Their down time is about 90%, primarily due to engine. Only 1 out 10 fighters on the books are available on demand, in real time. In comparison, F-35 with problems of its own, has downtime of only 25% in ROK AF. Considering the money, and the time involved, 25% is pretty bad; it should be 10% or less. Still, compared to PRC, it's a champ.
PRC fighters' VBR performance is rock bottom. VBR is the future, not the close range dog fights.
You can google, ''How the Chinese Air Force Lost a War Game To This Fighter Jet''
''Grounded JF-17 fighter jets expose fallout of deals with Russia, China''
Now, in contrast compare to below.
''One Raptor Down! US F-22 ‘Loses’ Air Battle To New Dog FA-50 In Cope Thunder Military Drills, PAF Claims''
KF-21 is going to be far superior to FA-50. One ROK AF pilot who had flown both F-35A, and KF-21 claims that KF-21 is far superior to F-35A, and projecting how much F-22 is superior to F-35A, believe KF-21 is going to be at least an equal of F-22, and with advancement in the future, is going to be superior to even F-22.
In stealth technology, PRC is a joke; J-20 has been caught by second gen Indian radar.
One of their biggest problems is the water leak on their J-20s! You cannot have a water leak on stealth panel! One of their maintenance procedure is to make sure to mop J-20s whenever it gets wet. Just because PRC claims it's stealth, and it looks like stealth doesn't mean it's stealth.
Besides the engine, they also have a serious problem coordinating electronics, a problem shared by both F-35/22s, too buggy software.
Why F-35s still have unexplained, 'shut down' problems; UK, Canda, and Aussies are all very unhappy with F-35. They are all interested in KF-21. UK is negotiating right now with ROK.
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@OpaqueNihilist ROK has come up with the world's first, and only virtual testing environment that tests the real time coordination of all the electronics/mechanicals on demand from a pilot's input. Why FA-50 has had so far 0% accident, and the same with KF-21 so far; they both had been virtually flown on the ground, before actual take off.
It exceeds U.S. Hardware-in-the-loop simulation testing.
Google, ''조종성 평가 시뮬레이터(HQS) * Handling Qualities Simulator''
ROK is also one of only two countries to implement FASS, the other being Lockheed Martin, and ROK's version is superior to FASS used by LM.
Google, ''Fuselage Automated Splice System''
''..and their industrial and manpower side of things speaks for itself...''
I am not impressed.
The single biggest reason why PRC jets are so unreliable is also their total lack of No neutron based non-destructive testing. All high value military electronics have to be tested on this method. PRC simply doesn't care, because it limits the production yield when it fails the test, and they have to re-do it again, failing their quotas, ruining their career. They want numbers, big numbers, who cares if it actually works or not?
On radars; ROK is now surpassing U.S.
AESA radar ROK can focus on a dot on the screen and magnify it 20 fold, discerning whether it's a bird or a stealth plane, on demand, in real time. Also, more shock and heat resistant than AESA radar on F-35. IDF after testing ROK AESA radar wanted to partner with ROK, on the software side, but ROK chose Leonardo of Italy instead. IDF already has AESA radar on F-35.
PRC radars are a joke.
''The Weekly Debrief: F/A-50 Pushes Gallium Nitride Radars Into Mainstream''
ROK also about completed super torpedo: The world's most advanced.
More advanced version of Russian VA-111 Shkval
''Report: South Korea Is Developing a Super Torpedo That Could Attack at 200 Knots''
It's going to be longer ranged, more stealth against sonar detection, also smarter, self-guiding, till it reaches 'Can't miss Kill Zone'.
ROKN is also working on stealth submarine. Btw. ROKN subs have performed extremely well in RIMPAC for almost 2 decades. PRC nuclear subs are louder than 80s Soviet nuclear subs: They are a joke like J-20.
Google, ''Underwater Stealth technology becomes possible, kriss''
It's superior to anechoic tiles used by Columbia class. ROKN had already tested anechoic tiles; they are not durable. Too much down time on dry dock. MIC doesn't care because they get paid a lot of money for inspecting and repairing anechoic tiles, just like inspecting and reapplying stealth coating on F-35/22s.
''They are also geographically in a far more advantageous position.''
Yes, PRC is far more advantageous position to block, threaten ROK's oil/export route.
Why ROKN is going to be building world's biggest and the most advanced sub fleets, by 2050 when USN may not even have a presence in Asia.
Up to 8 aircraft carriers, divided into 4 carrier groups. Up to at least 6 KDDX Zumwaldt class stealth destroyers, and at least 3 arsenal ships.
ROKN is going to be building in Twin Tower configuration ala RN QE, but slightly bigger.
Propulsion is expected to be nuclear; I hear they're consulting with both RN for TTC, and French Navy for k22 reactor, and add ROK's own modular mini-reactor design for safer, more efficient operation.
ROK may even add new state of the art technology in later variations: Photonic Quantum engine.
''Researchers realized a near-perfect photonic quantum engine driven by superradiance''
PLN's most advanced aircraft carrier has CATOBAR, and EMOL, but no nuclear engine, but conventional diesel! CATOBAR and EMOL need nuclear to produce enough electricity. This is so PRC; they are only interested in PR stunt factor. The same with J-20 having canard for more control, but canard decrease the stealth factor. Why even bother with stealth plane if one's going to add canard?! Why I suspect J-20 is stealth in name only.
''All three countries share the same issue: birthrate. It's actually far worse for South Korea they just have far more immigration displacement.''
Yes, why ROK has the most aggressive and ambitious MUM-T plan in the world.
K9A3 is going to be autonomous, no human crew. UK is also very interested as well.
''Why South Korea Is Building Robotic Artillery''
This is going to be a game changer. ROKA is already implementing unmanned version into SPG platoon; initially 1 unmanned, and 3 manned, but is going to increase the ratio one by one to 3 unmanned to 1 manned.
By 2050, ROKA is planning to build up to 4 unmanned armored corps. I suspect this is going to be the tip of the spear of massive invasion force into Manchuria/NE China, and onto Beijing.
You see, the west coast of North Korea is flat plain: Very easy for armored groups to move fast, and cross into Manchuria. And another short hop, it's Shanhai Pass. The gateway to Beijing.
ROK MC could land in the rear of Shanhai Pass, after ROKN defeating PLN.
''RoK Army receives new Hyundai Rotem UGVs''
I suspect this is to replace the mechanized infantry in an unmanned armored group, and to serve as Recon/Scout as well.
It can turn 360 degree like a tank so could be useful in urban warfare as well.
''Hankook Tire exhibits futuristic airless concept tire i-Flex at Defense & Security Expo Korea 2022''
It could also work as drone carrier, with drone being autonomous as well, no bandwidth bottleneck issue, and far more jamming resistant than conventional drones.
Hey, IDF could have used this.
ROK also came up with sonar based anti-radar jamming technology very recently; I heard it from very reliable ROK military channels.
It's considered so top secret that it's not even patented, and the inventor's name unknown.
The reason how I found out about is that ROK AF wanted to test on the AESA radar on F-35A, but it had to get permission from LM; it did, and it worked.
Basically, it duplicates image and fill the enemy radar screen from top to bottom, and side to side, making it useless. Right now it only works point to point, plane A to plane B.
ROK AF wanted to refine the design further so that it would work from a point to an entire network.
One reason I think why KF-21 will have capabilities to launch microsatellites into low orbit, and could become suborbital fighter is the domination of space, and with advanced thermal sensors, and GPRs, ROK could locate, and target PRC/DPRK silo-based ICBMs and SLBMs, and take them out with hypersonic stealth cruise missiles. Before they are even launched.
Saudi, UAE, Egypt, India Iraq, UK, Poland are all interested in KF-21, and these are just major prospective customers, with several more minor customers as well.
KF-21 can use missiles from U.S. EU, and ROK; the only fighter jet that can do so.
Saudi's expected order: 300 to 500, India: 200 to 300. UK: 60 Poland: 40.
''KAI and KAL eye RoKA's future division-level reconnaissance UAV programme''
ROKA has refined USMC Osprey, and is trying to make it cheaper, safer, more reliable, with less maintenance, but just as capable.
''South Korea secures key technologies to develop stealthy, tailless UAVs''
ROK is going to build a BIG and Advanced military, by exporting them worldwide, it could build an economy of scale the size of U.S. ROK officially wants to become 4th largest: ROK really wants to be #1 weapons exporter in the world.
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@OpaqueNihilist '' I agree in totality, I don't advocate for Imperialism but it's an inevitability in a heavily globalized world.''
I do advocate for Imperialism but only when it's necessary.
''The issue is the overreach and waning of the equal application of that power (it can still and inherently is oppressive, it's just equally oppressive in accordance to the nation states agenda) and what we've seen in the breakup of the Soviet Union, British and French empire, Austria Hungary German empire etc... the way you relinquish and adjust your imperialism based on your standing and agency in the world is just as important as the manifest reason you can apply it in the first place.''
Yes, like the whole world would been better off if all the colonial nations collectively had abandoned colonialism, before WW1, or if U.S. had sided with the Central Powers against the Entente, and divided up the former colonies with the Central Powers. The world would have been spared WW2, the Holocaust, the Cold War, and the Islamic terrorism as well.
''We should just be willing to bear those consequences. It's the whole "if it wasn't us, it would have been someone else..." which is true. It still doesn't provide individual justification''
If U.S. hadn't annexed the Native American lands, and Hawaii, someone else would have, and turned them against U.S. Wasn't U.S. justified?
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