China vs USA: War in the South China Sea

If war suddenly breaks out in the South China Sea, how might a flashpoint incident play out? HypOps simulates the sudden outbreak of hostilities over the Spratly islands due to a Chinese rocket shootdown of an American drone. We explore the geopolitical context of this hypothetical war and examine some of the weapons and technologies involved at the operational level. The HypOps team wargames each separate engagement and observes the tactics that emerge when opposing weapon systems clash.

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[Oxide_does_his_best]

It would be awesome to see some how some real life "micro engagements" play out several times in the simulator like the Dutch F-16AM vs Serbian Mig-29 engagement over Yugoslavia. Curious if real scenarios could play out differently over various runs. Been binging your videos, I can see you surpassing quarter million subs in a year or so.

[sparklestonebro]

Gambit is 100% an ace combat pilot
-lone survivor of initial devastating conflict
-narrowly escapes crashing via a timely rescue by support craft
-ordered to return to base
-later learns entire 2nd squad was wiped out
-enemy tries to chase him, AWACS and tankers down
-they break off narrowly at the last minute
-the war seems in the enemies favour as they secure the disputed territory

[Golinth]

shame that this was never continued. Its a really great concept

[asplodedview]

I'm really impressed with both the scenario and your presentation. As much as I love CMANO/CMO, it can be a bit dry visually even with TacView. The video elements of weapons systems are a great addition. I also am impressed with your ability to quickly explain tactics like cranking at a level that would be understandable for a general audience. I'm really excited for the next video, so keep up the amazing work!

[anshen]

Two years later and I'm still waiting for the next episode!

[DemerDRN]

Jack, come back Jack...

This was very intriguing and a full complete season of episodes would've been binge watched for sure. Any chance of picking it back up from a year ago with the simulation?

[bernardtruvillion]

I'm a little late hear i would have to believe the US would use F35's and not F16's in the first engagement if a S400 cant see them then radar on a J16 would be at a huge disadvantage. I showed this video to my retired F16 fighter pilot and he agreed we would use F35's just to be safe. If not F35's we would use drones with the F16's to help with survivability. I'm just an army ground ponder so i asked my buddy didn't think we would want a loss in the first engagement

[goggleBOX_OG]

I hope the recent burst in views has inspired you to continue this series! A longer war campaign would be awesome while spaced out with some videos on other smaller scale what-if battles.

Also, I think having a companion video showing several of the "extreme result" simulations of key parts of a battle would be insightful for those of us wanting more after watching a main video.

[marcusaurelius]

This is a fantastic simulation. As a guy who's been watching the real life scenario unfold, its cool to see an estimation of something like this play out. Also, if you're still looking for callsign names, Flanders was mine. Cheers!

[Ifraneljadida]

Please make a Patreon. I want to support more content just like this. This is so informative for someone who enjoys war but has no experience. The battles are so clear

[micah]

I gotta say, great job man. The starting scenario is frankly scarily realistic and I think you are being very fair to both sides in this. I am excited about the next entry and hope it gets the recognition it deserves.
I have a callsign suggestion -Longwang which is the mythological dragon of the sea.

[smallone]

This sir is some of the greatest content ever. Your channel will explode if you continue this.

[cy]

Holy smokes! Chinese viewer here. I just discovered your videos today and I can't imagine the amount of effort you put into making them. This is better than a Tom Clancy novel! Please keep them coming!!

[ihavetwofaces]

This is fantastic stuff. Really informative and interesting. This has been eye-opening with regards to current and upcoming air combat platforms, but I would really love to see some ship to ship combat between carriers, destroyers, missile ships, and submarines as well.

[mso]

I NEED MORE OF THIS SERIES! What do you need to continue?

[wheelercm]

Amazing work! Can't wait to see more. First time I've ever turned on notifications for a video. Callsigns: Operator, Firestorm, Dowd, Winter

[Oxide_does_his_best]

Additionally, callsign "Oxide"

[johnvannorman]

Big fan of this format, keep up the good work. this engagement is a fantastic scenario. Looking forward to its continuance along with others.
USAF- BASEPLATE
USN- BOJANGLE
RAAF- HOPPER
RAAF- DINGO
USMC- BOWIE
JASFD- KATANA
JASFD - TANTO
JASFD- NAGURI

[teamam]

It’s rare to see the very first video on a channel being the most well done 👍

[SprikSprak]

I wish this had made it to full series - it's a really interesting concept and the production value is really, really good. Please consider coming back to this.