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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:56:10Would cancelling Vulcan protect a replacement bomber?Notable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:57:38Why a cheaper vehicle can still cost more to introduceNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?4:55Why drones do not remove the costs of warfareNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?12:27Why a larger budget could not instantly rebuild capacityNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?25:13How delaying aircraft carriers can increase procurement costsNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?32:18Why did Britain build two large carriers rather than more small ones?Q&A
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:06:59River-class retirements and the patrol replacement gapNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:10:14Boxer and the cost of repeatedly changing procurement plansChapter
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:13:14Type 83 and the shipyard timetable behind programme decisionsNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:15:54Drone capability depends on communications and ready replacementsChapter
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:41:26Leadership turnover and repeated changes to defence plansChapter
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:45:54Comparing military costs requires the supporting systemChapter
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:24Alternate history and counterfactual reasoningNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:00German GCAP workshare and the risk of delayNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:01:08Flag-officer cuts and command layersQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:17:34BAE Replica and the Joint Strike Fighter negotiationsQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:03The cost of giving Meteor an anti-ship roleNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:00Why frigate prices rise with their combat systemsNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:34Could Britain cooperate with India on amphibious ships?Q&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:10Conflicting aims in US foreign-frigate procurementNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:40F-35B availability and the cost of a small fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:43Carrier drones need numbers, maintenance and suitable rangeNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:30Would an uncrewed F-35B cost half as much?Q&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:17:05Defence procurement, skilled work and exportsNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:59:39Continued Ticonderoga production and hull limitsQ&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...33:02Design work and long-lead items before an AUKUS orderNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...2:35:24Sea Dart, Shtorm and British missile independenceChapter
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...2:38:21Missile development, rising cost and obsolescenceNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:05:20Why long-range drones do not necessarily stay cheapNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:08:29Smaller fleets and more defence systems on each shipNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?30:11Gun ammunition, RAM missiles and the cost of close defenceNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?33:33Helicopter early warning and the Falklands funding decisionNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?34:41Choosing a carrier air group for its intended jobsChapter
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:15:30Why Navy and Army procurement diverged in World War INotable Point
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:26:02Why British hypersonic weapons remain years from productionQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:02:39Fleet Air Arm participation in replacement flight trainingQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:57:30Continuous production as the basis of MOD procurement reformQ&A
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future10:51How scandal reshaped US-2 productionChapter
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future19:11A proposed British fleet of P-8s and US-2sNotable Point
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future24:45Why low-rate US-2 production depends on MitsubishiChapter
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future33:10Nankai Trough planning and the existing US-2 fleetNotable Point
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future36:19US-2 exports, the P-8 production line, and a possible ASW variantChapter
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future40:45France's First World War destroyer purchases from JapanNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:12:52Procurement choices that removed useful British capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:14:27Carrier numbers, submarine production and missing hangarsNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:15:33Proposed changes to LCS, Zumwalt and FordNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:18:18F-35 partner software access and contractor controlNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 23:21:37Why Germany's F127 requirements may outrun its budgetQ&A
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)43:42Overlapping aircraft fleets smooth capability gapsChapter
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)47:20How defence-industry consolidation reduced competitionChapter
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)54:00When competing missile teams belong to the same companyNotable Point
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)57:14One submarine yard and one government customerChapter
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)59:31How supplier scarcity standardizes NATO equipmentNotable Point
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:08Why a single defence buyer and supplier make a fragile marketNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...12:42Rifles and warships could not share one procurement cycleNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not22:46Basic equipment is different from cheap equipmentNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not2:25:17Set defence requirements before the budget ceilingNotable Point
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:19Intellectual property and workshare complicate the Franco-German fighter programmeQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:04Larger national budgets can weaken the incentive for joint procurementQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?52:43Why program continuity matters for airborne early warningQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:00:46Why choose the 737-700ER over larger variants?Q&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:48:11Fleet promises depend on shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:52:30Why procurement churn sacrifices the cheapest shipsNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:05:19Could a standing commission stabilize British procurement?Q&A
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?52:51The TSR initials lead into linked carrier and bomber cancellationsNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI23:39MiG-25 language and the assumptions behind the F-15Notable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:22:39Why radar contracts need experienced technical teamsQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:42Laser-guided rockets as an anti-drone expedientNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:15Reserved factory space and usable surge capacityQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:29:03British rifle purchases and changing combat rangesNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:09Why emergency procurement creates long-term force burdensNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:33:34FV432 upgrades as an Ajax delay stopgapNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:39:52Why Ajax is judged the worse procurement choiceQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:34Why Germany is unlikely to join GCAPQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?10:00Danish procurement commitments can leave maintenance underfundedNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?10:58Type 31 and the missed opportunity to build a British module inventoryNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?22:53Why fewer warships become larger and more expensiveNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?28:49Why the Royal Navy chose proven fixed fits after 1982Notable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?55:48Using an annual module budget as an emergency reserveNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?57:27When modular procurement makes heavy bespoke systems harder to defendNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?1:05:34A shared module pool still needs enough weaponsNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?1:06:31Strict StanFlex interfaces versus the Littoral Combat Ship approachNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:45Why naval computing rarely uses the newest chipsQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:53What the Ajax dispute says about replacement procurementNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:13Why the Royal Navy accumulated so many gun calibresQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:48Annual budgets and the incentive to keep developing gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:12Why a new gun standard left older weapons in serviceQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:54Comparing the cost of the B-29 and Manhattan ProjectQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:48:50Guidance and production limits on hypersonic missilesNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:03:05Export Harrier carriers and a wider sea-control fleetQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:29What can be judged about the M1E3 Abrams design?Q&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:50Why naval procurement can resist competing requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:21Vickers export sales and a tank delivered without its engineQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:29Why Talos found no export customersQ&A
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?25:01Oscarsborg's old guns concealed decades of neglected modernizationChapter
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:36Britain considered an F/A-18 and F-22 package before choosing EurofighterNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)51:07Canada's fighter choice depends on missionQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:55Why one reported weapons contract does not rank alliesQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:52:01What constrains Chinese AWACS and tanker sales to PakistanQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle4:22:54British rocket artillery and the cost of delayed spendingQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:31:26Why Britain retained rifled tank gunsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon9:02:34Europe's small-run defense procurement trapQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon9:05:07Would unified European projects overcome national work-share demands?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:01:42Reading defense claims and the evolving Aegis labelNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War6:17:36Taiwan's fighter replacement options in a Gripen scenarioQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War6:26:03Different requirements behind FCAS and GCAPQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War6:39:31Why French defense sales fit Egyptian requirementsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War6:58:58Fighter purchases and relationships with supplier statesNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:27:02Political coordination, ship deliveries, and fleet tonnageQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:26:19A status-based interpretation of Russian reluctance to buy Chinese aircraft technologyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:40:10What India gains and loses by buying weapons from many suppliersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust7:52:19Political commitment in a Blue Streak survival counterfactualQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida10:09:40How certain was a British T-7 choice in the recording?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida10:14:30Why a trainer's production location enters the procurement debateQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:07Drones have useful but limited rolesQ&A
- Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"49:04Joined-up thinking in procurement and strategyNotable Point
- J-15 Flying Shark; The Foundation of a New Era34:49Why a first carrier fighter may favor reliabilityNotable Point
- J-15 Flying Shark; The Foundation of a New Era38:51Choosing serviceability over cutting-edge electronicsNotable Point
- J-15 Flying Shark; The Foundation of a New Era41:00How the wars-of-choice assumption weakened readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:22Ajax concepts and available vehicle-mounted air defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:24How procurement decisions can slow shipbuildingNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:10:55Norwegian purchases linked to Britain's Type 26 agreementQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...39:31Using public contracts to support industrial transitionNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:48The F136 and claims of greater engine performanceNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:03Warrior's abandoned cannon upgradesNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:10From M45 to M51 in a British deterrentQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:52Funding AGS or Japanese railgun developmentQ&A
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence40:20The Flying Squadron demonstrated global naval reachChapter
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:06Japan's attainable path to a shipboard railgunNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:53:23Britain's near-term fighter gap spans three programmesNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:23:31Can modularity control procurement tinkering?Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:55How to make a fictional military force internally consistentQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:00Could a Vulcan successor fit Britain's contribution to NATO?Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:23:03A British heavy bomber would need a maritime-strike roleNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:24:22B-21 as a producible development of B-2 experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:15Would a joint bomber program support British aircraft production?Notable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:03Does the joint-bomber proposal assume French demand?Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:40B-21's replacement sequence and the case for waiting to buyNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:59Could Britain or Australia obtain B-21?Q&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:01Could the Type 26 hull be enlarged?Q&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:43Domestic purchasing as part of defence infrastructureNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:19:26Why practical industrial experience matters in defence policyQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?47:42A small F-35A fleet can cost more than its purchase price suggestsNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:35:47A larger fix for Britain's mixed F-35 forceQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:22:51Britain remains the Gulf's external security guarantorQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:44What the M10 Booker debate reveals about Army procurementQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:10The case for and against RAF water-bombing aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:27:39Why GCAP is unlikely to copy the F-22Notable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:10Why the F-22's intended peer opponent never appearedQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:25:34What a headline defence price can concealNotable Point
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:13:55Naval innovators often hide change inside familiar labelsNotable Point
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic38:44Short tenure, fast battleships, and armaments pressureNotable Point
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:43:50European alternatives to Canada's F-35 planQ&A
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?14:43Peacetime planning can mistake imperfect protection for no valueNotable Point
- General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!1:23:01The George Hammond and why Stargate Command needs a generalChapter
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...51:48Zumwalt and the political reputation of railgunsChapter
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?0:44Chasing perfect replacements can preserve obsolete equipmentNotable Point
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?1:20:46Preferred vehicle alternatives still face the cost of restarting procurementNotable Point
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?1:29:53Replacing the Land Rover Defender exposes an industrial-policy gapNotable Point
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?2:06:05Faster aircraft orders still need resilient logisticsNotable Point
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?2:07:49Allied procurement still requires independent operating capacityNotable Point
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?2:39:24Do not retire old capability before its replacement arrivesNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!32:29Nimrod MRA4 and Britain's maritime-patrol gapQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!34:15Treasury control and short-term defence savingsNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:12:57How a rising defence budget can still bring programme cutsNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:30:46A 35-knot limit for the Littoral Combat Ship requirementQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:05:54Why early judgments of the F-47 are unreliableQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...4:38:34The integration risk in battlefield hot rodsNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:21Alliance trust, dependence, and sovereign capabilityNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?28:50Hospital ships show why enabling capabilities lose budget argumentsNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?47:17Fleet Air Arm growth could bring Catalina orders forwardNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?1:03:53The tender counterfactual still needs a budget sourceNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?1:08:42HMS Albatross and the politics of making the caseChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?1:10:20Persuasion and bias can explain puzzling historical decisionsNotable Point
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:30Boxer, amphibious armour, and the Ajax procurement problemQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:41F-35 variant choice and competing British aviation programsNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01Challenger 3 and planning its successorNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:10:12Ford-class delays and shipbuilding capacityQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:11:42Why restarting Zumwalt production would cost like a new programQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:53Why defence spending can continue after requirements changeNotable Point
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:16Amphibious ships, NATO commitments, and defence prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:03South Korea's carrier ambitions and competing defence needsNotable Point
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:35Italy's next carrier: size, aircraft, and political fundingNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live2:51:33Boxer and Ajax illustrate the cost of procurement churnNotable Point
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:19:04Why the F-35 programme would be difficult to cancelNotable Point
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20242:45:07What Britain should fix first if defense spending rises sharplyQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...1:30:24Carrier aircraft fatigue changes the cost of replacementNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:44:27How a case for improving Harriers became a case for retirementNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:49:55Why Britain needed more land-based early-warning aircraftQ&A
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 11:37Why the Sea Fury mattered during the transition to jetsChapter
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 18:25Transitioning technology required testing, time, and public moneyNotable Point
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 110:43The last piston fighters overlapped the first jet generationsNotable Point
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 118:13From Tempest successor to Fleet Air Arm fighterChapter
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 121:01Why the Royal Navy consulted aircraft designers before formal ordersChapter
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 122:48Competition for engines drove the Fleet Air Arm toward a joint programmeChapter
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS41:20Useful airborne warning beats an unattainable idealNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!1:35How procurement politics changed warship labelsNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!45:50Cold War prestige versus specialized warshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....25:11Type 45, Mark 41, and multi-role growthQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....3:34:17Why AW149 suited the British medium-lift contestQ&A
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier49:00Defence procurement creates one-way doorsChapter
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier36:21The name Invincible helped frame a new carrier as a cruiser traditionChapter
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier1:38:21HMS Ocean was economized around a severe wartime life expectancyNotable Point
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier1:38:50Carrier cuts exchanged immediate readiness for promised future capabilityChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier12:08Why civilian industry sustains the arms raceNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:03:38Peacetime procurement changes Anglo-American industryNotable Point
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier58:43Why counterfactual procurement errors cost livesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign52:47Plain English as a test for defence policyNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement0:49Repairing capability before buying new equipmentChapter
- Musings on Procurement1:30Why weapons and warships should not be called toysNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement4:49Industrial politics shaping defence choicesNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement9:08Accepting mistakes before copying another navyNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement11:52Know the nation before buying the forceChapter
- Musings on Procurement13:20Choosing what a national defence industry must preserveNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement25:29Including political resilience in threat assessmentNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement33:03Buying forces to manage conflict before warNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement38:01Procurement risk after the Cold WarNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement41:42Putting logistics first in the capability hierarchyChapter
- Musings on Procurement46:39Credible deterrence requires willingness to actNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement50:43Why open procurement systems expose their failuresNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement51:48Making budgets match real requirementsChapter
- Musings on Procurement52:00Counting the full cost of domestic productionNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement58:52The danger of preserving capability only on paperNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement59:54When leadership tenure is shorter than procurementNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement59:54Giving procurement programs time to workNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement1:02:41Balancing innovation with program stabilityNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement1:04:33Why failures found in testing are good newsNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote2:24:11Reading official procurement reasons criticallyNotable Point
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:19:19Graf Zeppelin and the danger of an undefined end stateQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:55:24Why wonder weapons disappoint in peer warfareNotable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:13:42Training turns paper strength into combat powerNotable Point
- Trident Fails to Fly3:31Australian fleet plans and British procurement choicesChapter
- Trident Fails to Fly11:26Who owns the Ministry of Defence budget gap?Chapter
- Trident Fails to Fly12:48How stretching carrier construction raised costsNotable Point
- Trident Fails to Fly13:08Type 45 cancellations and misleading unit costNotable Point
- Trident Fails to Fly13:46Whole-capability costs and procurement churnChapter
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19421:44:57Air-power predictions and changing military technologyQ&A
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...52:44CVA-01 commonality versus reinventing carrier capabilityNotable Point
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?1:22:26Procurement risk explains the missed helicopter revolutionChapter
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals15:16Defence commitments fail when funding authority is dividedNotable Point
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:29:24How prolonged procurement debate shrinks a defense purchaseNotable Point
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:33:25Why artillery provides defensive depth for the NetherlandsNotable Point
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:43:37MQ-28 Ghost Bat as a useful first generationQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:45:00When to cancel a rainbow-code weapons projectQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:34:16WG.1 versus Chinook as an industrial choiceQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:52:10Why Britain would still choose TSR-2 over F-111KQ&A
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre25:47Ajax and CV90 as a procurement-politics analogyNotable Point
- CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 124:44Defence procurement outlives its political sponsorsNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 41:59:32Rebuilding British forces for peer conflictChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 42:08:02Amphibious mobility over isolated vehicle performanceNotable Point
- Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction43:48Carriers and the danger of robbing one serviceNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:37:10The Royal Navy would specify a mission, not demand a jetQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney38:47How Korea accelerated the move from piston bombers to jetsQ&A
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 453:07The Enterprise name and procurement politicsNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:18:20Australian frigate costs include rebuilding an industryNotable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:38:10The F-35 shortfall is a procurement choiceNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:54:57Procurement sovereignty and Germany's energy gambleNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?4:32Technical literacy shaped the politics of shell reformNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)2:08:28Share development costs, but retain an assembly lineQ&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build43:55Institutions for procurement beyond one election cycleQ&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build2:30:17Foreign aircraft as Commonwealth stopgapsQ&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build3:11:14Railguns, Gauss guns, and imperfect naval innovationQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain18:12Shipyard capacity follows money and procurement intentQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain1:39:12A feasible weapon still needs a missionQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain2:58:46Air control in Iraq reshaped British interwar force structureChapter
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain3:28:17Existing production can matter more than a weapon's paper simplicityQ&A
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...1:30Ramjets before the materials could support themChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...7:16Nunn-McCurdy cost controls meet procurement politicsChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...12:01Future Combat Systems trades a concrete chassis plan for vaguer modernizationNotable Point
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...14:00Good engineering schedules leave time to test the machinery firstNotable Point
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...17:10EFV cancellation leaves the Marines balancing old and new assault vehiclesChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...21:27Christmas-tree programs recruit allies but can threaten rival budgetsNotable Point
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...30:46Project Excalibur needs materials able to survive its own nuclear blastChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late5:12Henderson's 2,000-horsepower engine order for the Fleet Air ArmChapter
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 241:33Capability tiers for modern frigates and destroyersNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 42:17:15Australian B-21 talk centred more on basing than saleQ&A
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate's Battle Cruisers0:01The BC-304 as a procurement compromiseChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:06:13Why a small air force might choose GripenQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:50:14Why the RAF resisted naval area-air-defense missilesQ&A
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:29:43Why a new destroyer hull adds avoidable programme riskNotable Point
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today29:43Nimrod MRA4 or an earlier P-8 partnershipQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today34:58Why Britain was unlikely to license the ShinMaywa flying boatsQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today50:07The industrial case for retaining British aircraft projectsQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:25:42Royal Navy ammunition and post-Ukraine replenishmentQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions47:31Election cycles versus twenty-year defense programsQ&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:28:37Scottish independence as a Type 26 yard riskNotable Point
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN46:26Ajax and Land 400 show why allies should compare procurement lessonsNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN3:21:18Why a 90-percent CV90 solution might have beaten AjaxQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:34:37Why the best tank on paper may limit strategic autonomyQ&A
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)30:18Fleet demand keeps shipbuilding lines aliveNotable Point
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions3:33:41Defence procurement without an in-house benchmarkNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?10:49Why a requirements matrix cannot choose a coherent forceNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?16:00Why CV90 may fit Britain better than BorsukQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)3:15:25Why money alone cannot accelerate Type 26 deliveryQ&A
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)0:48When the Royal Navy set the terms for shipbuildersNotable Point
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)1:05:43How requirements growth reflects institutional changeNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)23:35Penny packets versus complete force packagesNotable Point
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)16:34Procurement as a measured deterrent signalNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)19:05Why defence procurement costs compoundNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)53:09Production gaps erode Australia's submarine capabilityNotable Point
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)48:09Floating docks and procurement oversightNotable Point
- Bruships 69: The Decider11:30How the F-35 programme narrowed later procurement choicesQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:20:24The cost of insisting on uniquely British defence designsQ&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov3:48:03Why Soviet prototypes could exaggerate a technology leadQ&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov3:56:28The Pentagon Wars and Bradley requirement growthQ&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:43:43Why smaller ships do not guarantee a larger fleetQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat1:41:32Nimrod MRA4 worked, but nineteen were too fewQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat1:52:36VC10 military conversions lacked a customer, not airframesQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat2:23:34Airbus military concepts lacked an RAF requirementQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:14:11Could the Hawker Siddeley P.139B have worked?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)2:04:16Why Britain repeatedly passed over French combat aircraftQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)2:07:34Why the C-130 beat a unique British HS.681 airlifterQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)4:37:31Nimrod MRA4 cancellation and the return to P-8Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)3:23:48How Britain stripped expertise from defence procurementNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 10/11 Why the Battleship Fizzled Out9:57Deterrence changed what major weapons were forNotable Point
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s31:35How familiar aircraft names can ease new procurementNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper20:04What worked in Anglo-French defence procurement beyond JaguarQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper2:47:22Buying carriers without enough aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:05:58Funding British global military capacityQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks0:13British Battle Tanks and the Matilda focusChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks2:16Matilda foreign service and captured useNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks5:47Why Australia kept the MatildaChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks11:00Matilda stretch potential procurement lessonNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks13:44Best-fit procurement and modern warshipsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks16:17Procurement balance and the Warrior-Ajax comparisonNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks17:58British tank portfolio and procurement resilienceNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks18:43Tetrarch and the light-tank gun-calibre questionNotable Point
- Maginot Line: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p2/76:25Forests and engineering assumptionsNotable Point
- Maginot Line: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p2/78:01Layered defense and false confidenceChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:05:23RAF and Fleet Air Arm organizational tradeoffsQ&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI50:24Ajax illustrates how requirements can outrun a vehicle designNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:48:31Is criticism of French warships merely national bashing?Q&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191520:23Export markets behind naval rivalryNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191413:46The fiscal case for larger British gunsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191420:39How the land war constrained German naval buildingNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191421:06The Royal Navy fought effectively for resources in WhitehallNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19137:18Bayern, Revenge, and fleet numbersChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191311:46Salamis and the limits of international supplyNotable Point
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)3:39Why the Tarkin Doctrine produces brittle fleetsChapter
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)49:55A VLS without missiles exposes a procurement gapNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s47:24The Woodcock gives the new Hawker company breathing spaceNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s53:27The Hedgehog as Hawker's first naval-aircraft attemptNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:22:26The Horsley and the land-based torpedo-bomber ideaChapter
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:25:22Denmark turns the Horsley into the Dantop seaplane torpedo bomberNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:27:31Why aircraft development rarely begins with one specificationNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:36:09The first Hawker Harrier tests another torpedo-bomber routeNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:46:08Who controlled British military-aircraft namesQ&A
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:51:00Why the Admiralty depended on Air Ministry adviceNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:03:26The Hart competes for a demanding day-bomber requirementChapter
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:17:59How filtered technical advice limited naval procurement choicesNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:44:43Hawker develops the Hurricane's successor around two enginesNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:46:05Sea Fury orders sustain Hawker after the warNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi1:15:26Why France and Germany dispute future combat-aircraft workshareQ&A
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi1:21:38Horizon, Type 45, and the demand to build ships at homeNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi1:37:34How partner bargaining shaped Eurofighter workshareQ&A
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA18:50Lend-Lease grants broad presidential transfer powersNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA22:26Defense articles include factories, commodities, and technical knowledgeChapter
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA28:23Reports, appropriations, and patent rights structure the aid programNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease20:02Boom-and-bust procurement makes successor programs harderNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)27:48Building British Army divisions around common vehicle familiesNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)1:58:53F-35 batches and the size of a future British fleetQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)1:59:54Service strategy, procurement, and the British Army's caseNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)2:05:35P-8 and E-7 commonality lowers the support burdenNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)2:26:15Sea lift must carry heavy equipment across the beachNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)2:30:41Warrior versus CV90 and the long cost of a vehicle choiceNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)2:36:40How SuperAV affects the comparison with BoxerQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)3:56:08How smaller orders turn development costs into expensive unitsNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:00:18How ship names and constituencies protect Type 26 ordersNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:01:32Why F-35 operating costs are expected to fall with experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:04:17How capability demands and smaller fleets drive up warship costsNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:20:54How trade treaties could reshape post-Brexit defence procurementQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...18:04Why forty-eight F-35Bs need not be the final British totalQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...20:36Why a five-inch gun is not five inches longNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...35:56Why Tempest was still too early for a firm verdictQ&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s28:21Why HMS Swiftsure's refit cost more than her constructionChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)15:34Capability gaps outlive the governments that create themNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)19:08French defence legislation and current-term commitmentsNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:28:09Swiss fighter replacement as a sovereignty choiceQ&A
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 3222:41How historians handle gaps in naval aviation recordsChapter
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations2:08:45Why Challenger 2 was presented as continuityNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation9:34Aircraft design needs accountable tradeoff decisionsNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation19:59Specification M.1/30 forced difficult carrier-aircraft compromisesChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation23:10Blackburn, Fairey, Gloster, and Parnall pursue M.1/30Chapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation27:28The 21 stages from an aircraft requirement to productionChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation31:32Fleet Air Arm needs passed through Admiralty and Air Ministry layersNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:35:59How political memory and doctrine shape tank procurementQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A33:43Sea Dart and Sergeant York as oversold weaponsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:45:11F/A-18 commonality, cost, and carrier air wing capacityQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:57:08Why the Royal Navy finally adopted the five-inch gunNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?2:08:52How STOVL requirements shape F-35 programme costsNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?19:26Joint P-8 ownership as a case for stronger advocacyNotable Point
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)23:01HMS Unicorn and forward fleet aviation supportNotable Point