Could Rapid Dragon Protect Taiwan From A HUGE Chinese Invasion Fleet? (WarGames 114) | DCS 

Rapid Dragon Series: Rapid Dragon & MALD vs Russian Black Sea Fleet: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sHTGKG1cYec.html Rapid Dragon vs IJN WWII Carrier Group: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QXONs2voDjE.html Rapid Dragon vs Russian Black Sea Fleet: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rvUTl6xjxqY.html Rapid Dragon vs Omaha Beach Defenses: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k4T1WWtVyYk.html Rapid Dragon vs Chinese Invasion Fleet: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MQ1wrspnL7A.html

Small correction: The C-130 can carry 12 missiles each, not 8. The C-17 meanwhile can carry a staggering 45 missiles.

29:40 not only did that awacs dodge the two missiles, it didn't get gunned. Give that pilot a raise!

I've played too much cold waters. I'm mentally going through what I'd do with a Sea Wolf, a steady supply of strong coffee for my crew, and a permissive ROE.

Another thing to consider is that when an AShM hits a ship, a lot of people can die. So even if the ship is still operational, there's a very good chance that a sizable portion of the troops onboard are no longer fit to fight.

Time for a LRASM-Gasm👍

Sweating bullets when Cap was trying to push those C-130s to 10 thousand feet!

One thing you can't model of course is the likely US Submarines that would be lurking in the area and they'd definitely go after or at the very least distract the naval fleet.

I appreciated Cap's comments about volunteering to work with children and how he picks up colds etc. from them. As a teacher of nearly 40 years, I know how that is. Teachers have perpetual colds for the first three school years. If the last that long, they get a degree of immunity. Kudos, Cap, for working with the children! Take care of yourself, though. Good luck!

Excellent!!! While 4 C-130's is a decent start, what about a full squadron of Rapid Dragon Cargo planes engaging from Okinawa? Would they have to deploy from a higher altitude to cover the distance?

Thank you , thank you , thank you ! I've been hoping you'd do this video ! Palletised weapons on literally hundreds of possible delivery platforms. Every cargo plane loaded with missiles to strike from beyond anti-air range . Game changer.

Seems odd that the 256 Patriot shots didn’t do more.

EPIC work rate Cap and GRs! Superb effort!!

_"I wouldn't want to be in a F-16 right now."_ Says the guy flying a C-130 into the furball. 😄😆😅😂🤣

Another brilliant job Cap; great fun watching, thanks also to the entire GR team! Idea: multi player lorasm de -confliction problem might be partly solved by sending launch aircraft to different release points to create a sort of pincer movement scenario... maybe worth a test?

YESSSSSSSSS!!! Awesome I was waiting for this Cap! Perfect! Magnifico! And thank you!

Rapid dragon is very impressive. A C-17 can launch up to 45 missiles. I had no idea what was possible.

Just love your play by play. Plan to watch all your stuff

I still think LRASMs are totally unrealistic, not even an attempt to intercept with missiles? Even though planes can shoot them down at >20 miles? What gives?

I’ve been waiting for an operation rapid dragon video😊

Another awesome video. Good job.

Considering the range of the LRASM/JASSM, it would make sense for Taiwan to have ground launched versions. A nice little slingshot should be enough to get them airborne.

I gotta say, its always a good day when the Herc gets to fly. Also, that missle count just before the Herc launch, omg. That is terrifying.

Rapid Dragon is quite the interesting weapons deployment system. Is like a fleet in a box!

I see a gr video, i click

I don’t know how are you guys made a rapid dragon mod but this is the coolest thing ever!!!

I guarntee thar one random chinese general took notes from this video, very interesting tho.

Good vid. I think strategically all you have to do is damage the invasion fleet enough to make proceeding with their mission untenable. More than just de-confliction I'd think that they would primarily target the landing ships and anyhting else carrying troops/weapons/supplies.

Timely !!! Now, can we get a Rapid Dragon suspended under a giant balloon? Maybe multiple balloons. Asking for a friend.

Would be interesting to see this fleet vs a more realistic approach with the land based harpoons that Taiwan is currently in the process of buying. Great video as always!

Taiwan: "We don't know how many Chinese it'll take to kick our asses...but we know how many they're gonna use."

On the topic of rtb issues for ai: I found that they return to the closest allied or neutral base. So as long as there are neutral bases on either china or taiwan, OPFOR is going to try to rtb there even if that means going into the lions den

what i been wating for for months n months

What simulator program did you use and how can I find it? Thanks!

Is anyone else singing "Rapid Dragon" in their head to the tune of Rockin' Robin?

how strange the results in single ver multi. Yet another Quality video that has made my poop day that much better thnaks GR your are amazing

I ordered a HOTAS and some other equipment to play this game. Currently I'm playing other flight sims. To set up these war games do you need to own all these planes? Is there user made content? How hard is it to set up a battle with just AI?

Hello How did you get the AGM-158C on dcs ? i can't find it Thx

Grim Reapers are playing with Rapid Dragon ! Beautiful !

I hadn't heard of the Rapid Dragon until now. So I guess they just need to make BVRAAM bus variant, so the C-130 can finally replace everything ever.

Rapid Dragon is basically a Force Multiplier, giving the US additional weapons launchers without the cost of more bombers (nor the full combat capabilities of bombers).

Sorry if someone already suggested this below, but would it be possible (and would it help) if the C-130s "fired" in a bit of a staggered or offset manner? Meaning 1 fires and a few minutes after the 2nd fires and so on until all have fired. Maybe with larger spacing between "LRASM" waves they could/would de-conflict better. I realize there is not a lot of time from take-off to launch. One other thought, what if the C-130s were able to attack from slightly different angles? I enjoy ALL of your videos! Keep up the awesome work!

In the battle space of only 100 nautical miles , a fleet is sitting duck for concentration of submarine , surface and airborne fires.

So, quick question, why did you use C-130's instead of C-17's, which can carry double the pallets of the 130?

The single player result seems pretty reasonable compared to my expectations

Cap - to deal with the deconfliction problem, try having the C-130s take different directions on takeoff. You all dropped in a tight bunch. If after takeoff, each C-130 took a different vector, that would spread out the LRASMs over a wider front, less likely they'll all focus on the same few ships.

New NATO airbase in Cincu Romania should house a fleet of these bad boys for the Black Sea Orc fleet

Entertaining! Thanks.

Should have been targeting the logistics guys. LTS and LSVs. Cruisers and destroyers can’t land and supply ground forces. Thoroughly enjoyed it ! These presentations are fascinating and entertaining. Jolly good show chaps!

Thank you Cap, awesome development added to the mix. The key force multiplier for the Rapid Dragon platform is the rumor (coming from a defense industry think-tank) that the JASSM (which is the base cruise missile used to design LRASM) has the necessary hardware/technology to receive what is effectively a firmware/software patch to its programming in order to enable anti-ship capabilities. The JASSM has been (and will continue to be per current budgets) manufactured in much greater numbers than LRASM, with the current stockpike estimated at around 2,000 and the stated procurement goal of 10,000 by the time full-rate production ends and these are all on top of LRASM manufacturing. So taking the very effective JASSM (and its longer range and enhanced ER/XR variants) and adding the capability to target any static/mobile target on the ground or at sea is the real game changer. This development means the defending forces in this scenario would very likely be able to strike with significantly more anti-ship missiles during such an operation. I also believe they would supplement the force as needed by adding in B-1B/B-2/B-52 bombers with JASSM/LRASM onboard (the B-1B can carry 24, the B-2 is 16, and the B-52 is 20). As far as target deconfliction, I think we have to constantly take a step back and directly compare DCS to the real world. For example, in the DCS singleplayer run at the end, the deconfliction wasn't that bad by DCS standards. Now, take those results which weren't too bad, and consider the fact DCS was never programmed with the intent of adding a Rapid Dragon type weapons platform or even advanced anti-ship cruise missiles and the simple fact this is a consumer-level military sim. Now take into consideration the hundreds of millions involved in developing the JASSM/LRASM/Rapid Dragon and the fact one of their primary goals is accurate target identification and deconfliction. Another way to think about the topic is to consider the efforts by DCS developers and the GR efforts to add capability to DCS. Now imagine what you could do with a team of hundreds of people and a virtually unlimited budget all with the goal and perfecting the results of JASSM/LRASM attacks. I'm betting all of those resources resulted in a highly effective targetting logic that will essentially result in near-perfection, which I would define as hitting the exact ship that was targetted, with the specific amount of missiles desired, and hitting the specific areas of the ship that are most advantageous.

ohh I wanted to see them come out of the boxes

Dropping the rapid dragon with a minute between C-130's might give them time to find fresh targets.

So apprently JASSM is invincible since I haven't seen one instance where it got intercepted even at close range. Curious to know if US Warships can intercept them.

Oh man! Gonna be a good one!

if you launch Rapid Dragon from diffrent angles of attack might they target more ships? 4 flights on diffrent headings and diffrent dropp hightsa

I like how you gained a LRASM from nowhere at 21:20

How exactly did you get the LRASM's to target the ships..? Using Waypoint options in ME or F10 or something?

Taiwan is crazy if they aren’t trying everything to buy the Israeli Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow systems

Great video! Please now model day 3!

@14:26 that probably had a different meaning than I heard in my head.

War is the most complex act of human beings. You guys need a hostile commander to bargain over the premise of the battle, such as when, where, the numbers and weapons on both sides, and so on. After agreeing on the premise of the battle, you each command your own army to fight against each other. By this way the script won't go too ridiculous. Otherwise you guys are just fight an imaginary war. Sure, it's fun that way, but it can be even more fun.

As far as video ideas, I'd like to see a huge US vs. China ~2025 timeframe naval battle. Essentially it would be a huge Chinese fleet - perhaps two carriers and maybe even more than the two sets of standard escort ships (maybe 10-12 destroyers, some frigates). Maybe someone can think of a good story, or maybe it was perceived as a joint Chinese CSG training mission to train-up the crews on the newly established strike-group. But, unexpectedly, they make a quick turn just a few hundred miles away from a US CSG on standard patrol in the South China Sea and catch the US CSG in a vulnerable position, outnumbered and nowhere to run or get reinforced by additional ships in time. So, what option does the US have to help this vulnerable CSG under attack? A combination of some Rapid Dragon pallets from Tokyo/Guam and perhaps some long-range bombers with LRASM flying in to the rescue. It would have to be tuned as far as balancing goes, but I'd like to see if Rapid Dragon/LRASM can be added to the mix in an emergency to save the US CSG. Thanks Cap!

Awesome!

I'd like to see humans on both sides. However good the AI is, humans still are far superior and make a huge differnce.

Cap needs a Honey and Lemon

I have two questions - Wouldn’t American forces be already on site in response to increasing tensions?!? And wouldn’t those forces include 2 to 4 Virginia Class SSNs?!?

If this happens now I want that time machine.

Does the rapid dragon system work with the C-5 galaxy cargo planes? And if it does how many cruise missiles can it carry?

Run a multiplayer scenario from the point in the single player, where multiple Chinese ships were hit. THEN, have the US fleet show up in combat range at a few minutes later. Also, maybe spread the C130s out in a fan shape. That could help with the deconfliction of the LRASMs.

They would have complete air dominance before they sent ships across the street.

so given the announcments from the last few days how well could typhoons equipped with meteors & storm shadows do at taking out the kerch bridge?

Wow, great taxi video quality!

Nice to see a simulation of this. I would think for this type of scenario there would be cargo planes carrying Rapid Dragon from Japan, Guam, Hawaii and maybe even the continental US. So instead of 32 missles striking, it might be more like 100-200 missiles. As long as they could all arrive on target at the same time, the antimissle defenses should be overwhelmed.

Could you trial making the expenditures counter a wee bit bigger? It is very difficult to read on phones. You should be able to make the font bigger without taking up any extra screen space with the overlay.

I come for the coolest looking video game footage, I stay to read the comments that talk about how "real life it is" DCS is pretty awesome....perhaps one day it will have the ability to bring in the subs, the missile strikes that would surely hit every air base before the fleets moved etc. Videos are great and the comments are always fun thanks.... I watched the series invasion of Taiwan...hard to keep track of the videos so gotta be hard to create. They were well done

Without an invasion fleet, winning the air war leads to nothing.

Have the Grim Reapers ever done a scenario where they’re ordered to defend vulnerable aircraft like these C-130’s or similar from incoming missiles-be they air launched and/or surface launched? I’ve always been curious how effective a force would be in shooting down incoming missiles meant for other targets. It’s possible but how likely is it to be successful? Also, has there ever been a project to create an airborne CWIS? Working on an AWACS has always seemed like an extremely dangerous proposition considering the limited defenses the aircraft itself has.

April 24th is my birthday and I happened to be obsessed with this scenario! 😂

Suh Weeeet. I never even knew the Rapid Dragon was a thing. Another knowledge expanding video from the boss's of sexy aerioplanes. Love every minute!

its a bit unrealistic, the first thing China would do is take all the runways out. Just like in real life.

Hmmm, I don’t remember Taiwan looking like that

One Trident missle would clear that straight real quick.

Wonder what would happen if one or two hercs launched from further north and dragons came in on multiple fronts.

Most likely, the Chinese would have hit with operational-tactical ballistic missiles based on ground-based complexes and cruise missiles at airfields where Taiwanese aviation is based (just like the Russians did in the early days of the attack on Ukraine, well, when they fought terrorists in Chechnya ), then they would have suppressed air defense and would have already acted with aviation or, with the help of aviation, suppressed air defense or together with ground systems and the fleet!

I think Grim only dropped one of his pallets judging by the external camera view?

Love what you're doing CAP! Surely, the US wouldn't wait for the "Fleet" to arrive to mount a defense against the Chinese landing in Taiwan. The immediate launch of cruise missiles from nuc attack subs on-station in the western pacific and South China Sea along with the immediate launch of B-52s, B-1s, and B-2s all carrying a full loadout of LRASMs from continental US and Pacific bases would seem like an appropriate response to a surprise attack by the Chinese on Taiwan. Probably would require multiple war games to cover all this activity w/o crashing the servers.

C17’s out of Guam would be launched and would bring the hurt. The number of LRSM’s out of C17 is much higher and would not need to launch from Taiwan.

Before I watch this, I hope I get to see an F-16V vs. A J-10 dogfight (a backwards F-16) 😄 !!

Take out the Kirsch bridge now using the Rapid Dragon missile system.

Irl the number of missiles would probably be 10x this one, plus the Hercules can load 12 missiles each not 8

The real test would be when the Chinese get to within a mile of shore and a couple hundred hardened artillery open up :P

Great work with The Rapid Dragon! Same with The JASSM*! People don't keep in mind that these missiles are stealthy and practically scraping the Sea! I say use the results from single player lol it's not your fault DCS struggles with deconfliction! It's not just you either for all the haters core game struggles just the same with deconfliction just as well! Brilliant job keep up the amazing work and entertaining content!😁👍👍

Super Cap, try sending them out in waves; such as 1st sending group 1, three minutes later sending group two, three minutes later sending group 3, and so on.

How are you loading supply ships with tanks and troops? I didn't think that was possible.

If the 4 cargo aircraft fired from different angles, would it make a difference?

What if Taiwan used naval mines to slow down the landing ships

Do this again, this time with 20 Gobemaster IIIs on Okinawa - each armed with 4 rapid dragon pallets.

I got an idea for a match up! The world against alien invasion!

i used to live in virginia near the NAS Oceana navy base and i would love to see some type of war games involving that base. By looking online there seems so be about 250 F/A-18 super hornets and i was lucky enough to get a tour of the base and hangers from my friend an F-18 pilot. Also with the navy ships stationed in port in that area and the Langley air force have with 5th gen, it would be cool to see russia attempt an attack and see THE BLOB of F/A-18s all scrambled.

The fact that our sexy new HAWC program is now complete & operational will now also factor into Chinese thinking if this were IRL.