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- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:44:07What would a Royal Navy of 42 escorts require?Q&A
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)50:37Frigate procurement and the confidence behind deterrenceChapter
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live35:35Reform UK and political parties' naval policiesQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:26Countries judged to have weathered wars of choice bestQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:37:51Defence bureaucracy and the appearance of capabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:01:29Falklands diplomacy and independent defenceQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:55:16A maritime alternative to the 2010 defence reviewQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:20:39Political attention and the Navy's funding caseNotable Point
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:25:17UK conscription remains an unworked proposalQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:50How to protect naval procurement across governmentsQ&A
- Yak-38 Forger: The Nasty Surprise of the Kiev Class42:01Invincible's air-defence role and delayed early warningNotable Point
- Yak-38 Forger: The Nasty Surprise of the Kiev Class44:02A larger Kiev air group and a better Yak-38Notable Point
- Yak-38 Forger: The Nasty Surprise of the Kiev Class46:27Sea blindness, surface superiority and short-war assumptionsNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:15:19Would a legal carrier minimum guarantee readiness?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:13:45How could Italy operate Harriers under its aviation law?Q&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:39Treasury power over British defence procurementQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:25Treasury objections and government responsibilityQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)57:33Type 83's design horizon outlasts current governmentsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:39:28Type 83 crewing depends on more than shipboard automationQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:31Political pressure and British naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:36A Green government and Britain's nuclear submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:32Could a junior coalition partner scrap nuclear submarines?Q&A
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?6:48Post-Cold War fleet cuts and national spending prioritiesNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?52:10Threats change, but national risks endureChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:07:16The hidden cost of missing capacityChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:10:14Assumed military superiority as a reason to cut forcesNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:27Why Britain cannot trade land procurement for naval procurementQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:09:33Warship timelines outlast political decisionsNotable Point
- Cost Efficiency vs Capacity Efficiency0:08When cost efficiency works: easily replaced commercial assetsChapter
- Cost Efficiency vs Capacity Efficiency2:29Cost efficiency and capability efficiency both have a placeNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:24:44Which countries offer better naval-procurement models?Q&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...18:24Why defense planning must separate permanent risks from changing threatsNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:21:58How to write a defense paper that policymakers can useQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:13Why Denmark accepted the Greenland defence arrangementQ&A
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?0:00Why Norway's 1940 defeat was a systemic failureChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?2:01Defence-minister turnover weakened long-term planningChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?5:51How the promise of a war to end wars weakened urgencyNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?7:30Popular domestic priorities displaced defence investmentChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?30:56Norway could afford gradual improvements to armed neutralityChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?44:24Norway misread its strategic value and its paper strengthChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?48:27Civil-military distrust drained urgency from defence debatesChapter
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:38Falklands defence planning across changes of governmentNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...45:18Long land borders and the army's priority in naval spendingNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:10:34HMS Lancaster's farewell reflects Type 23 contractionNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:41:33Order commitments, pay, and shipyard capacityChapter
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping2:00:06Technical literacy matters to procurement accountabilityNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?1:11:49The argument for pairing cancellation with a successorChapter
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off56:19Leaving the Navy and continuing the amphibious caseChapter
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off1:03:34Why officers need naval history and public communicationChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress3:48:11Why Australia still planned against IndonesiaQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:07:37Why armed forces need civilian translators for policyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II9:09:06What shock might change assumptions about future war?Q&A
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War2:23The airborne early-warning gap exposed an out-of-area assumptionNotable Point
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War4:27Diplomatic warning and naval presence before the invasionChapter
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War5:46Why professional diplomats matter in remote crisesNotable Point
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War12:37Falklands self-government changes what British protection meansNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut31:24Building a defence white paper around threat horizonsQ&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:08:26Three ways to make the political case for presenceNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:15:02Professional language can lose political supportNotable Point
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:42Turning Polish oil wealth into durable defenseQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:34A British maritime strategy adopted in 1980Q&A
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys1:07:40Norway enters 1940 with submarines from another eraChapter
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…2:28:14Has American strategic warning improved since Pearl Harbor?Q&A
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…2:28:59Alliances as insurance, armed forces as emergency servicesNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?51:01Why tactical nuclear weapons weaken escalation controlNotable Point
- George of Antioch: The Scilian Admiral of Admirals who out foxed the Byzantines...59:13Internal security can hollow out readiness for external warNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII46:19Responsibility for Canada's prewar naval systemNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII48:13A counterfactual Canadian fleet for 1939Notable Point
- Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...7:01Did Royal Navy manning shortages help cancel CVA-01?Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:42Why visible military readiness can preserve peaceQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:27Why France retained CATOBAR carriers when Britain did notQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:29:17Alliance dependence and the peacetime defense cycleNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?39:47Civilian leadership and compromise between service factionsNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:33:37The closing test for a technology gambleNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise14:59How allies would view a Spanish naval modernization planQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise1:22:15Why a future Harland and Wolff LHD remains hard to predictQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:12:22Why defence needs matter more than a GDP percentageQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:50:39Consistency matters more than headline defense percentagesQ&A
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!12:03Stable careers and family support help sustain carrier personnelChapter
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!15:43Carrier infrastructure needs durable public legitimacyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...7:09How staff skills shape the Royal Navy's strategic caseNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...31:14How the Royal Navy argued for third-rate shipsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...35:30Explaining the naval high-low mix without insider languageNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...1:14:07How defence briefings support policy reviewsNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 728:27The gains and risks of one centre of excellenceQ&A
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers6:36Why defence capabilities need a public caseNotable Point
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier9:13How 2013 threat assumptions shaped drone choicesNotable Point
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier34:16Post-Cold War defence cuts slowed drone integrationNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...0:01Separating carrier choices from commentaryChapter
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!37:37The sea as Japan's defensive depthNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!56:10Defence policy, doctrine, and qualitative deterrenceNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!56:57How imperial defence policy became a recurring planning instrumentNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!51:34Dominion autonomy after the Statute of WestminsterQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:40:32Why the Revolt of the Admirals matteredQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?4:44:34A counterfactual postwar defence and overseas policyQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:44:54Why landing-platform decisions need long-term fleet planningQ&A
- Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:03:53Why a chief of defence must think jointlyQ&A
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:17:14The case for a Royal Navy reserve forceChapter
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:24:26Reading defence rumors as budget signalsNotable Point
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered30:22How political meddling compounds flawed warship requirementsQ&A
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...42:18Fleet carriers as political targetsChapter
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...47:18Through-deck cruiser as political languageChapter
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...56:08Aircraft carriers as civil-military compromisesChapter
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:29:04Iranian proxy pressure, shipping costs, and Western rearmamentQ&A
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:24:25An extra year strengthens Britain and may delay U-boatsNotable Point
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:27:39Bomber ideology channels turbine research into strike aircraftNotable Point
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:48:37Why effective public services need spare capacityNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 107:43National potential is not the same as deployable naval powerNotable Point
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:07:33How a Falklands defeat could reverse British carrier policyQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:42:39American ambivalence toward Britain's nuclear deterrentQ&A
- Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign39:21Procurement delay leaves navies fighting with yesterday's forceNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion51:56Political change reshapes a class's assumptionsNotable Point
- A Naval Historian Reacts to... a Decade of Brasseys (4RB 19)50:20The 1949 annual joins postwar naval industry to defense administrationNotable Point
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:14:42How to design a different 1958 Mutual Defence AgreementQ&A
- CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 10:02Why land-based air repeatedly looks cheaper than carriersNotable Point
- CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 12:46CVA-58's cancellation and the Korean WarChapter
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences1:51:08Why paper capability cannot replace fleet capacityNotable Point
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences1:56:02Can economic and diplomatic power replace defence?Q&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:09:13Reading professional defence arguments against budget rivalryQ&A
- How to Build A Navy23:26Naval power requires renewed political consentChapter
- How to Build A Navy25:04Public spending needs repeated strategic justificationNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy26:22Political malaise begins when strategic questions stopNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy27:00Naval capability is easier to lose than rebuildNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response17:57British wealth and the politics of defence spendingNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett3:19:39Policy choices shaped Britain's postwar naval limitsQ&A
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power47:24Writing naval strategy that civilians can useChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:15:29Castex's least bad compromise between policy and strategyChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:20:56Castex on national defence councilsChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:59:38Why Royal Navy strategy still needs national directionQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:11:26How a Type 22 without anti-ship missiles would be armedQ&A
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)1:45:22A 2023 warning about depending on outer air-defence layersNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)2:41:05Medium-power choices between army, navy, and air forceNotable Point
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build43:55Institutions for procurement beyond one election cycleQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)51:31Post-Cold War budgeting and the counterinsurgency turnNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?30:05Why ministerial learning mattered to defence policyNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?42:31The Maginot Line's budget gravityChapter
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response37:46Why state capacity must match the tasks a country undertakesNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video40:55Why navies also need Whitehall warriorsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:57:15How a new government changes a follow-on warship batchQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:47:08Will Europe sustain rearmament after Russia's invasion of Ukraine?Q&A
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:13:16Headline heterodoxy distorts defense debateNotable Point
- Offset Strategies One to Four27:29Strategy fails when political aims are not fundedNotable Point
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today36:18Why relitigating the Queen Elizabeth-class decision can waste effortNotable Point
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack28:21The Royal Navy context of Britain's July 2022 leadership changeQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:24:32Why new dry docks are politically difficultQ&A
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN29:26Defence and disaster relief are complementary, not alternativesNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:21:31The maritime force an independent Scotland might sustainQ&A
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)6:08The Treasury's wider model of national securityNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:50:08Why deterrence depends on more than owning one shipQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions7:20Why nuclear-warship disposal is deferredQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions2:50:05The Baltic air-defence problem as seen in 2022Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)37:16Where defence-review committees get their expertiseQ&A
- Tribals, Battles & Darings has just arrived2:52Destroyer design as a policy choiceChapter
- Tribals, Battles & Darings has just arrived3:27Destroyers as diplomatic instruments under fleet constraintsNotable Point
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail2:03:03Armed forces as insurance against another government's mistakeNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:01:33Why did the postwar Royal Navy contract?Q&A
- Four Random Books 31: The Conduct of War14:19A multi-author study of Royal Navy innovationChapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from20:40Why arms-control promises were difficult to trustNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments4:22Why national defense depends on education and infrastructureQ&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s1:57John Nott's fiscal logic behind the 1981 naval cutsChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s39:13How political priorities weakened deterrent signallingNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)28:36Parliament challenges a naval visit to ChinaQ&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)2:19Could the defence budget afford improvements and Trident?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy12:13Frequent defence reviews collide with long-lead procurementNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy33:23The NATO central front buys influence at a maritime opportunity costNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:17:02Shipbuilding as defence policy and regional investmentQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:25:42Election results and one-note histories of ThatcherNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation3:30:30Defence spending follows political prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:12:14The 2020 expectation that Prince of Wales would remain in serviceQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:14:59A recession warning and the case against defence cutsQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 49:26Peacetime procurement and a balanced fleetChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:40:48Why democratic governments drift from strategy to expediencyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A9:29When budget limits shape official defence testimonyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A11:34When a naval reporter knew the fleet better than ministersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A32:49Why modern armed forces depend on skilled personnelNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A34:01Nuclear deterrence as protection against coercionNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A41:05Why Afghanistan complicates the phrase war of choiceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:28:42Why extreme options appear in defence reviewsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A43:53Sources for following the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:32:41Withdrawal announcements did not end Gulf deploymentsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:36:26Dockyard closures narrowed warship-building competitionQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:03:39Reform must not become another name for cutsNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:18:58Defense procurement needs ministerial continuityNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A45:31From cancelled big carriers to the Sea HarrierNotable Point
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:06:00Why Britain gave up conventional submarinesQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:11:10Post-Cold War assumptions behind submarine cutsQ&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:12:36Did contemporaries recognize Henderson's influence?Q&A
- Altmark Last Meeting with the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video4:16Balancing combat strength with logisticsNotable Point