Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Defence Planning

Also searchable as Defense Planning.

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  1. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    1:34:45A Baltic conflict cannot assume spare allied forces elsewhereNotable Point
  2. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    0:16What lessons from British rearmament before 1939 apply today?Q&A
  3. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    2:42Recognising warning signs before replacing seven ships with fourNotable Point
  4. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    8:31Testing a war footing against the investment planNotable Point
  5. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    15:50Spending targets and the cost of postponementNotable Point
  6. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    17:31The Committee of Imperial Defence and strategic continuityChapter
  7. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    20:54Designing defence institutions to withstand disagreementNotable Point
  8. Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?
    9:15Why defence planning needs an insurance policyNotable Point
  9. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    52:25Why future parliaments weaken long-term defence promisesNotable Point
  10. Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...
    1:00:29Falklands airborne early warning arrived late despite prewar developmentNotable Point
  11. Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...
    1:09:05Nuclear-war forecasts made shallow destroyer magazines look economicalNotable Point
  12. Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...
    1:15:49How did armed forces reach their present force-structure position?Q&A
  13. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    2:25:17Set defence requirements before the budget ceilingNotable Point
  14. US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...
    26:06Why criticize a fleet plan for outlasting one presidency?Q&A
  15. Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?
    11:42Fleet aging and procurement planningNotable Point
  16. Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?
    57:43Post-Cold War indecision accumulated damageNotable Point
  17. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    23:38Planning against an adversary's claimed capabilityNotable Point
  18. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:51:28Britain's defence weaknesses and the Norway analogyQ&A
  19. Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!
    26:13Late programs deepen Britain's escort gapChapter
  20. Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!
    33:20Type 23 retirements expose procurement short-termismNotable Point
  21. Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!
    47:09Sharing one carrier air group strains people and aircraftNotable Point
  22. What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)
    1:11:27Did the Ten Year Rule imply war in 1942?Q&A
  23. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut
    31:24Building a defence white paper around threat horizonsQ&A
  24. Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?
    14:43Peacetime planning can mistake imperfect protection for no valueNotable Point
  25. Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?
    34:13Long strategic horizons need realistic technology testsNotable Point
  26. Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?
    55:05Long budget plans can fail when government funding changesNotable Point
  27. Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?
    2:13:16Count the enablers that headline force totals hideNotable Point
  28. Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?
    2:31:20Preparation creates options in an uncertain worldChapter
  29. Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command
    47:12Ragnar Colvin teaches command decisions through integrated staff workChapter
  30. Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...
    1:51:28Staff power had to remain balanced across the servicesNotable Point
  31. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    3:48:12Why navies deferred the low end of the fleetQ&A
  32. Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!
    3:20A carrier programme spanning 26 years and several strategic erasNotable Point
  33. Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!
    6:39Henry VII and the difference between paper wealth and cashNotable Point
  34. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    1:56:52Capital ships outlive the politics used to judge themNotable Point
  35. What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!
    35:36Crete and the cost of rotating commandersNotable Point
  36. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:56:29Warhammer 40,000 and crisis command designNotable Point
  37. Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions
    0:00Defense planning must start with national needsChapter
  38. 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals
    51:54Postwar disbandment sacrificed hard-won force depthNotable Point
  39. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    34:55Interwar aviation choices without hindsightNotable Point
  40. Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett
    1:07:25New platforms need operational work-up and continuityNotable Point
  41. Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett
    1:09:31Risk matrices can hide political judgmentChapter
  42. Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett
    1:13:25Major wars depend on equipment held before fighting beginsNotable Point
  43. Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett
    1:16:34Fleet air cover depends on armed time on stationNotable Point
  44. Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett
    1:19:58War planning must account for abnormal decisionsNotable Point
  45. When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion
    1:06:07Replacement timing is an uncertainty problemNotable Point
  46. Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner
    3:38Why a defence risk matrix cannot replace judgementChapter
  47. 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
  48. The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...
    35:24Building the economy before expanding the fleetChapter
  49. The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...
    2:06:39Budget-limited fleet expansion and local defenseNotable Point
  50. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    31:10Government turnover and naval programsChapter
  51. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:08:14The Maginot Line crowded out naval aviationNotable Point
  52. Top 5 Inventions that came too Late
    18:10The out-of-area airborne-early-warning gapChapter
  53. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:25:21The Sverdlov threat shaped Western strike-aircraft and fleet planningNotable Point
  54. Epic Blunders of Naval History
    1:10:16Overconfidence turns forecasts into force-structure trapsChapter
  55. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out
    50:21Why shipyard capacity must be funded earlyQ&A
  56. Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    1:01:22Fund fewer capabilities properlyChapter
  57. Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    2:44:38States still plan quietly for unlikely warsQ&A
  58. French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)
    5:20The three constraints behind a cruiser designNotable Point
  59. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)
    52:53Norway and Denmark drew different lessons from 1940Notable Point
  60. Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN
    2:15:13Why defence plans must outlast today's intentionsNotable Point
  61. Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)
    49:45The 2022 security context for reusing Scapa FlowNotable Point
  62. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    22:48Why defence cuts reveal themselves decades laterChapter
  63. Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?
    19:10Choosing the enemy that justified each serviceNotable Point
  64. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory
    2:05What the loss of maintenance ships says about war planningNotable Point
  65. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory
    15:02Government procurement must preserve continuity under shockChapter
  66. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 6/11 WWI
    14:58When emergency shipbuilding success becomes a peacetime excuseNotable Point
  67. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1913
    18:37Capital ships and the uncertainty of deterrenceChapter
  68. Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War
    9:46Naval planning must assume a capable opponentNotable Point
  69. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease
    2:29Why rearmament must begin years before a predicted warChapter
  70. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease
    14:39Infrastructure is the hidden lead time behind rearmamentChapter
  71. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland
    52:50Why criticize the 1936 naval treaty but not earlier arms limits?Q&A
  72. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from
    10:53How the abdication crisis diverted British attentionNotable Point
  73. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from
    38:22Britain needed an integrated defence staffNotable Point
  74. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy
    12:13Frequent defence reviews collide with long-lead procurementNotable Point
  75. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy
    19:05Short-war assumptions hide maintenance, losses, and enduranceNotable Point
  76. Greenwich Naval College: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Part 2
    22:34Greenwich challenges short-term defence planningChapter
  77. Greenwich Naval College: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Part 2
    28:12Public institutions repay investment across generationsNotable Point
  78. Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East
    1:58:42Was Singapore a colony, and why was its defense weak?Q&A
  79. Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean
    34:20Japan as the Royal Navy's fundable peer benchmarkNotable Point
  80. Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal
    25:37Reserve call-up as a deterrent signalNotable Point
  81. Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal
    27:11Harrier as a reserve-capability lessonNotable Point
  82. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    1:08Royal Navy plans and command arrangements in 1939Chapter