Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Arms Races

Also searchable as Arms Race.

Related time notes

  1. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    1:10:09Why Britain declined a Hermes-derived small carrierNotable Point
  2. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    1:11:35War-debt repayment and British reluctance to start a naval raceNotable Point
  3. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    1:12:28More competition in cruisers and small carriersChapter
  4. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    1:23:23Why mutual cheating might discourage a war of aggressionNotable Point
  5. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    2:37:35Six-inch guns occupy a useful naval firepower tierQ&A
  6. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    2:31:33Taiwan's defenses can continually justify Chinese spendingQ&A
  7. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    3:35:11German battlecruiser intelligence shaped the Admiral classQ&A
  8. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    43:26If the US Navy jumped from twelve- to fifteen-inch gunsQ&A
  9. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    49:14Germany's options after a larger American gun jumpQ&A
  10. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    50:06Could Germany spend battleship savings on cruisers and destroyers?Q&A
  11. How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...
    39:20Warrior as managed naval escalationNotable Point
  12. How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...
    1:16:46Why Britain had to make the Dreadnought leap firstNotable Point
  13. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    2:21:12Autoloading 20-inch guns make speed more valuable than armorQ&A
  14. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    3:31:01Naval treaty holidays concealed technological progressQ&A
  15. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    4:24:00Tillman-style nuclear missile cruisers could trigger allied counterbuildingQ&A
  16. Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?
    47:07Tillman-scale battleships as a two-coast deterrentNotable Point
  17. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 2
    2:18:05Why heavy research spending can still leave a navy behindNotable Point
  18. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    2:24:43Would a rising super-dreadnought building rhythm make sense?Q&A
  19. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    3:24:42A German carrier at Jutland would trigger British adaptationNotable Point
  20. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    3:24:21Why equal treaty limits push battleships toward convergenceQ&A
  21. Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI
    1:38:01Why the battleship race jumps to 18-inch gunsNotable Point
  22. HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response
    28:35A fifteen-gun Dreadnought changes the global baselineChapter
  23. Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?
    44:24A 14-inch advantage only lasts while rivals lagNotable Point
  24. Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?
    46:49Plan against the threat, not the preferred counterNotable Point
  25. Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?
    55:02Politics could sustain a big-gun arms raceNotable Point
  26. Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane
    49:02Why an indirectly bound navy might observe treaty limitsQ&A
  27. HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 3
    25:32Why the Queen Elizabeth class raised the stakesChapter
  28. Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 2
    45:01Dreadnought innovation without sustained overmatchNotable Point
  29. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    6:30Reliable quadruple turrets and a new arms raceQ&A
  30. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    2:22Why navies rarely fitted the largest possible gunQ&A
  31. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    13:54Why American observers could understand Britain's naval buildupQ&A
  32. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    41:27Why Britain considered 16.5-inch rather than 16-inch gunsQ&A
  33. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    49:44German fleet strategy and British threat perceptionQ&A
  34. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:04:49Churchill's minimum program and the four fast super-dreadnought choiceQ&A
  35. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:14:46Why waiting for small-tube boilers carried strategic and industrial costsQ&A
  36. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:16:05Could ending the naval race ease Anglo-German tension?Q&A
  37. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:23:24Agincourt and the qualitative arms-race gambleQ&A
  38. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:27:20Could America answer Agincourt at two ships a year?Q&A
  39. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:29:07Would eight American 18-inch guns outweigh Agincourt's speed?Q&A
  40. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:30:13Why dreadnought programs resisted neat squadron arithmeticQ&A
  41. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:31:59Why Agincourt's timing mattered to the proposed arms-race strategyNotable Point
  42. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:34:46Why gun counts could distort perceptions of naval superiorityNotable Point
  43. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:35:26How personal correspondence informs the gun-policy interpretationQ&A
  44. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:40:12Why a stronger Queen Elizabeth also changes her rivalsNotable Point
  45. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    32:33A Soviet missile battleship could prompt a joint NATO designQ&A
  46. Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)
    4:33Naval procurement deters through diplomatic behaviorNotable Point
  47. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video
    24:05How revealing Yamato could have prolonged the battleship ageQ&A
  48. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 64
    2:08:03Would broader naval treaties have worked better?Q&A
  49. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    22:44Why nuclear shells would not end naval competitionQ&A
  50. Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    39:47The 1934 naval estimates contained a serious case for disarmamentChapter
  51. Offset Strategies One to Four
    17:30The third offset becomes a technology raceChapter
  52. Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)
    49:14Limits drove building while unlimited needs languishedNotable Point
  53. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    41:19An orbital shuttle bomber and prompt global strikeQ&A
  54. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    1:10:54The rapid contest to improve torpedoesQ&A
  55. Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    51:36Why counterfactual history clarifies real decisionsNotable Point
  56. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    18:44The dreadnought race as a convenient cause of warNotable Point
  57. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    2:41:30How an earlier British 14-inch gun could have reshaped the dreadnought raceQ&A
  58. Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)
    3:43:40Why did Cold War weapon proposals become so extreme?Q&A
  59. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    1:49:34Earlier 16-inch guns could redefine DreadnoughtQ&A
  60. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    2:18:44A 14-inch, 23-knot Dreadnought changes the raceNotable Point
  61. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    2:21:47Peacetime technology still drives military competitionQ&A
  62. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-7
    9:58Dreadnought reset the type while Britain kept its industrial leadNotable Point
  63. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-7
    14:04American deterrence and Germany's risk fleet sent different signalsNotable Point
  64. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate
    29:42Granville warns of arms races and rapid obsolescenceChapter