Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

ASROC

Ship-launched anti-submarine rocket weapon with homing-torpedo and nuclear depth-charge variants.

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:07:53Designing a larger Leander successor with ASROCQ&A
  2. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:10:53A Type 22-era variant with Sea Wolf and ExocetQ&A
  3. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:11:34ASROC and Ikara serve different ASW prioritiesNotable Point
  4. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:37:22Missiles for a modified Type 45 in Sea PowerQ&A
  5. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    31:24Type 45 and the argument for a general-purpose missile batteryNotable Point
  6. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:15:59An enlarged Type 45 as a Type 83 starting pointQ&A
  7. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    1:37:49Asahi-class escorts and the case for looking at 13DDXChapter
  8. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:12:35Carrying a torpedo closer to its targetQ&A
  9. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    3:27:42A proposal for a larger Type 45 missile loadoutNotable Point
  10. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    28:02What would a modern Royal Navy fourth-rate look like?Q&A
  11. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:59:34Designing escorts around a 96-cell air-defence standardQ&A
  12. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:01:21How a larger Type 45 could divide its missile magazineNotable Point
  13. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:38:39Why European frigates often lack ASROCQ&A
  14. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    54:39Charles F. Adams destroyers balance the Cold War screenChapter
  15. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    11:03Impavido brings guided missiles to Italy's destroyersChapter
  16. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    10:37Murasame supplies helicopters and general-purpose escort strengthChapter
  17. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    14:58Takanami increases missile capacity with a common Mark 41 launcherChapter
  18. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    28:37Hyuga generates ASW helicopter sortiesChapter
  19. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    43:04Akizuki combines electronic warfare with a balanced escort fitChapter
  20. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    58:57Asahi pairs quiet electric cruising with a balanced ASW fitChapter
  21. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:10:53Mark 41 VLS and a modern Perry fitChapter
  22. Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?
    15:19Mark 41 loadouts trade striking power against air defenceNotable Point
  23. Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...
    24:23Amatsukaze makes the missile-destroyer leapNotable Point
  24. Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...
    34:28Yamagumo makes quiet diesel propulsion serve ASW massNotable Point
  25. Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...
    1:06:46Hatakaze combines group command with a heavily armed destroyerNotable Point
  26. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    24:22The Type 45 analogy for mission-limited procurementNotable Point
  27. How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds
    19:52Forrest Sherman brings the new-build caseChapter
  28. How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds
    28:18Farragut equips the missile-era carrier screenChapter
  29. How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds
    31:37Charles F. Adams combines missile armament with a proven designChapter
  30. How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds
    38:02Spruance turns destroyer size into presenceChapter
  31. How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds
    40:25Spruance's weapons and the later Tomahawk VLSNotable Point
  32. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    1:57:57A Mark 26 alternative for the Spruance classQ&A
  33. Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...
    36:21How 32 VLS cells fit Constellation's escort missionNotable Point
  34. What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping
    1:57:46ASROC and ESSM compete for a small frigate's launcher spaceNotable Point
  35. The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series
    23:01ASROC turns sonar range into a firing solutionNotable Point
  36. The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series
    23:56A captain planned four ASROCs to cover submarine movementNotable Point
  37. The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series
    25:02Sonar geometry caps useful ASW missile rangeChapter
  38. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    1:33:21Funding choices behind American and Italian ASW rocketsQ&A
  39. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    9:20:22A brief comparison of Ikara and other ASW weaponsQ&A
  40. Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?
    16:25Rocket-assisted torpedoes offset a one-helicopter limitNotable Point
  41. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:39:26When ships fire one ASW torpedo and when they salvoQ&A
  42. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    38:28How ASROC could complement Royal Navy helicoptersQ&A
  43. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:01:56A torpedo-delivery drone that can be recalledNotable Point
  44. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    50:47A Royal Navy ASROC remains possible but unconfirmedQ&A
  45. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    3:59:46Why could the Soviet Navy mass more RBU rockets than NATO ASROC weapons?Q&A
  46. New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...
    2:03:24ASROC modernization attracts less attention than headline missilesQ&A
  47. Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All
    17:39From Mark 26 rails to 122 VLS cellsNotable Point
  48. Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)
    7:11Chicago's weapons fit defines the new missionChapter
  49. USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...
    25:24Designation, cost growth, and a changing weapons fitChapter
  50. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)
    3:49:47Rocket-delivered anti-submarine torpedoesQ&A
  51. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    39:39Royal Navy ASW doctrine favored Merlin over ASROCQ&A