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3-inch Guns

Also searchable as 76 mm Guns, Three Inch Guns.

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:16:50Reloading the 76 mm Sovraponte mountingQ&A
  2. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    54:41Testing the Jeune École against guns and destroyer screensNotable Point
  3. Products of Their Time: VLS vs Gun sighting in ship design
    0:36Italian gun calibres and the case for layered defenceNotable Point
  4. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:00:31Continuing Royal Navy development of the 3-inch/70Q&A
  5. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:04:06What limits the number of secondary guns on a warship?Q&A
  6. Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...
    14:32Leningrad's guns, torpedoes and fast minelaying roleNotable Point
  7. Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...
    34:57Project 7's flexible destroyer armamentNotable Point
  8. Nilgiri Class... A Great Indian Frigate
    4:09A case for three OTO Melara 76 mm gunsNotable Point
  9. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    17:41Turret maintenance access and survival after a gun failureNotable Point
  10. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:16:58A heavily armed Type 45 design exerciseQ&A
  11. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    17:15F110's 127 mm gun and the missing companion weaponNotable Point
  12. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    31:15Anzac's freeboard and anti-aircraft provisionNotable Point
  13. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    1:03:07Shakespeare-class leaders: command space and a fifth gunChapter
  14. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    1:08:59Admiralty flotilla leaders and their fighting layoutChapter
  15. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    1:09:35Why useful small-gun calibres keep returningNotable Point
  16. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:38:57Naval gun layers against cheap dronesNotable Point
  17. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:47:00Deferred secondary guns and promised lasersNotable Point
  18. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:49:38Oto Melara's 127 mm and 76 mm gunsNotable Point
  19. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:21:27Gun calibres for defending ships against dronesQ&A
  20. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:31:47Gun availability and British auxiliary conversionsNotable Point
  21. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:25:59Assessing claims that Turkish naval guns are copiesNotable Point
  22. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:27:13Do similar naval guns imply copied autoloaders?Q&A
  23. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:36:45OTO's 76 mm gun and claims of originalityQ&A
  24. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:37:41Tracing gun development to smoothbore twelve-poundersQ&A
  25. Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?
    1:31:32What the Replicators suggest about near-term drone defenceQ&A
  26. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    27:31Why the 3-inch gun suited air defence in 1916Chapter
  27. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    30:30Gun coverage and visual detection in 1916Notable Point
  28. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    33:44How aircraft speed consumes the defender's firing timeNotable Point
  29. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:16:12Why automatic 6-inch guns disappointed in air defenceNotable Point
  30. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:27:46The reach and elevation of the 3-inch/70 gunNotable Point
  31. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:31:59Terrier, Tartar and a missile screen spread across shipsNotable Point
  32. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:39:12Why retain 6-inch guns on the Tiger cruisers?Q&A
  33. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:45:57How large could a gun with a machine-gun rate of fire be?Q&A
  34. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    2:01:21Revisiting wartime guns and a 5.25-inch Daring alternativeQ&A
  35. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    2:02:17Affordable guns in a layered defence against dronesQ&A
  36. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    2:04:56USS Norfolk and the limits of an all-3-inch batteryQ&A
  37. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    3:32:2576 mm guns as a defence against drone swarmsNotable Point
  38. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    4:11:16Air-defence supplier diversity and fleet demandQ&A
  39. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:50:34Why Italy adopted numerous autocannon earlyQ&A
  40. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    54:19A modern Flower-class corvette conceptQ&A
  41. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    4:52:35Defending a ship against drones and missiles togetherQ&A
  42. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    4:57:07Railguns, Gauss guns, and the barrel-life problemQ&A
  43. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    40:24Should the Type 26 and Type 31 swap main guns?Q&A
  44. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    42:20Would an 18-inch gun make a useful anti-submarine mortar?Q&A
  45. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    6:55Arming a hypothetical 1988 Royal Navy cruiserQ&A
  46. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    6:46How a 12-pounder became a de facto standardNotable Point
  47. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    2:25:09A hypothetical Type 45 with deeper missile magazinesNotable Point
  48. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    2:28:40A 3-inch gun adds depth rather than duplicating a missileQ&A
  49. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:01:27Why European OPV requirements diverge by geographyQ&A
  50. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    50:30Destroyer gunfire on the Belgian coast and the rewards for fast crewsNotable Point
  51. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    1:21:01Maya-class firepower and stealth tradeoffsChapter
  52. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    4:05:37Warships need counter-drone engagements farther from their sensorsQ&A
  53. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    6:52Bainbridge-class variations complicate the first mass orderChapter
  54. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    12:40A capable Connecticut still needs a screenNotable Point
  55. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    15:30The six-year gap ends with five Smith-class destroyersNotable Point
  56. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    29:58Paulding design strengths cannot overcome escort scarcityChapter
  57. Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:58:44A 1937 3-inch/70 would reshape Royal Navy air defenseQ&A
  58. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:41:06Larger Tiger-class helicopter cruisersQ&A
  59. Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI
    23:06The 65 mm gun offers a compromise between two calibresNotable Point
  60. Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    24:00Gun coverage, drone swarms, and laser supportNotable Point
  61. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:23:23Why the 76 mm naval gun became a durable sweet spotQ&A
  62. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:26:01How larger main guns could make room for 3-inch weaponsNotable Point
  63. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    9:44Dreadnought's all-big-gun label still allows small gunsNotable Point
  64. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    17:52Eden trades torpedo emphasis for stronger gunsNotable Point
  65. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    48:33Aircraft growth drives larger destroyer anti-aircraft gunsNotable Point
  66. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    1:01:20Cold War destroyers must fight and look convincingNotable Point
  67. Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)
    2:02:09Rapid-fire guns remain a practical answer to dronesQ&A
  68. Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:29:31The information supplied by a tracking droneNotable Point
  69. Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI
    16:18Nembo's oil-fired refit and high-speed enduranceNotable Point
  70. Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI
    24:58Soldati: heavier armament and the prestige of soldier namesNotable Point
  71. Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:22:24Three-inch firing arcs versus high-altitude reachQ&A
  72. How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds
    9:18Norfolk tests a postwar heavy-destroyer ideaNotable Point
  73. How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds
    10:36Norfolk and Mitscher test status against capabilityChapter
  74. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:52:08An ice-rated Canadian large surface combatantQ&A
  75. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    1:20:46What might a modern Perry flight have carried?Q&A
  76. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    3:33:30A proposed armament for a new frigateQ&A
  77. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    32:28A family design for a heavily armed Type 45Notable Point
  78. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    35:33Jacky Fisher orders three experimental pairs of destroyersChapter
  79. Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:07:40Why HMS Vanguard kept sextuple Bofors mountsQ&A
  80. Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...
    56:13Small-craft threats had already shaped naval gun developmentNotable Point
  81. Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare
    38:15Counter-drone guns and jammers in the Strait of HormuzChapter
  82. Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics
    6:20Defending fleet auxiliaries inside the task groupChapter
  83. Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates
    21:32Why army gun production does not translate directly to frigatesQ&A
  84. Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates
    25:10Choosing between 76 mm, 5-inch and 6-inch gunsNotable Point
  85. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    35:28Dual-purpose secondary guns for a redesigned 1915 fleetQ&A
  86. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    2:09:13The light AA objection to an automatic-gun Edinburgh refitQ&A
  87. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    10:24:51Why Norfolk's destroyer-leader label did not require heavier gunsQ&A
  88. Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    17:35Type 31 gun choice and industrial suppliersNotable Point
  89. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut
    2:21:50A heavily armed modern destroyer conceptQ&A
  90. #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P3
    1:14:38A British rival for the Kongo contractChapter
  91. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:27:27A modern 3-inch battery inside an interwar sloop ruleNotable Point
  92. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)
    8:10How heavier guns reshape a 7,000-ton designQ&A
  93. OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!
    8:37Super Rapid turns a three-inch gun into a defensive wallChapter
  94. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:00:53The older lineages behind American 3-inch gunsNotable Point
  95. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:53:29The 1925 investment that transforms wartime air defenseQ&A
  96. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    18:00Kilkis and Lemnos arm Crete's coastChapter
  97. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:21:32Why higher gun volume matters when ships and missiles are scarceNotable Point
  98. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:27:40Independent targeting versus twin-turret redundancyQ&A
  99. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:31:07One layered defense against drones and missilesQ&A
  100. Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...
    44:19Larger naval guns and layered defense against dronesQ&A
  101. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:36:06Worcester combined heavy screening fire with complex mountingsNotable Point
  102. Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...
    47:49A Vittorio Veneto-style aviation layout with heavier main gunsQ&A
  103. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    4:37:30Modern gun salesmanship and OTO's 3-inch weaponQ&A
  104. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    2:01:14A large hull can solve vertical-launch reloading at seaChapter
  105. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:27:25A four-gun main battery and six 76 mm guns suggest the Tiger classQ&A
  106. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    2:10:08Late-war Sherman guns would penetrate any true ironcladQ&A
  107. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    3:55:36Gun availability favored 4-inch escort armamentQ&A
  108. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    3:09:16An Anglo-Italian 3-inch naval gun projectQ&A
  109. Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    3:12Turning a battlecruiser hull into a heavy cruiserNotable Point
  110. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    2:56:38The smallest gun caliber fitted with a proximity fuzeQ&A
  111. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    3:06:26The right OPV gun depends on the fleetQ&A
  112. Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 1
    12:10Dante Alighieri versus HMS DreadnoughtChapter
  113. Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 1
    19:38Italy's place in the qualitative dreadnought raceNotable Point
  114. Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    5:16An early battleship exposes stability and armament tradeoffsChapter
  115. How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre
    41:29Was an autoloading 3-inch gun tried on motor gun boats?Q&A
  116. How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre
    2:59:26Why riverine gunboats need a separate comparisonQ&A
  117. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    23:40Battlecruisers as a fast pursuit forceNotable Point
  118. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    2:44:07Why 40 mm Bofors guns could persist without missilesQ&A
  119. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 3
    1:48:21Why all-big-gun ships still need smaller gunsNotable Point
  120. Testing out my Spanish Dreadnought Designs
    1:54Reimagining Dreadnought with triple 14-inch turretsChapter
  121. Testing out my Spanish Dreadnought Designs
    18:15Firepower, numbers, and effective rangeChapter
  122. HMS Renown(1895); Key Ship Series 1, Ship 10
    17:21Renown's mixed battery and torpedo-boat defenceChapter
  123. HMS Renown(1895); Key Ship Series 1, Ship 10
    18:46Why the 76 mm gun endured against small, fast threatsNotable Point
  124. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    41:10Redesigning protection and secondaries after the failed trialChapter
  125. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    44:08Six-inch secondaries and three-inch anti-aircraft gunsNotable Point
  126. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:03:59Small-calibre hits expose the fire-control systemNotable Point
  127. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    2:34:11Three-inch/50 guns need radar to transform Mediterranean air defenseQ&A
  128. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    3:31:16Postwar naval guns worth retainingQ&A
  129. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    56:19How more Sverdlovs could have reshaped British gun cruisersNotable Point
  130. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    59:38Minotaur, early guided missiles, and the case for fundingNotable Point
  131. The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less
    18:33HMS Dreadnought carries the counter in her 12-pounder batteryNotable Point
  132. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)
    48:05Fridtjof Nansen’s compact regional weapons fitChapter
  133. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)
    1:00:02Why 76 mm guns matter for close-in defenseNotable Point
  134. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    45:04Iver Huitfeldt on the cruiser spectrumChapter
  135. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    55:52FREMM national variants and cruiser workChapter
  136. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    1:05:06Constellation's gun and presence problemChapter
  137. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    1:15:28Type 054A as a true frigate baselineChapter
  138. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    1:25:13Fridtjof Nansen and small-navy cruiser dutiesChapter
  139. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    2:03:16What guns did wartime trawlers carry?Q&A
  140. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    2:12:47Why choose Canadian and British guns already in service?Q&A
  141. Alex & Drach @ Haida (live)
    5:02Haida's postwar guns and a Falklands comparisonNotable Point
  142. Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    13:59Dual-fuel machinery embodied a conservative design compromiseNotable Point
  143. Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)
    19:19Lake-class cutters as wartime escortsChapter
  144. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    15:05Speed, endurance, armour, and the six-inch batteryChapter
  145. Some Sunday Naval Books
    24:50Armament choices drove the Town-class design spiralNotable Point
  146. What a the choice of Secondary gun calibre tells us: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    5:18Why dreadnought secondaries targeted torpedo craftChapter
  147. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    45:44The high-angle gun also engaged troops ashoreNotable Point
  148. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    16:23Shipboard and shore guns in Taranto's defenceQ&A
  149. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers
    6:07USS Chester and the scout-to-light-cruiser transitionChapter
  150. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class
    18:46Why the three-inch gun kept returningNotable Point
  151. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    2:17:54Why choose a 57 mm gun instead of a 76 mm gun?Q&A
  152. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:15:23Why 75 mm, 76 mm, and 3-inch guns kept different labelsNotable Point
  153. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    2:35:32Gambia's life extension and the four-inch air-defense tradeoffNotable Point
  154. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-9
    1:32Lord Clive-class design and armamentChapter
  155. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-9
    23:04HMS General Craufurd carries heavy gun barrels to DunkirkChapter
  156. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers
    2:01Béarn as a battleship-to-carrier conversionChapter
  157. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    1:54:43Minotaur's three-inch battery sought range and rapid fireQ&A
  158. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    2:46:36Possible Type 32 gun and radar changesQ&A
  159. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-10
    0:40Article 8's exempt-vessel rulesChapter
  160. Flower Class Shorts no 1: HMS Foxglove
    1:02Foxglove's armament changed during serviceNotable Point
  161. 2 Minutes: HMS Rutherford
    1:16HMS Rutherford's guns and anti-submarine armamentNotable Point
  162. How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 3 of 3
    24:31Steam gun boats as a heavily armed answerNotable Point
  163. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    20:10Matching 57 mm and 76 mm guns to fleet needsQ&A
  164. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:49:18Why 75 mm is small for a warship's main gunNotable Point
  165. P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)
    22:36HMS Duncan's command spaces and flotilla roleChapter
  166. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    23:45Removing aircraft gear and strengthening air defenceNotable Point
  167. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:33:52Modern ships may be underarmed for close defenceQ&A