Daring? Afghanistan did not have any capable Airforce, not an Air Defense neither any means to retaliate. No one knows what was the impact of the dropped bombs either... Its sparsely populated and big probability is that these were dropped on empty grounds achieving nothing.
Might be nice to remember that the afghan government already failed long before and the taliban and other factions did not operate anything larger than larger than a strela and didn’t have radar. Best i could find for why those used the B2 was just to show it off and to show everyone they were serious about blowing up Afghanistan. And maybe, just maybe they used B2 s so that a random Pakistani radar operator couldn’t warn the taliban about incoming bombers. But considering bush asked the Pakistani president for permission to fly over this seems silly. But it’s the best reason i could think of this wouldn’t be a waste taxpayer money.
Dude those jets are literally old asf,the fuck are they gonna do with planes they already know how to encounter,the only reason is possibly training against them,but since they already knew how to counter these planes in the 80s and 70s there isn't a reason to use em or do anything with them
Nope the true king of the skies is the KC135 since without it most long range missions will be completely impossible and no matter how op a fighter is its still useless if it runs out of fuel midair before even reaching its enemy
The U.S. having the strongest navy is a surprise? Actually, none of this is a surprise… you listed 3 of the worlds biggest super powers as if that’s shocking
All he had to do was turn on the transponder before he jumped. Why does everything associated with fronhline American aircraft cost millions on dollars? 💲💲💲💲💲
That super secret code we use for aircraft naming... Cargo planes starting with "C", Bomber names with "B" and Fighter names with "F" is definitely not straightforward...
They try to make this sound so ridiculously dramatic it isnt even funny.. In reality, pilot see's an oil pressure warning light, diverts to the nearest airfield, lands.
How is NOT recycling a cost cutting measure? And ARTIFICIAL REEFS 😅 oh boy this aint it. Wont doing this also cause the water level to rise. Were going to kill our planet before we can even leave
No, it was nowhere near Mach 4. It was approx Mach 3.5. Shul never said Mach 4, or anything close to it. Mach 3.5 is quite a ways from Mach 4. It may not SOUND like a lot, but I assure you, it is.
This is what I don't understand the s. R71 can outrun the missiles. But they retired it but they still use the u2 , which has been shot down twice.by missles
No, it didn't "outrun" the missiles. What it did was fly fast enough to get angles on the missile making intercept a harder problem to solve for the missile.
@@karlchilders5420 And I bet you didn't know this. The actual name of the plane was the x. R seventy one johnson f***** u* during a interview and said s. R71.
@@dougshadrick9776 Because the U-2 is cheaper to fly, operates in a reduced threat environment compared to the SR-71, and does not require a complex specialized tanking support environment. Every time ONE SR-71 flies on an operational mission, a minimum of 5 tankers fly. Sometimes more, depending on weather, redundancy planning, and other factors. It is about 3x an hour more expensive to operate an SR-71 than the U-2.
The X-15 was 1. experimental and 2. rocket powered. It's completely different than the SR-71. It could fly literally twice as high (and then some), roughly twice as fast, and was not able to turn well at all due to the airframe as well as the speeds involved.
@@gunrunnerjohn That is not accurate. The fastest we *know* about is indeed the Libya incident, and that is approximately Mach 3.53. There are laws of physics involved, and especially with the compressor inlet, it just can't go much faster than that without a destructive event. THAT was the real concern - it didn't have "Safety " systems to prevent that. If you had throttle to spare, you could apply it. If you did it at a time when things were not optimal for that, you could risk anything from an unstart to catastrophic engine failure.
