1 x FA-18F Super Hornet(with AWACS & F-35 support) vs 22 x North Korean Mig-29s | DCS 

Can you do battle of midway?

How many missiles do you want on your plane? Yes.

Now that is a MURDER HORNET!

I hope that ED officially implements these AWACS guidance modes. Especially with the Eurofighter and the Meteor soon™

In theory a B52 and or a B1 can be missle trucks

I love how this channel kinnda started out as like a clan making fun vids about their game and is now basically a hub for military theory. Not sure how much programming ya'll did before this but love seeing you make our requests come to life! The slow growth sim by sim can make watching older stuff a pain at times but makes the newer stuff always feel improved. Keep up the great work GR's!

I want a GR shirt that says, “GET ANOTHER ONE….”

those 22 aim 260s give the phrase "murder hornet" a new meaning

16:30 The GR motto: _"Really? 🙄 Get another one."_

This game has come a long way... it is hundreds of times better than it was a few years ago. Keep up the great videos, we love them all.

Lol, I'm so used to Super Cap saying: "Get Another One." that if I don't hear it, I'm sad.

Scary to think that 22 combat Aircraft is more than many countries have total. Tunisia has I believe 11 F5s for instance, Kenya 17 ( I believe the have some additional trainer F5, but are they combat ready?) and Bulgaria 11 MiG 29 and 7 Su 25s for instance. One pair of missile trucks such as this could effectively ground and entire airforce due to their threat potential 😳

Launch and falling leaves, an autumn engagement.

Good to see the datalink is being implemented, will be very interesting if you and the team redo the old scenario/wargame videos with these new tech in play Cap, which makes me think, will you?

This was an awesome proof of concept, maybe try giving the f-35s a couple missiles to clean up the left over jets

This shit gives the term "Ace in a day" a whole new meaning. I love it.

0:30 to 1:02 - Questions 2 & 3 - They are part of modern warfare planning & tactics, so HELL YES!

Bogachev. The reason Cap calls Hornets Bogs was because people got onto Cap for yelling WAGNAAAAAH when something would go wrong with the flight model. People didnt want Cap to make fun of Wagner anymore. He then created a scape goat named Bogachev, cant remember the rest of his name, and explained that Bogachev was a man that always played by the rules, always did things by the book. Now, he had someone he could yell at when Cap found a glitch, or an issue with the F/A-18 flight model. The video is quite old, but I remember somewhat. He even had a picture, of what seemed to be an old soviet scientist, or just a regular person. Edit: I know no one asked in this video why he calls them that, but eh.

so happy that you guys still make videos. thank you !

The Korean Peninsula looks a lot more tropical and flat than I remember it...

It was a good one. Thanks GR.

88 missiles, I wonder the price tag of that wall of fire and fury… lol

the last two missed so the pilots could return home and tell the story; if it was just one, no one would probably believe them.

That was so awesome to have data link visualized like this. There was an old History Channel show called 'dogfights' (aerial warfare) with an episode about future tech and it had missile trucks and stealth aircraft and you basically just emulated that. Very cool to see. TY

Now that's an Itano Circus!

You're a goddamn global treasure, Captain.

Very good job there. Fairly accurate too boot.

Going off topic for more 'splosions is perfectly forgivable .... nay , even encouraged, Cap !!

Realism of NK air force having ace level skill? 😂

How many missiles? Yes

Ground base: how many missiles do you want? Pilot: YES!

I like the Superhornet, nice that you have it.

I just saw the thumbnail and said "damn!" Lol

Hello Valued Content Creator! Thanks again for another really interesting and informative video! 🙂

Dang good content as usual! I wonder why the developer of the Super "Bog" decided to use the F-15 cockpit, vice the F-18's. Keep up the great work!!!!!!

Great work as ever, Cap & Crew @Grim Reapers! Proof of Concept & Design, Magnificent! Hmmm, 22 missle trucks with data linking & TWI targeting is going to be some very nasty surprises both offensively, defensively, and strategically, for some poor, unsuspecting enemy aircraft and ground/marine targets. Not to mention the diversionary capabilities of having an overloaded missle truck squadrons at one's disposal. ☺

This is the stuff my dreams are made of?🎉

That answers all of my questions, except... how were they able to still notch the missiles, with the two AWACS, the two F-35 radars, which are also datalinked, and perhaps even the F-35 DAS, which can also generate weapons quality tracks and share them via datalink? I wonder if the game thinks they can still notch, if they can notch at least one radar? Or I wonder if the game thinks they absolutely have to have the missile's own radar locked in the terminal phase, and that's what they are notching, the missile's radar, not the two AWACS and the two F-35s, which perhaps the game thinks could not provide accurate enough terminal guidance on their own, without the missile radar too?

I feel like "Get Another One" should be the name of a Grim Reapers blooper channel that does nothing but shorts of mishaps.

Many years ago I played Harpoon and one of the Russian options was a TU-22 loaded out with air to air missiles. It was a fantastic concept as it meant that the bombers and AWACs could have prolonged offensive cover with the ability to close in fast and scoot back out fast and even at afterburner have incredible endurance. I never understood why a "Missile Truck" great term BTW was not a thing. An E3 AWACs with an accompanied Tanker for dedicated fighter assets as well as a 737 or some such loaded out with 30-50 air to air missiles. All being launched from behind an electronic warfare blur and guided onto target by the AWACs themselves..if the enemy wants to take down those assets then be prepared to loose the better part of one or two squadrons.

I think you shot the whole North Korean air force’s budget in missiles on the last sortie

Caps slogan “get another one.”

So... basically... if you're not a cutting edge Air Force... then don't fight against a cutting edge Air Force.

Your next proof of concept could be an F-35 strike package, with internal munitions, supporting an initial air-superiority sweep by missile trucks with datalink!

That was awsome shows what data link with stealth can do. wonder how the different missiles would stack up.

The new F-15EX was made for this exact scenario.

thx for doing my request cap

I wonder if this would be a Fox-3 or would it have its own brevity code like Fox-4. And yes I know that guns were Fox-4 but they don’t say that for guns anymore.

God Dam that f-18 I’m bout to lose it

Loved this video and would like to see this type of tactic used more frequently. Now I do think the stealth fighters would still be armed BUT that would mostly be for self defense if needed, to pick of stragglers, and/or possibly to present the enemy with attack from the unexpected direction.

Next up - modified cargo aircraft set to just lob 50-60 of these out the side. (Potentially with an extended booster for *even more* silly range.)

I freaking love all of your videos Grim Reapers!! A common theme that I am realizing, especially on the large scale battles or swarm attacks, is just how vital target deconfliction is!! One force can have three times the weapons needed to accomplish their objectives, but if they over saturate one or more targets, that plan is busted!! I’d be interested to read some thoughts on how modern militaries handle this!! My guess is that targets are assigned, even down to redundancies for misses or potential friendly losses. Even in a sort of weapons free scenario, does it just come down to chatter between friendly pilots, or does the AWACS still try to direct fire? Anyway, thank you for another excellent flight Grim Reapers!!

It'd be interesting to see this repeated with the trucks spread out, sending in missiles from multiple directions. It'd be a lot hard to notch if, by kinematically defeating one missile, you enter into the ideal envelope of another. Also, what about a fight with NO AWACS but two-three more F35s, which would be more likely in contested airspace. I have a feeling that, with a critical mass of fat Amy's, you might not need an AWACS at all. It's weird that you still have to manually select and then fire on targets. You'd think the tech would be out to auto-lock all targets so the pilot just needs to pull the trigger after selecting from a list.

I have noticed that DCS has a rather limited number of terrain maps. Which is why the DPRK Air Force I'd operating over the Persian Gulf. Are there going to be any other maps in the future(I have seen only northeast France/Benelux/western Germany, Black Sea/Ukraine, Guam, and Okinawa)

Great video! Can't wat to see how advanced they will get in the future!

Thanks GR! How many AIM 260's do you think you could dodge and in what non stealth aircraft would you use to do it?

I would love to see more superhornet action

Should do a quick one with just the one MurderBog(cap)™ and the two Amy’s with cleanup missiles, with the running away bog as bait and surprise missiles from 90 degrees to the side, you could probably do them all with the 3 planes

Maybe if your side staggered their launches so that the baddies have missiles coming at them from multiple directions with nowhere to notch to.

Are any missiles able to fly dog-leg paths? Swing off to one side or the other before tracking in? I'm thinking if you launch two+ missiles at the same target, you want them to arrive at similar times from converging directions so that even terminal guidance can't be notched.

Wow, just imagine how many schools and hospitals you could build with the cost of that last salvo...

I hope our military understands not to fight the next war with the last war tactics as well as you do!

Can you do gripen armored with meteor vs su-35e armed with kh-37

Now knowing that F-22's can spearhead an attack with their radars, just like AWACs. Data-Link 16 is a lethal advantage. Imagine if the AWACs are deploying Rapid Dragon, once engaging friendly assets are depleted of missiles. These assets just need to get a lock on, to use Rapid Dragon to be an extension of its arsenal. I doubt an SM-6 would be easy for a nasty to defeat once in its radar targeting acquisition range. Old legacy fighters can be used as additional missile trucks.

Are there any purpose built missile truck designs in real world R&D right now? I'm thinking something that's more or less a fast, mid sized cargo plane or bomber designed to carry as much weight of AA arms as possible (a C-130 could carry the mass for >100 AIM-120D's, a B-1B: >330). It would probably not use external hard points as I don't think you could fit that many.

I'm sure the Reliant Robin a few months back could hit targets better than North Korea's past launch attempts

Here's a thought: F14 with back seaters getting a lock using modern radars to be the missile trucks.

I wonder if you could do a video on whether or not Chinese J-20s could secretly help (escorting NK aircraft) the DPRK drop a nuke on Seoul?

what about the B-1 missile truck?

Mental to imagine what this would look like in real life. Like a flak cloud homing in on you from 100 miles away. And then the fat Amy's could pick off the few survivors. Entire air wings obliterated in minutes. Mighty and terrible. (And awesome, when in a video game)

More or less the loyal wingman drone concept. Now is where the fun begins.

It would be interesting to push this concept out, air to air, air to ground….. with this tech you could rig drone trucks like the f4 target drones….max load it and send it out not caring if it comes back. Clear out unpreserved storage before you ever commit a live pilot

The cost of those missiles is probably greater than the GDP of the prk.

Great video Cap. All those missiles have got me wondering about cost. How many Spitfires or Mustangs could you buy in 1940s money for the price of a modern missile truck? I'm guessing a couple of squadrons worth, that could probably do more damage too..... Maybe there is a video idea there?

Hello Reapers, I love to watch your videos, as I learn so much about the game, however I have a request for you. Could you please make a video on the DCS Supercarrier mod, which would highlight many features, especially at night during night ops. I understand that DCS recently updated the night lights/illuminations and would like to have a decent video highlighting these aspects before jumping in and purchasing the mod. I am really hoping to see the various lights such as mast lights and ship/flight deck lighting/illumination. If possible I would to see the ship from different angles: T/B/PS/SB/B/S, as this would help me tremendously in my decision going forward, or not. Cheers mates!

Hmm, so who gets credit for the kills? The truck could become a 4x Ace in one engagement. Sweet.

looks like a f15 cockpit

I think knowing that they would dodge the first missiles I think the plan would have been to have two trucks fire then have two more trucks about 20 miles behind the first and when they are dodging then shoot the second missiles off. That way the second trucks are mop-up ops.

Would be nice to have a Select ALL Targets button!

so slightly simplified summary: F-18 shoots down 20 migs. So no more Bog-mockery!

I would have thought that the F15EX would have been the ideal missile truck rather than the Super Hornets. The US is currently buying another 130 of them precisely for that reason given that the F35s can only carry up to 6 missiles in their stealth configuration. The F15EX can carry up to 22 air to air missiles ( apparently )

Technically I am the only legit Valued Humanoid and I have not requested any of those things! lol But, now that you have them, I am intrigued. I will not take the credit for all those ideas. Carry on normal valued viewers.

hey grim reapers I would like to see yall do a simulation with the Singaporean F15SG, Id like to see that and I hope yall can do it. cheers mate

This reminds me of back in the day playing Chuck Yeagers Air Combat in an F-4 with unlimited AIM-7 Sparrows. Select, shoot. Select, shoot. Repeat. lol Imagine when these things become retargetable after launch.

That F18 is gonna give A10 some identity crisis.

I'm not sure it's entirely fair to call North Korea's air force "tiny." They have over 570 fixed wing combat aircraft and 180 trainers that could be repurposed into combat aircraft. Compare that to South Korea's inventory of 445 fixed wing combat aircraft and 105 convertible trainers and the North has a strong edge on numbers. Where the North falls behind is technology. While they have some MiG-29s, the bulk of their combat fleet is made up of Chinese-made copies of the MiG-17, MiG-19, and MiG-21. The South still maintains some pretty old fixed-wing aircraft as well, but those are F-5 Tiger II and F-4 Phantom IIs. While the F-4 and F-5 were both introduced in the early 1960s, they would still be very relevant and capable against an air force that's made up largely of MiG-17, -19, and -21 clones. And South Korea also has loads of F-15s, F-16s, and F-35s. I didn't count the 82 KT-1 Turboprop trainer aircraft in the South's "convertible trainers" list, although I suppose I should have since I counted their 20 KA-1s, which are COIN/Light Attack variants of the same aircraft. And I should probably count them all since I also counted among the North's numbers 80 Harbin H-5, which are Chinese-made copies of the IL-28 medium bomber introduced by the Soviet Union in 1950. Still, point being, if the USAF, USN, and USMC assets that are in South Korea were left out of the equation, it might make for a more interesting and possibly less lopsided fight than a lot of people think, at least until KAI starts rolling some of the KF-21 Stealth Fighters off the assembly line and into South Korea's inventory in 2026 (with 120 total on order and expected to be completely delivered by 2032).

Great video as always but would've been better to do a test just the two F-35s as the datalink - i don't think their presence changed anything considering the not one, but two, AWACS aircraft

Cap should go "guns", to finish off any survivors

Hey Cap. Wow look at that amount of missiles for the F18F. I asked on discord if it could be possible to fly the F18F myself but havent got an answer yet. Is there a qay to aquire your F18F in any way?

where can i get a download for these missles? i would love to use them, i bet others would too

17:50 missile kind of “twitches” upward when it loses track, is this intended behavior? Seems like the plane might have been in the missile radars pitbull FOV if it hadn’t pitched up like that

Is notching two missiles at fired once harder than nothing two missiles fired at different intervals?

Who gets the kill? The AWACS or missile truck?

22 mig 21’s.. 4 more than the operational amount north korea has, the other 100 ish is not usable because they don’t have the budget nor parts for them, true story

Include things like Loyal Wingman and the shape of future air battles is becoming unrecognisable.

I have never once had any complaints regarding Grim reapers videos. But the quality of this one are subpar compared to all other prior productions. The graphics were out of focus in particular.

The Official Simba Fan Club would like to point out that a stealth aircraft is the single largest convetional force multiplier in military history, and this video shows why. Now every country that has stealth aircraft now has to have their 4th gen aircraft treated like they are supported by planes the enemy can't see!

I'm surprised this is all modeled. I thought it was all too secret sauce still

Cool, where can we get our hands on the F/A-18F Super Hornet?

260 is Cool with 200km range. air launched SM2 would be cooler with 400km range. May be more