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  1. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    5:01Near-term spending is the useful test for the planNotable Point
  2. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    20:08Funding sources expose the plan's procurement assumptionsChapter
  3. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    5:08:28The investment plan is judged thinner than previous reviewsQ&A
  4. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    5:53:06The plan's own caveat limits every programme promiseNotable Point
  5. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    39:50Defence Investment Plan gaps and the time needed to rebuildQ&A
  6. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:04:16Funding a larger defence program through growth, taxation, and investmentQ&A
  7. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:23:08What cancelling Type 83 would mean for destroyer developmentQ&A
  8. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:10:34Why fleet recovery needs policy continuity beyond one Defence Investment PlanQ&A
  9. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:42:01What two defence resignations could mean for the UKQ&A
  10. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    2:11:23How the Defence Investment Plan exposed a readiness gapQ&A
  11. Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century
    25:02Japan's proactive peace doctrine and maritime tradeChapter
  12. Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century
    29:45Article 9 and collective self-defenseNotable Point
  13. US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...
    3:08Thirty-year plan as a shipyard signalChapter
  14. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:20:20Warship target status and submarine rescue limitsQ&A
  15. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:03:37Iranian drone carrier survivability lessonQ&A
  16. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:34:44The Iran strike and regional buildup discussed in March 2026Q&A
  17. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    1:47:07The gap between small-combatant force goals and the serving fleetChapter
  18. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    16:34Why a warship cannot simply shield the shadow fleetQ&A
  19. The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series
    0:47Expert contributors connect current fleets to naval historyChapter
  20. The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series
    5:28World Naval Review carries on the annual-survey traditionNotable Point
  21. What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?
    1:11:49The argument for pairing cancellation with a successorChapter
  22. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:38Confined seas and blue-water assetsNotable Point
  23. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    8:54Ukraine's maritime campaign beyond ship lossesNotable Point
  24. Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:13:42Training turns paper strength into combat powerNotable Point
  25. Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:21:05Putin, intelligence habits, and the limits of coercionNotable Point
  26. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    4:15:55Recruitment shortfalls reflect policy and career conditionsQ&A
  27. Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response
    31:57Why current anti-submarine operations require careful sourcingQ&A
  28. Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History
    3:10:45Electoral legitimacy, rhetoric, and political persuasionNotable Point
  29. Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History
    3:33:22China as a threat and the instability of personality-centered statesQ&A
  30. Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History
    3:36:32Shipbuilding steel and real industrial capacityNotable Point
  31. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    37:20Varyag turns the backup cruiser into presence powerChapter
  32. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    46:19Moskva links maintenance, predictability, and Black Sea riskChapter
  33. A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks
    13:44Best-fit procurement and modern warshipsNotable Point
  34. A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks
    16:17Procurement balance and the Warrior-Ajax comparisonNotable Point