Ukrainian Air Force use iPads in Soviet-era jets to control modern Western weaponry

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  • Опубликовано: 26 апр 2024
  • The Ukrainian Air Force is using iPads, or similar tablets in the cockpits of its Soviet-era jets to enable rapid integration of modern Western air-to-ground weapons.
    #Ukraine #War #Weapons
    This has been confirmed by Undersecretary of Defence for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William LaPlante.
    While many questions remain about the tablet and how it exactly works, there’s now footage showing it fitted in cockpits during combat (or at least live-fire training) missions.

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  • @vsyokhoroshoy
    @vsyokhoroshoy 13 дней назад +170

    Imagine mid fight and getting a mandatory software update

    • @leenaandrade3057
      @leenaandrade3057 13 дней назад +6

      😂😂😂

    • @dennisseah9403
      @dennisseah9403 11 дней назад +4

      Reminds me of that scene in Space Force. Auto-update. 😂😂

  • @park1776
    @park1776 10 дней назад +25

    imagine getting a notification from clash of clans like "russia attacked your village" in combat 💀

  • @galvinstanley3235
    @galvinstanley3235 13 дней назад +41

    If it works it works.

  • @Beavereaver
    @Beavereaver 13 дней назад +38

    They custom built a latching system to latch western missiles onto Soviet era planes and they control it using a amplified Bluetooth connection with an iPad.

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 13 дней назад +6

      The Ukrainians never cease to amaze me, they're so innovative and full of inspiration.

    • @jeffhouston4365
      @jeffhouston4365 12 дней назад

      Anything for a few bucks

    • @tu1469
      @tu1469 11 дней назад +2

      @@larsrons7937you’re a bot

    • @donwyoming1936
      @donwyoming1936 8 дней назад

      ​@@larsrons7937This wasn't Ukrainians. This took western engineers quite a while to develop

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 7 дней назад

      @@donwyoming1936 Maybe. In that case thanks for the info. And it leaves my comment still standing.

  • @wolfecanada6726
    @wolfecanada6726 13 дней назад +75

    It's the current 'killer app' for the iPad

  • @FuuzBeeen
    @FuuzBeeen 10 дней назад +6

    "Damnit, it wants me to sign in again..."

  • @The_ZeroLine
    @The_ZeroLine 11 дней назад +8

    Commercial tech has had exponentially more R&D funding, development and testing. So, this is zero surprise.

  • @ChocoLater1
    @ChocoLater1 13 дней назад +13

    Necessity is the mother of invention

  • @nathanhoffman20000
    @nathanhoffman20000 13 дней назад +10

    I know she is older but the F-16 is so badass. Check your mirrors.

    • @user-McGiver
      @user-McGiver 13 дней назад +1

      YEP...THEY'LL FLY SIDE BY SIDE, SUPPORTING EACH OTHER SOON...

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 13 дней назад +1

      ​@@user-McGiverThey need jamming pods on them.

  • @Sunshine-sl3kr
    @Sunshine-sl3kr 13 дней назад +7

    imagine lagging out during combat ...

  • @CatchUlaterAdvetures
    @CatchUlaterAdvetures 13 дней назад +65

    The fact that Ukraine even has an Air Force at all attests to their ingenuity and their fighting spirit.

    • @gdiwolverinemale4th
      @gdiwolverinemale4th 13 дней назад +6

      Is there a point in doing something that will obviously not succeed?

    • @lindus9201
      @lindus9201 13 дней назад +29

      @@gdiwolverinemale4th Yea I agree, it makes no sense that russia is still in Ukraine. They were supposed to be the second strongest army in the world, but on their third year they have only taken 15 % of Ukraine.

    • @rwh5350
      @rwh5350 13 дней назад +11

      @@lindus9201yeah and that’s all because of the strength of the Ukrainians not due to the billions in aid they have received? How’d that spring “offensive” go…..when are elections in Ukraine again?

    • @NANI-ms4ws
      @NANI-ms4ws 13 дней назад +8

      ​@@lindus9201dont forget about 330+billions of dollars that Nato gave to Ukraine!

    • @ConradAinger
      @ConradAinger 13 дней назад +1

      It attests to their losses having been made good by replacements too.

  • @amartinjoe
    @amartinjoe 13 дней назад +6

    it went from a landline to a cell phone in one easy swoop.

  • @4DCResinSmoker
    @4DCResinSmoker 13 дней назад +4

    Amazon "Fire" Tablet ?

  • @WhenTheTucker
    @WhenTheTucker 6 дней назад +1

    For anyone wondering, in the footage, it looks like they’re using Foreflight, an IPad App mainly used by almost every pilot for flight planning and navigation.
    In General Aviation in USA, almost every pilot I know uses Foreflight (or Garmin for android. They both function practically the same), and I believe it would be the same outside of the US. In terms of aviation as a whole, this is still relatively new tech but that’s because all of aviation is just so old school that it took years for the FAA to recognize the normal usage of IPads in the cockpit.
    I don’t know how they’re using it to control their weapon systems, but this isn’t a new or uncommon thing. It also isn’t “old school” or making use of resources, they’re just doing something the rest of the world already has been doing. What’s weird is that they’re using it for fighter aircraft but I’m not a fighter pilot so idk. A reason I can think of is that using an iPad is better and more cost effective than installing GPS into these fighters.

  • @Torontoball
    @Torontoball 13 дней назад +2

    Plot twist: they're watching skibidi toilet

  • @iggvec5769
    @iggvec5769 13 дней назад +17

    Beautiful 💙💛

    • @gdiwolverinemale4th
      @gdiwolverinemale4th 13 дней назад

      Yeah, the pastel colors on iPads are so soft and calming

  • @humbertomonteiro6742
    @humbertomonteiro6742 13 дней назад +37

    Smart Ukrainians, slava Ukraine

    • @gdiwolverinemale4th
      @gdiwolverinemale4th 13 дней назад +2

      That is going to work wonders. Particularly when the screen saver kicks in. Or when it needs a finger press to unlock. Then, there is always the numeric code option ... fast

    • @user-McGiver
      @user-McGiver 13 дней назад +5

      @@gdiwolverinemale4th and yet it works!...

    • @jessicaregina1956
      @jessicaregina1956 13 дней назад

      Stupid Ukraines, slave ukraine.

    • @gdiwolverinemale4th
      @gdiwolverinemale4th 13 дней назад

      @@user-McGiver they'll say anything. The Ukromaniacs believe they will win by impressing on FYT

    • @aaroncruz9181
      @aaroncruz9181 13 дней назад

      Ghost Gaming

  • @joohyunkyoung5905
    @joohyunkyoung5905 5 дней назад

    Lots of civilians with old planes wanting a cheaper alternative to glass cockpit conversions put on IPads all the time.

  • @user-th7gd7ge4p
    @user-th7gd7ge4p 13 дней назад +4

    slava BRICS!

    • @Codename_Horizon
      @Codename_Horizon 8 дней назад

      Brazil is a shithole, Russia is a shithole, India doesn’t want to do anything with y’all because of the war, China is a shithole, and idk even know what the S is doing rn.

  • @zerotheboxer
    @zerotheboxer 13 дней назад +1

    If it aint broken why fix it 🤷‍♂️

  • @MaXwellFalstein
    @MaXwellFalstein 13 дней назад +9

    It could be a GeTac tablet 🤔

  • @adriannn1180
    @adriannn1180 13 дней назад +9

    I love how when Russia was seen doing sorta the same thing then everyone booed on them but now Ukraine is soooo smart... lmfao

    • @uku4171
      @uku4171 9 дней назад +2

      When were they doing the same sort of thing?

  • @zippytrippy3041
    @zippytrippy3041 8 дней назад +1

    I'm waiting for this in War Thunder

  • @weler2491
    @weler2491 13 дней назад +1

    I've seen an apple sticker inside an artillary system as well, ukranians are really funny lol

  • @brucestafford1813
    @brucestafford1813 7 дней назад

    With modern bluetooth and wifi tech this is not in concept so hard to implement.

  • @uku4171
    @uku4171 9 дней назад

    Let's all welcome Apple into the MIC

  • @gdiwolverinemale4th
    @gdiwolverinemale4th 13 дней назад +4

    Do they fly or just play DCS on the ground?

  • @Lombardo.diVino.-sd2iv
    @Lombardo.diVino.-sd2iv 13 дней назад +1

    Da TeliGraf is always on good splif

  • @Robert-fs1pb
    @Robert-fs1pb 9 дней назад

    I got one of those to play a video game.

  • @patlecat
    @patlecat 13 дней назад +3

    Did Apple sponsor this video?

  • @newjsdavid1
    @newjsdavid1 12 дней назад

    US uses iPads too

  • @02suraditpengsaeng41
    @02suraditpengsaeng41 10 дней назад

    > TANTO

  • @kmm1863
    @kmm1863 13 дней назад +5

    us 60 billion aid to ukraine are these tablets

  • @farang_lao
    @farang_lao 13 дней назад +3

    USB-C to Arduino type I/O controller like the one seen on the right side of the tablet. Cable trailing off into the guts of the ancient Russian weapons mgmt system. Very nice piece of monkey patching 👍 🇺🇦🇬🇧

  • @larsrons7937
    @larsrons7937 13 дней назад +6

    The Ukrainians are so innovative, so full of *inspiration.*

    • @julianpetkov8320
      @julianpetkov8320 12 дней назад +1

      PMC Predatel is getting wreaked. Check the front line.

    • @jeffhouston4365
      @jeffhouston4365 12 дней назад

      Yes, Zelebsky is very inspired by every million bucks he gets for himself... for doing what he's told to do... But I don't think he'll live too long after sacrificing nearly half a million of ukrainians

    • @Codename_Horizon
      @Codename_Horizon 8 дней назад

      @@julianpetkov8320where Wagner 😢

  • @FGCH03
    @FGCH03 10 дней назад

    So?

  • @philipharris-smith5889
    @philipharris-smith5889 13 дней назад +2

    It also allows for some good gaming not just sov style hearts inflight.

  • @jessicaregina1956
    @jessicaregina1956 13 дней назад +2

    Game changer?😂

  • @Batlee45
    @Batlee45 13 дней назад

    Nice story

  • @3800TURBO
    @3800TURBO 12 дней назад +1

    Clever chaps. The ability to adapt will win them this war.

  • @bananaok6194
    @bananaok6194 10 дней назад

    Mig 29 and su 27

  • @williewillie7717
    @williewillie7717 13 дней назад +2

    Slava Ukraine💛💙

  • @dret74
    @dret74 6 дней назад

    I get it.

  • @indrahaseo
    @indrahaseo 13 дней назад +3

    because they're ghost of kyiv after all 💙💛

  • @dfui.
    @dfui. 13 дней назад +6

    Ghost of Kiev 😂😂😂😂

    • @user-McGiver
      @user-McGiver 13 дней назад +2

      they're all ''Ghosts of Kyiv''... it's a title... not a name!

    • @robertsteele474
      @robertsteele474 13 дней назад

      @@user-McGiver . Nay, "Ghosts of Kyiv" was the name of the failed UA videogame propaganda footage in 2022.

  • @karlwalther
    @karlwalther 10 дней назад

    F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes Near Holloman Air Force Base; Pilot Safely Ejects and Taken to a Hospital

  • @dfui.
    @dfui. 13 дней назад +2

    🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @centriccashew6473
    @centriccashew6473 8 дней назад

    I thought the ukrainians were getting Western Jets

  • @dougaltolan3017
    @dougaltolan3017 5 дней назад

    "or similar" JUST DROP THE IPAD BS!

  • @Optimistic7718
    @Optimistic7718 10 дней назад

    😂😂😂😂

  • @Aaron-rw3lv
    @Aaron-rw3lv 13 дней назад +2

    Cool helmet

  • @pratikmohite6202
    @pratikmohite6202 10 дней назад

    just a stunt

  • @theon2769
    @theon2769 9 дней назад

    Ukraine using ipads: Ingenious, smart, modern, crafty
    Russians using a simmilar thing: stupid, outdated, rag tag mad max,
    Double standards.

  • @bradlygbsndeandre6366
    @bradlygbsndeandre6366 13 дней назад

    I wonder if all of these MIGs have a back door that allows Russia to regain access

    • @jordanmacconnell97
      @jordanmacconnell97 13 дней назад +5

      bavck doors wernt a thing when this aircraft launched. Its mostly analoge.

    • @maartilium
      @maartilium 13 дней назад

      Russians arent that smart pr forward thinking

    • @farang_lao
      @farang_lao 13 дней назад +3

      Backdoor into what? There's nothing to backdoor into, we are not talking F22 tech here. Analogue hw for the most part AFAIK

    • @robertsteele474
      @robertsteele474 13 дней назад +1

      @@farang_lao ...to the iPads, genius, and whatever they supposedly "control".

  • @edharma1069
    @edharma1069 13 дней назад

    Those would -not- be "iPads".

  • @nathanielnachtigall7074
    @nathanielnachtigall7074 13 дней назад

    whole 29 planes? :>

  • @acoustic5738
    @acoustic5738 13 дней назад

    Is for navigation...your report is very unacurate.

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 13 дней назад

      If it's for navigation,that helps them with western made weapons.

  • @1589chicago
    @1589chicago 13 дней назад

    Looks like nothing more than foreflight app used by most pilots airline military or general aviation....

  • @teddy-liker3058
    @teddy-liker3058 13 дней назад +5

    Ukraine 🇺🇦 is already several steps ahead of Russia and now they will be given what they need to defeat the aggressors

    • @gdiwolverinemale4th
      @gdiwolverinemale4th 13 дней назад +3

      It is several steps ahead of Russia retreating. By the end of the year, it will be at the Polish border

    • @user-McGiver
      @user-McGiver 13 дней назад

      @@gdiwolverinemale4th THE WAR IS OUT THERE TROLL... GO AND FIGHT IT!... BECOME A STATISTIC!

  • @bilelsk9000
    @bilelsk9000 12 дней назад

    and this makes them what ? top guns ? fucffing propaganda

  • @hippityhoppitydayum
    @hippityhoppitydayum 13 дней назад +1

    Getting tired of footing the bill for this war....

  • @vikyathrao5917
    @vikyathrao5917 13 дней назад +1

    Hmm pr is nice but frontline is saying somthing else

    • @user-McGiver
      @user-McGiver 13 дней назад

      IT SAYS THAT RUZZIA HAS STUCK IN UKRAINE.... AND NOW HELP IS COMMING!

    • @vikyathrao5917
      @vikyathrao5917 13 дней назад

      @@user-McGiver ya about help no airdefence and that help money is invested in usa usa is not giving it from their stok....rusia is not stuk they are leading economy greater then whole west...and succefully destroyed Europe see what macron said

  • @davidcolley7714
    @davidcolley7714 13 дней назад +2

    So the fascists don't need F16s after all

  • @PauloRLustosa
    @PauloRLustosa 13 дней назад +2

    Zelensky's Ucraina does'not exist anymore.

    • @user-McGiver
      @user-McGiver 13 дней назад +1

      LET ME GUESS... FLATEARTHER RIGHT?.... RIGHT!...

  • @trevorsutherland5263
    @trevorsutherland5263 13 дней назад +2

    So cute. So irrelevant.

    • @luciussander8217
      @luciussander8217 13 дней назад +2

      Unlike your comment then...

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 13 дней назад

      If it's irrelevant,then why are they using them?

    • @robertsteele474
      @robertsteele474 13 дней назад

      @@galvinstanley3235 Timmy Cook needs a bigger bonus check?

  • @billb3673
    @billb3673 13 дней назад +1

    Let Europe help the Ukraine.. The US needs to leave in all respects!

  • @naughtyboy1500
    @naughtyboy1500 12 дней назад

    By experience Ukrainians have much to teach the world. The adaptation and use of foreign equipments at short time is staggering