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The Fleet Air Arm did not assume carrier aircraft had to underperform; war and engine allocation disrupted its planned improvement.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Large, continuously employed commercial and naval shipyards created the industrial base for British capital-ship construction.
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Official tables rarely show reloads outside cruisers, but Tribal-class combat expenditure suggests a less tidy reality.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Although the F-35C offers range, a smaller navy may gain more resilience from several STOVL-capable carriers and LHDs.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Directed-energy weapons offer promise, but electrical generation and signalling limitations make them complements to guns rather than instant replacements.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Several candidates emerge for the largest US-built Royal Navy vessel, but the discussion never confirms one.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
A brief inventory identifies Phalanx and 30 mm guns as the Queen Elizabeth class's fitted defensive weapons.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Removing the Depression would have changed both available money and the political incentive to build for employment.
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British crews replaced American fire-suppression and electronic equipment before declaring transferred escort carriers operational.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
EMALS could claim operational status on USS Gerald R. Ford in 2020, while problems from the first shipboard installation were still being worked through.
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Airborne reconnaissance might have warned Glorious of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, enabling evasion, a strike, or a call for help.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
The carriers' gas-turbine architecture reserved routes for electrical launch equipment, while a steam catapult would have required a different generation and piping system.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
A late-1960s Royal Navy paper predicting near-term microwave power beaming becomes a warning about optimistic technology schedules.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Aircraft quality depends on national doctrine and support practice, leading Britain toward F-18 variants rather than adopting France's Rafale solution.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Early loss of the German battlecruisers would have delayed the surface-raider threat, but left hard choices about British naval priorities.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
A fictional 1945 procurement exercise exposes how formidable specifications can hide crippling maintenance, engine-life, and torpedo-reliability problems.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Deterrence requires calibrated firmness and trust in commanders operating at the point of contact.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
The Fleet Air Arm was involved from the early stages of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as escort-carrier demand grew.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
The Arctic patrol ships fit their price, but a stronger armament and tougher ice capability would expand their options.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Disabling both British battleships could have encouraged a more aggressive Italian fleet in the Mediterranean.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Large bombers could theoretically mass anti-ship missiles, but require a far more complex and manpower-heavy system than an arsenal ship.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Birmingham’s unusual bow was a full-scale experiment in hull efficiency, enabled by building enough ships to test alternatives.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
F/A-18 commonality was expected to save money and might increase capacity, though the gain remained theoretical in this discussion.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
A cyber attack on a warship could be treated as an act of war, but practical access to hardened systems remains the first obstacle.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
The 88 mm remained formidable, but postwar development moved toward 105 mm weapons that offered a more attractive next step.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
At roughly three inches, a 75 mm gun sits near the small end of naval main armament and is more plausible on coastal craft.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Warships possess a distinctive sovereign status at sea, while aircraft cannot carry the same territorial logic through another state's airspace.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
The Daring trials informed the AC electrical and boiler choices used in the following generation before gas-turbine propulsion took over.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
At close gun range, armour, shell weight, and damage control make a World War II cruiser versus modern escort comparison uncomfortable for both sides.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
The 10-inch gun offered too little extra over eight inches and too little advantage over twelve inches to justify its compromises.
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A small escort fleet makes independent gun development uneconomic, pushing Britain toward a widely supported five-inch system.
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The Grampus-class submarines stand out for their grim wartime survival record.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Fragile Italian light cruisers destroyed by Tribal-class destroyers are offered as candidates for the least convincing ships in their category.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
States may treat attacks on unmanned ships seriously, especially when boarding risks capturing the vessel’s technology and data.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
The Tribal-class destroyer's intended namesake visit would most likely have taken HMS Eskimo to Canada, probably Halifax or the high north.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Modern 40 mm, 57 mm, and 76 mm mounts already mark a return of larger gun-based close defence.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Vincent O'Hara's Struggle for the Middle Sea offers a useful starting survey, while Andrew Cunningham's A Sailor's Odyssey supplies a commander's personal view.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
A playful hybrid combines cruiser gunfire with a modern destroyer's missiles, close defence, and helicopter facilities.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
LCU-sized uncrewed vessels supported by a landing-platform dock would have room for stronger communications and data security than small drones.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Modern 40 mm systems can serve both close missile defence and the persistent problem of small craft at close range.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Triple six-inch mounts offered rate of fire and fleet numbers that could matter more to Britain than the heavier punch of twin eight-inch guns.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Britain developed Spearfish itself and valued its greater speed as well as domestic control of the weapon.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Improved 40 mm targeting may be close to compensating for the faster fire of 20 mm close-in weapons.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Older Second World War torpedoes were chosen against the armoured cruiser because they were expected to work reliably against that target.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
The four-barrel Soviet mount was formidable and effective, but Western electronics might have made its underlying weapon concept more capable.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
The Barracuda could fill both torpedo-bomber and dive-bomber functions in a late-war Fleet Air Arm group.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Shell size and handling loads make close-in-weapon rates of fire unrealistic for a six-inch naval gun.
From Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A ·
Telescoped ammunition offers an attractive compact system, but naval adoption depends on solving its vulnerability to salt-water conditions.
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