Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Carrier Air Defence

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  1. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    2:43:23Tomcat patrol distance and Strike Fleet AtlanticNotable Point
  2. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    0:00The fleet air-defense problem behind the F-14Chapter
  3. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    22:18AWG-9 radar and the first-look advantageNotable Point
  4. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    25:49Why a heavy fighter expands the carrier's defensive bubbleNotable Point
  5. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    55:28Growler, F-35, and the search for a Tomcat successorChapter
  6. Britains Obsession with Supersonic Harriers
    9:32Naval air defense and RAF strike requirements conflictedNotable Point
  7. Britains Obsession with Supersonic Harriers
    13:34Rolling V/STOL launches for Cold War fleet defenseChapter
  8. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:29:04A twin-engine, all-purpose Fleet Air ArmQ&A
  9. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:42:00Why naval fighters try to break up incoming strikesQ&A
  10. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:47:21When a twin-engine air group might need specialist fightersQ&A
  11. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:49:00Getting through fighter escorts to disrupt a naval strikeQ&A
  12. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    10:36Why a carrier needed both fighters and anti-aircraft gunsNotable Point
  13. Vought F 8 Crusader: The Cold War Corgi! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 9
    40:21The Crusader in French carrier serviceChapter
  14. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    48:32War in China validates the carrier fighterNotable Point
  15. Regia Aeronautica's Mainstay: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 4
    15:54Vitals, range, and the Fulmar comparisonChapter
  16. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:25:53Could a drone physically intercept an incoming missile?Q&A
  17. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:29:28Carrier air defense evolves from climb rate to fighter directionChapter
  18. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    50:27A radar picket that could direct fighters and diveNotable Point
  19. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    52:53Rising costs reshape the radar-picket submarine forceNotable Point
  20. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    0:02Assessing the Fairey Fulmar by the job it was built to doChapter
  21. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    7:29Apply the same standard to British and American air-defence learningNotable Point
  22. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    31:32Combat air patrol endurance and layered fleet defenceChapter
  23. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    44:24Why a Fulmar was not meant to be a naval SpitfireNotable Point
  24. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    53:23Merlin spares and the Fulmar's invisible successesNotable Point
  25. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    1:08:06Strike disruption and the birth of practical fighter directionChapter
  26. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:32:24Why Task Force 11 broke off the Rabaul raidChapter
  27. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:33:49Why carrier fighters might have saved Force ZNotable Point
  28. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:37:49Lexington's fighters defeat the Betty bomber attackChapter
  29. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    2:04:44What if Japanese fast battleships caught a raid force?Notable Point
  30. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:29:12Lexington breaks up the first Betty bomber attackChapter
  31. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:34:31Butch O'Hare breaks up the second Betty attackChapter
  32. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:42:27How a surviving Force Z could have strengthened ABDANotable Point
  33. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:48:12Why Force Z sailed without carrier air coverQ&A
  34. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    17:03An airborne lookout before radarChapter
  35. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    49:49Exercises proved the Blackburn's warning valueNotable Point
  36. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    1:00:01Naval air defense shifts from breaking formations to killing threatsChapter
  37. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    1:04:37Air-to-air missiles extend fleet defense and compound Falklands attritionChapter
  38. CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 4
    17:48Dimensions, machinery, range, and manningChapter
  39. Albany Class: Comment Response
    24:48Why carriers depend on escorts for defenceQ&A
  40. Kara Class: Comment Response
    17:58NATO reinforcement needs behind the Sea HarrierNotable Point
  41. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 2
    15:41Why a carrier escort needs both air and submarine defenseNotable Point
  42. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 2
    36:15Radar fighter direction and the counter-scouting problemNotable Point
  43. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 2
    2:15:14Layered carrier defense in a simplified Pacific scenarioChapter
  44. Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword
    33:39A supersonic naval fighter changes Falklands carrier design and lossesQ&A
  45. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    1:20:53A Pacific-first war redirects fighters and radar to the fleetNotable Point
  46. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    3:38:53How would Phantoms and Buccaneers change the Falklands air war?Q&A
  47. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    25:43Why the Fulmar suited a layered carrier defenceQ&A
  48. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...
    12:12Fighter-reconnaissance and pre-radar air defenseChapter