Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Defence Spending

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:50:17Corporate ship sponsorship or regular defence funding?Q&A
  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?
    3:43Why a large weapons budget can still buy a shallow stockpileNotable 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?
    9:24Churchill, shrinking budgets, and the Ten Year RuleChapter
  6. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    11:29Why cancelling the Ten Year Rule did not end restraintNotable Point
  7. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    13:54Matching Britain's global ambitions to its armed forcesNotable Point
  8. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    15:50Spending targets and the cost of postponementNotable Point
  9. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    25:13How delaying aircraft carriers can increase procurement costsNotable Point
  10. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    1:07:50Why are more Royal Navy patrol vessels unavailable for Channel duties?Q&A
  11. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    1:14:16Drone-led naval plans and the scale of development fundingNotable Point
  12. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:15:49Defence spending as insurance and domestic investmentQ&A
  13. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:19:58Why weapons procurement has to precede a crisisNotable Point
  14. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:28:26Stable strategic aims and the ship-procurement processQ&A
  15. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:35:29How a small order raises the apparent cost of each Type 45Notable Point
  16. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:12:04Drone spending within the wider defence budgetNotable Point
  17. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:11:26Defence, aid and the range of public budgetsNotable Point
  18. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:12:15The Falklands War as an argument about deterrence costsNotable Point
  19. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:17:05Defence procurement, skilled work and exportsNotable Point
  20. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:49:15Dry-dock funding in defence investment plansQ&A
  21. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:57:18Judging the scale of hybrid-navy investmentNotable Point
  22. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:54:59Falklands deterrence and submarine availabilityQ&A
  23. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    6:58Defence spending and the cost of losing capabilityNotable Point
  24. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:34:14Why defensive preparation should precede a visible threatNotable Point
  25. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:36:59British defence commitments and false economiesQ&A
  26. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:43:46Why CCV savings were impossible to estimateQ&A
  27. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:16:30What the hybrid navy budget may actually fundQ&A
  28. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:28:18Large uncrewed vessel studies without funded ordersNotable Point
  29. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:30:27When procurement analysis substitutes for funded choicesQ&A
  30. Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?
    37:30War disrupts finance, suppliers, and Black Sea yardsChapter
  31. Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?
    41:33Experienced project leaders are the human bottleneckChapter
  32. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    3:44:20Why defence budgets are less secret than intelligence votesQ&A
  33. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:37:39How far Ukraine changed European strategyQ&A
  34. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    15:35The 3.5 percent pledge reveals the present spending gapChapter
  35. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    25:29Hybrid Navy ambitions are tested against their budgetNotable Point
  36. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    36:45Land transfers can create revenue only on departmental ledgersNotable Point
  37. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    43:06AI and quantum funding leaves the intended technology unclearNotable Point
  38. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    49:53Funding wrangling is a possible explanation for the plan's delayQ&A
  39. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    59:38The NATO nuclear mission raises questions about force size and fundingQ&A
  40. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    1:09:55A July delivery report leaves Parliament little scrutiny timeNotable Point
  41. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    1:12:44The contingency is unfunded and the reform fund is smallChapter
  42. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    1:14:43Resource and capital budgets explain the £298 billion headlineNotable Point
  43. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    1:15:56The GDP spending target returns to a 1990s baselineNotable Point
  44. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    1:19:05Private defence investment depends on credible government spendingNotable Point
  45. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    1:35:44Ukraine aid is small beside the argued British defence shortfallNotable Point
  46. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    1:37:47Maritime receives £18 billion despite Britain's trade dependenceNotable Point
  47. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    1:45:26An SSN-AUKUS ceiling leaves the actual order undefinedNotable Point
  48. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    1:54:25A hypothetical British B-21 purchase would require a much larger budgetQ&A
  49. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:11:19Army drone plans replace Watchkeeper and propose Apache partnersNotable Point
  50. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:14:43Army autonomy also funds expendable weapons and ground vehiclesNotable Point
  51. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:18:39Type 45 upgrades collide with a 2035 retirement goalNotable Point
  52. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:26:45British Trident firings test the submarine with old missilesNotable Point
  53. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:35:44The digital targeting network needs communications capacity to operateChapter
  54. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:40:44Task Force RAID sets out operational AI prioritiesNotable Point
  55. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:52:09The plan leaves the shipyard-infrastructure total unclearQ&A
  56. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:53:42The first programme cut is uncertain, but the F-35A purchase is questionedQ&A
  57. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    3:47:46Limited consultation helps explain the plan's costing gapsQ&A
  58. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    3:52:32The Defence Investment Plan arrived about eighteen months lateNotable Point
  59. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    3:58:51The uncrewed-vessel allocation may barely cover designQ&A
  60. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    4:13:20Air allocations leave P-8 numbers and Hawk replacement exposedChapter
  61. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    4:15:54GCAP's large allocation catches up on earlier underfundingQ&A
  62. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    4:19:31Long-range ground air defence is deferred beyond the current planNotable Point
  63. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    4:38:29Cyber funding must support resilient networks and protection against radio-controlled threatsChapter
  64. 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
  65. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    5:10:21Medical support lists specific purchases while a larger modernization line stays unclearChapter
  66. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    5:18:50Industry reform is thinly funded and technology money is backloadedChapter
  67. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    5:28:02The estate programme confronts decades of deferred upkeepChapter
  68. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    5:38:16Defence efficiency cannot be measured like just-in-time businessChapter
  69. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    5:51:37A fixed fraud-recovery target needs an explanation of the expected lossesNotable Point
  70. 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
  71. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    42:37The spending estimate behind a larger British forceQ&A
  72. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:04:16Funding a larger defence program through growth, taxation, and investmentQ&A
  73. Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?
    6:25Shrinking fleets drive a capability-and-cost spiralNotable Point
  74. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    2:15:12What belongs in the defence-spending total?Notable Point
  75. How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...
    44:03Fleet expectations can outstrip funded readinessNotable Point
  76. The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI
    8:37Offensive design from strategic shortageNotable Point
  77. The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI
    16:36Balancing production numbers and destroyer qualityNotable Point
  78. The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI
    27:52G96 and the late-war peak of the large torpedo boatChapter
  79. The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI
    47:32Redesign the boats under real German constraintsNotable Point
  80. What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)
    13:42NATO's German front wins the budget fightNotable Point
  81. What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)
    20:56Sea Wolf upgrades advance at the rate funding allowsNotable Point
  82. Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)
    31:00Electoral incentives and defence underfundingNotable Point
  83. Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)
    1:17:18Warship ambition must match support infrastructureChapter
  84. Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)
    1:19:26Healthcare administration and the economic returns of naval investmentNotable Point
  85. Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)
    2:14:04Russian naval savings are likely to support the land warQ&A
  86. How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds
    58:42Cold War destroyers had to wage the peaceNotable Point
  87. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    11:00The 1997 defence-spending baselineNotable Point
  88. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    19:23How Britain's 1997 defence burden compared with NATONotable Point
  89. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    30:15Defence expertise and public debateNotable Point
  90. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    1:17:12Funding unexpected operations without hollowing out the fleetNotable Point
  91. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    1:27:10The 2010 deterrent cuts and the disarmament claimNotable Point
  92. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    2:17:11The 2015 review tied prosperity to sea lanes while accepting capability gapsChapter
  93. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    2:22:21The 2021 growth promises sat a decade awayNotable Point
  94. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    2:59:34The 2025 review still depended on future funding decisionsChapter
  95. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    3:03:16Pandemic supply chains and the proposed defence dividendNotable Point
  96. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:16:29Carrier spending still needs a country-specific political caseNotable Point
  97. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    32:30Rising warship costs brought the German Army into the naval raceNotable Point
  98. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    45:15Deterrence, strength, and the peace dividendNotable Point
  99. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:36:12An accelerated gun race strains German naval budgetsNotable Point
  100. An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?
    40:32Peacetime forces supplied the core for wartime expansionNotable Point
  101. An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?
    44:47Expected postwar cuts made disarmament easy to acceptNotable Point
  102. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:09:53Irish neutrality and the cost of joining NATOQ&A
  103. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:54:44Rebuilding Britain's defence debate after the peace dividendChapter
  104. 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 2026
    2:38:14The Ten Year Rule shows why rearmament lags policyNotable Point
  105. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:51:40Britain's defence ambitions outrun the funded forceQ&A
  106. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    2:31:33Taiwan's defenses can continually justify Chinese spendingQ&A
  107. Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off
    1:00:17From wars of choice to uncertain force projectionChapter
  108. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    5:46:29The institutional logic behind Treasury and Congress cutsQ&A
  109. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    8:40:57Making the democratic case for missile capacityQ&A
  110. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    9:02:34Europe's small-run defense procurement trapQ&A
  111. Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    39:51Why uncrewed warships shift manpower costs ashoreQ&A
  112. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    29:28Why naval construction has wider industrial effectsNotable Point
  113. Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:03:21Funding a larger British Phantom and Buccaneer forceQ&A
  114. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    42:28Why valuable naval infrastructure also needs protectionNotable Point
  115. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:01:32Belgium's navy was never built for imperial defenseQ&A
  116. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:00:02World police, imperial umpire, and alliance burden sharingNotable Point
  117. HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...
    32:45Defence spending buys readiness before a crisisNotable Point
  118. HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...
    1:10:30Britain could not preserve naval primacy on the cheapNotable Point
  119. Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō
    32:40When defense institutions began driving Japanese policyNotable Point
  120. Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō
    51:14Unscripted exercises and the cost of readinessNotable Point
  121. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:18:40Why higher German spending would not quickly buy a carrierQ&A
  122. What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?
    42:22Germany's army budget constrained the naval raceNotable Point
  123. What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?
    1:04:15Britain, America, and an unrestrained naval technology raceNotable Point
  124. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    19:25Geography reversed British and German service prioritiesNotable Point
  125. Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII
    0:28Why Percy Nelles deserves a reassessmentChapter
  126. Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII
    10:43Canada's sea trade outgrew its naval commitmentNotable Point
  127. Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII
    23:35The interwar sloop opportunity Canada missedNotable Point
  128. Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII
    26:16Strategic distance became an excuse not to prepareNotable Point
  129. Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII
    28:48A two-destroyer-a-year path to readinessNotable Point
  130. Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII
    30:49A chief of naval staff constrained by austerityChapter
  131. Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!
    19:27National policy required the tools to fightNotable Point
  132. Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!
    38:30USS Wright's dual-hatted command revealed organizational strainNotable Point
  133. Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!
    50:55King blamed democratic incentives for chronic unpreparednessNotable Point
  134. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    32:35Congress and interwar U.S. naval growthNotable Point
  135. Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...
    14:44Could a larger Orion-class leap have changed the naval race?Q&A
  136. Isolationist America: What should Australia, Britain & Canada do if it happens in the next 5 years?
    27:07Diversifying Canadian fighters for Arctic coverageNotable Point
  137. How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership
    15:50MacDonald, Henderson, and peace with cheaper defenceChapter
  138. How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership
    23:47Hamaguchi and Saionji use naval limits to buy timeNotable Point
  139. How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership
    1:11:21Cruiser ratios reveal a budget-driven compromiseNotable Point
  140. How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership
    1:18:05Tardieu traps France between parity and economyChapter
  141. How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership
    1:22:38The treaty saves pennies but costs poundsChapter
  142. Britannia Naval College: Evolution of Education & Cradle of Leadership
    26:22Deferred maintenance and the cost of naval infrastructureNotable Point
  143. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    28:18Why expanding missions made destroyers largerNotable Point
  144. Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?
    55:05Long budget plans can fail when government funding changesNotable Point
  145. Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?
    2:25:28Industrial capacity matters when comparing defence budgetsChapter
  146. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    1:12:57How a rising defence budget can still bring programme cutsNotable Point
  147. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    2:25:46Capital ships once let regional powers police their own watersChapter
  148. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    52:36The two competing instincts in US alliance policyNotable Point
  149. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    58:06Why ceremonial horses can outlast tanks in a defence budgetNotable Point
  150. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:31:17Postwar defence cuts and the Korean WarNotable Point
  151. Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 10
    46:11Choosing a fleet a country can sustainChapter
  152. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    3:12:22Why defence needs matter more than a GDP percentageQ&A
  153. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    4:31:05Why Cold War power projection came in different scalesQ&A
  154. Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?
    2:50:39Consistency matters more than headline defense percentagesQ&A
  155. Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?
    3:18:20Naval limitation offered governments an escape from capital costsQ&A
  156. Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview
    1:14:08The post-counterinsurgency ASW infrastructure gapNotable Point
  157. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    1:00:02Project continuity matters more than a fixed GDP targetQ&A
  158. Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 1
    8:25Transitioning technology required testing, time, and public moneyNotable Point
  159. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    3:03:18Could corporate naming rights pay for warships?Q&A
  160. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    3:07:56Why an Air Force buy of the Navy's F/A-XX is unlikelyQ&A
  161. Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!
    44:16A third-rate lesson for modern force designNotable Point
  162. Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier
    34:16Post-Cold War defence cuts slowed drone integrationNotable Point
  163. Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier
    44:47From Portuguese maritime empire to a smaller modern navyNotable Point
  164. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    14:24Nordic neutrality met rapid-escalation assumptionsNotable Point
  165. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    1:57:56What if Australia had bought two new Invincible-class carriers?Notable Point
  166. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    1:31:15Interwar shipbuilding as employment and deterrenceQ&A
  167. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    1:42:28The fiscal case that Britain could afford the G3sNotable Point
  168. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    2:04:11A British F-14 changes the fighter successionQ&A
  169. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    2:24:11Reading official procurement reasons criticallyNotable Point
  170. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    9:23Measure alliance strength by willingness to commitNotable Point
  171. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    1:18:14What US-level defense spending could buy BritainQ&A
  172. HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!
    38:57Economy without sacrificing capabilityNotable Point
  173. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    30:20Naval aviation budgets force choices between platforms and weaponsNotable Point
  174. Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:55:50Resource gaps limit a rival's naval arms responseQ&A
  175. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    1:55:35What sustained higher US defense spending might buyQ&A
  176. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    3:17:49Why Britain would fund naval expansion without treaty securityNotable Point
  177. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    3:57:28How naval construction could soften an economic downturnNotable Point
  178. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    50:43Peacetime torpedo testing bought wartime reliabilityNotable Point
  179. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    6:41Royal Navy modernization is mainly a delivery problemQ&A
  180. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    1:27:49Peace dividends can make later procurement more expensiveNotable Point
  181. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    2:47:09How a peace dividend left aggressors room to actQ&A
  182. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    19:09Henderson turned naval requirements into funded shipsNotable Point
  183. Stalingrad Class: Stalin's Ship Dreams - KSS2 S7 Comment Response
    18:21How a balanced Soviet fleet changes NATO prioritiesChapter
  184. The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response
    59:43Arms races can persist among alliesNotable Point
  185. Who killed the Battleship? / Why no more battleships?
    13:23Defence's shrinking share constrains battleshipsChapter
  186. Who killed the Battleship? / Why no more battleships?
    27:11Invisible deterrence loses budget argumentsChapter
  187. Bruships 131: Battleships...
    3:12:03What determines the Type 83 fleet sizeQ&A
  188. HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response
    6:31Visible threats unlock peacetime defence investmentNotable Point
  189. Bruships 130: Battleships
    2:07:14How naval policy becomes a persistent public issueQ&A
  190. HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response
    32:30Why one experimental battleship was not enoughNotable Point
  191. The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore
    13:31Army dominance narrowed British India's defence choicesNotable Point
  192. The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore
    28:32British electoral politics constrained Singapore fundingChapter
  193. The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore
    41:58Australian cost sharing makes Sydney politically plausibleNotable Point
  194. The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore
    55:49Sydney needs a much larger repair and support complexChapter
  195. The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore
    1:00:23A Sydney fleet base competes with commerce and defence budgetsNotable Point
  196. The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore
    1:02:38Fixed guns preserve battleships for the mobile fleetNotable Point
  197. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    48:37Churchill, retrenchment, and the politics of SingaporeChapter
  198. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    59:43Treaty accusations masked a dispute over spending prioritiesNotable Point
  199. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    1:04:47The cost-sharing lever that could move the base to SydneyChapter
  200. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    2:25:04Joint command, not the dockyard, is the decisive changeChapter
  201. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    1:49:23Defence budgets must account for threats capability preventsNotable Point
  202. When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion
    46:31Service-life extension can postpone the real decisionChapter
  203. When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion
    49:48Visible trouble is not the whole procurement pictureNotable Point
  204. When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion
    51:56Political change reshapes a class's assumptionsNotable Point
  205. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    34:53Could America force Britain to accept the treaty terms?Q&A
  206. Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner
    2:19Higher Cold War spending did not guarantee better procurementNotable Point
  207. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 8
    59:38Naval upgrades lose out when long lead times meet short-term politicsNotable Point
  208. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 8
    1:07:28Warship orders must sustain the yards Britain expects to useNotable Point
  209. Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties
    0:45Treaty limits did not prevent naval preparationChapter
  210. Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties
    40:38Naval orders as domestic economic investmentNotable Point
  211. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    26:18Design growth outruns German yard capacityChapter
  212. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    41:46Plan Z needed time, money, and naval priorityChapter
  213. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 3
    43:16Balancing naval budgets against growth and unrestNotable Point
  214. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    1:20:35What interwar public finances say about naval affordabilityChapter
  215. Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 3
    24:47Why Project 23 and Plan Z outran maritime infrastructureNotable Point
  216. Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?
    59:32Britain's postwar bargain between welfare and sea powerChapter
  217. Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?
    1:04:39A land fit for heroes competes with defenceNotable Point
  218. Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?
    1:21:01Canada's low-cost route to Commonwealth securityNotable Point
  219. HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response
    17:57British wealth and the politics of defence spendingNotable Point
  220. HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response
    19:24Sea-lane security, Lloyd's, and British naval capacityNotable Point
  221. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    28:11Germany’s fleet programme competed for resourcesChapter
  222. Bruships 111: Random Books of History
    1:10:35Britain's unresolved choice between maritime and continental strategyChapter
  223. Bruships 111: Random Books of History
    1:14:37The CID's attempt to direct defence policy across the servicesNotable Point
  224. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    1:07:26Why scarce hulls attract too many requirementsNotable Point
  225. Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War
    12:41Chile’s naval-spending and deterrence debateNotable Point
  226. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:00:56Treaty limits became a political funding floorNotable Point
  227. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    2:01:47Los Angeles class: nuclear attack submarines come of ageNotable Point
  228. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    2:09:29Seawolf and the post-Cold-War price of peer-war specializationNotable Point
  229. Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build
    3:32:30First-rate forces depend on the comparisonNotable Point
  230. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    2:25:50Checking a claim about British defence spendingQ&A
  231. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:25:21The Sverdlov threat shaped Western strike-aircraft and fleet planningNotable Point
  232. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    10:45Torpedoes turn a protected cruiser into a costly riskNotable Point
  233. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    35:33American power remains short of coalition dominanceNotable Point
  234. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    48:31Leaving the gold standard earlier could accelerate British rearmamentQ&A
  235. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    2:18:05A peacetime carrier loss could unlock replacement funding during rearmamentQ&A
  236. Epic Blunders of Naval History
    43:09Interwar economies and defense as industrial investmentNotable Point
  237. Epic Blunders of Naval History
    48:34Why RAF expansion cost more than naval reactivationNotable Point
  238. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 64
    2:50:53Cheap defense becomes a procurement false economyNotable Point
  239. Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…
    1:43:36What might a third Queen Elizabeth-class carrier cost?Q&A
  240. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    26:41Rearmament versus First World War debt repaymentNotable Point
  241. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    2:00:22Money and armour plate constrained a British large cruiserQ&A
  242. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    3:13:37How budgets shape warship service lifeNotable Point
  243. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)
    46:50Chinese presence challenges assumptions of American primacyNotable Point
  244. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    15:02The political assumptions behind the alternate treatyNotable Point
  245. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    25:25Keeping heavy-armour production available for warNotable Point
  246. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    1:13:17Security through visible, limited constructionChapter
  247. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    10:47The political premises of an armed peaceNotable Point
  248. Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    13:30Political premises for a more expansive 1930 settlementNotable Point
  249. Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    39:26Naval construction as recovery and industrial preparationChapter
  250. Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)
    10:11Britain cannot choose between its sword and shieldNotable Point
  251. Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN
    27:35Defence spending should be judged against exposure and usable capabilityNotable Point
  252. Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN
    1:12:58A two-percent fleet plan must choose where commonality paysNotable Point
  253. Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN
    1:45:01The recurring British contest between economy and readinessChapter
  254. Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN
    2:04:43Canada's NATO spending gap and small-batch ship costsChapter
  255. Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN
    2:44:05Why Canadian defence growth need not start with healthcare cutsQ&A
  256. Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN
    3:06:16When defence spending does not buy current capabilityNotable Point
  257. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    17:05The expensive part of a modern warship is increasingly its systemsQ&A
  258. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    2:23:55Population and age structure set military scaleNotable Point
  259. County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)
    45:36Britain accepted the limit but never funded the numbersNotable Point
  260. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    27:40Political choices behind post-1918 Royal Navy retentionQ&A
  261. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    36:13The anti-ship missile gap on modern destroyersQ&A
  262. Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)
    38:16Deferred maintenance made wartime defence more expensiveNotable Point
  263. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    1:00:26Naval treaties as British fiscal coverNotable Point
  264. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    1:17:22Why large surface ships are a poor Ukrainian priorityQ&A
  265. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    1:34:21Why military ships cost more than civilian equipmentNotable Point
  266. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    2:46:44Paying for earlier British naval rearmamentQ&A
  267. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    13:34The economy case versus lost fighting powerChapter
  268. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    35:48A two-ship order defeated the quantity argumentNotable Point
  269. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    29:22Shipbuilding as interwar industrial policyNotable Point
  270. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    1:53:46Why NATO should pressure low-spending members without expelling themQ&A
  271. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    22:48Why defence cuts reveal themselves decades laterChapter
  272. County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)
    47:19Party stereotypes and recurring defence cutsNotable Point
  273. County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)
    49:30Why defence spending resembles a public serviceNotable Point
  274. County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)
    59:05Why visible combat forces can crowd out essential enablersNotable Point
  275. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    2:58:11Germany's defense fund as accumulated catch-up spendingQ&A
  276. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    3:04:18Why crisis-driven defense spending may not persistQ&A
  277. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    3:36:59Why Russia's submarine force retained operational priorityQ&A
  278. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    19:05Why defence procurement costs compoundNotable Point
  279. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    46:00Type 45 class cuts, power choices, and missile spaceChapter
  280. The Forgotten Trafalgar: The 1509 Battle of Diu (Long Patrol)
    1:27:18Why established powers fall behindNotable Point
  281. County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)
    34:44London's retirement was a choice among postwar prioritiesNotable Point
  282. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)
    34:48Deterrence financing and the cost of warChapter
  283. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    1:25:59Ranger branding does not solve force scarcityNotable Point
  284. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    2:57:01Q&A: why Britain's navy enduredQ&A
  285. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    1:44:50Defence affordability is a government choiceQ&A
  286. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    1:29:10Why peacetime repair ships struggle for fundingQ&A
  287. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    1:49:19British defence spending and the NATO central frontNotable Point
  288. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    2:03:55When did purpose-built repair ships become common?Q&A
  289. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    3:06:01Why was CVN-65 not used as an EMALS test ship?Q&A
  290. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    3:12:28Where did British public money go before World War II?Q&A
  291. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    3:30:36Why did the US Navy move away from depot ships?Q&A
  292. Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol
    8:08Why peacetime budgets neglect logistics equipmentNotable Point
  293. Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol
    51:37The Hague conferences and Britain's affordable naval burdenNotable Point
  294. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    4:17:29Naval rearmament as long-term industrial policyQ&A
  295. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    4:22:12Extra defence money should restore depth before adding new missionsQ&A
  296. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P4/14: Wilhelm Canaris
    21:56The Dutch scare and British interservice budget politicsNotable Point
  297. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    25:17The cost of replacing US maritime presenceQ&A
  298. A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea
    9:44Rearmament needed yards, workers, and timeNotable Point
  299. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    1:49:08A hypothetical codified British constitutionQ&A
  300. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    2:01Reading the 1966 White Paper as a budget decisionChapter
  301. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    11:31The fixed infrastructure behind defence spendingNotable Point
  302. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    21:45The 1960s shift from defence toward domestic spendingChapter
  303. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    24:23What a higher British defence share would have to fundQ&A
  304. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    33:35Turning a three-percent budget into deployable forcesNotable Point
  305. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    40:29Testing Healey's claim of runaway defence costsChapter
  306. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    47:28Why logistics should receive new defence money firstNotable Point
  307. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    1:07:08Putting a £400 million defence cut beside total spending growthNotable Point
  308. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    1:35:38Carrier cancellation and the cost of CVA-01Chapter
  309. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    2:37:00Could a smaller carrier have survived the 1966 review?Q&A
  310. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    2:54:45Programme cost is not the same as ship unit costQ&A
  311. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    2:04Defence spending as a political priorityChapter
  312. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    9:33A financial review in defence languageNotable Point
  313. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    12:17Air reinforcement in the surface-to-air missile ageNotable Point
  314. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    17:51BAOR strength subject to foreign-exchange supportNotable Point
  315. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    25:20Civil-military friction over carrier cancellationNotable Point
  316. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    32:52Carrier capacity without a full British air wingNotable Point
  317. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    36:33Polaris funding and the RAF's missing F-111Chapter
  318. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    43:45Defence spending between security and prosperityChapter
  319. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    49:39Pricing the wars that deterrence preventsNotable Point
  320. Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response
    35:10The Ten Year Rule did not produce instant rearmamentNotable Point
  321. Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p1/4 - Navalism
    2:47Churchill's turn toward navalismChapter
  322. Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI
    1:28:43Why did U.S. battleships need gunnery work with the Grand Fleet?Q&A
  323. Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI
    1:47:23How did battleship cost compare with a ship of the line?Q&A
  324. “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”
    18:35Capability cuts versus salami slicing after 1918Notable Point
  325. “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”
    1:07:50Why Coastal Command was called the Cinderella serviceQ&A
  326. “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”
    2:01:17The budget holder did not own the maritime problemNotable Point
  327. Some More Battle Cruisers
    13:11Hood preserves capability beyond the current warNotable Point
  328. Some More Battle Cruisers
    1:04:35Postwar task-force doctrine reinforces G3's battlecruiser characterNotable Point
  329. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    2:28:10Why Sea Cat remained in service during the Falklands WarQ&A
  330. Four Random Books 31: The Conduct of War
    15:49Dockyards, displacement, and CVA-01's size ceilingNotable Point
  331. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    13:26A three-percent defence budget built around deployable naval forcesQ&A
  332. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    21:30Why an independent Royal Air Force still mattersNotable Point
  333. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P3/5 Lend Lease from the British Perspective
    7:35Why deterrence costs less than warNotable Point
  334. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s
    1:57John Nott's fiscal logic behind the 1981 naval cutsChapter
  335. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s
    17:02Charging the strategic deterrent to the Navy budgetNotable Point
  336. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s
    29:02The disputed reasons for HMS Swiftsure's 1992 retirementNotable Point
  337. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    6:42Royal Marines recruiting success versus force cutsNotable Point
  338. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    26:42The civilian workforce and economy behind the fleetChapter
  339. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    2:19Could the defence budget afford improvements and Trident?Q&A
  340. Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan
    1:05:14Escorts, Central Europe, and the Polaris tradeoffQ&A
  341. Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan
    2:09:24Could modernization and Trident fit the defence budget?Q&A
  342. Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan
    2:42:28Civilian expertise, dockyard accountability, and defence economicsChapter
  343. Four Random Books 24: Power, Money & Strategy in 1930s
    8:08The interwar argument over defence as insuranceNotable Point
  344. Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword
    9:08A defense buildup can stimulate technology without requiring a warNotable Point
  345. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    2:18Could Britain afford the G3 and N3 programmes?Q&A
  346. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    21:30Postwar peace optimism and premature cancellationNotable Point
  347. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction
    31:15Air-power claims collide with interwar budget warsNotable Point
  348. For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy
    12:04A 23,000-ton carrier could meet speed and air-group goals but not protectionNotable Point
  349. Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 1920
    1:14:12Hydrophone promises and interwar budget cutsQ&A
  350. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    12:14Was Britain bankrupt after the Second World War?Q&A
  351. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    1:29:31How large might 1920s battleships have grown without treaties?Q&A
  352. What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)
    10:32An amphibious operation built from wartime equipmentChapter
  353. Amphion Class Cruisers
    1:24:15Why the Australian and New Zealand navies were smallQ&A
  354. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    13:43Japan's treaty politics and controlled naval spendingNotable Point
  355. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:41:30A naval war removes peacetime funding restraintsQ&A
  356. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    36:35Budget rivalry versus tactical cooperationNotable Point
  357. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    9:29When budget limits shape official defence testimonyNotable Point
  358. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    26:56Why defence is treated as a lower political priorityQ&A
  359. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    32:40What a usable British defence budget requiresQ&A
  360. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    49:26Alliances should share costs, not conceal force gapsQ&A
  361. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:18:06How the Great Depression shaped naval developmentQ&A
  362. 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister
    0:18Designing a Royal Navy within a whole-defence budgetChapter
  363. 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister
    3:05Interservice rivalry and the CVA-01 lessonNotable Point