Comments by "Frederick Miles" (@frederickmiles8815) on "Video Reportedly Shows Russian Choppers Shot Down" video.

Stinger's? Seriously just give these folks Predators, Stingers, and some more Javelin's and NLAW's. All you need is like 8 Predators on station in Western Ukraine, with a healthy supply of fuel and hell fires - and that beautifully lined up convoy would a highway to hell in days.
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@4Methylendioxy You grossly over value Russia's ability to fight - they cant do combined arms - only kill women and children like cowards.
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@Otter-Destruction Hellz yes please.
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@Broeils Agreed - but the Predator can carry so much more, multiple configs: 4 x hellfires, 2 anti-armor, and a JDAM - with additional range upon release of munition. Predator has a range over 500 miles and can run 24/7. You could set up 8 to 16 Predators in 'Western' Ukraine and fly them 4 round trips a day (at least) supported by contractors on the runway (fuel and re-load) and flown by 'contractors' state side. You can literally fly in the assets and drop of the support crew. You can execute targets in real - adjusting as you strafe up and down the convoy. You can set up the op in less then 24 hours, and targets can evolve to adhoc based on Tier 1 or 2 assets on ground.
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@James-hm9on Agreed - russian soldiers are not paid, poorly trained / equipped, treated like garbage by their superiors, and have zero commanders intent. If the convoy is cut is cut off from the Belarusian borders and placed in enough disarray they would surrender in mass.
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@JK-kn9qf 100% agree my brother - i just keep thinking of the highway of death in Iraq and just how shitty the Russian military truly is lol. Seriously just fly use the money you appropriated to lease the predators and pay 'contractors' to fly and resupply across border or in western Ukraine.
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@lasangre1806 i dont think you know what a predator is and how shitty and weak the Russian military is. Predator doesnt need a base - just a strip and yeah you do more but they are not cheap and honestly if you had 40 you wipe out that convoy in two days and they couldnt do shit to stop them. Just google search highway of death iraq - the Arctic Iran's military is a bigger and clunkier version of Hussein's.
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@lasangre1806 yes - because the russian military is that shitty - Predators can kill 4 tanks per run or just drop a JDAM to watch things go boom. I watched in Syria a handful of 5th group dudes wipe out a 5 russian storm units supported by drones, and idf. The smaller turkish drone the Ukranians have has already killed 100's of russian armored vics - its big brother would easily quadraulple that kill count in 2 days. Bigger payload, longer range, and much better optics / targeting. Maybe you should get off your ass and find a recruiter and stop playing video games - real shit is much more fun.
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@JK-kn9qf Agreed - nor do I think they can even hold the territory they currently have. It's a logistical nightmare - unless you have planned or partaken in expeditionary efforts its hard to grasp just how fucked Arctic Iran is, greatest blunder in Russian military history. And most of these folks commenting have no experience in planning or utilizing ISR assets.
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@gearrazkarraysgyfarnogod8554 Yes - Reapers as variants are also awesome.
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@gearrazkarraysgyfarnogod8554 From what I know, not read - they dont have C2 or comms and therefore no tactical intent, let alone a strategic intent. Plus when they do, they are losing. They literally just lined up and pushed across the line of depature bumper to bumper with no commanders intent or logistical plan; let alone like this unit will rally at this airfield and setup a assembly mortar and began setting of artillery positions - it was literally line up, give me your cells phones so you cant call home and push. This is how bad it is for the Russian's - say a cease fire was long lasting in support of a withdrawl; it would takes MONTHS for them to actually leave Ukraine, literally months to exfil - that is how deep and lost they are. And honestly Russia's asymmetric forces are amazing - their conventional forces break when punched back; every move to contact against the Ukrainian's goes very poorly. Their military is poorly trained, not really paid, insanely corrupt, full of corrupt officers, poorly supplied, with defective equipment due to industry wide corruption - the lowest privates hate their own team. The Ukrainians on the other hand - this started as defending homeland - now due to the recent targeting of civilians: this is a blood feud, they have learned to hate all Russians now - much worse then having NATO as neighbor, is having a neighbor who wants you and yours dead regardless of the cost to their own body, mind, or spirit.
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@EgoFiveFiveSix Yes - yes I do; I actually set up FLE's in the real world for small ODA teams to wipe out archaic and shitty armored elements - like the Russians.
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@moisesperez4605 It would be a mismatch of capabilities - like using a mallet to kill a butterfly. MiG's have killed Predators in the past but only when engaged. The Russian military lacks all purpose fighter - they are very centralized, silo'd and rigid - meaning you are either a bomber or fighter. The fighters would only engage predators if prompted or out of survivability. US has used Predators as bait in the past when MiG's attempted to engage. The bigger issues Russia has is tied to logistics and FMC of their aircraft and rolling stock - its paint and rust, with no real relief coming in the near future. If properly resupplied - and getting Modldova off the bench - could destroy the Russian army. They are track to lose ~10,000 + soldiers a weak (will increase if they do door to door), 140 billion USD a week (~10% of the GDP per week), hyperinflation in a month of over 40%, currency collapse, and the reality for the first time in a long time the US is looking at the reality of Russian capabilities regarding nuclear weapons: how many of their 1,600 ready to go warheads actually function? Scary thoughts - but that is what the adults in the room behind closed doors are thinking if Putin goes off the reservation even more then he already has. But I digress you want Predator's to attack convoy's or artillery / radar - not kill MiG's. Russia wants to use MiG's to hit ground targets or kill other attack aircraft. Russia is a bigger and clunkier version of Hussein's - if you want to know what they will do tactically study OIF invasion and Persian gulf war - both phases.
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@michaelswagson4457 Bro this isnt the 1990's - Predators can operate beyond the shitty SU-300 systems effective range and can engage satellite guided munitions from a very safe distance. Russia's air defense would actually be ideal first targets. They also carry a much more diverse and much larger payloads to include up to a JDAM. Sea variants can skim the water and hit the Crimean bridge with ease. All of this safely executed at night - operated by state side 'contractors'. Plus the EWO package on the newer ones is bunkers. They can also travel over 350 miles round trip, just saying. And honestly they aren't even our sexist ISR platform. Not going I pray for the US militaries involvement - not to invade Russia or China - but to just showcase what an actual professional military can do. The amount of ground we would take at night would be bonkers. Also before we even arrived in range of our weapons systems - systemic air attacks would be creating insane levels of chaos in enemy forces. We could wipe out the Russian forces with what we have on ground in Europe in about 30-60 days. And in under 90 days to destroy China's Navy and Air Force - wouldnt want to invade either country for obvious reasons. I rather do this now, then wait a decade, post global depression.
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