The Navy’s MQ-25 could do WAY MORE than just refuel jets
The Navy’s MQ-25 could do WAY MORE than just refuel jets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ydVP4HubQk
Tag: aircraft
Ukraine Waited For Russia To Prepare Su-57s For Victory Day Parade — Then Blew Them Up
Ukraine long-range drone strikes defeat advanced Russian anti-air by flying low, limiting the coverage of radars and confusing them with ground structures, while also using AI to target vulnerable and important targets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRRNlXjHLZc
The A-10 NEEDS to retire (BUT WE CAN’T LET IT)
The A10 is an obsolete aircraft. It has found a role against weaker enemies, but in a peer-to-peer conflict, the aircraft is not survivable. At this point, it’s not worth the costs to keep it around. It shouldn’t be replaced with a one-to-one aircraft. It’s role of close-ground support where the craft flies just 200 feet above the ground is not survivable in modern combat against peer-to-peer competitors.
It may be worth keeping around while the US industrial base takes forever to build new aircraft. It can fight drones in the meantime and even launch long-range missiles from the air. In a fight against China, the US will need all the long-range air missile launchers it can get.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNmks2GLGlQ
“That’s Not a Jet, That’s a Virus” — What F-35 Pilots Said After the “Gripen” Hacked Their Data Link
“That’s Not a Jet, That’s a Virus” — What F-35 Pilots Said After the “Gripen” Hacked Their Data Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bujH0jbvRc
The F-35 was designed to take a few hits.
The F-35 was designed to take a few hits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_1LyUAOI4Q
The MQ-9 Reaper drone was great when the enemy didn’t have anti-air capabilities, but when they do, the slow, loud, and radar-visible drone is easily shot down.
The MQ-9 Reaper drone was great when the enemy didn’t have anti-air capabilities, but when they do, the slow, loud, and radar-visible drone is easily shot down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPY7CFUNW5k
Did Iran End the A-10’s Career?
The A-10 can do one thing really well–blowing up stuff on the ground. But, it can’t do much else, and is only brought in after the most threatening air-to-air threats are destroyed or suppressed. The military would prefer to have more general and advanced craft than one with such a narrow use. Congress has kept it alive because it is popular and gives their constituents jobs. A major advantage of the A-10 is its cheaper to fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHDWAeAxAYE
Iran Just Shot Down Two US Jets – War Enters Deadly New Phase
Iran Just Shot Down Two US Jets – War Enters Deadly New Phase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajqAOwPGcLQ
$750M Destroyed: How Russia Assisted Iran’s Biggest Strike of the War So Far
$750M Destroyed: How Russia Assisted Iran’s Biggest Strike of the War So Far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqQ_bNXhnIo
Iran Didn’t Get Lucky—We Made It Easy
The Air Force has a doctrine where it should spread out planes and move which bases they fly from so it’s harder to take them out. The US apparently wasn’t practicing that doctrine, and is paying for it.
It is more expensive to move maintenance teams around or have different teams available at multiple bases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUJXlHTFBAI