Germany actually has 1580km of coast - German naval aviation however has shrunk significantly since the early 90s. They no longer have jets and are restricted to recon and nominal ASW capabilities with helos and Orions.
Well, the coast line is 1500km, but the sea boarder is more like 400km, because its way straighter. Considering that germany got loads of very deep inlets that lead to wide rivers, exactly where the coast stops and the river start is a bit subjective. Like hamburg, is it slipt by the rover or the sea.
Hang on, no crashes on take-off. Almost perfect mission then a seriously impressive formation landing? Who are you and what have you done with the real GRs?
One of the 5th gen capabilities is networked coordination. A time on target with the F-35 would be very easy. Same with the Raptors. Older generation aircraft would have to be set up the old fashioned way. It would still be computer calculated, just manually planned out down to the second. I have read stories about how the Allies did it with slide rulers, stop watch and compass. Even in Desert Storm they coordinated massive TOT attacks with all the branches of the military. The B-52 bombs would drop at the same time Army artillery shells landed and Naval Tomahawks arrived. That is not easy to do. And according to the standard to be as effective as possible all the ordnance had to arrive within 15 seconds, +/- five seconds. Otherwise some defensive assets could cope with the attack. Enemy reload times, acquisition times and human reaction times all played a part in the calculations of how accurate the arrival times needed to be. A fascinating topic. The GR's did a fine job with such limited preparation. And even the one attack that placed all bombs on a single target. That was a fortified bunker that needed all those bombs to destroy it! Well done! lol
Hey Cap! Can you guys model the F-35's towed decoy? I've heard that some F-35s dont even carry chaff anymore and use these as their primary radar-guided missile countermeasure. The towed decoy can do three things: 1) jam the enemy's radar, preventing a lock; 2) jam the missile's seekerhead, preventing the missile itself from tracking the aircraft; and 3) if the missile still somehow manages to lock onto the aircraft, the F35 will cut off the line that tows the decoy and the decoy will automatically self-enlargen its RCS (sort of like MALD) to present much juicier target for the missile. IIRC the Lightning can carry up to 4 decoys. IMO these will make the F35 a lot more survivable than it already is and would make it a much more capable fighter more akin to its irl capabilities.
@@Benjamin-fq7nm I would think the B variant would need the decoys more due to it's more limited kinematics! Also apparently some variants of the F-18 also have a towed decoy (along with chaff) that is retractable, but more limited in capabilities than the F-35 decoys. Not sure if the 4x F-35 decoys are retractable!
ISIS-infested..... "Welp, it don't look good. You've got ISIS." "ISIS!? But I had it sprayed four times a year! What do we do?" "This can only be eliminated with a large quantity of high explosives." "Dammit! I've only got three years of payments left!"
2022 GR problems: missiles dont work, people disconnect, people stray from mission 2024 gr problems: didnt quite land all the bombs in a 30 second TOT window 2026 GR problems: ???????
I wouldn't be surprised if the F-35's weird climbing tactics were stealth related. If your best climbing angle is bad for stealth, you're obliged to change your tactics.
I too am ready for the Iraq map. But, if truth be told, I would rather have the Kola Peninsula map first from Orbx I believe is the developer. That is one of the maps that would enable many scenarios from the Tom Clancy universe. My favorite author. But any new map is a welcome addition
Does DCS have towed radar decoys / counter measures modelled for the F-35 (which apparently does not have chaff dispensers, just 4x decoys) and the F-18 which apparently uses both chaff and decoys?
sometimes i think this sim looks so cool, and i want to learn how to play. then there are days like this where you show everything that goes into flying these things and it's just like.... nah, I'm good.
On the isis Island bombing, there is a video of the actual bombing and you can see the explosions were much larger in the actual bombing then what I've seen in this military Sim. I'm just curious why there's such a difference in the actual explosion size if you're playing a military simulation?
I lived on base housing at Luke before they switched from the F-15 to the F-16, and you could hear that @5:35 whine of the Pratt and Whitneys across the entire base at night as they taxied.
Man that was back when the deadly jesters were still there. I grew up watching the mud hens do landings sitting on the end of the runway. That brings back memories
Loved the video @grimreapers! Can't wait for the next video man! Nice to see the F-15E Strike Eagles (AKA Mudhens) get some action on the Channel! The Run seemed pretty fine to me aside from Dark Managing to Pull some Overkill on his part of the run LMAO! Truth be told though, I think I might add the F-15E to the Inventory for you guys in the Mission over Gudauta on the Caucasus Mountain's map. Surprised that I still remember you guys flying around the Black Sea back in November 2022 on the Grim Reapers 2 Channel? Still hashing away at the Rosters as well, like who's flying which Aircraft. Hopefully I'll have the Details for "Operation Taxman" for you guys in your next video! There's going to be Plenty of Boom Booms as well as Plenty of Mods, so caution is Highly Advised. Let me know what you think about this and I'll catch you in your next video man!
Not trying to be a dick or anything but This operation was carried out solely by the USAF & Heavy Bombers Were Utilized Not Multi Role Fighters Or Strike Aircraft
"After it became a staging area for the terrorist organization Islamic State during an insurgency in the 2010s, it was bombed on 10 September 2019.[2] American F-15 and F-35 fighter jets dropped 40 tonnes of explosives (more than 80.000 pounds of laser-guided bombs) by the US-led coalition forces"
@@grimreapers lol just found the news reports - I remember when this first hit headlines in 2019 & I could’ve swore a flight of b1’s took this mission, thanks for the correction sorry for the misconception
Given the low threat environment, I wonder if a wagon-wheel orbit to set up the TOT would be useful. Everyone circles around (using waypoints?) trying to achieve “equal” spacing from aircraft ahead to aircraft behind, and once you get reasonable spacing around the circle, converge on center for drop.
