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Compare the industrial margin available to Britain and America with Japan's ability to absorb a new gun and destroyer design.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
Thirty-nine planned ships and twelve completions frame the case for earlier volume orders, with a caution about the quoted batch figures.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
The combination of torpedoes, depth charges and air-search radar made Akizuki attractive for screening against several threats.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
Contrasting construction intervals show that a useful design did not automatically produce a steady flow of replacements.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
The Japanese 100 mm gun and American 5-inch/38 are compared through rate of fire, shell effect and the vulnerability of destroyer hulls.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
Smaller escort destroyers offered a route toward quantity, while late orders and continuing torpedo priorities limited the response.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
Japan and Italy's refusal to join the Second London Naval Treaty leads into the cost of choosing large battleships over a more numerous supporting fleet.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
Secrecy raises a problem for the argument that Japan's largest battleships could deter an opponent through their superior armament.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
The service timetables quoted for Matsu and Tachibana illustrate how little operational time remained for the late escort designs.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
The pursuit of quality is connected with a failure to prepare the industrial capacity needed for quantity.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
Advanced Shimakaze and Akizuki developments promised concentrated firepower while adding another complex programme during a shortage of ships.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
A hypothetical advantage over one Fletcher is tested against the ability of larger navies to concentrate several ships in an engagement.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
An alternative prewar programme combines 100 mm gun standardisation, advanced destroyers and simpler ships ordered across more yards.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
The proposed benefit is greater Japanese operational endurance, linked to hopes of forcing negotiations through battle and attrition.
From Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one ·
FREMM's modularity frames a criticism of Constellation: replacing the intended systems can require extensive changes to the design chosen for its adaptability.
From Why so many changes from FREMM to Constellation Class - Air Condintioning... ·
Roughly similar-sized air-conditioning units can place intake and power connections differently, forcing rerouting that accumulates into wider changes to the ship.
From Why so many changes from FREMM to Constellation Class - Air Condintioning... ·
The Swiftsure class, because a first visit made a lasting personal impression.
Several drone-related uses are suggested, but their purpose remains unconfirmed. Spare space and weight on the Type 45 make additions possible.
Ageing Type 23s, limited Type 45 dock capacity and interrupted replacement orders are offered as different explanations for reduced warship availability.
Continuing Boxer production is advocated because Patria's advantages are judged insufficient to justify changing an established factory and support system.
Ajax is the programme associated with those vibration problems. Boxer has a separate development and procurement history.
The Boxer and Patria mortar-carrier comparison considers ammunition capacity, existing support arrangements and the weights of the relevant variants.
The proposed counterfactual uses concentrated legions, slow advances, road and bridge building, forest clearance and extreme coercion to reduce the risk of an isolated marching column.
With the vehicles supported, Caesar is imagined conquering Germany and committing further massacres.
Caesar's intended Parthian expedition prompts a comparison between military success and the logistics needed for wider conquest.
Rebuild the officer and NCO corps, produce two-deck 84-gun ships, concentrate on Toulon and seek Mediterranean success before taking Gibraltar and moving toward the Channel.
A penetrating abdominal bullet is judged unlikely to miss all vital structures unless it merely grazed the edge. Gut wounds were frequently lethal before antibiotics.
Cruiser participation and independent manoeuvring are proposed so Hood and Prince of Wales can use their different fighting characteristics.
The cruiser force at River Plate is compared with older armoured cruisers facing a battlecruiser during the pursuit of Goeben and Breslau.
A hypothetical stronger British force pairs King George V with Prince of Wales, leaves Hood independent, and places Victorious close enough to launch air strikes.
Avoiding Hood's fatal magazine explosion would still leave the danger of severe damage from Bismarck's gunfire.
The King Edward VII and earlier Admiral classes receive personal endorsements, with the Admirals admired for their intimidating contemporary presence.
Norfolk and Suffolk could add fire from another direction in the proposed tactics because both cruisers were already shadowing Bismarck.
A proposed Hood refit prioritizes anti-aircraft weapons and armour, with displaced equipment competing for limited space between the funnels.
Pauses in construction are blamed for delaying the later King George V ships and causing disruption beyond the immediate stoppage.
Norfolk and Suffolk's value is framed around forcing difficult German targeting choices, followed by an explanation of Holland's reasons for holding them back.
Delayed replacement of older DS30B mountings is offered as the reason Oerlikon KCB and Bushmaster 30 mm systems remain in use together.
The distinction between ships available in the wider operation and ships close enough to fight qualifies the larger British-force counterfactual.
A 35-knot Warspite proposal would require a longer hull, substantially more power and a much larger ship.
Thornycroft's reputation for fast steam-era ships leads to a brief comment on its later work with gas turbines.
A correction identifies Hood's radar equipment and explains how radar measurements reached a gunnery computer through manual data transfer.
Texas's use of flooding to keep her guns in action supplies the historical example in a humorous exchange about determined warships.
An extravagant procurement hypothetical combines a heavily armed Zumwalt-derived destroyer, Japanese escort designs, more carriers and maritime aviation with new yard capacity.
A proposal to complement P-8s with Japanese flying boats favours carrying capacity over reviving the Catalina.
Alternative US fleet investments include more nuclear-capable yards and surge aviation capacity, alongside concerns about missile-heavy submarines and carrier logistics aircraft.
E-2D upgrades and tentative future developments help explain the Hawkeye family's long life without identifying a distinct successor.
The case for defence expenditure connects crisis readiness with domestic production, skilled employment and civilian research benefits.
Conflicting accounts and uncertainty over the distance between larger opposing ships complicate reconstruction of Mercury's action.