Resistance
j-dam Lyrics

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Satellites
Race to you
Condemned
This gravity
Miles to
Vast space I've found
Blinding skies
Losing mind with all my fears

The seas
There's nothing here for you and me
Collide
Too far gone to see it clear
Confined
We all watched you fall away
The pull
I'm bound to die
Before you live

Translucent souls
Last I see
You escaped
The frailty of resistance

Machines
Built to tear the ones who leave
And choose our fate
Inject the war into our veins

The seas
There's nothing here for you and me
Collide
Too far gone to see it clear
Confined
We all watched you fall away
The pull

I'm bound to die
Before you live

Overall Meaning

The song "Resistance" by J-Dam paints a picture of someone who is lost in space, both physically and mentally. The lyrics start with the lines "Satellites race to you, condemned this gravity, miles to vast space I've found, blinding skies losing mind with all my fears." The imagery is of someone traveling through space, surrounded by darkness and uncertainty, hoping to find something or someone to hold on to. The singer feels condemned by gravity, suggesting that they are lost or trapped in some way, and they feel overwhelmed by their own fears as they travel through the vast emptiness of space.

As the song progresses, the lyrics shift to a darker tone. The lines "The seas, there's nothing here for you and me, collide too far gone to see it clear, confined we all watched you fall away, the pull I'm bound to die before you live" suggest that the singer is feeling hopeless and alone, with nothing to hold on to. They feel trapped and helpless as they watch others fall away, and fear that they are destined to die before they can truly start living. The final lines, "Translucent souls last I see, you escaped the frailty of resistance, machines built to tear the ones who leave and choose our fate, inject the war into our veins" suggest that the singer has lost hope completely, and sees others who have already given up or lost their battle against the forces that are trying to tear them apart. The machines mentioned in the lyrics represent the forces that are trying to control and destroy us, both physically and emotionally.

Overall, J-Dam's "Resistance" is a haunting and powerful song that explores the themes of loneliness, fear, and hopelessness. The lyrics are full of vivid imagery and emotional depth, painting a picture of a person lost in a vast, dark void of space.

Line by Line Meaning

Satellites
I am surrounded by many outside influences.

Race to you
I desperately strive for something beyond my reach.

Condemned
I feel powerless and unable to change my situation.

This gravity
The weight of the world is pulling me down and suffocating me.

Miles to
My journey is long and arduous.

Vast space I've found
I am lost in a great expanse of emptiness and despair.

Blinding skies
The light of hope is blinding and elusive.

Losing mind with all my fears
My fears are consuming me and I am losing my grip on reality.

The seas
Life is treacherous and unforgiving.

There's nothing here for you and me
There is no hope in this situation for anyone.

Collide
Everything coming together is causing chaos and destruction.

Too far gone to see it clear
It is too late to salvage anything and the future is uncertain.

Confined
We are trapped and unable to escape our situation.

We all watched you fall away
We have lost someone dear to us and we are grieving.

The pull
Death is inevitable and its grip is tightening.

I'm bound to die
I know that my time is running out and my fate is sealed.

Before you live
I will die before I am able to truly live.

Translucent souls
We are fragile and easily broken.

Last I see
This may be the last thing I am able to see before everything fades away.

You escaped
You were strong enough to break free from the cycle of despair.

The frailty of resistance
Our efforts to resist our fate are futile and hopeless.

Machines
The tools we have created are destroying us.

Built to tear the ones who leave
Our creations are designed to hurt those who seek to escape.

And choose our fate
We have created our own fate and there is no escape.

Inject the war into our veins
The violence and chaos we have created is now a part of us and can never be removed.

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Written by: Josh Tolar

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@JimCarner

20w↑3

Yeah, I'd like to know if HARM can detect and home in on an EW system. Do Growlers have the necessary sensors to detect one? Not sure. Passive ESM systems should be able to detect one I'd have thought, especially using 2 or more drones to use triangulation/multilateration to determine the location of the EW system.

A few ways of thwarting EW systems are:
- The BAE DIGAR system to provide anti-jam/anti-spoof GPS capability
- The Thales uTMA system to provide an anti-jam datalink back to a human operator
- Using navigation systems that don't use GPS
- Using laser datalinks that are unjammable (and using drones as data relays in a "daisy-chain" fashion back to a human operator)
- Similar to the previous point, but using MADL-type highly directional radio datalinks instead of laser ones (again drones could be "daisy-chained" to extend the operator's control range)

And on a related note, the DARPA HACMS system can be used to prevent hacking.

@JimCarner

20w

@@Thaidory Way more expensive than a jamming system? I doubt it.

But I'm more interested in effectiveness than cost anyway.

Without these systems to counter jamming/spoofing, any western aircraft, drones, loitering munitions, missiles, glide bombs and guided artillery shells/rockets/missiles that rely on GPS will be become useless. So we HAVE TO embrace this technology, we have no choice, whatever the cost. But the more systems we manufacture, the lower the cost will become because of economies of scale.

I've checked the dimensions of the BAE DIGAR system and it could easily fit in a drone. Same goes for the Thales uTMA system. In fact it's used by the Thales SpyRanger drone.

MALD decoys (and SPEAR EW in the future) will make any of these weapons hard to detect and shoot down.

But if we can find a way to detect and destroy EW systems, none of this tech will even be needed. And if we manufacture huge numbers of anti-radiation loitering munitions to take out radars on SHORAD vehicles and to take out SAM radars, our weapons getting shot down won't be an issue.

@JimCarner

20w

Give JDAM the seeker from SDB II Stormbreaker or SLAM-ER then it could hit moving targets.

Other ideas:
- Make new JDAM variants with smaller warheads since 500/1,000/2,000 lbs is overkill for many target types
- Make land-launched variants of JDAM, JDAM-ER, LJDAM and Powered JDAM (PJDAM) with rocket boosters (similar to the GLSDB system)
- A Powered JDAM using a pulse jet would presumably be much cheaper than the existing solution
- Make a jamming/spoofing variant of PJDAM with long loitering times (remove the warhead)
- Fit JDAMs with the BAE DIGAR system for anti-jam and anti-spoof GPS capability (ideally combined with M-code satellites)
- If mid-course guidance from the launch aircraft or a drone is required, fit the Thales uTMA system to provide an anti-jam datalink
- Fit the DARPA HACMS system to prevent hacking

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@Taskandpurpose

20w↑41

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@Srirachadoesstuff09

20w↑2

Cool

@rocko7711

20w↑2

🎄

@nicholascecil6733

20w↑3

Getting in the habit of watching your vids as soon as I see the notification. Before YT decides you've been too spicy for their taste again

@MisterNi

20w

I think I'd prefer Logitech. Competition grade usually means it's cheap enough to where if you lose it or someone steals it, it's not a big deal.

@Slavic_Goblin

20w

JDAMs do care about the weather in terms of the max distance they can go.
Even in crappy weather it's going to be a pretty decent range, but if the weather is unexpectedly bad, you could drop them short of the target despite the guidance kit trying it's best to hit the target.

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@jackjmaheriii

20w↑1.2K

I can give you a real good reason to use artillery instead of JDAMS…. Authorization for an artillery strike requires authorization from an O-4 and arrives on target in 1 to 3 minutes and nothing will stop it. If you need to put a JDAM down, first you need to get a jet allocated to your mission which is an O-6 or O-7 authority, then you need to validate your position and the position of the enemy, then the pilot needs to confirm your position and the enemies, then he can drop… “But muh JTAC.” The jets on his card are assets allocated to a region but not specifically chopped to you (unless your tier-1 and maybe not then). When you’re in a TIC and CAS is a good option you radio back to the armor, bust out your Controller or TACP, who starts doing his thing. Total time is 10 minutes for best case, but could easily be 30+ minutes, and if the jets get weathered or the tanker has a mechanical issue they may never arrive at all. I’m not putting the Air Force on blast, I’m in the Air Force, but CAS is a Ferrari and sometimes it’s nice to have a good old fashioned Toyota Camry.

@mukkah

20w↑189

Bro this was, like, a really succinct summary of your experiences with JDAM over artillery strike. Was a good read =)

@thecommenter9678

20w↑46

Ya, i don't know half of the stuff you just said but i get the point.
Im assuming you mean in situations where your not worried about collateral damage though.
If that's the case LET IT RAIN BABY! =D

@bojangles8873

20w↑34

Artillery and mortars are the GOATs. CAS is nice on the occasion you can get it but they can't hold a candle to ol reliable.

@larrycox7169

20w

@@mukkahI

@grgspunk

20w↑48

@jackmaheriii That, and even if the jets are fully authorized to drop JDAMs at will, they can only be around for so long before fuel runs low and they have to egress from the area to refuel/refit/repair, which may take hours or even days for them to get back into the fight. An F-16 on station to provide CAS for one hour will require 17 hours of maintenace on the ground just for that hour of flight.

On the other hand, artillerymen practically live next to their guns in a combat environment. In firebases, artillery units will schedule their maintenance and personnel shifts to ensure that there is always a team of artillerymen ready to provide fire support with at least one gun ready to fire, even if the rest of the unit is off doing maintenance on the rest of their guns. A deployed artillery unit is on station to provide fire support 24 hours a day.

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@brinsonharris9816

20w↑219

During the height of the Bosnian war, 500 lb JDAMs filled w concrete and no explosives were used to destroy armored vehicles in urban areas. Zero collateral damage, vehicle destroyed by the impact alone.

@thekraken1173

20w↑30

Now imagine the potential power of Project Thor/Rods From God

@ericheng9790

20w↑37

@@thekraken1173Might be a bit more collateral damage from that one

@yinweyko4302

20w↑6

now they extra filled fat for gaza 😢

@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447

20w↑3

@yinweyko lrove it

@thelonehussar6101

20w↑5

So modern day catapults basically

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@Echowhiskeyone

20w↑191

I remember in October 2001, the Navy used all JDAM kits within 2 weeks of combat operations and JDAM kits could not be made fast enough for use. Some mission were called off due to lack of JDAM kits to take out specific targets in civilian areas. Lasers could only be used in clear weather, JDAMs didn't care what the weather was.

@lancekilkenny721

20w↑4

Nothing has changed.

@bholdr----0

20w↑16

Yeah, that was my impression of the utility of JDAM... though laser guidance can hit mobile/moving targets, and immediate targets of opportunity.

Each system seems to have its ups and downs, and it's own place in the battlespace... but JDAMs are just SOOO inexpensive!

@Xenomorphine

20w↑9

Governments rarely procure defence-related items in sufficient volumes.

@ws8061

20w↑2

Who was dropping it the Enterprise? I heard a great story about how much ordinance they dropped after 9/11, it was a lot.

@Echowhiskeyone

20w↑4

@@ws8061 In October 2001, Carl Vinson was the Flagship, Enterprise and Teddy R. Also Kitty Hawk with a full Special Operations load, black helicopters filled the deck. Four carrier and three full Air Wings doing round the clock flight ops. Always one carries in operation. I do not recall any plane coming back carrying bombs.

On Sacramento(AOE-1), I lost count of how many tons of bombs and ordinance passed over our deck to the carriers. Sac carried 6000 tons of ordinance, so I can safely say we passed over 20,000 tons to the three carriers. And there were other AOEs doing the same as Sac. In the last three weeks in October, I would say over 100, 000 tons, easily.

@MtnBadger

20w↑163

As a former munitions systems specialist in the United States Airforce, I can HIGHLY recommend this product as an effective solution for the removal of those "stubborn spots" you may come across. 😉😂
JDAM = "Spot remover" 😊

@rgx420s

20w↑2

IYAAYAS!

@wstavis3135

20w↑6

"There are very few problems that can not be solved with the proper use of high explosives"- a Marine.....

@benoithudson7235

20w↑5

“Just a slight risk of sparking a multi-generational insurgency”

@stefthorman8548

20w

lmao, what DOESN'T spark an "multi-generational insurgency"? it's par for the course@@benoithudson7235

@bigal4334

20w↑5

It takes the entire Air Force to make the mission, but it takes AMMO to make it lethal!

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@TheNinjaDC

20w↑30

It really cannot be understated the power of a weapon system you can use at scale.
There are significantly better precision weapons (cruise missiles and drones), but no other precision weapon can you afford to use by the thousands.

@JimCarner

20w↑6

Yep, plus Powered JDAM (PJDAM) has a range of 500km, so it's essentially a cheap cruise missile.

@Thaidory

20w↑7

Small FPV drones are used on a way larger scale. However they do not pack a punch to level a building.

@kaptainkaos1202

20w↑119

Many years ago I was on the Navy flight acceptance team. JDAM really blew us away, literally and figuratively. Addressing the cons of the system GPS jamming remember there’s an INS in the package. Now I haven’t worked with this weapon system in years but I have really 100% confidence the team is already testing something to make Putlers meat assaults, meatier. Sensor fusion is the key.

@JimCarner

20w↑6

The BAE DIGAR system provides anti-jam/anti-spoof GPS capability.

@truckert9729

20w↑8

Navy added some type of guidance for moving targets, IE shipping at a sinkx. Wonder if it was an IR head of some type. Makes one wonder what else they can use. Personal thought some type of anti EW like harms. Be something if those jammers took a jdam to the face.

@trolleriffic

20w↑6

@@truckert9729 The GBU-53/B (SDB II) apparently has a tri-mode seeker head with mm-wave radar, an IR imaging seeker, and laser guidance and is designed to go after moving targets. It even includes a semi-autonomous mode where the pilot would drop it to roughly the right location and the seeker would choose its own target with priority given to certain types of target - e.g. tanks over IFVs.

@sargera1

20w↑1

@@trolleriffic will they make a smaller ones, for Drones ?

@vengeance1614

20w↑3

@@sargera1 they call those hellfire's

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@bgshin2879

20w↑37

Koreans have been using GGB (Glide guided bombs) for 20 years and exporting as well.
Their kit has 100km range with similar accuracy as US JDAM.
They have been working on the 2nd gen with INS and two way comms capabilities including live feed. Also variety of warheads (frag, HE, thermobaric, delayed fuse (acts like a cheap bunker buster) etc). With integration with FA50 and F16, it is becoming more popular lately.
US is somewhat slower on this front.
Chinese have a similar system (not as widely adopted yet) and Russians have shown a similar system (looks like a larger Lancet) in Ukraine as well.

@thecommenter9678

20w↑8

If you lived next to north Korea you would make awesome shit to defend yourself to.

@yomauser

20w↑1

But any of those systems are immune to jammers?

@DarkElfLover

20w↑10

@@yomausernothing is "immune" to jamming but there are systems meant to targets them when they're turned on like HARM missiles.

@truckert9729

20w↑5

INS is immune. That's all in a closed loop system so long as it gets a good starting point in its track.

@truckert9729

20w↑3

Good to see the FA-50 will have some use to it. Seeing Poland get a bunch and seeing what it's capable of, was wondering if they were worth anything more than training. Pair of SK jdams and heaters will work.

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@stephenbritton9297

20w↑33

Thing about ground based jammers is they are easy to find. By their very nature, they produce a large EM signature. I'm not sure if a AGM-88 can home on their frequencies, but EA-18's should be able to find and directly or indirectly lead to their demise.

@JimCarner

20w↑3

@Thaidory

20w↑3

@@JimCarner I'm not quite sure but all of these systems seem way more expensive and produced at a way lower rate then Russian jamming systems.
Also not sure they could fit into a small attack drone, because if you fit them into anything big - it will get shot down by AA.

@JimCarner

20w

@SVSky

20w↑2

@@JimCarner I think they use a "Home on jam" mode.

@Thaidory

20w↑2

@@JimCarner way more expensive than cheap FPV drones made from Chinese parts that are currently employed on the frontline.
Current most used way to counter jamming is just drone controls through directed beam antenna.

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@hololightful

20w↑5

I think the coolest current GBUs are the newer multi mode ones that are both inside/gps and laser guided... Gives even more options based on the current situation and tactical requirements. Plus remember, ins/gps bombs can only hit stationary targets, whereas laser can hit mobile ones...

@charlesrichardson8635

20w↑69

One of the changes made was to the switchover from GPS to INS. By the time you get in the jamming bubble INS can hit a CEP that is about 10% larger, still well within the "You're F&$KED" range. The issue with jammer is the 1/r^2 range and the ability of the software to sense when the GPS signals are not stable, then INS is given the last known-good coordinates and well, You're F$&KED!

@JimCarner

20w↑1

The BAE DIGAR system can provide anti-jam and anti-spoof GPS capability. The problem with INS is the longer the range, the less accurate it becomes.

@stevennicovich8547

20w↑17

I saw a post on how Ukraine is getting around the GPS jammers for their drones. They are using a signal blocker cup around the GPS antenna pucks. So basically going from a Omni-direction antenna, they are now only looking up, thereby blocking the jamming signals coming from the ground. Sort of like putting your hand up to block the sun glare so you can see where you are driving.

@JimCarner

20w↑2

@@stevennicovich8547 Can you give me a source please? I'd like to read up on this.

@stevennicovich8547

20w↑3

@@JimCarner I will try and find it. It was something I read back in late summer. Unfortunately the key words brings up a lot of false hits.

@JimCarner

20w

@@stevennicovich8547 Do you remember the website at least?

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@danielcurtis1434

20w↑4

One contender for other use I think is the guided 2.75” Hydra 70 rockets. It’s a nice payload super cheap and well established.

@domingochavez2552

20w↑59

We did the opposite in Paktika province, When we were in TICs on the border w Taliban they would hide in Pakistani caves and try to set us up from Pakistan. The US does not have authority to conduct airstrikes in Pakistan, violating airspace, but our artillery can. Excalibur rounds are GPS guided and can travel 17K. It sounds like a thunderbolt breaking the sound barrier travelling above you onto target. Good times.

@anthonykaiser974

20w

Excal can go over 40km.

@domingochavez2552

20w↑5

@@anthonykaiser974 roger that I'm not a fister just an 11B, remembered 155 can go 17k

@anthonykaiser974

20w↑1

@@domingochavez2552 Effective firing range
M109A1–A4:
18.1 km (11.2 mi) (M107, HE)
23.5 km (14.6 mi) (M549A1, RAP/HE)
M109A5–A7:
HE: 21 km (13 mi)
RAP: 30 km (19 mi)
Excalibur: 40 km (25 mi)[3]

@ericheng9790

20w↑1

@@domingochavez2552 Met a fister who was transitioning to be a 68W, solid dude, funny name for the MOS too

@domingochavez2552

19w↑2

@@anthonykaiser974 40k is nuts btw, badass weapon system

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@ernieeittlesteid7195

20w↑69

I’ve never been into the military. I do find this content very informative and great tho! Keep it up!

@mukkah

20w↑9

Same, bro. War is literal hell, so, soooo bad. But very interesting topic to learn about and TONS of data ^_^'
Super interesting for me, too

~a random canadian viewer

@thedude828-ed2nn

20w↑4

Well we are on the verge of it so you may wanna get familiar and educated on it.

@svOcelot

19w↑1

Thanks for this, Chris. Great explanation.

The problem with active jammers, of course, is that they have to radiate. This means that they can be tracked & eliminated with HARM-type weapons.

@bobgehrls8538

20w↑5

A great video. So glad I'd be on the side of the JDAM launch vs the JDAM landing. War today with drones, stealth, and precision weapons would be terrifying to be on the front lines (or within 50 miles of it).

@jonaharnot736

20w↑4

Not really controversial that the JDAM packs a big boom. Nicely informative though, and I especially liked both total numbers, to show we still has a lotta boom left, and effectiveness in current conflicts, since that's what really matters. Thx for the video, keep it up!

@sammcbride2464

20w↑2

GPS guided JDAM is a great start. Like other missile technology, they just need to add more sensors as backup. Heat, Light, and Laser guidance would be good. Also, the software can easily be updated to backup GPS. Once a solution to the target is made, dead reconning through inertial guidance could be used to get very close. Some intertial sensors and a compass would nicely round out what can make the bomb hit its target regardless of radio jamming. The missile can even use fresnal distance calculations of existing radio signals in the area to calculate position. It is similar to Loran, but just using arbitrary radio signals in the area. Hell, it could even use the jamming radio signal as a targeting device. Wouldn't that be cool. Jam me....no JDAM you!

@intractablemaskvpmGy

20w↑3

I remember these munitions all the way back to 92. I always thought they were all called JDAM's. Those early ones must have been directed by forces nearby. Regardless these kits enable us to use up the stockpile of bombs left over from WW2. I think the last one was dropped during the Trump admin but I may be wrong about that. Perhaps we are still dropping them even today. We made a bunch and are still making more I think

@mr_beezlebub3985

20w↑32

It's good to have these and field artillery. Redundancy for if one isn't as effective or is down for maintenance.

@arcaipekyun4232

20w↑1

4:40 quick correction: Southern Watch was part of the no-fly-zones in Iraq. There were two no fly zones established, one in the northern edge (Operation Northern Watch) and one in the southern part (Operation Southern Watch) of Iraq.

@RC_Rosko461

20w↑7

i was in the airforce when while at eglin developed the jsow. I got a mission patch from lockheed for the jdam and jsow. I was a munitions troop with 3 missile specializations aim 7 aim 9 aim 120.

@research903

20w↑13

Stationary targets: 1) Prior to aircraft launch obtain PRECISE GPS or Grid Coordinates of target(s). 2) Calculate target position relative to pre-launch aircraft. 3) As aircraft is en-route, the launch vehicle's position relative to the target(s) and a trajectory to it are continuously calculated. 4)Upon launch, the final trajectory to target(s) is calculated. Result: the jamming has no effect on the system since it is using inertial navigation in transport and attack portions of flight.

@jmanj3917

20w↑4

1:35 In my ground-based opinion, the key is to preload the map, at least for the immediate target area, as well as the coordinates; And then, you still want astral navigation and then terrain and the rest, as your backups. Or am I missing something here, Killer?

@JimCarner

20w↑1

Yeah, GPS-independent navigation systems make a lot of sense because of jamming/spoofing. Otherwise the BAE DIGAR system can provide anti-jam/anti-spoof GPS capability.

@anthonykaiser974

20w

I don't think you're doing astral with a JDAM. Just GPS with an inertial nav (INS) backup, unless it's a newer system with seekers or something. Don't you have to get up out of the atmosphere to get a fix for that? Kinda how it was explained to me by a buddy who used to drive boomers.

@justme_gb

20w↑30

Anyone doubting what level of precision these devices had in 1999, has never been to the former Yugoslavia. I saw military installations in Kosovo that were obliterated with minimal damage to neighboring structures. Precision was especially evident in Belgrade where the Yugoslav Ministry of Defense building was wiped out with little collateral damage.

@hyokkim7726

20w↑3

So why is Ukraine losing the war?

@cadennorris960

20w↑16

@@hyokkim7726Russian bot logic or rather lack thereof

@hyokkim7726

20w

@@cadennorris960 ''Russian bot logic or rather lack thereof''

Didn't you notice Cappi has been AWOL on Ukraine? Zelensky canceled the election, is buying yachts using his flunkies as intermediaries, trying to hightail with ill gotten billions of U.S. taxpayers' money.

Almost 1 million Ukrainian men died in combat, with 600k Ukrainian men AWOL, outside Ukraine. Russian loss: about 200k even from Ukrainian source! Others estimate Russian loss less than 100k.

So as much as 10 to1 ratio for death in combat.

@phoenixrising4073

20w

@hyokkim7726 Russia is so many times bigger than Ukraine. They don't stand a chance and never did. This whole proxy war is to line the pockets of those involved.

@tomhenry897

20w↑2

Their not

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@paulbork7647

20w↑3

It seems combining inertial guidance with a jamming sensor - if the power is high, it isn’t from the satellite would be a good idea. Perhaps jumping to a different frequency for GPS would also work - military’s secondary system.

@seekrengr751

20w

We already have an upgrade, albeit more expensive, to JDAM GPS/INS in the Stormbreaker (formerly Small Diameter Bomb II). With about the same range, but a smaller payload (250lb) also a winged glide bomb, Stormbreaker relies on GPS/INS (SAASM) to get within the target zone (~ 1 mile radius). Then the tri-mode Seeker (IR, MMW, or SAL - Semi-active laser if laser designation is available) takes over and guides the bomb to the target. Stormbreaker is networked, allowing retargeting or abort after release from the aircraft, and is fully capable of hitting moving targets. CEP is classified, but is smaller than JDAMs; a GPS-denied environment is no issue because INS alone is easily capable of delivering Stormbreaker to the target zone. The MMW seeker operates in all weather conditions - thus the name. Stormbreakers are entering rate production at Raytheon now - FYI, I engineered the Stormbreaker Seeker for three years over a decade ago.

@stuartmunro2474

20w↑2

It's a proven tech, and of the kind that Ukraine has proven adept at adapting. The jamming may become an issue, but ai predictive terminal guidance can probably make jammers receiving JDAMs pretty damned nervous even if they can interfere with the GPS signal. A good base concept to build on.

@ozjohnno

20w↑3

Glad you covered the GPS jamming that the russians used. That was my question from about a quarter of the way through the Video. Maybe they can make a version of the bolt kit that uses INS to deliver the bombs??

@piotrd.4850

20w↑2

1. Response to GPS jamming could come from increased number of antennae in kit coupled with orientation sensor like in smartphone screens and simple idea: use more directional antenne pointing UP at any moment. INS will fill the gaps anyway 2. Israelis built EPIK - terminal guidance smart fuze cheap enough for MLRS rockets - I can see it fit on JDAM. 3. JDAM-ERs could use JSOW-shaped, add on composite hulls for both improved steath and aerodynamics.

@LeeMcc_KI5YPR

20w↑25

HEB is my supermarket. I will look for it. 😂

Edit: GPS receive power is negative dBm, so -127 dBm more likely. +127 dBm is like 5 giga watts, so closer to a lightning strike.

@thekinginyellow1744

20w↑1

Was looking for this comment.

@xjdisuehd

20w↑1

I'm not sure entirely, but I've seen things about the military version of starlink being used for navigation. It's much harder to jam or destroy such a huge satellite network, compared to the gps satellite network.

@grahamstubbs4962

20w↑4

Thing is, you're not always going to be playing against the first team. Even if you are, chances are they won't have the right kit in the right place.
JDAM's still a goer and at that price it's a bargain.

@JimCarner

20w

Combine JDAMs with MALDS and they're going to be hard to shoot down. Plus they're cheap so you can use several in one attack to overwhelm enemy defences.

Why the west doesn't have an equivalent though of the Harpy and Mini Harpy anti-radiation loitering munitions boggles my mind.

Ranges of 600km and 200km respectively and they can be ground-launched so no aircraft needed. They're a no-brainer for SEAD/DEAD before sending in JDAM/JDAM-ER/Powered JDAM (PJDAM). Ground-launched JDAM variants would be good too.

@jeboblak5829

20w↑1

If a 2000lb (900kg) bomb has a lethal blast range of 370 meters and can cause injury to 800m in an no-delay fuse, then it makes sense to proximity fuse those GP bombs (which burst/fizzle in bunker buster role with any delay) to somewhere in the 100m altitude range. You will flatten less close to the center of explosion, but flatten more overall.

@mikets42

20w

If the precision of GPS is known quite well, the precision of INS varies a lot - along with cost. If you use GPS only to calibrate INS start / finish points, that alone may be good enough. INS are being improved a lot with so much computational power available.

@airforcex9412

20w↑113

1) Arty is not as precise 2) Warhead size flexibility 3) Adversary can determine where arty’s coming from

@michaelswagson4457

20w↑8

guided shells have a cep of 10m....

@blackhatch46

20w↑9

Its not precise on purpose. Its an area weapon...

@ChnChn-in5kf

20w↑10

A step above is HIMARS one version without the explosive is the M30A1 missile with 180+K tungsten balls like a flying shotgun or ATACMS/two variants one long range the other has 950-1000 bomblets or rather the new weapon PRISM rocket or other bombs/explosives MOAB or B2 GBU 57 MOP bunker buster bomb

@ChnChn-in5kf

20w↑3

GLSDB are a good/great alternative to gliding and longer range that’s without bringing up cruise missiles or tomahawks price ranges a lot ngl (hellfire is effective too but not as powerful as the above tools same with Hydra rockets all has there uses at certain situations/times)

@kameronjones7139

20w

@ChnChn-in5kf gmlrs instead of himars. That is the type ammo the usa mlrs use

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@danepatterson8107

20w↑1

My brother was strapping JDAM kits onto bombs that were manufactured in 1967 for use in the early 2000s. He was an AF ordinance guy (I was in the army, don't ask me what they're called unless it's 'REMFs')

@PanioloBee

20w↑10

Please cover the “Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb”. Awesome weapon!

@benoithudson7235

20w

It’s a great weapon on paper. Fair bit delayed. I look forward to seeing it in action.

@Miamcoline

17w

Good stuff! They are one of those weapons like MRAP and fast survivable IFVs that are always a good call.

@shannonkohl68

20w↑3

Jamming vs Starlink does not seem to be working very well (presumably due in part to stronger signal strength?). So if you can build GPS functions into a LEO mega constellation, it would seem to make the job of the enemy jammers much harder. And I seem to recall that someone has already done a proof-of-concept of using existing Starlink as a GPS alternative. To say nothing of the fact that SpaceX has created a division to sell to the military.

@williambrasky3891

20w

Buddy, the only way the military is using starlink for anything but a stopgap is if Elon is no longer a controlling stakeholder. Now, imo, odds point strongly toward such a management change happening within a couple years. Starship is not going to the moon (NASA is already tempering expectations/ looking for alternatives). On that I’m all but certain. They might, & I stress might, make it to orbit by 2025. Beyond that? Not a chance. So there goes the Artemis contract. Between that, the inevitable foreclosure on twitter, and the ever dwindling sales of Tesla (with no new models on the horizon, no reputation, & all the competition hammering the nails) it’s over.

@JohnnieGarner

20w↑5

I expect that JDAM kits will augment guidance with inertial guidance. Some missiles already to this and advancing technology could reasonably shrink an inertial system to be usful for JDAMS. In addition, I think counter-jamming technology could cancel the Russian systems.

@madeconomist458

20w↑1

All JDAM kits have both GPS and inertial guidance because even bad weather can jam GPS signals, but the inertial guidance isn't even nearly as accurate as GPS guidance.

@SlinkyTWF

20w

@@madeconomist458 In many cases, a leaner is as good as a ringer. ;-)

@johnsilver9338

20w

They could also use the Paveway series of laser guided bombs provided the weather is clear even on moving targets. Then their is also LJDAM with both laser guidance and GPS aided INS. If that is not enough their is also JSOW with an infrared IIR seeker besides GPS aided INS. SDB and Stormbreaker too. Or they could just use AARGM. Lots to choose from.

@projectarduino2295

20w↑28

Good idea to say “minimize” collateral damage. After all, leveling a 50m diameter is technically less than leveling a square mile.

@LeadershipAdventure

20w

So creatively done, Chris, really appreciate your channel.

@Warmaker01

20w↑4

It's fine when we were fighting against insurgents with next to no air defense whatsoever. But JDAM won't be as useful against an opponent with actual, modern air defense as well as an air force to contest the skies with.

@Nathan-vt1jz

20w

Artillery is great if you have a defined front in a traditional war - like in Ukraine. If you’re not in an entrenched or large scale deployment, air launched JDAM’s seem to be the better option with greater flexibility.

@markkeller8915

20w

Excellent! I do use the "Paper Tiger" filter when presented with things like one thousand mile range of deniability and a myriad of assessments of enemy weapons of capability, truth is they all have vulnerabilities, readiness, troop training. I feel we are witness a media campaign, that overplay enemies strengths. Usually our press releases downplay our abilities, however in recent news feeds, much greater detail of our abilities of legacy systems, like the F-16, seem subtextual to deter aggression to Russia and Iran At least to the under command and Make me say "hell Yeah", but their leaders only interested inflicting pain, and building parking lots. While munitions are spoken of, and you and your team do great presentation, it's still noteworthy of our munitions designed to avoid civilian casualties-- A+ for making that clear!

@XieRH1988

20w

I heard that even if you can't use JDAMs due to GPS jamming, the navy supposedly has this solution involving tom cruise flying really fast in a super hornet

@earlthepearl3922

20w↑15

Dude…you do this all by yourself or did you “borrow” some parts from another YouTuber?The OP makes a pretty strong case.

@major__kong

20w↑1

JDAM can't hit moving targets, which by definition don't have static gps coordinates. I've heard laser guidance is coming back into favor because of the gps jamming issue. SBD II I believe adds laser guidance in addition to gps guidance.

@madeconomist458

20w↑1

We know from our Trident missiles that it is at least possible to build extremely accurate warheads with inertial guidance alone, which cannot be jammed by EW.

I wonder, then, how cost effective it might be to upgrade the inertial guidance on future JDAM kits to be as powerful as what we have on Trident.

@thescrambler692

20w↑1

Trident II uses inertial guidance and 'star positioning' using a camera to establish where it is giving it a CEP of somewhere less than 300 feet.

@shot9702

20w

I would have thought the munitions would have maintained their inertial guidance. If they can keep the gps signal to close to terminal, I'd bet messing with the gps signal would still result in a close to direct hit.

@bholdr----0

20w↑1

In an era where each new weapons system seems to be far more expensive than the last... The JDAM kits seem to be INCREDIBLY cost-effective!

(Given how JDAM increases the lethality of the stockpile of dumb bombs, it was maybe even PROFITABLE to build, as each JDAM saved far MORE than it cost to build, and it could be sold all over the world!)

...If only every upgrade to an old system worked that way. Maybe GHMLRS is kinda like that, and GLSDB will probably be even closer to JDAM vis: cost/benefit, whenever it is eventually fielded... (If Ukraine is lucky, in March 2024?).

Cheers!

@cymeriandesigns

20w

Drones seem to be reversing the trend. They're incredibly cheap and becoming ubiquitous. If the enemy has high-cost and scarce assets, more and more of his resources will have to be devoted to protecting them from the swarms of hunter drones.

@emptyforrest

17w

honestly really simple why guided bombs are never gonna go away. 3 points, range, rapid response and ability to deliver without the need of boots on the ground.

@dj1NM3

20w↑4

Surely something like a R330ZH Zhitel would be quite a "magnet" for munitions like the AGM-88 HARM?
It's GPS jamming sending up nice, big "drop bombs here" flag.

@NPC-fl3gq

20w↑3

Imagine knowing that HARM's exist, and you're basically screaming "over here" as loud as you fucking can ...not a job I'd want!!

@audacity60

20w↑1

There needs to be a jam resistant version of JDAM, that is still affordable. I read that Iranian cruise missiles resist jamming by having 4 aerials & that lets them "null" the jamming direction. Could the same be done for JDAM?

@TheOriginalJAX

20w

Ya know I just had really cool Idea, push assist release Cold gas thrusting with ram vent fan assist. Blistering fast but virtually undetectable, Obviously we would also go with radar absorbing material too. Currently we just drop it, guide it and that is it which has worked wonders to be fair. But we have learned so much about aerodynamics and design that we really should be re-thinking how me make these systems instead of just upgrading stuff all the time which is cool but it's about knowing when to move onto the next big thing and throwing all the new idea's into that instead.

@ryanthornton2438

20w

Nice analysis and review of the system. The quick disclaimer at the end is priceless.😂

@theemissary1313

20w

I would love to know more about how Jamming works and why the director of JNWC thought it should not have affected the JDAMS.

@stevemcgowen

20w↑2

He doesn’t know. He’d have to find another video to plagiarize…

@Four_Words_And_Much_More

20w

Great analysis. However, you did not explain other perhaps classified parts of the JDAM system. GPS for sure, active radar? what, optical picture guided? that is a piece of cake. Good job thank you.

@WWeronko

20w↑5

The jamming issue with GPS guidance has been well known for some time. The U.S. Air Force developed a version of the GBU-31 JDAM intended to track and attack sources of electronic warfare jamming directed to disrupt the munitions' guidance. This Home On Jam capability is essentially an inexpensive HARM missile. If Ukraine was provided with these modified JDAMs has not been reported. There are also programming methods to ignore high powered jamming signals and to use its less accurate inertial guidance system if jamming is detected. HARM missiles and other conventional weapons are also being used to destroy the very expensive Russian jamming systems.

@JimCarner

20w

Which GBU-31 variant are you referring to? I'd like to read up on that.

@tommyrq180

20w↑1

We regularly bombed GPS jammers using JDAM just to make a point. Not worried about jamming. Lots of classified issues, threats, countermeasures. But regardless, when it comes to electronic warfare, advantage, good guys.

@JimCarner

20w

@@tommyrq180 "We regularly bombed GPS jammers using JDAM just to make a point."

How did you detect the jammers?

@tommyrq180

20w

@@JimCarner Multiple ways. It’s not difficult. Technology to detect even the most weak emissions has advanced…a lot. Orders of magnitude.

@thekinginyellow1744

20w

I expect that once F-16s start arriving in theater, the amount and variety of precision munitions will increase. I would imagine that the launching aircraft is going to want to download precise initial and target coordinates just before release and this will require a compatible comm buss. You could preload from the ground, but then you wouldn't be able to change targets.

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@densonsmith2

20w↑2

I didn't hear you mention that JDAM can't hit moving targets but laser guided and some smart munitions can.

@JimCarner

20w

@angelostriandos6659

20w

The JDAMs are excellent but in the future new tactics should be employed plus the technology will find a solution to some jammers.

@marblemarble7113

20w↑1

My engineering teacher was one of the main engineers who worked on the JDAM, sadly him and another engineer got their names mostly removed from the project by a diversity hire lol but still cool. Love you Mr. Villamel, or however you spelt your name!

@belliduradespicio8009

19w

"removed from the project by a diversity hire"
Why am i not surprised. I want a historian to write this down so after the next war we know why NATO lost.

@Pifagorass

20w

Combo of anti radiation and JDAMS sounds like the way to go for Ukraine. Pier to Pier protocols could be developed later - mesh network communication in ultra short waves with lots of redundancy in encoding 🎉

@richnorman7058

20w

Anything that can go boom like that, accurately, and at a low price is absolutely necessary. If it weren't for that, the cost of technology is going to make it more and more impossible to procure enough weapons to defend ourselves from major threats.

@MichaelMeyer93

20w↑3

That transition into DCS was pretty sweet.

@a.g.3540

19w

There's a fair bit of money going into R&D for inertial navigation systems systems (INS) as well. DARPA has done a lot of work on single chip based INS designs. Depending on how accurate they are the DoD may (and I do stress may) be able to rely on INS alone for target guidance if jamming is as issue and still get good results. It might be not quite as good as the military grade GPS but if it gets close to being civilian grade GPS 'accurate' e.g within plus/minus 10 meters? For all but the smallest munition payloads? It probably won't matter.

@seantomlinson3320

20w↑1

That intro made me laugh out loud. I love it. Well done as always guys.

@achedrick1

20w

In regard to certain comments on the timeline, the idf iaf coordination of strikes during the current campaign much less in regard to close air support of 300 meters is nothing short of massively impressive. I don’t remember offhand the exact official number but there was been hundreds of air strikes by jets and/or uavs directed by troops within mere literal minutes. It is truly 2023 worthy levels of coordination between ground and air forces that has never been seen before in actual use. Between that and the world firsts in space intercepts for ballistic missiles and the use of AI target acquisition trophy systems and precision guided artillery and motors. There’s another world first that isn’t coming to mind as well at the moment. It is truly a game changer overall in the use of technology in war in actual combat conditions. It’s nothing short of impressive to anyone who isn’t blinded by hatred.

@AndyViant

20w

I never realised how much of whole concept of the JDAM-ER was Australian. We've been at the cutting edge of gliding bomb technology since the 1980's which is quite incredible really, given how much the US spends by comparison.

@JimCarner

20w

The cutting edge of sticking wings on a bomb?

@davehalsall3018

20w

Very cool! I had always wondered how these work. Thanks for the information. Keep up the great work!

@LegerRon

20w↑2

inertia based navigation systems have been a thing in missiles forever... throw in a backup one of those

@urzalukaskubicek9690

20w↑8

Kudos for using SI units 👍

@Glove513

20w

It sounded more like “Camry Units” to me but I’m not complaining. They work better than imperial or metric in this example.

@PrograError

20w

still better than 'football field'... like which one? American or international?

@stuartkcalvin

20w

An O5 in the Australian Army (RAA) can call in a JDAM strike (MAJ + SGT signaller/FO), with pre-determined FGA and bomber assets assigned; JTACS (CPL-SGT), similarly. This remains an interoperability issue with allied forces.

@JimCarner

20w

What do all those abbreviations stand for please?

@stuartkcalvin

20w

@@JimCarner google is your friend

@JimCarner

20w

@@stuartkcalvin Except it's not when I don't know the specific context. I Googled a few of those abbreviations and got nowhere.

@TheBsmith97

20w↑5

heres a thought to counter jammers, can it be possible to give jdams a local map as a resource and use that based on last known valid coordinates and adjusting it based on speed/trajectory etc? Kinda like a hiker using a GPS and a paper map at the same time.

@cameronmccorison6997

20w↑7

That's what an inertial navigation system is, it dead reckons based on sensor data like gyroscope, accelerometers , and a compass. Small sensor errors accumulate over time though, and so GPS is uses to refresh the math with a new known position.

@drooplug

20w

The cruise missiles used in the Gulf war used map imagery to navigate to target.

@johnsilver9338

20w

That's TERCOM or DSMAC. Tomahawk and JASSM have those.

@johnnycaps1

20w

The cat and mouse game continuers. Who ever has the biggest economy has the better chance of "winning". Sorta like professional baseball and football - but with much higher consequences (well at least in some circles). A very informative video. Excellent.

@tango_uniform

20w↑1

Operation Southern Watch was in Iraq. Yugoslavia was a whole nuther war. The video segment at 6:22 was of a B-2 from Whiteman AFB on a non-stop sortie. Video was taken by US Army infantrymen who were aware of the strike and waiting for it to occur.

@CheekyMenace

20w

Great video, Cappy! Very informative.

@Yulia_beautiful_and_Single

20w↑17

The content you produce is a source of inspiration. Keep going

@JoshuaC923

20w

Another great video Cappy! now my air force bought a 1000 jdams not to long ago, i might have to drop by for a prescription 😉

@DrownedInExile

20w

Wow. A weapon system that's both cheaper and more effective than it's counterparts. How often does that happen?

@jackmclane1826

20w↑3

Artillery has a reaction time 10 times faster, even if everything in the JDAM sequence goes perfectly and they are in the air, loitering and waiting for coordinates. Much longer for Ukraine as they probably have to program the JDAMs before flight as their planes don't have the avionics to connect to the bomb in flight.
Jammers are primary targets. And stationary jamming means screaming "HERE I AM! SHOOT ME!" in the radio domain.
However... you just need to have both.

@benoithudson7235

20w

Ukraine can’t lob many JDAMs per day because of a lack of planes, so it’s not really a problem.

@benoithudson7235

20w

And then when they get the F-16 they will be able to target from the air.

@noahhess4955

15w

I would think the plan of “take jammers out first” is a lot easier said than done in near peer conflict

@RichardsMiscCorner

20w

I'm actually impressed by your closing credits there. I know it's VERY political but I'd love to hear your thoughts on that expanded.

@boomslangCA

20w↑10

Nice opening. I will ask my military practitioner if JDAM is right for me.

@truckert9729

20w

Jdam is a great weapon. I'm only going to suggest one thing; if AF or weapons manufacturers are reading. Add a guidance kit that will guide on radio transmission like HARM will. Can't get a good gps sig, switch to jammer killer and let one rip. A 500/2000 mk82 or mk84 will damage those with easy things with easy. Just saying. Have options.

@garrettkajmowicz

20w

Given the limitations, the military should not rely on GPS being available for precision needs.

@largamau

20w↑1

When playing DCS I always bring JDAM. Very easy to use and very accurate.

@texasranger24

20w↑1

The JDAMs strength is the low price and high production rate. Never, ever, under any circumstances change that. Improve the software to rely more on inertial guidance and to question GPS when the data is weird aka jammed. And destroy jammers with laser or INS guided b0mbs asap.

@harveywindbag9469

20w

Wow! I didn't know that HEB sold hydrocortisone with a JDAM delivery system! That's got to be the most accurate method of applying hydrocortisone to hemorrhoids....EVER!

@xxbreachnbabyxx

20w↑6

Maybe the JDAMs were the friends we made along the way

@mukkah

20w

This made me laugh more than it had any right to... lolol

@davidw6684

20w

Ever notice how when some cool DoD tech comes out there just happens to be a conflict that it can "debut" in?

@bradgardner4299

20w

Awesome to see the Australian air force in you video!

@troythompson5346

20w

Love the content. Signal strebgth more likely to be -127 dBm.

@briandoherty8337

16w

ECM adaption will always out pace counter measures. but JDAMS totally rule with clear GPS signals.

@georgepalmer5497

20w

I'm wondering if any of our potential adversaries are close to getting JDAM's of their own. Maybe we need to be thinking about defenses for that contingency.

@stevemcgowen

20w↑1

You don’t know what a JDAM is, do you?

@georgepalmer5497

20w

It's a "Joint Direct Attack Munition" - a guided bomb.

@stevemcgowen

20w

Actually, it's a package to turn left over 'dumb' bombs into 'smart' bombs. Not really rocket science...@@georgepalmer5497

@belliduradespicio8009

19w

@@georgepalmer5497 You're wondering if your potential enemies, like, Russia and China, are CLOSE to getting GUIDED BOMBS of their own? What year do you think it is?!

@jamesstewart514

20w↑21

“Why call in a JDAM instead of artillery?”

Because sometimes the hammer isn’t big enough.

@ChnChn-in5kf

20w↑2

Plus it looks and packs a mean punch one god had like 20-30 hits on a island and it was lighting up like a Christmas tree

@bholdr----0

20w↑1

Yeah, a TON of high explosive is, I'd assume, really something to see/ hear/ feel... Shock and awe, eh? (I've seen two hundred-ish pounds of AMFO go off (at a mine, and mostly buried), and I can't even IMAGINE something with 15-20-ish times as much explosive power falling on... anything! (Though I'd sure like to see it!- from a safe distance, lol.)

Cheers! (Also, I wonder if we will ever field 'god rods'- JDAMx10k!)

@Mikelike60

19w

Could you preload coordinates on say a raspberry pie like device and modify the JDAM to basically know where it is going to be dropped? Eliminate the vulnerability of OTA transmission and have the plane/pilot enter coordinates that load onto a small computer already on the payload, that already has a map preloaded as well. Idk.