All language subtitles for [zmk.pw]Aircraft.Carrier.Guardian.Of.The.Seas.2016.UHD.4K.HDR.2160p.eng

[sea gulls screeching]

[narrator] They have assembled here
from the four corners of the earth.

Fifty-five warships.

Among them, the newest and most
sophisticated ever produced.

The United States is here,

Great Britain, India, Japan,

Canada, France,
Australia, Germany.

Twenty-six nations altogether.

Each will introduce the latest
naval technology in their arsenals.

[ship horn blaring]

Twenty-two thousand
men and women

will be tested
over the coming month,

across a vast expanse of ocean
covering thousands of square miles.

[speaking, indistinct]

[shouts]
[crowd shouts back in response]

Have a great weekend.

The command center
and flagship of the operation

is the nuclear-powered
super carrier,

a marvel of modern engineering.

The operation is called
Rim of the Pacific,

the world's largest and
most complex naval exercise.

It will be as close to actual
warfare as is peacefully possible.

They began to appear nearly 5,000
years ago in the Mediterranean Sea.

They were the largest and most
glorious moving objects known to mankind.

[men shouting in battle]

Powered by oars,
their tactics were simple.

They rammed
and sank enemy ships.

[man] Aah! [water splashes]

[narrator] Soldiers on board
carried only bows, arrows and spears,

yet great battles ensued.

Raging for weeks, there was
often the loss of hundreds of ships

and thousands of men.

[men continue shouting
in battle] [clattering]

For centuries to come, navies
with the best-trained crews,

the bravest commanders, and the
mightiest warships would rule the world.

The modern super carrier remains
at sea for months at a time,

and is home for over
5,000 personnel.

A virtual city at sea.

All right, Con. Let's go.

Let's go 3-6-0.
Let's go 15 knots.

That'|| get us into the
box on time. Aye, sir.

The captain is from
an elite group

that has over 25 years
of naval aviation experience.

...territorial waters over
there, right? We gotta--

Hey, so, just let
the holes know

territorial waters are only
eight miles to the east.

Yup. Thanks.

[indistinct chatter over P.A.]

Okay.'!-

[man]
Con, left steer, course 1-7-5.

Con, left steer,
course 1-7-5, aye.

Conning Officer, my rudder is left
two degrees, coming into course 1-7-5.

[chatter over P.A.]

[narrator] Ninety-two fixed-wing
aircraft and helicopters

are readied for a month
of intense flight ops

as demanding as combat itself.

Those wearing green shirts
maintain airframes and engines.

Red shirts are responsible
for ammo and weapons.

[woman] Popeye symbolizes
the Navy as a strength.

You think of Popeye, and you
think of a really strong, you know,

US sailor that you want
to represent yourself as.

And I think we all use him
as a role model today.

Purple shirts, or "grapes,"
fuel the aircraft.

Aircrew are now manning up for the event
seven, case three launch, case three recovery.

The temperature is 68 degrees;
the altimeter, 2-9-9-6;

and the density altitude,
940 feet.

[chatter over P.A.]

On the FOD walk,
crews are looking for anything

that might get sucked into an
engine as the aircraft take off.

Pilots have been killed by
almost invisible nuts and bolts.

[chattering]

Nuclear-powered carriers
have almost unlimited range,

like sailing ships of the past.

Two centuries ago, sail-powered
galleons with a hundred guns

emerged on the high seas to
fight at battles like Trafalgar.

The French and Spanish
were the superior force.

Led by Napoleon, they were
thought to be invincible.

But the British commander
Horatio Nelson

had innovative tactics
and was more aggressive.

Cannonballs fired at close
range inflicted a terrible carnage.

Nearly 8,000 sailors
were killed on both sides.

The French and Spanish
lost 22 ships.

The British lost none.

Nelson, though he was killed,

became a legend, along
with his flagship Victory.

From the triumph
at Trafalgar

grew a worldwide
British Empire

that would last
another century.

Control of the high seas
requires a mastery

of the most advanced
possible technology.

Deep in the heart
of the ship

sit two uranium-powered
nuclear reactors.

Essentially miniature suns,

these radioactive furnaces
boil water

to create high-pressure steam
that spins giant turbines.

The carrier's eight
electric generators

could easily power
a city of 100,000 people.

Using massive
reduction gearboxes,

the turbines also turn
four mammoth propeller shafts

that drive the ship
at around 35 knots.

Its top speed
remains highly classified.

With regular maintenance,
they can run continuously

without refueling
for 20 years.

[officer shouting]
[crew responding with shout]

[call and response
shouting continues]

Teamwork, collaboration,
camaraderie,

staying mentally
and physically fit,

are all critical among the crew
of a smooth-running ship.

Every one
of the 5,212 personnel

is integral in the success
of the operation.

...do a nice, easy turn.
Don't thrust or pull.

No tiny detail
is left to chance.

Does that make sense?

Absolutely.
Okay, cool.

[alarm blaring]

[chatter over P.A.]

Roger that.

Deck Patrol, 2-11 needs
to be spotted off cat one.

Blue shirts position and secure
the aircraft on the deck,

making sure they are presented
for launch in the right order.

[chattering]

[engines whirring loudly]

[chatter over P.A.]

Training has been continuous

since the very first carriers
were launched

more than a century ago.

The battle group commander

is responsible
for the coordination

of all 26 nations
during the exercise.

Yeah, that's true. I mean,
we had ships from Italy...

Patience, communication,
and diplomacy

were not the hallmarks
of legendary admirals,

but in an increasingly complex
and lethal world, they are critical.

People want to participate,
and they want to help,

and give their navies
a chance to shine.

[man] Came around on track, sir. Previously
reported contacts now on our port bow drawing left.

Recommend maintain, sir.
No. I think what I want to do

is come a little bit more
to starboard, and, uh--

It's starting to merge through the fog. Let's
get through this. Come up at speed 20 knots.

The Japanese on the starboard, and
then the Canadians are coming up--

They're just behind
us, right? Uh, yes, sir.

The carrier, as the flagship,

is responsible for getting 55
vessels from all over the world

organized and sailing together
in reasonable order.

[chattering over radio
in foreign language]

[man]
...delta, bravo...

[chattering
in foreign language]

[chattering in English]

[chattering continues]

[man]
Seven hours per day.

[laughs]
It's a big beacon.

It's, uh, distance--
2,500 kilometers from...

[radio chatter continues]

[helicopters approaching]

[radio chatter continues]

[narrator] This kind of
international cooperation

was inconceivable
even a hundred years ago.

By the beginning
of the 20th century,

the giant guns of dreadnoughts,
or battleships,

would dwarf
the cannons of Trafalgar.

As the First World War began,

Britain had a significant edge
over Germany

in both ships and guns,

and did not expect
to be challenged.

But in June of 1916,

250 British and German ships

engaged off the coast
of Jutland in the North Sea.

[cannons blasting,
explosions]

It would come to be known as the
greatest battleship duel of all time.

Fourteen British and eleven
German ships were sunk.

8,500 young men were killed.

[explosion]

[alarm blaring]
[creaking]

[men shouting]

The age of the battleship
had come to an end

in less than two hours
of fighting.

[ship horn blaring]

Modern defense systems are
evolving at an accelerating pace,

questioning the wisdom
of expensive new procurement,

challenging the status quo.

[radio chatter]

The goal of RIMPAC is,
in part,

to test and integrate advances
in weapons technology.

[chattering]

It gives crews a chance
to perfect their skills

under battle-like conditions.

The operation of an aircraft
carrier is, in itself,

nearly as dangerous
as actual combat,

and everyone on board
is well aware of that.

[man on radio] Easy
with it now. Easy with it.

Easy with it.
Easy with it.

[narrator] Modern fighter
aircraft, like the F-18 Super Hornet,

can lock on
and intercept enemy aircraft

long before visual contact,

yet they still
carry machine guns

that look like they might
belong on a World War I biplane.

Even in an age
of advanced missiles,

pilots must still prepare
for the unlikely prospect

of an old-fashioned dogfight.

Launching a 37,000-pound
F-18 Super Hornet

off a carrier may look simple,

but bad weather, enemy fire,
and accidents

all contribute
to very real danger.

After a century
of trial and error,

one launch system
has proved robust and reliable.

Below deck are tanks
of high-pressure steam

from the
nuclear-powered boilers.

They provide explosive
expansion power to pistons

sitting in 300-foot-long tubes.

Like shells waiting
in the barrel of a gun.

Once released,
the power of the piston

can launch an aircraft
with the force of four g's,

catapulting the plane
from zero to 160 miles an hour

in just three seconds.

[chatter over P.A.]

[radio chatter]

[chatter over P.A.]

Every role on board is critical

to the exquisite ballet
of launch and recovery.

[thudding]

[chatter over P.A.]

[radio chatter]

[chatter over P.A.]

[radio chatter]

[radio chatter]

Heads up!

[radio chatter]

[narrator] As exciting as the
steam-powered catapult launch

is for the fighter pilot,

a safe landing is even better.

An aircraft's tail hook must
snag one of four arresting cables.

This braided wire weaves
900 feet through the carrier

down to an arrestor engine.

As the momentum of the plane
pulls on the cable,

a huge piston forces
hydraulic fluid in one tank

against air in another,

compressing the air up to
400 pounds per square inch...

stopping the aircraft and pilot
in just two seconds.

The comforting embrace
of the arresting cable

is regarded as among the most
euphoric experiences in all of aviation.

Japanese on the starboard, Normandyin
front. That looks pretty good.

All right.
And the submarines.

Who can find the submarines?
[radio chatter]

Always--
It's always the submarines.

The great strength of the
submarine is its stealth.

Annoying to its friends,
lethal to its enemies.

We still need one more
submarine to find.

Yes, sir. I'm still waiting on
the T.A. to call back. All right...

Also at RIMPAC is the new
Virginia class submarine.

It is 377 feet long

and 34 feet wide.

Speed can exceed 25 knots

and potentially over 30.

Onboard, crew number 120

enlisted men and women
and 14 officers.

Range 4-1-0 yards.
[man] Very well.

[indistinct]

The nuclear propulsion system

produces 40,000 horsepower.

[man] Safety sweep.
A modern nuclear sub

could stay underwater
almost indefinitely,

like an aircraft carrier
limited only by

its on board supply of food.

It makes its own fresh water
for drinking and showers.

I understand what you're saying, but we
cannot risk attacking a neutral country.

They are capable of launching
Mark 48 torpedoes,

tactical Tomahawks,
Harpoon missiles,

and the new,
advanced mobile mine.

...when they racetrack
back around.

More than
a thousand feet of water

provides a stealthy layer
of protection for the submarine

as it defends the carrier
and other surface ships above.

Like great weapons of the past,

navies simply cannot afford to
lose battles fought in earnest.

Despite the horrendous losses suffered
by the Germans and British at Jutland,

battleships reappeared
in the Second World War...

[cannon blasts]

Much bigger
and far more lethal.

[crowd cheering] Enchanted with
the powerful symbolism of big guns,

Adolf Hitler invested heavily
in battleships,

including theTirpitz
and Bismarck.

[Adolf Hitler speaking German]

[crowd cheering]

[narrator] The German ships
were superbly built and manned.

They were thought to be
invincible like the Nazis themselves.

' [people singing in German]

[aircraft overhead]

[bombs whistling in air,
exploding]

[radio announcer] The cruiser
Norfolk sighted the Bismarck

before her battle
with the Hood.

Followed the German ship
like a bloodhound.

[narrator] The Bismarck’s rudder
was damaged by light aircraft.

The crippled ship
was then pounded

by 2,800 shells
from British warships,

before being scuttled
by the German crew.

2,100 German sailors died.

As the age of the battleship
was coming to a close,

that of the aircraft carrier
was just beginning.

Each RIMPAC features
emerging advanced technology,

like the F-35, a
fifth-generation strike fighter.

Since World War ll,

increasingly powerful radar
has been used

to detect
inbound enemy aircraft.

With growing sophistication,

modern radar has been used
to lock on to enemy planes

and shoot them down
with guided missiles

fired over the horizon
beyond visual range.

[man] All right. Hold
on. Let me check the roll.

Much of the new fighter's
advancements focus

on hiding from radar with
a technology called stealth.

The F-35 has multiple layers
of skin coating

that absorb radar waves,

preventing them from bouncing
back to enemy radar screens.

[radio chatter]

Engine intake and exhausts
are specially designed

to deflect and mask
the jet's thermal signature,

avoiding detection
from heat-seeking missiles.

It can carry more than 15,000
pounds of weapons externally,

or more than 5,000 pounds
internally,

dramatically improving
the F35's stealth profile.

[launch chatter]

The US Marine variant,
the F-35B,

has more than
40,000 pounds of thrust,

giving pilots more raw power

than any other fighter engine
in history.

[launch chatter]

[man]
704 airborne.

[man #2] 704 departure.
Radar contact.

[radio chatter]

The US Navy's version
is the F-35C.

Designed
for carrier operations,

it has larger wings,
with tips that fold,

and tougher landing gear for catapult
launches and carrier arrestments.

[man] 413 departure.
Radar contact.

[man #2]
413 airborne.

201 airborne.

[radio chatter]

The pilot's helmet displays
all pertinent information

no matter where
the pilot is looking.

The aircraft's
distributed aperture system

uses six
electro-optical sensors,

giving the pilot
an unprecedented 360 degrees

of situational awareness.

[pilot]
Level 2-5-0...

[narrator] The pilot can actually
look through the aircraft itself.

[radio chatter]

[radio chatter continues]

All the key information
the pilot needs

is projected
onto the helmet's visor,

allowing for instant
coordinated response.

The missile warning system sees subtle
heat differences across the landscape.

[air whooshing
through respirator]

Flight 873's got MAM
at 270 for 45 at 25,000.

The new strike fighter shares
data seamlessly with other F-35s,

but also with allied aircraft
and commanders on water or land.

[pilot]
205, roger.

[narrator] Computer
technology so sophisticated,

it can identify types of planes
and nationality

and recommend to the pilot
suggested weapons to deploy.

The DAS sensors
can even spot a whale

or, more importantly,
a submarine on the surface.

[pilot]
Lightning 7-3, target.

[chatter over P.A.]

When submarines first appeared
in the theater of war,

British admirals
considered them unethical--

the weapons of cowards who refused
to fight on the surface like real men.

The stealthy, high-tech
German submarine

was regarded by some as
the battleship of the future.

In the early years
of World War ll,

they had a lethal advantage
in the North Atlantic.

Attacking and sinking thousands
of defenseless cargo ships,

strangling the lifeline
of the Allied war effort.

In desperation,
hundreds of small corvettes

were hurriedly built
to defend the convoys.

Based on a fishing boat,
they were cheap and simple.

Their crews were amateurs
and most often teenagers.

They had the smallest guns
in the Navy.

[alarm blaring]

Yet day and night, they fought the
terrible cruelty of submarine warfare,

struggling to save the lives
of merchant seamen.

[radio announcer]
The British, American,

and Canadian forces
of the sea and air

hurled our strength
upon the U-boat.

[narrator] Gradually, these
and other tiny escort ships

of the Canadian, British,
and American navies

clawed back
the German advantage,

sinking 700 submarines

and winning the largest
naval battle in human history.

[men cheering]

Early submarines were plagued
by lack of situational awareness.

Like blind mice in a cave, they
knew little of what lay around them.

Ship to 5-8 feet. Submerge
the ship to 5-8 feet, aye, sir.

Pilot, submerge the ship
to 5-8 feet.

The Virginia class's sophisticated
electronic periscope and sensors

allow crew members access
to vital information.

They know exactly
where they are

and, even more importantly,

they know the whereabouts
of both friend and foe.

Maritime interdiction,
gunnery,

missile testing,
anti-submarine,

mine clearance, air defense,
amphibious landing...

all demand coordinated planning

and much trial and error.

Advances in weapons systems seek
to integrate international navies,

armies, and air forces
into unified fighting units.

Advanced electronic
warfare systems

can identify in detail
friend from foe,

jam enemy assets, and provide
an electronic shield

to cloak threatened
friendly forces.

[radio chatter]

So clear switches hot. Cleared
hot. Release on condition.

[radio chatter]

[gunfire]

[over radio] Lightning
7-3 kill. C-41.

[man]
Fuel 330, speed 2-4.

Confirm that the target
is outside territorial waters.

Aye, sir. Stand by.

We're ready.

Take the...
Steady!

Ten seconds.
Cleared to release.

Lightning 7-3, attack.

Twenty seconds. Master
arm on. Arms armed.

[radio chatter]
Launch three.

[radio chatter]
Lightning 7-3 off safe.

One away.
MAN 2: Weapons cleared.

[radio chatter]

[radio chatter]

[narrator] What was a
gun battle one moment can,

in the blink of an eye, become a
battle for survival of another kind.

For thousands of years, sailors have
feared violent seas as much as the enemy.

[radio chatter]

What RIMPAC highlights is
the very complicated missions

navies are asked to perform
in the modern world.

[crowd shouting]

Terrorism, piracy, earthquakes,

fires, hurricanes,
humanitarian disasters.

Services that once jealously
competed increasingly work together.

[no audible dialogue]

Navies, national guards,
air forces,

coast guards, marines--

all of them are invited to
practice their highly skilled crafts

during Rim of the Pacific.

[man over radio]
...November, Zulu.

[sonar pinging]

[alarm beeping]

[narrator] Not long
ago, the game of war

was played
with much higher stakes.

Sailors and airmen died in
earnest and in large numbers.

[President Franklin D. Roosevelt on
radio] Yesterday, December 7th, 1941,

United States of America
was suddenly

and deliberately attacked
by naval and air forces...

[narrator] Following the
bombing of Pearl Harbor,

the Japanese gambled they could
draw the American carriers

into a trap
near the island of Midway.

But the Americans secretly broke
the Japanese code and were prepared.

Get the saws on these guys and
see what's going on. Aye, sir.

American pilots, knowing they
didn't have the fuel to make it back,

still gambled they could
find the Japanese fleet.

And find them they did.

They sank three Japanese
carriers in eight minutes.

By the end of the day, four
Japanese carriers were sunk,

along with one heavy cruiser.

Three thousand Japanese
crew members lost their lives.

[alarm blaring] The Americans
lost only the Yorktown.

Few of the US aircraft
made it back to their ships.

It was a turning point
in the Pacific War,

sealing the Japanese fate.

The battle of Midway
remains the greatest victory

in American naval history.

War or not, landing a fighter
aircraft on board a carrier remains

the most challenging and
admired skill in all of aviation.

The landing safety
officer's voice--

always a fellow pilot--
provides a vital measure

of precision and confidence

at exactly the right moment.
[radio chatter]

[thud]

[man]
327, two miles.

[radio chatter]

[radio chatter continues]

[radio chatter]

The new F-35B
avoids the complexity

of a catapult
and arrestor cables.

It can operate
almost anywhere--

a strategic advantage
in almost any kind of conflict.

[radio chatter continues]

Like all new weapon systems,

it seeks to provide a distinct
advantage over possible enemies.

[radio chatter]

Indeed, the goal
of modern navies

is to provide the most
effective weapons, tactics,

and training
as an overwhelming deterrence--

avoiding at all costs
the risk of real war.

Most captains will tell you
that their passion

is to bring every crew member
back home safely.

For they are young people
who work long, hard,

dangerous hours,
months at a time,

with little or no recognition.

They make these sacrifices for their
families, communities, and nations.

Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad.

Hi, everyone back in Glen Arm,
Maryland,

a little town that most people
have never heard of.

Shout out to the people
back home in Texas.

[laughter]
Booyah.

Shout out to people
in San Jose.

Stay warm, Michigan.
Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hi, Mom.
[laughter]

Love you, Texas.

From great naval battles,
civilizations rose and fell.

Yet there is more firepower
on board the ships of RIMPAC

than all the bombs used in all
of the wars in human history.

The goal of modern navies
is to avoid war at all cost,

for if there is
another great war,

nothing will rise from the
ashes, neither righteous nor evil.

[chattering]

There will be no romantic paintings,
nor writers to celebrate the victory.

[children shouting]

[crowd cheering]

After 4,000 years
of naval warfare,

we have little choice
but to sail together,

work towards peace,

and all return home

safely to our families.

[lively chatter]