Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Arms Control

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  1. Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?
    8:18How strategic interests affect treaty restraintNotable Point
  2. Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?
    1:06:46Why were orbital kinetic weapons not publicly adopted?Q&A
  3. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    12:00What naval treaties teach about nuclear arms controlQ&A
  4. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:49:47A counterfactual nuclear precedent in Korea and the Cold WarQ&A
  5. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    48:13Treaties could not erase knowledge of larger warshipsNotable Point
  6. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    8:22:13Could naval treaties survive without national fleet ratios?Q&A
  7. What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)
    2:45:20Could new naval treaties stop the 1940s arms race?Q&A
  8. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    26:16The fragile politics behind naval limitationChapter
  9. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    27:52Qualitative versus quantitative naval racesNotable Point
  10. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    1:00:38An intact fleet breaks the historical 5:5:3 ratioChapter
  11. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    1:11:18A different London naval treaty in 1925Chapter
  12. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    1:13:39Carrier programs grow before a delayed treatyNotable Point
  13. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    1:14:52How treaty delay weakens the memory of warNotable Point
  14. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    1:15:20The unknown 1923 capital-ship generationNotable Point
  15. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:32:55Warship sales remained legal under naval treatiesQ&A
  16. Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...
    2:06:58Why interwar naval treaties became a pressure cookerQ&A
  17. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    15:40Versailles restrictions were meant to create warning timeNotable Point
  18. Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?
    3:18:20Naval limitation offered governments an escape from capital costsQ&A
  19. Ramblings Emergency Broadcast
    1:45:19Why a naval-treaty roleplay needs historical incentivesQ&A
  20. Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.
    2:44:16More durable displacement limits for naval arms controlQ&A
  21. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    2:12:23Why successful deterrence is hard to proveNotable Point
  22. Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:47:37Treaty limits need credible enforcementNotable Point
  23. Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:53:18Ammunition, firearm components, and body armour in BritainNotable Point
  24. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    3:45:56Exploiting a treaty that excludes combat loadQ&A
  25. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    43:08Treaty limits raise a deterrence problemNotable Point
  26. Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:07:20Treaty limits and self-escorting capital shipsNotable Point
  27. The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 6
    39:18Air-power treaties reveal the limits of arms controlNotable Point
  28. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    2:57:06Prewar treaty practice could shape postwar arms controlNotable Point
  29. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    2:27:30The intelligence value of the Anglo-German Naval AgreementQ&A
  30. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:47:47What 'overage' meant in the Second London Naval TreatyQ&A
  31. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    4:31:54Versailles targeted the industrial foundations of German sea powerNotable Point
  32. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:07:26A treaty without the capital-ship holidayQ&A
  33. Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat
    53:38Why naval treaty tonnage was hard to enforceQ&A
  34. Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases
    1:56:30Per-ship limits encourage every navy to build to the ceilingQ&A
  35. Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases
    3:43:11Treaties need security as well as limitsNotable Point
  36. Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases
    4:00:43Nuclear disarmament depends on enforceable securityQ&A
  37. Battleships of the Treaty Era
    18:38A treaty as budget control and security policyNotable Point
  38. Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?
    3:09:11Why equitable treaties encourage complianceNotable Point
  39. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    3:07:12Dual-use aircraft would defeat a heavy-bomber banQ&A
  40. Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response
    0:28SALT limits and Royal Navy force structureQ&A
  41. Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...
    14:45A modern naval treaty needs the largest fleetsQ&A
  42. Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak
    1:23:56British Trident warheads, missiles, and decoysQ&A
  43. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    27:49Versailles disarmament and the Reichsmarine personnel systemChapter
  44. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    34:38Covert submarine development as a known secretNotable Point
  45. Washington Cheaties: Comment Response
    22:52Why counting gun barrels would create another treaty loopholeQ&A
  46. Washington Cheaties: Comment Response
    49:03How the Washington treaty became a modern arms-control modelChapter
  47. Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty
    10:52Washington Treaty limits reveal the carrier's importanceChapter
  48. Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty
    25:23Lexington's tonnage breach risked the entire carrier settlementChapter
  49. Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty
    58:43Successful arms control must reward complianceChapter
  50. Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty
    1:03:27Status, economy, and deterrence pulled American policy apartChapter
  51. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    1:22What counts as cheating under a naval treaty?Chapter
  52. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    3:04:49Why the escalator clause rose to 45,000 tonsQ&A
  53. Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again
    1:45:54When anti-ship weapons become strategic weaponsNotable Point
  54. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)
    27:20Why naval treaties need politically usable escape mechanismsQ&A
  55. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    12:56Why a 42,000-ton limit need not force wholesale replacementQ&A
  56. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    14:39A fixed technology margin instead of an automatic escalatorQ&A
  57. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    19:54Why the 35,000-ton battleship limit was politically attractiveNotable Point
  58. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    21:29Why treaty ratios need simple whole numbersQ&A
  59. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    40:01Why treaty replacement rules use year-end datesQ&A
  60. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    1:09:01How the treaty left powers weaker and less secureChapter
  61. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    1:10:16Could gun turrets survive treaty scrapping?Q&A
  62. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    2:35:56Why durable treaties must let signatories be honestChapter
  63. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    2:40:35Why naval treaty enforcement clauses are difficultQ&A
  64. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    2:41:05Why equal treaty rights do not require equal naval spendingQ&A
  65. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    2:52:52Why known treaty penalties still need proofQ&A
  66. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    2:54:40Rounding submarine tonnage into whole-ship allocationsNotable Point
  67. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    1:13:17Security through visible, limited constructionChapter
  68. Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)
    26:59A 60,000-ton submarine compromiseNotable Point
  69. Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)
    27:04A disclosed modernization rule for Pacific basesChapter
  70. Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)
    41:42Defensive construction as a peaceful signalNotable Point
  71. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    4:15Disarmament, balance, and deterrenceChapter
  72. Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    0:00Using an equitable treaty counterfactual to test historyChapter
  73. Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    10:16Why the Second London Treaty lacked strategic weightNotable Point
  74. Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    29:38The strategic contradiction of limiting cruisers in 1936Chapter
  75. Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    50:44A simpler 10:10:7:4:4 cruiser settlementChapter
  76. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    1:18:02Could Khitomer have produced a naval arms treaty?Q&A
  77. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    1:22:39Weapon restrictions are not the same as fleet limitsQ&A
  78. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    3:46:19Why an armed orbital platform creates a first-mover problemQ&A
  79. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    1:08:09Deterrence works by checking fear and greedChapter
  80. The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)
    1:12Kriegsmarine secret projects and the limits of Plan ZNotable Point
  81. British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion
    37:27Treaty-induced neglect and wartime rearmamentChapter
  82. British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion
    41:41Postwar shock and the treaty-timing dilemmaNotable Point
  83. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:44:45Non-proliferation and the cost of blanket prohibitionNotable Point
  84. Some Sunday Naval Books
    36:37How treaty limits changed British strategyChapter
  85. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    1:04:56Why interwar naval treaty cheating was hard to punishNotable Point
  86. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers
    13:03Why treaty limits must produce viable shipsNotable Point
  87. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    1:05:01How fiction restrains faster-than-light planet killersQ&A
  88. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from
    20:40Why arms-control promises were difficult to trustNotable Point
  89. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from
    26:52Cruiser limits met expectations of a coming warNotable Point
  90. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy
    42:12Labour defence links skilled work, NATO deterrence, and arms controlChapter
  91. Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 3
    15:36How the 1936 naval treaty's safeguard clauses workedChapter
  92. Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)
    3:51:10How local defense fleets could destabilize StarfleetNotable Point
  93. For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy
    15:37How treaty limits freeze today's design assumptionsNotable Point
  94. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:46:58Naval treaties let Britain save money and shape the rulesQ&A
  95. Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A
    12:20What a treaty ban on submarines would changeQ&A