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The vast expanse of the Arabian Sea stretched out as far as the eye could see, calm and still.
But aboard the deck of carrier cruiser Minsk, the atmosphere was anything but quiet. It was December 1982, and two Yak-38 Forger jets, the Soviet Union’s first—and only—vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, were finally prepping for a mission six years into their operational service.
Ahead of them loomed the ship’s distinctive ski-jump ramp, designed to give the jets a boost, conserving precious fuel and allowing them to carry heavier payloads.
The road to this moment had been long. Hundreds of tests, countless modifications, and the dedication of engineers and pilots had brought these unconventional aircraft to operational service. With their three-engine configuration and folding wings, the journey had not been without challenges. Now, they were finally ready to prove themselves.
The VTOL fighters were being armed and fueled for a task few had imagined—intercepting American planes from the carrier USS Enterprise patrolling nearby in the contested Cold War waters.
As the engines roared to life, the now airborne fighters headed toward the unknown, eager to prove they could take on their Western adversaries…
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It's not the Y-A-K, it's pronounced "Yak" (yack).
I don't get it. Either the Soviets copied the west or vice versa. Seems like Russia is always on the tail end of the dog.
The Soviet Union's military was a paper tiger…….ALL OF IT……a paper tiger.
Back then they did not call the Kyiv class ships, they were Kiev class ships. Under the Soviet Union the city was not known as Kyiv, nor was that class of ship.
Typical Soviet system. Just get it produced, damn the limitations!
What is the title of the background music that starts at 8min and 36sec if anyone knows please.
I attended an air show at Naval Air Station Lamar in Central California many years ago now, 80’s I believe. And for some strange reason they landed a Harrier right in front of the viewing stands. There’s only three times in my life that I heard a noise that nearly blew out my ears and suffered hearing loss because of it. One when the Studio I was working at sent a signal to my headphones that lifted and blew the earmuffs away from my head I woke up on the floor with bleeding ears and a damaged guitar. The second was when I was working on a Solar Mars Gas Turbine Engine when both my earmuffs and ear plugs were sucked right off and out of my head and those little orange ear plugs were compressed and burned and I was in shock as to how loud the suction intake is on a 30,000 HP engine. I really thought I’d never hear again. Then I found myself at that air show and here comes that Harrier closer and louder and closer and louder to the point of pain. Everyone around me was furious. The incredible noise and the engine blast was throwing dirt, dust and rocks everywhere. It lands and throttles down. I didn't hear anybody mention that the Harrier also carries a large volume of water for cooling and it’s hot and steamy and LOUD and then it throttles up and my God couldn’t they have done that at 100 meters away but this thing was 1/3 of that and as it rose magnificently into the sky it darted off and that was that. It was truly an event of some sort. A memory that I shall never forget. But also at this show was an upgraded F+15 that took off and went straight up so fast and high I could barely see it with my binoculars and could swear it touched space. That was incredible. Like watching a rocket launch. And it only took a few minutes. I love that jet. Good times.
Not V T O L! It's Vtol! One word!
Wrong, wrong, WRONG. There are so many errors in your videos. Have you no shame?
Ugly as heck but cool at the same time
One mistake the Minsk did not have a "ski Jump type ramp that came later on the Kuznetsov heavy aviation carrying cruiser.
I read the book A Game of Titans that features these Soviet VTOLs; the story made them seem powerful, but real research turned up how bad their shortcomings were.
I guess a fiction story is the only way these weapons can be super.
This is what happens when Harriers and F-4's fuck
The russians are always behind the times technology wise aren't they.
You have so many technical and operational errors that your videos have become worthless. Do your research, quit trying to talk dramatically, and rethink your methods.
I was deployed as a young Airman on the USS. Ranger (CV-61) in the 1980's. Like all junior enlisted I was assigned 90 days of TAD orders but was lucky enough to be a dishwasher in the Officer's Mess. That luck was apparent at first but soon after we departed for what turned out to be 121 days at sea straight the Enlisted Messes ran out of fresh meat and dairy.
That made me a Cumshaw [Comm-Shaw] (Navy speak for Black-market Trading) God. I still have a few 8×10 glossy prints of a Russian Kiev class carrier with deck full of Forgers and Russian subs traded for a couple patty melts. By the time I was done with my TAD I could have traded food to drive the ship. Those were the days.
For those confused by my tag being ScoutSniper3124, I traded my sea legs for Army greens after one hitch and went on to serve after a 12-year break in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Two lives in one.
SSG. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours
Will mention im pretty sure the Yak-38 and its variants did not have afterburning engines as mentioned in the video and the M, which was the version with upgraded engines, certainly didnt have afterburner. Though the Yak-141 (Yak-41M) prototype planes did have afterburning engines.
No comparison to the Harrier
Say, "yak." Say, "vee-tol."
Not "y-a-k" jets. Many Russian airplanes are "Yak" (fill in the type). Yak is the first three letters of the designers name. Yak rhymes with jack or hack. That's the way you say it. Patrick Cowdrey, Central Point, Oregon, Commercial Pilot since the 60s.
As usual, the Russians, who can't come up with an original idea to save their lives steal other countries designs and ugly it up on the cheap and call it "innovative". Think about how much the F86, F15 and F22 all look like Russian aircraft designed after the fact. They should rename Mikoyan-Gurevich and Sukhoi the RDB. (Russian Duplication Bureau)
YAK is too funny of a name. Keep that one. Every YAK makes me want to…..YAK.
F4 Phantom II " The Largest distributor of MIG parts"
This guy must say, M. I. G. instead of Mig…..
Some jams in this video. Can we get the names/times to the music used?
To think the Yak 141 is the predecessor to the F35
I wonder if this guy speaks to his kids in the same conspiratorial tones … 😂😂😂
Music is way loud mostly the drums
First and only for the yak38? First yes, not the only one though, soviets also designed and built the yak141 which has its tail copied by the f35 in a technology "sale".
Idk why you keep calling it a Y-A-K. It's pronounced "yack". I find it hard to believe you've never heard anyone say it's name, especially with how long you've been making videos.
Just like the CCP, most of Russia's war machine is based off tech stolen from the west. This was a very blatant ripoff of the Harrier Jump Jet. The only thing "wildly" different were the engines and how poorly they performed and the plane's excessive weight. The CCP nor Russia ever made "good" copies of western tech and still don't. They are paper tigers.
The peregrine was the forerunner to the harrier. The testbed for the harrier. Quite a bit smaller, a cool little aircraft. As for the yak38…😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 nobody feared that piece of crap
Pretty sure the title describes any Soviet fighter made after 1960.
What's happened to you dynamic intense dramatic voice? It's gone all soft, breathy and fluffy around the edges ? Go back to the raw founding videos voice…
Cool man, did you make this video with InVideo AI? Can I just make YOUR videos with it now?
… I mean, considering the sponsor it would be a little silly if it was otherwise.
What a homosexual introduction 😅
Stolen Harrier data or simply…coincidence :)?
VTOL that needed a ski jump take off?
What's with Dark * constantly shitting on Russia?
U.S. DoD has to create threats to keep us spending 800 BILLION a year.
The Harrier was the worst of ideas. It never lived up to the hype. VTOL was ALWAYS an issue. How we got into this pos, the poor marines will never know. Oph. F-16 is perfect, but nope. FUUSN!
video at 6:10 is yak 141.
Bluntly put, you need less AI and more research.
Soviet copy of the Harrier
PLEASE stop using AI voice
It’s my understanding that vertical takeoff jets fly subsonic because of the weight and configuration of their engines
clickbait garbage video
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Interesting, but the music is too loud, do we even need music?
Did the YAK 38 really have afterburners?
I think it was the YAK 141 that featured an Afterburner, but that was just a single prototype.