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- Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?2:20A light frigate's place in a wartime task groupChapter
- Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?6:19Keeping extra weapons within the light-frigate missionNotable Point
- Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?11:01Mogami within Japan's three escort tiersChapter
- Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?12:15Hull numbers for dispersal and mutual supportNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live22:25Eagle, Hermes and the prominence of Ark RoyalNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live40:34Which navies could maintain a global blue-water presence?Q&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:24:58When is a navy larger than its country needs?Q&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:48:29Australian Perry upgrades and American fleet reductionsQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:58:55A British B-1 force and a smaller Army of the RhineNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?15:00The Six-Six Fleet and protection against a hostile coalitionNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?43:33Standard classes and screening make a fleet easier to assembleNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:16Building a balanced Earth fleet after Stargate SG-1Q&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:06Forces for an Imperial colony in the Outer RimQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:26What would a planetary wet navy do in Star Wars?Q&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:48Fewer hulls can mean more ships availableNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:33:40How many missile tubes should an SSBN carry?Q&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:48Six Kii battleships instead of two YamatosQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:16Fast battleships for threats on two sides of a countryQ&A
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?13:54Matching Britain's global ambitions to its armed forcesNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?27:43When alliance cooperation erodes national capabilitiesChapter
- 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?1:08:33Why maritime security depends on patrol-vessel numbersNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:47:48Battleships, carriers, and the risk of a capability gapNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:49:51Maritime surveillance needs ships able to interveneNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one1:08Quality had to include the ability to build enough shipsChapter
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one3:07One Shimakaze could not cover a fleet's missionsNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one4:46Crimea, Ukraine and the time needed to expand forcesNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one5:47A powerful ship still occupies only one placeNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one16:00Yugumo losses, repeated demand and Yamato budget coverNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one29:57Akizuki construction times varied sharplyNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one39:51A superior destroyer still faced multiple FletchersNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one42:27More destroyers could buy time without changing the resultNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:44:07What would a Royal Navy of 42 escorts require?Q&A
- China's Type 54 Frigate: Mass Production and Tactical Balance11:02A forecast of more layers in naval task groupsNotable Point
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...8:01Destroyers as a screen for the Soviet stateNotable Point
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...11:55Leningrad leaders and the scale of a destroyer forceChapter
- Nilgiri Class... A Great Indian Frigate0:00Project 17 frigates and independent Indian task groupsChapter
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:19:43A German fleet without large surface warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:16Flight I Burkes and the limits of an ageing middle tierNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:26:14Presence ships free destroyers for maintenance and trainingNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:30Matching an FFX patrol mission to the threatNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:22Which countries are expanding their forces convincingly?Q&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:48Small escorts, missile depth and surviving convoy attacksNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?31:50More usable capital ships or the largest battleship?Notable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?38:06The estimate of ten to twelve hulls by 1940Chapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)10:19Diesel propulsion and the ASWF escort missionChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)35:40Replacing seven Finnish ships with four reduces assured availabilityChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)43:04Crewing constrains the move to larger Finnish combatantsNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)47:33Paired minelaying and the case for a fifth PohjanmaaNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:31:39US destroyer identity and the limits of a patrol frigateChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:44:59Why a high-low fleet mix needs a middle tierChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:48:02Fleet concepts and the financial case for medium escortsNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:46:11Inherited institutions and naval procurementNotable Point
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?21:53Construction volume allowed separate specialized hullsNotable Point
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...24:22Why submarine sweeps competed with convoy protectionNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:20Crewed warships as cruisers and uncrewed escortsQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:16How more ships ease readiness and retention pressuresNotable 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...3:08:34The interwar Polish Navy and a war that arrived too soonQ&A
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow 2: T54, Istanbul & Gorshkov vs Thaon di Revel, Tamandare & Chungnam15:21How Type 054 frigates may support layered task groupsNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow 2: T54, Istanbul & Gorshkov vs Thaon di Revel, Tamandare & Chungnam29:06Why Russia built the Gorshkov frigatesChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow 2: T54, Istanbul & Gorshkov vs Thaon di Revel, Tamandare & Chungnam1:34:21Could frigate fleets grow again?Q&A
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?0:00Forensic engineering as a way to read warship designChapter
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?7:59From screening lance to convoy shieldChapter
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?12:39Cruiser priority and the destroyer construction gapChapter
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?14:20Cruiser tonnage versus destroyer numbersNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:17:22Why carrier availability supports dedicated amphibious shipsQ&A
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:15:44Gleaves strength shrank sharply when measured as available escortsChapter
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:24Common Type 23s offered more value than a small Type 22 remnantQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:01China's fleet growth creates a maintenance-yard lagQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:06Keeping 110 ships at sea strains a much smaller supporting fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:21A Falklands defeat could devastate the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:30:27Why naval exercises point to a crewed and uncrewed fleetNotable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:19:24Why the cruiser role needs workshops againQ&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live2:06:29Why fleets need tailored forcesNotable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live2:44:32One cruiser design, two propulsion plantsNotable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live2:48:32The missing cruiser rung in naval diplomacyChapter
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:09:10A Canadian large destroyer to complement the River classQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:13:34A ten-carrier fleet facing fifteen-carrier commitmentsNotable Point
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:48:06Allied reliance created a mine-countermeasure gapNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:20:03German corvettes and Baltic enduranceQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:59The Royal Navy's can-do strength and weaknessQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:01Who decides when China's fleet is large enoughQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:00Whether 12 submarines are enough for CanadaQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:29:12Why the ideal balanced navy depends on geographyQ&A
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future19:11A proposed British fleet of P-8s and US-2sNotable Point
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future28:26Why standby aircraft still earn their keepNotable Point
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live17:42A diplomatic yacht alongside an amphibious fleetQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live19:05How a two-carrier limit encouraged larger shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live44:06More fighters at Midway: capability has a priceQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:20:00Portugal's frigate replacement and availability problemQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:36:37The frigate as a modern equivalent of the 74-gun shipQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:50:38A much larger US escort fleet and transfers to alliesQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:21:41How underinvestment created Canada's replacement bow waveQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:37:39A balanced Indian force for Indian Ocean chokepointsQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:40:59Four Indian carriers for two coasts, and the value of a fifthNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?0:18Why the French fleet changes the Allied balanceChapter
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?18:33The scale of the French fleet in 1939Notable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?42:30Extra hulls create maintenance time as well as firepowerNotable Point
- Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?33:06Gorshkov and Lider replace different parts of Russia's fleetNotable Point
- Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?41:33Experienced project leaders are the human bottleneckChapter
- Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?49:51A future status force in an uncrewed eraNotable Point
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...33:33A sector fleet needs escorts as well as capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:26A mixed task force needs sensors and a flag command postQ&A
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:06Science fiction needs more escort and screening shipsQ&A
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:21Expeditionary fleets need heavy and light shipsQ&A
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia14:13Why Sweden shifted from destroyers to sea denialNotable Point
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia23:19From armed neutrality to NATO membershipNotable Point
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia27:19Deterrence, presence, and layered force designChapter
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia43:33A speculative modern Halland as an all-arms flagshipNotable Point
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia44:57Visby 2, drones, and a complementary fleet mixNotable Point
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia46:19Visible naval status assets and deterrenceNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 221:30How navies might answer a 40,000-ton Chinese surface combatantQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 231:23The case for thirty-two Poseidons and eight WedgetailsNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 231:37Why a 12,000-ton Canadian combatant may be a poor fitNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:40:59The case for dedicated US mine-countermeasure vesselsQ&A
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)43:42Overlapping aircraft fleets smooth capability gapsChapter
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)24:12A fleet sustains an organization; a task force sustains a missionQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)34:12Peacetime administration and wartime organization solve different problemsNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:58:59Four or five ships for one operational and one availableQ&A
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s55:50Force structure when mass cannot replace qualityNotable Point
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s59:17Destroyer quality and procurement affordabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:00Fleet readiness, reserves, and dependence on the seaQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:59:43The rule of four and sustainable fleet readinessQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:26A world where cruisers never disappearQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:36Why older armoured cruisers would stay in serviceQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:24A legal Royal Navy minimum built around foursQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:25How battlecruisers and smaller warships divide naval workNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:31What would bring twin-gun mounts back to destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:18Iroquois-class equivalents and the value of a larger fleetQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:33Ideal Royal Navy composition with proper fundingQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:18Fourteen ship losses against the scale of a fictional fleetQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:45Why large task-group leaders may returnQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:47What immediate 3.5 percent defence spending would changeQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today0:07Why screening defines the destroyerChapter
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:25Token general-purpose capability on specialist destroyersNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today7:03Why destroyers grew into seagoing generalistsNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today21:42Interwar destroyer mass lets navies experimentChapter
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today23:03Destroyer command builds future fleet leadersNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:03:53Nuclear assumptions distort Cold War force planningNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:13:39Post-Cold War destroyer progress stallsNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:18:38Asymmetric-war habits meet renewed peer threatsNotable Point
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age6:40Task-group escort design prioritizes usable firepowerNotable Point
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age9:50A destroyer equipped to take command of the task groupNotable Point
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age38:51Carrier escort work with Garibaldi and allied fleetsChapter
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age41:56Continuous shipbuilding lets Italy adapt through procurementNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?5:01Near-term spending is the useful test for the planNotable Point
- 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
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?33:57Housing and family pressures drive Royal Navy retention problemsNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?45:01Norwegian Type 26 frigates remain under national controlChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?48:33An ideal Royal Navy sketch built around escort groupsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?50:08SSN and SSBN infrastructure overlap hides different force demandsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:41:35A NATO-first force may lose independent crisis optionsChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:51:10Hybrid Navy growth appears to have become an accelerated replacement planQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:01:38The Estonia commitment is a tripwire and integration toolQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:50:45Post-Cold War planning assumed future wars would be optionalQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:55:08Cutting Type 45 numbers raised unit and readiness costsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:59:53Larger general-purpose ships can be cheaper to maintain in serviceQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:21:56Large autonomous combatants cannot be surged like torpedo boatsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:30:36Ukraine's drones work alongside artillery, missiles, and crewed unitsNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:39:10Army ground drones are framed as transport within the forceNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:40:24Twenty-three medium helicopters leave a small available forceNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:41:27The discussion distinguishes British dependence from proxy controlQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:48:44Completing Type 23 numbers could have prevented yard boom and bustQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?4:02:13British land warfare already has a long high-low weapons mixNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?4:13:46Gripen is a possible fallback if uncrewed air mass does not arriveQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?4:53:34Elite units depend on a shrinking recruitment poolNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?5:09:15Ground-launched strike needs long-range precision and shorter-range optionsQ&A
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered9:23Nineteen battleships outpace sixteen early destroyersNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered13:56Four large torpedo boats leave the battle line top-heavyNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered15:30The six-year gap ends with five Smith-class destroyersNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered18:40Five Smiths cannot screen a battle divisionNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered20:04Balanced fleets turn Mahan's warning into force designChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered21:06Urban combined arms explains the need for a balanced fleetNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered26:35Fleet ratios expose the Paulding order's limitsNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered29:58Paulding design strengths cannot overcome escort scarcityChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered38:38Why two ships struggle to replace the rule of threeNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered39:36Destroyers double as scouts when cruisers are scarceNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered43:30Capital-ship status outpaces the supporting fleetChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered45:15Destroyer quality cannot erase a four-to-one gapNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered46:25Cork service and the wider ocean-coverage gapNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:12A 23-knot British battle line and German design pressureQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:50F126 cancellation and a Baltic-focused German fleetQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:01Landlocked states and blue-water warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...39:50Defence Investment Plan gaps and the time needed to rebuildQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:37The spending estimate behind a larger British forceQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:07Why separating radar and missile ships can create a dependencyNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:16Funding a larger defence program through growth, taxation, and investmentQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:36How large could neutral Turkey's wartime navy become?Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:58:28The risks of assuming perfect weapons performance and wars of choiceNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:54An ideal British amphibious force built around four LHDsQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:33Mixed missile raids and the limits of small defensive magazinesNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:03Drones, warship numbers, and the infrastructure a plan requiresQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:55Western fleets without the post-Cold War peace dividendQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:34Why fleet recovery needs policy continuity beyond one Defence Investment PlanQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:09Twelve Type 45 Maximus destroyers replacing the current sixQ&A
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality2:28Wartime expansion drove emergency recruitmentNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality4:33Trafalgar illustrates British fleet depthNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality32:45The merchant marine was the Navy's peacetime reserveChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century0:00Continuous construction sustains Japan's destroyer fleetNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century2:37Asagiri and Abukuma show how smaller escorts build fleet massChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century10:37Murasame supplies helicopters and general-purpose escort strengthChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century18:27Atago and the ship numbers needed for continuous screeningNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century24:33Japan moves from a paper presence toward continuous deterrenceNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century28:37Hyuga generates ASW helicopter sortiesChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century32:18Hyuga's reinforcement model leaves useful aviation capacity in reserveNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century33:52Continuous construction enables iteration but can encourage complacencyNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century51:42Izumo's aircraft capacity limits the size of its submarine screenNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century1:02:27Maya refines Japan's Aegis destroyers but leaves little maintenance marginChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century1:05:29Mogami adds wartime escort mass and deeper VLS magazinesChapter
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...7:16Deterrence changes the force-structure questionQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:04Carrier numbers depend on total treaty tonnageNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:27An all-drone navy still needs defended command shipsQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:11Defence ambitions have to match the money providedQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:12:01Redesigning the Colonial Fleet after the First Cylon WarQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:15:39Carrier battlestars replace fighter losses and jump clearNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?58:57Two battle lines give Britain worldwide task-group depthNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?1:01:03Fleet depth supports faster Queen Elizabeth refits and live raider exercisesNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?1:01:54A larger fast fleet undermines the German Panzerschiff conceptChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?1:06:08An eighteen-ship fleet could support another battle squadronNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...4:30The Cold War starts with a destroyer-heavy Royal NavyChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...7:46NATO focus collides with a wider Royal Navy missionChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...39:07Presence tasking explains the cruiser shortage problemNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...51:26Two destroyer tiers and a probable division among frigatesNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...54:11Collective security did not erase Britain's own naval tasksChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:03:37Deterrence required both persistent patrols and a credible heavy forceNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:09:05Nuclear-war forecasts made shallow destroyer magazines look economicalNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:13:28Falklands success required ships to perform an unexpected missionChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:15:49How did armed forces reach their present force-structure position?Q&A
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:20:12What could a fleet built around Type 82 and CVA-01 have changed?Notable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not11:16Five tests for a defence investment planChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not11:57Indigenous and organic capability give different kinds of independenceNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not49:09Wars-of-choice planning left too few auxiliariesNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:09:03Swedish FDI frigates and Baltic logisticsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:19:05Viking, Boxer, and uncrewed battlefield logisticsChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:41:06Why troop-carrying aircraft retain human pilotsNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:51:19Uncrewed boats remain testbeds for a crewed fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:16Japan's destroyer force is currently the closest fit to its needsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:13Building UP.41 would trade Italian fleet balance for heavier battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:03Dry docks turn fleet numbers into usable shipsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:34Oliver Hazard Perry frigates need role fit more than retrofitted stealthNotable Point
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:52A continuing Canadian carrier arm would require a different navyQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:47A 343-ship escort force could give each US carrier roughly eight escortsQ&A
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?3:08Squadrons organize a navy's primary combatantsChapter
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?6:25Shrinking fleets drive a capability-and-cost spiralNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?8:32Divisions subdivide squadrons and flotillas to fit their sizeChapter
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?20:06An amphibious task group combines combat power with its own sustainmentNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?6:25Frigates, destroyers, and fleet balanceChapter
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?11:12The Perry's basic escort designNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?50:03Perry and Type 22 reflected different fleet rolesQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?56:53How a fleet gets trapped in a high-cost spiralQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:18:20A VLS Perry changes US Navy force structureNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:33:48Modernized Perrys as a frigate benchmarkChapter
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:38:48How an ASW frigate line could shape officer careersNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:40:46What a 5,000-6,200-ton Perry would becomeQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:07:55Why the US Navy needed PerrysQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:16:14Why fleet size affects retention and career depthNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?4:08Carrier tonnage limits turn ship size into an availability problemChapter
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?10:50Global commitments reward six smaller carriers over a few giantsChapter
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?1:19:56Japan's minimum-force strategy combines fleet strength and distant logisticsNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?11:45StanFlex extends combat roles within the limits of each hullChapter
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?33:04Modularity can spread through procurement politicsNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?34:40A shared modular network could spread the Absalon support-frigate ideaNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?3:22Perry class as the basic frigate benchmarkNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?16:26When an escort requirement becomes a picket requirementNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?49:01Task-group frigates and independent pickets need different designsNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?53:43Small-combatant numbers and a proposed baseline for the successor frigateChapter
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:00:44Constellation's mission list and the argument for an ASW priorityChapter
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:05:12Combined warfare systems, ship size, and fleet numbersNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:46:01The case for buying a flotilla frigate in numbersNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...4:04A broad fleet complicates an opponent's prioritiesNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...35:27Uncrewed escorts inherit small-escort logicNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...39:07Fleet composition follows operating waters and national interestsChapter
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...39:30South Atlantic seas drive hull choiceNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...44:03Fleet expectations can outstrip funded readinessNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...45:25Aviation ships support expeditionary fleetsNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...46:32Visible warships create a deterrence gradientNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet0:00Trade and strategic depth drive Korea's destroyer fleetChapter
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet6:09Internal consensus may explain steady Korean naval procurementNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet15:34Cancelled variants and long gaps interrupt KDX developmentNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet17:39Armistice and maritime dependence shape Korean naval prioritiesNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet34:19Sejong the Great scales up the Burke-shaped destroyer ideaNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet47:34Pairing Sejong and Jeongjo for defence and strikeNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet48:18Hypersonic weapons and large VLS modules push hull size upwardNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet48:48A balanced fleet rejects small-ship-only doctrineNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet52:28Korean task groups may answer Japan's carriers and cruisersNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI8:37Offensive design from strategic shortageNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI16:36Balancing production numbers and destroyer qualityNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI26:42Destroyer language and torpedo-boat prioritiesNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI47:32Redesign the boats under real German constraintsNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...32:46How a giant Spanish fleet would alter the naval balance in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:53Specialist versus general-purpose frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:34USN fast combat support ships and the last hundred milesQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:48Why escort refueling cannot replace a fleet-oiler programNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:24Escaping the Arleigh Burke procurement benchmarkNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:43Why prevention earns little procurement creditNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:49Why Italy's future destroyer needs missile depthQ&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)3:47Why the program starts with four, two, and twoChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)35:15Australia and Canada need different carrier argumentsNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:14:49How many carriers cover both Canadian coasts reliably?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:15:19Would a legal carrier minimum guarantee readiness?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:19:00Sea Eagle gives eight carriers a Soviet-raider missionChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:57:41Four Invincibles create a different successor fleetChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:03:51Carrier groups pull Type 42 and Type 23 numbers upwardChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:04:32How many escorts were envisaged for a British task group?Q&A
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI0:27Expanding missions make destroyers and frigates growNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI7:07The Arquebuse program creates a two-coast destroyer forceNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI17:44Standardized small destroyers create flotilla massNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI53:24Larger destroyers compete with the need for more hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...18:04Exquisite weapons, fleet numbers, and layered defenceQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:29Rebuilding the Royal Navy to Cold War sizeQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:33Replenishment ships follow commitmentsQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:06Reserve crews for laid-up shipsQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:12:41What 72 Littoral Combat Ships would have meantQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:18How larger orders reduce warship unit costNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:41Specialized hulls with common naval systemsNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:37The British Pacific Fleet's forgotten logistics lessonQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:50Why a single European NATO navy would struggleQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:24Matching a hypothetical European navy to regional dutiesNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:42The panel's twelve-carrier US Navy proposalQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:44The panel's comparison of Type 83s and battlecruisersQ&A
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?1:22What role can OPVs play in wartime?Q&A
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?9:22Crewed policing hulls are poor disposable combatantsNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?19:38Irish patrol ships separate submarine detection from attackChapter
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?22:06Why keep the newest Irish patrol ship in reserve?Notable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?34:54Wartime OPVs redeploy to low-threat areasChapter
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?38:29OPVs keep essential missions off high-end escortsChapter
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?46:25Wartime conversion plans need industrial stress testsNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?54:40Singapore arms its OPVs for wartime control of the straitNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?56:31OPV design needs an affordable margin for dangerNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?59:43How should a navy balance the capability and cost of its patrol fleet?Q&A
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century29:45Article 9 and collective self-defenseNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century34:38Dynamic defense and Japan's maritime geographyChapter
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century39:28Aegis destroyers and ballistic-missile defenseNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century40:21The capability choice in an increasingly armed neighborhoodNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century42:22AAV-7As for rapid island reinforcementNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century43:17Submarine availability and constant force readinessNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century44:35Compromise leadership and usable capabilityNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...17:31Visible presence and the argument for a balanced fleetNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...31:39The surface-combatant retirement bow wave arrives before replacement growthNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...48:29Golden Fleet high-low procurement logicNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...51:44Hedge strategy and balanced fleet designNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:01:21Amphibious force recapitalizationChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:14:49Battle-force shortfall and acquisition riskNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:51:24FY2027 requests and the wider procurement totalNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:02:15How the plan reaches a total naval force of 450Notable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:31:29Japanese destroyers illustrate the cost of improving each shipNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:44:43The frigate becomes the low-end anchor and uncrewed-force coordinatorChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:17:20Uncrewed vessels move from demonstrations to force packagesNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:23:48Does the battleship replace the Ticonderoga cruiser?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:01:41A thirty-year plan needs political and institutional durabilityNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:17:18Is the US Navy already behind China's navy?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:21:45How other navies might respond to a larger US surface combatantNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:55:46Should smaller navies build specialist VLS-heavy variants?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:57:38How many carriers are needed to keep three available?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...5:07:03How different is this plan from earlier fleet plans?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...5:17:29How many surface-combatant types should the Navy keep?Q&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...20:46Reserve frigates and Falklands force availabilityQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:48Earlier Type 23 replacement and a usable reserveNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:23Reichsmarine war planning in the 1920sQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:00:16Carthage's need for a permanent standing navyQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:01:14The early American militia navy as a naval levyQ&A
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?0:00A possible century of Arleigh Burke influenceChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?11:51Mark 41 VLS makes the Burke adaptableNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?17:00Magazine depth and targeting systems drive Burke sizeNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?36:56Kingfisher mine detection and the risks of destroyer minehuntingNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?49:29Different destroyer roles complicate the Burke comparisonChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:12:07The original Flight III concept aimed at 122 VLS cellsNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:13:18DDG(X) and the new-hull dilemmaChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:24:32Ticonderoga's destroyer origins and cruiser designationNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:26:19Flight III takes on cruiser duties without the old 122-cell expansionChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:31:25Frigate requirements must escape the Burke comparisonNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:34:23Why fleet air defence places demands on hull sizeNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:39:19Burkes become the visible presence of the US NavyChapter
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)22:10Procurement shapes the fleet before warChapter
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)23:28Merchant shipping is not spare naval capacityNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)25:13Type 23 and Type 45 choices that removed fleet slackNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)31:00Electoral incentives and defence underfundingNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)37:06Third Sea Lords and procurement continuityNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)1:09:43Why the post-Cold War procurement comparison needs careQ&A
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development0:00Destroyers remain both shield and spearChapter
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:14The Whitehead torpedo tests the balanced-fleet ideaNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development19:45World War I reorganizes destroyers for fleet warChapter
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development22:09Why build destroyers instead of torpedo-boat leaders?Q&A
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development29:36Destroyer command creates the interwar admiral pipelineNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development33:41Destroyer silhouettes advertise speed, status, and confidenceNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development56:52Daring-class destroyers become cruiser substitutesNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:09:26Conventional deterrence needs visible escalation optionsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:13:18Post-Cold War destroyers inherit cruiser diplomacyChapter
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:19:17Burke success raises the replacement thresholdNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:20:45Peacetime gray zones overload high-end destroyersNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:24:31Order size changes average destroyer programme costsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:28:18Allied reliance on Burkes encourages shallow magazinesNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:29:07Destroyer budgets and competing spending choicesNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:39:03Cruiser-sized destroyers may become USV mothershipsNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...0:30Transferred US destroyers give postwar Japan a starting forceChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...4:39Destroyer totals conceal differences in capabilityNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...16:01Murasame and Akizuki move toward indigenous command shipsChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...21:29Japan adapts allied advice to national force designNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...37:05Continuous construction sustains naval capacity over decadesNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...41:00Why can naval capability appear to grow suddenly?Q&A
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...47:54Haruna and Shirane turn destroyers into helicopter command shipsChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...52:37Tachikaze and Hatakaze add air-defence command depthNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...53:24Sea-lane defence shapes the Cold War JMSDFNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:02:01Hatsuyuki and Asagiri carry Cold War habits into the modern JMSDFChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:12:41Cold War construction produces modern JMSDF scaleNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:15:49Built ships beat perfect designs left on paperNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:33Who would pay for a British African Army?Notable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:50British procurement cuts and lost naval careersQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:13Japanese army-navy friction and wasted industryQ&A
- 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...2:30:26A light cruiser below Stargate's battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:09When coast guards would fight in Azur LaneQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:17Why a simple top-five navy ranking misleadsQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:25Which science-fiction setting has the best fleet mix?Q&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:29Babylon 5's Omega and Nova fleet-design tradeoffsNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:47Which Warhammer 40K navy looks most modern?Q&A
- Ironclads go Two Decker....0:39What if HMS Warrior had been a two-decker ironclad?Q&A
- Ironclads go Two Decker....38:15Britain could build separate ironclad battle and frigate fleetsNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....38:51An armored two-decker fleet could be too costly for many rivalsNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....48:05Faster frigates could delay the cruiser labelNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes3:43Rajput class as India's customized Soviet baselineChapter
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes8:08Delhi class and surface-action commandNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes10:21Delhi speed, layered air defence, and task-group rangeNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes13:10Project 18 reaches cruiser scaleNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes18:21Making the case for Indian sea powerChapter
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes20:34Project 15A modifications amid fleet shortfallsNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes40:10Project 18 and Project 17B continue India's design developmentNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes41:20Project 18 and Indian destroyer force structureNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes42:41Indigenization's learning curve in force planningNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:42Type 83 points toward a larger air-defence destroyerChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)10:54Distributed missile ships still need sensors and presenceNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)15:28York and Exeter show the limits of buying smaller cruisersChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)20:07Britain's land-based air-defence gap expands Type 83's roleNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)22:27Requirements drive Type 83 toward a large combatantNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)27:14Air-defence command needs room for staff and supporting missionsNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)44:48Type 83 does not need battleship fire supportQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)45:41Missile trucks and replenishment at seaQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)47:28Optionally crewed craft fit task forces better than global patrolsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:06:39Remote swarms create command and data bottlenecksNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:10:20A hybrid navy uses uncrewed escorts around crewed warshipsChapter
- 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
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:22:14India's Project 18 offers a practical Type 83 comparatorChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:28:06A Type 83 mothership would support and rearm uncrewed escortsChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:31:40How VLS demands can make 192 cells sound modestChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:03:02Uncrewed escorts are approaching torpedo-boat-destroyer sizeQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:03:12Autonomy trades crew cost for computing and cyber riskQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:04:48Uncrewed escorts can restore a screen for RFA shipsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:23:14Missile threats do not remove the need for surface warshipsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:29:04A twelve-ship Type 83 fleet and an illustrative design menuQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:34:55Indian destroyer growth highlights the Royal Navy's shortfallQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:39:28Type 83 crewing depends on more than shipboard automationQ&A
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII15:08The Ehrensköld class moves Sweden toward larger destroyersChapter
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII19:30Judge destroyers against national needsNotable Point
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII34:48The Göteborg program expands from two ships to six as war approachesChapter
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII41:55Visby commissioning strengthens Sweden during a volatile Baltic endgameNotable Point
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII50:53The 1972 fast-attack-craft turn closes a destroyer traditionNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima21:46Russian procurement struggled with industry and distant authorityChapter
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima45:32Four separated fleets required far more destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:56Royal Navy readiness in a sudden crisisQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:40Crewing and supporting Japan's hypothetical Kii fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:04Saving cancelled Cold War ship classesQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:23Naval evolution without a Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:36Why a carrier air wing requires far more than 36 aircraftNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 121:13Seahawk economics and the S-3 Viking tradeoffNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 134:21Seahawk capability and the alliance division of laborNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 135:01Specialist mine-warfare hulls and the cost of a lossNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate0:39The 1923 naval law and Dutch destroyer shortfallChapter
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate5:43The capability behind naval deterrenceNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate8:38The Dutch East Indies as an economic-security problemNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate17:18Perfect solutions at the minimum priceNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate19:56Why small-warship requirements keep adding displacementNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate24:13Wartime losses reveal the force-depth problemNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate27:32The risks of waiting for British and American fleetsNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate28:41How an all-or-nothing dispute blocked naval compromiseNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate29:45Planning slack for an uncertain futureNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate34:27How many destroyers for home waters and the East Indies?Notable Point
- Bruships5:29Japanese destroyers and the cost of equipping a large fleetNotable Point
- Bruships19:13Carrier strike victory and dominion carrier flagshipsQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:24Anglo-German alliance in 1880Q&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:47What a continuously developed modern battleship might look likeQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans36:53A second Charles de Gaulle for FranceQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans39:39Four French carriers would also need more escortsNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)11:11Treaty allowances and funded fleets give different naval rankingsNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)14:41French naval logistics reshape the scenarioChapter
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)16:43France's fall was a low-probability, high-impact naval riskNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)22:11Brest and Toulon make the French fleet hard to ignoreNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)24:49French specialist forces complement Royal Navy massNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)47:00Overseas formations make France a worldwide operating navyChapter
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)48:48France brings substantial forces below the capital-ship levelNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)52:00France assembled a balanced fleet despite uneven fundingNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:03:27Drone operations still require space aboard crewed shipsNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:27:07French control of the western Mediterranean frees Force HNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:38:08France's collapse was the Allies' largest single warship lossNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:40:43The Indian Ocean remains a lower priority in 1940Notable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:16:39The scenario stops when operational guesses begin compoundingNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?3:20New ships could replace old crews and compound fleet strengthNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?17:01Earlier King George V-class battleships change the Bismarck problemNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?20:18A task-force war rewards modern ships that can deploy widelyNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?31:04HMS Unicorn could extend carrier air-group enduranceNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?33:04The Royal Navy lacked carriers, cruisers, and fast capital shipsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?34:30Selective pauses could preserve the most urgent warshipsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?36:23Scharnhorst's smaller guns concealed a fast-battleship threatNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?38:21Axis reactions face strict industrial limitsChapter
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?52:49Extra carriers give Ark Royal time for overdue repairsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:19:30Maintenance slack could modernize Hood before a Far Eastern deploymentNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:00:20Carrier construction redirects surplus heavy gunsNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:18:31An earlier victory could delay naval treatiesChapter
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:22:27An earlier victory preserves interwar spending powerNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI31:45Why Italy developed destroyers faster than it funded themNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI38:54Capable destroyers in insufficient numbers for the AdriaticNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI40:03Could reserve crews have closed Italy's destroyer gap?Notable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:28Zumwalt was not designed as a Perry replacementNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:28A Yuuzhan Vong invasion during the Clone WarsQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:38StanFlex software, crews, and fleet scaleQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:09Deploying a large Defiant battlecruiser fleetQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:39Lensman and believable fleet organizationQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:59Carrier pairs and a recovery reserve at RylothNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:39Ceylon as the Royal Navy Far East baseQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:47When StanFlex makes sense for a navyQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:04France's bargaining position at WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:00Why special forces cannot replace mass formationsNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?19:25Type 23 outlived assumptions about protection and replacementNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?21:31Offboard mine-warfare systems still need mothershipsNotable 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?49:34One modular small-ship class for patrol, survey, and mine warfareChapter
- 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
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...6:40Peacetime funding and constituency interestsNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...48:49How many Polaris submarines were enough?Q&A
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...56:25A fleet for deterrence, conflict management, and warNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?3:35Shrinking fleets and the unvirtuous circleNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?6:48Post-Cold War fleet cuts and national spending prioritiesNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?19:41Why four hulls give a stronger availability guaranteeNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?32:26Presence missions keep producing cruiser-sized shipsNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?52:10Threats change, but national risks endureChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?54:26Naval presence turns capability into influenceNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?59:00Slow construction can cost extra hullsChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:00:51Reserve fleets preserve hull life and readinessNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:07:16The hidden cost of missing capacityChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:10:14Assumed military superiority as a reason to cut forcesNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:11:52Installed systems drive the cost of the fleet-cut cycleNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:12:25How can navies address warship growth without further fleet cuts?Q&A
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?36:24A 36-escort fleet made 48 cells look less riskyChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?59:35Measure defence spending by the capability it buysNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:01:06Construction stretch and the six-ship forceChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:09:05The six-ship readiness model assumed a predictable worldChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:16:07Daring's completed power refit did not guarantee a return to seaNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:19:06HMS Duncan carried NATO duties in a de facto five-ship forceChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:31:44Six land-attack variants could have retained a twelve-hull programmeChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:33:24Fewer destroyers also increased the burden on Type 23 frigatesNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:34:45Uncrewed escorts still need endurance and shipboard maintenanceChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...32:17Why a flagship should not be second-classChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...38:11Tiger's cost reopens the large-cruiser nicheNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...43:08Why Germany might answer with a second SeydlitzChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...49:54How Dominion battlecruisers could reduce other overseas deploymentsNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...51:22The fleet cost of German prestige deploymentsNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...1:19:24The hidden cost of another German battlecruiserNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...1:25:04Capability exists only in fielded systemsNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?3:12Hobart, Type 45, and Burke replacement pressureNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?8:26Pillar two links undersea autonomy and advanced technologyNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?11:42Fleet aging and procurement planningNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?13:13A battleship cannot replace every BurkeNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?16:25Missile barges create an escort chainChapter
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?31:01Sovereign capability and supply-chain riskNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?33:53Different replacement calendars and the Burke production lineNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?39:17The destroyers the Netherlands ordered too lateNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)30:50The Royal Navy expected to replace older destroyers in the 1920sQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)31:21Reserve ships preserved a balanced Royal NavyChapter
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:34:43Building ships directly into reserveQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:39:26The cost of losing an older destroyerQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:39:59W-class reserve life if World War II had come laterQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:46:25The W-class role maps closer to a modern light frigateQ&A
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds0:00Gearing destroyers as the Cold War baselineChapter
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds0:31Capabilities still need deployable hullsNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds6:03America inherits the presence burdenNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds28:18Farragut equips the missile-era carrier screenChapter
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds34:52Older destroyers buy time for a clean redesignNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds48:21Spruance pushes toward multi-role destroyersNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds49:41NF90 collides with the Burke generalist modelNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds51:49Why a small order can justify a premium warshipNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds1:01:43Could the US Navy have retained specialist destroyers?Notable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:53German fast attack craft and Baltic presenceQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...32:43Defiant-class numbers for carrier escortQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:40Transport and escort requirements for weapon bargesNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:43German MEKO A200 buys and F126 delay riskQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:45Corvettes, light frigates, and OPVsQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:22Counting warships does not establish their availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:50A blank-check Royal Navy force structureQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:53Logistics ships depend on where a navy intends to fightQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:35:26Three specialist frigates versus one general-purpose classQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:18When a destroyer becomes a cruiserQ&A
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII0:46A great-power fleet beyond Free French reachChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII2:42Contre-torpilleurs in task-group doctrineNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII33:53How naval treaties pushed destroyers toward cruiser rolesNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII35:18La Terrible as a useful but late Allied assetNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII36:48Why the Bourrasque class's ordinary utility matteredNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII52:32Alcyon and Basque enter Allied service lateNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII54:07What a mass French fleet escape might have changedNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII1:00:00Could a larger Free French fleet have supported itself?Notable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:10:17Personnel cuts create a naval training problemNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...22:50Plan Z and individually powerful destroyersNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...33:16Cruiser shortages and Germany's destroyer roleNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?16:28Specialization shrinks the pool of wartime auxiliariesNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....4:02Why three high-end destroyers do not make a high-low mixQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....8:40The shield-and-spear test for destroyersChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....52:42Why mass fleets rarely buy the perfect destroyerNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:05:27Why the generational examples lean toward benchmark naviesQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:35:43Why the Maya class is a modern destroyer benchmarkChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:36:44Refinement costs more across a large destroyer programmeNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:42:25How frigates and destroyers divide fleet protectionNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:06:54Why VLS cell counts cannot recreate the age-of-sail rating systemQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:24:54Crew growth scales differently from training overheadQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:25:48Why twelve destroyers is a precarious global minimumQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:27:31A 36-escort Royal Navy force structureNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:37:22More Type 31s still need a defined missionQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:53:48A European fleet balance of destroyers and frigatesQ&A
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...0:14Why destroyers were a difficult imperial investmentChapter
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...37:17Durazzo exposed the cost of having no modern destroyer reserveNotable Point
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...40:46Adriatic confinement weakened the case for naval fundingChapter
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...42:32Capable multilingual crews still needed more destroyersNotable Point
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...43:35Would more Tatras and earlier destroyer investment change the Adriatic war?Q&A
- Cost Efficiency vs Capacity Efficiency1:44Why the 1930s Royal Navy preferred more usable submarinesChapter
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:57Why carrier groups need deep tanker and stores-ship reservesQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:48Why assigned carrier escorts may be absent in practiceNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:27A postwar Royal Canadian Navy built around large escort fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33:39Smaller Japanese battleships could strengthen the whole fleetQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:25Why statutory fleet minimums cannot guarantee usable shipsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:18Why the Soviet Union could not match 340 American escortsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:13:01A fully nuclear Royal Navy after the 1950sQ&A
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?0:08How post-2003 capability gaps accelerated the declineChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?11:00The 1997 defence-spending baselineNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?13:14The 1997 Royal Navy force baselineChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?16:49Type 26 and the lost frigate replacement cycleNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?19:23How Britain's 1997 defence burden compared with NATONotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?20:48Batch building and frigate costsNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?23:51What selling three Type 23s cost in fleet availabilityNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?25:34Ministerial churn and procurement indecisionNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?34:511998 commitments and shrinking capabilityChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?51:14The 1998 pattern of promises and immediate retirementsChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:04:14Expanding the 2003 mission area without matching enablersNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:09:262003 cuts to escorts and submarinesChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:11:21The command roles that Type 45s inherited from Type 22 frigatesNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:21:11Why the 2010 promise to do more with less failedNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:32:46Reading the Future Force 2020 readiness tiersChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:38:03Extended readiness and real reservesNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:41:08When dependency became part of Future Force 2020Notable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:45:11The 2010 force-planning assumptionsNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:47:01Future Force 2020 reduced the naval system behind its missionsChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:47:43Why senior officers remain in a smaller forceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:48:44How Future Force 2020 removed operational slackNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:53:36Carrier gaps and the Libya lessonChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:02:56Force 2025 and the depth behind amphibious operationsChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:05:04Reserve brigades as part of a sustainable deployment cycleNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:09:17River-class patrol numbers and Clyde's helicopter deckNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:11:36When the 2015 risk register did not match the forceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:17:11The 2015 review tied prosperity to sea lanes while accepting capability gapsChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:22:21The 2021 growth promises sat a decade awayNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:38:27The 2021 carrier-group promise and its design compromisesChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:46:322021 shipbuilding ambitions and industrial capacityChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:12:10Atlantic Bastion and the six-ship Type 45 forceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:26:01Crewed command ships for uncrewed flotillasNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:33:21Risk-first procurement and accountabilityChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)40:54Carrier pairs for distant cruiser stationsChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)55:38How the London Treaty might create a light-carrier allowanceChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:00:35A twelve-ship force approaches Colossus-class capabilityChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:23:41More carriers also mean more escortsNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:32:08How many of twelve light carriers would be available?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:58:02Would every fleet carrier receive a defensive light carrier?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)2:03:30Could Britain fund carriers by cancelling cruisers?Q&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:40What a sixteen-frigate Dutch force would signalQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:04Buying a navy from the fastest production linesQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:21Missile stockpiles need slack and forward basesQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:50A hundred ships still need crewsQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33:48Why six Type 31 frigates would still be too fewQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:23Why a more capable helicopter still moves one load at a timeNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:39:17Wartime satellite capacity for an uncrewed fleetNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...0:00Why the 6-6 fleet still needed light forcesChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...8:20Perry's intervention and Japan's search for sea powerChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...13:11Why destroyers began displacing torpedo boatsChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...23:41Destroyer speed becomes a tactical weaponNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...39:51Destroyers protect the fighting edge at TsushimaChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...43:24Why Russia's Pacific reinforcements faced such poor oddsQ&A
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...48:20Why Tsushima and Trafalgar had different stakesNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...51:34Russian fear reveals the destroyers' deterrent effectNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...53:10How Japan balanced its squadrons at TsushimaNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...1:08:40Why Tsushima's light forces faded from memoryNotable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:03Battlecruisers instead of a battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:13Why coastal-defence ships deter only some opponentsQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:54Babylon 5's Omega-class destroyer-carrierQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:52One Australian capital ship or several cruisers?Notable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:10:45Rebuilding FedCom warships before the Clan invasionQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:07A larger Oliver Hazard Perry escort fleetQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:30Victory and Procurator roles in an Imperial fleetQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:13Would a larger hangar undermine the Procurator's role?Q&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:01Building a fleet for the Macross universeQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:54How surviving Perrys relieve the Burke fleetQ&A
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?0:00A delayed world war has more than one naval outcomeChapter
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?22:03Soviet and Japanese battleship plans face different limitsNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?38:12A four-tier hierarchy links ships to crisis-management rolesNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?49:13Destroyers divide into leaders, fleet ships, and escortsChapter
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?53:23American destroyer procurement favours prestige over numbersNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?56:44Large destroyers become small cruisers in practiceNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:07:28Submarine size follows oceanic and shallow-water commitmentsNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:08:53Dedicated escorts free destroyers for fleet dutiesNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:10:51Most navies underinvest in unshowy escort hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...18:24Why defense planning must separate permanent risks from changing threatsNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:35Why offboarding Type 83 missiles creates a fragile flotillaQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:45Where Type 31 frigates fit in Royal Navy growthQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:53:27Why six ships provide more than one extra hull over fiveNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:58Why uncrewed reconnaissance does not settle the patrol-ship requirementNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:12Why allied frigates cannot replace national fleet numbersNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:09How enclosed seas shape fleet designQ&A
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More41:07Could American first rates break the British blockade?Notable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:03:02Demobilization keeps American sea-power advocacy cyclicalNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)15:00Why a U-boat-only strategy could not defeat BritainNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:29:10Did battleships participate in the U-boat sinkings?Q&A
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:34:00Why the Allies did not stage a three-navy disposal contestQ&A
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:34:42Why peacetime naval presence still requires warshipsNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet0:00Why Cold War memory misses destroyersNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet12:20Continuous destroyer building links presence to securityNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet25:30Balanced fleets deny an enemy an easy counterNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet1:06:54Destroyer mass supports Soviet cruiser prestigeChapter
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet1:14:59Why older destroyers receive less attentionNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet1:15:40A completion gap concealed new destroyer constructionNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet1:17:47Period analysts expected fewer but stronger destroyersNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet1:23:10Gorshkov's succession leaves a historiographical questionNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet1:25:12Udaloy II points toward converging destroyer designsNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet1:26:31Why Udaloy outlasted Sovremenny in Russian serviceNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:02The navy of a Hungary-Croatia-Slovenia unionQ&A
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?7:34Tom Phillips reshapes ABDA commandChapter
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?16:14The ships already available to build an Eastern FleetChapter
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?25:08January reinforcements fill the fleet's carrier and AA gapsChapter
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:19:56The proposed Eastern Fleet stays within reinforcement limitsNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?6:10From ship availability to a dependable capabilityChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?8:51How larger fleets absorb unexpected missionsChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?11:40Chinese iterative designs enlarge the available fleetNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?14:09Canada's fifteen River-class ships share training and engineeringNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?35:10Amphibious retirements left a gap before replacementsNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?36:04An unrealized five-deck fleet could have shared F-35BsNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?37:34Permanent risks set the fleet baseline before threats are countedChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?38:57A proposed lower tier of large uncrewed escortsNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?44:20Cut taskings before cutting shipsChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?46:45Type 45s could provide mobile homeland air defenseChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?48:38Retained core capabilities still take time to expandNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?53:12Staff cuts can make later expansion more expensiveNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?54:27Working out a 35-escort Royal NavyChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?59:00A 40-escort fleet creates both surge and recovery capacityChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:03:32Submarine dive cycles drive the replacement tempoChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:06:54A 32-year replacement cycle for submarines and escortsChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:18:23What future US frigates could take off destroyersNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:26:16Post-Cold War peace assumptions eroded fleet depthNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:29:32Fleet planning starts with risks, missions, and deliberate slackChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)11:12Why the Perry class set the frigate baselineChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)13:22The peace-dividend interpretation of the frigate gapNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)33:32How LCS requirements defeated fleet-scale efficiencyChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)37:50Deriving fleet size from missions and availabilityNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)39:20Why splitting LCS across two hulls reduced usable fleet strengthQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)44:16Why FFG(X) became a mini-Burke requirementChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)44:16The LCS mission concept and declining fleet protectionNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)52:13North Cape as an example of mutual supportNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:19:00Why early Constellation frigates would still remain in serviceQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:21:29Would a simpler FREMM or Legend frigate make more sense?Q&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:24:58Why Perry-class frigates belonged inside the task group in high-threat watersQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:29:19When a smaller ASW-focused frigate could workQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:34:44Detached escorts and Constellation's capability requirementNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:45:50Vague force language obscured what frigates were forNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:47:07The gap between small-combatant force goals and the serving fleetChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:11:26Geographic risks and changing threats in a 30-year fleet planNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:13:53LCS retirement changes the arithmetic of future frigate totalsNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:23:38Knox-like duties with Perry-like numbersNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:52:45The Legend-cutter successor inherits the production problemChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:15:35Why converting LCS into corvettes would not fix the fleet gapQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:42:53Why uncrewed escorts cannot yet carry the low-end fleetQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:52:18How many Constellation-class frigates would the fleet need?Q&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:57:08Why allies cannot simply fill every US escort gapQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)4:03:32Ship numbers and carrier tonnage give different comparisonsNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:32:20The force-structure gamble behind a Type 83 hybrid fleetNotable Point
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?40:32Peacetime forces supplied the core for wartime expansionNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service57:13Argentina would need frigates and patrol ships as rebuilding blocksQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service1:48:52One F-35B would make a frigate worse at its real jobQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:19:34Task groups should put aircraft on the ships that support them bestNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:05Spain must choose between patrol and expeditionary fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:33:50The Royal Navy escort replacement bottleneckQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:27What Type 31 upgrades mean for the escort pipelineQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:39:40What different navies remember as cheap and cheerfulQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:00Canada and Australia already had the fleet foundationsQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:21:04The Royal Marines' missing amphibious liftQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:47Why the Ministry of Defence needs capacity more than a sudden trillionQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:05Military pay, retention and recruitment contractsNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:32Why hidden St Laurent destroyers would not solve Canada's gapQ&A
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:21:56Could stronger fleets prevent one overstretched world war?Notable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:50Why naval procurement can resist competing requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:37Singapore as a capable small navyQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:07Why Britain and France count as medium global naviesQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:54Choosing useful comparisons between naviesNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:56Comparing naval task groups and their supportNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?21:26Why steady fleet investment can cost less than neglectNotable Point
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?9:32Coastal boats freed larger ships for other dutiesChapter
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?39:42Cruiser cuts weakened German torpedo-boat support at JutlandNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII27:42Why prewar destroyer numbers shaped the whole warNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII32:28How fleet size affects maintenance and availabilityNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII34:28Matching the ships an opponent can deployNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII42:37Why long wars modernize existing warshipsNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII1:14:03Could modern navies use general specialists?Notable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 202616:09The Jeune École made torpedo boats a fleet strategyChapter
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 202637:05Sea conditions and fleet needs shaped early destroyer designsNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20261:01:40Did treaty limits hold back destroyer growth?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20261:05:54Where does the old aggressive destroyer-captain mentality belong today?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20261:10:58Why are navies reluctant to risk crewed ships?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20261:27:39Postwar destroyers absorbed disappearing cruiser rolesChapter
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:32:09Would surviving cruisers have kept destroyers small?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:36:35How much did Royal Navy type designations shape destroyers?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:53:22Which destroyer options could follow Canada's River class?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:58:28Which navies might build the next very large surface combatants?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20263:01:15Sixteen River-class ships would balance Canada's two coastsNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20263:01:43Should the Philippines acquire destroyers?Q&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:57:50Extra Type 45s could have covered some escort shortagesNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:35:04Chaf-class destroyers and mixed technology in Thrawn's RevengeQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:48NATO naval contributions and the ability to sustain deploymentsNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…0:24Why deployable force matters more than headline strengthChapter
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…22:58Chinese marine brigades and army amphibious forcesChapter
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!0:01Why naval ranks reveal force structureChapter
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!17:31Elite Japanese training could not supply the depth of total warNotable Point
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers0:55Institutional memory favors balanced naval forcesChapter
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers16:04Single-weapon forces fail the combined-arms testNotable Point
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers19:12Flotilla defence works as one layer of a balanced fleetChapter
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers41:40Did Jeune Ecole influence other navies' strategies?Q&A
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers44:18Naval budgets shaped the light-force balance at JutlandNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:53How force structure narrows operational choicesNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:09Why a raid and an occupation need different forcesNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:13Why China operated Type 052D and Type 055 destroyers togetherQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:47What fleet the Royal Navy's current budget can supportQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:39When a US frigate without Mark 41 still mattersQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live40:37The torpedo arithmetic behind a 120-aircraft raidNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live1:48:31A shorter war changes British debt and American naval growthChapter
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!11:29Test the fleet against a thirty-year horizonChapter
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!55:00Flashy concepts reverse the procurement sequenceChapter
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!1:04:37Fit drones into the fleet before buying themNotable Point
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!1:06:34Carrier aviation takes decades to rebuild after a gapNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?50:20Fewer hulls create a capability-and-cost spiralNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun6:49How carrier readiness reshapes Taiwan contingency planningNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:21:18Extra fast battleships and escorts in 1939 would compound across every theatreQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:33:26Royal Navy expansion would recall expertise before new ships arrivedQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:45:05Spain's fixed-wing naval aviation and a nearby Morocco contingencyNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:28:46Concerns about the ships needed to replace Arleigh BurkesQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:31:33An account of British carriers covering American availability gapsNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:54:35A proposed 2040 Royal Navy based on three rotating task groupsQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:02:45Whether a twelve-submarine plan will be cutQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:03:15A third Queen Elizabeth would turn availability into a standing carrier commitmentQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:13:38Counting Arctic escorts against the ships they would protectQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)10:49How fewer ships produce larger generalistsNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)14:02Specialist fleets depend on procurement continuityNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)55:51Efficient construction can widen a fleet's high-low mixQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)56:09Uncrewed escorts still add people to the task groupQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:56:20Losing reserve fleets made naval mass easier to ignoreChapter
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:58:33Availability cycles limit what fewer ships can deliverNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:03:19Missile navies repeat part of the Jeune École patternQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)3:03:34Uncrewed mass requires basing and logistics massQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)3:13:44The twelve-hour-war theory helped erase reservesQ&A
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!2:40Australia's strategy as a capable middle-power allyChapter
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!5:10Australia trades Hunter-class depth for fleet breadthChapter
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!22:20Fifteen Canadian ships could support both coastsNotable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!30:23What a modern light frigate is forChapter
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!47:39Why guaranteed availability can require four shipsNotable Point
- Navy Food: A Beginning13:25Why warships cycle between generalists and specialistsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics2:13Why logistics is combat powerChapter
- Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics3:18VLS endurance depends on reloading between engagementsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics3:55Which capabilities should survive a peace dividend?Notable Point
- Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics11:04Crewed warships and adaptable uncrewed sloopsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics25:33Why Starfleet's lone exploration ships draw criticismNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...59:56Would ten Lions displace Queen Mary and Tiger?Q&A
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...1:12:51Germany's response to a larger modern British squadronNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...1:31:16Could Queen Elizabeth join the Dogger Bank force?Notable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...1:40:36Could Germany trade battleships for more battlecruisers?Notable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...2:04:47Can extra battlecruisers simply offset Jutland losses?Q&A
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping15:21The War of 1812 illustrates a reversal in frigate needsNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping17:07Korean construction and Marauder offer different routes to more hullsNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping18:15Crewed frigates could command uncrewed escort groupsChapter
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping32:19Red Sea air defence and underwater-drone surveillanceNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping33:17Competing accounts of submarine-community influenceNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:21:47Third-rate does not mean badly builtNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:36:50The Burke can become the default model for every surface shipNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping2:02:40Different warship roles combine within a fleetChapter
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series6:08Japan seeks more fleet lethality without more personnelNotable Point
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series8:22Japan pairs a 50-combatant goal with rolling submarine productionNotable Point
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series32:37Uncrewed systems can add mass around crewed forcesNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII0:00Atlantic trade shaped Canada's wartime navyChapter
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII20:29Wartime expansion favored smaller escortsChapter
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...1:44:00Does the Federation maintain armies or marines?Q&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...3:25:57Starfleet's design horizon versus available shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:41:18Seawolf, Astute, and Virginia represent different bargainsNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?43:53The third-rate principle: enough capability at scaleChapter
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?46:06Sherman supportability and the tradeoff with numbersNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?56:14Enduring military roles and a balanced fleetNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?1:02:31Wars of choice as an assumption behind slow procurementChapter
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates1:38Why general-purpose frigates suit a multipolar worldQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:47Britain receives a fleet of Defence-style super cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:12:39Would Defence replacements remove the need for small cruisers?Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:47The modern readiness lesson most like Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:23The five-deck logic behind Britain's carrier planNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:49Does Britain need four new OPVs each year?Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:29Portugal's support ships and frigate choicesQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:27Portugal’s existing frigates in the December 2025 discussionQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:54What one Type 31 would change for IrelandQ&A
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:09:45Fleet depth, surge deployments and maintenanceNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers5:13Small carriers push navies toward multi-carrier groupsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers8:54Light-carrier treaty arithmetic and fleet tradeoffsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers16:10Industrial potential still requires long-term investmentNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers32:26Large ships and VLS reload argumentsQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:31Constellation cancellation and the missing US frigate roleQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:58Why planning for a short Pacific war risks failureNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:10Destroyer size, treaty tonnage, and deployable numbersQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:46How ships in ordinary could improve Royal Navy retentionNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:23:30Trading ground-force space for a Star Destroyer's fighter forceQ&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)42:01The PLAN Marine Corps expanded through successive reorganizationsNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)46:44Landing-ship capacity limits the size of the opening assaultNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)57:25Would Russian and North Korean exercises split allied attention?Q&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)2:28:28Why Chinese destroyer totals need a replacement allowanceQ&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)2:39:28Light infantry remains central in modern urban combatQ&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)2:39:53A significant share of the PLAN is better suited to secondary rolesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle1:54:38Where would the Soviet Union put an inherited German fleet?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle4:04:07A later UNSC fleet at Reach: winning a battle versus ending a warQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:24:01A victorious Regia Marina's proposed 1960s forceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:28:53The utility-versus-complexity test for convoy escortsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle7:37:21AUKUS submarine design decisions and fleet sizeQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…21:27How wartime typhoons influenced postwar destroyer designQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:22:31Fleet quantity versus Yamato and BismarckNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…2:53:31Could a modern navy replace skilled sailors after mass casualties?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…3:01:45Could Russia afford postwar military modernization?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…3:06:30Why air-show maneuverability cannot solve the Su-57 numbers problemQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…4:31:37Why spare aircraft and pilots matter in a long air campaignNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…8:28:03Why the PLAN emphasized visible surface forcesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…8:30:05Why Western submarine numbers matter for deterrenceChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon20:54Why the US Navy had no direct Black Swan equivalentQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon21:28Why ten times more German ships would not secure sea controlQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon24:01Why warship designs cluster around recurring displacement bandsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War1:00:26Why navies should build large and small ships in peacetimeQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:07:56Why a modern two-power standard is the wrong British metricQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:25:33Sea power, expeditionary troops, and British force structureNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:29:02Why swapping Axis fleets cripples Italy and JapanQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:53:43An ideal Royal Navy versus what 2030 can deliverQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War6:50:30Indonesia's amphibious strength and escort weaknessQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:21:45How refits and training reduce a carrier fleet's available strengthNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:50:19Why perfect intelligence cannot supply missing forcesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust34:42Why Germany needed more than battleships to reverse JutlandQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:00:52An enlarged Kriegsmarine still needs a support systemQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust3:22:49Why amphibious assault ships combine flight decks and landing craftQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust3:52:09A balanced fictional force around an Imperial Star DestroyerQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:43:38Why Canada, Australia, and New Zealand did not create marine corpsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust8:15:58Why Littoral Combat Ship contracts continued despite criticismQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust11:38:41Armoured support in the Space Marine assault forceNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust21:00US and Royal Navy missile-age air-defense tradeoffsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust3:54:30Can sound tactics still end in defeat?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust3:59:38Building bases and patrols for a fictional Imperial fleetQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:03:28A fictional fleet plan depends on which northern sector it must controlNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:56:22Why more interdictors at Endor depend on availabilityQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust5:10:04Which 1939 Royal Navy ships are worth duplicatingQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:45:50Clarke's account of the US battleship and fleet-signaling debateQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:48:34Burke workload and visibly different deployment optionsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress57:12Conquest creates occupation and control costsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress1:25:07A fictional anti-piracy fleet built around patrols and reserveQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress1:41:49What offshore patrol vessels do in a major warQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:06:50How Type 45 cuts sacrificed cheap follow-on hullsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:48:34How Dominion battleships could have changed Singapore's defenseQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress3:57:28Why a Stryker formation needs mobile direct fireQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:04:43Why leadership alone could not transform the Regia MarinaQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:15:28Arethusa-class cruisers and fleet quantityNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:20:23Small cruisers, fleet support, and available dockyardsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:39:17More Arethusas in place of LeandersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress7:43:01The limits of a two-coast U.S. battleship fleet in the 1890sQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:09:52A medium power built around deployable naval groupsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:12:06The auxiliaries and escorts behind a proposed reaction forceNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:15:36Building artillery and logistics into European reinforcementNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:25:48Why China's naval expansion appears suddenQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:14:22Why Israel maintains a comparatively small navyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:28:05Frigate numbers for a larger Royal Navy escort fleetQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:08:45NATO without the United States would face a logistics gapQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida7:49:05What fifteen De Zeven Provinciën-class frigates would give the NetherlandsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:39:21Building a fleet before a science-fiction war beginsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II4:19:32What the Executor reveals about presence and force distributionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II4:28:52What Taiwan's smaller navy can realistically accomplishQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II5:05:53How the Indian Navy compares with other major fleetsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II5:14:16Concentrating a Star Wars fleet against one systemQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II6:56:15Why two ships do not guarantee one availableQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I23:45Large armored cruisers as affordable heavy-ship massQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I25:38Designing a fleet around a known budgetNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:04:55How Jeune École theory distorted French fleet developmentQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I2:03:23Why Ambassador is an odd name for a capital shipQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:20A fully funded Royal Navy without nuclear weaponsQ&A
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy30:42Good enough, fleet numbers, and readinessNotable Point
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy46:45Missile defence changes how fleet combat power is measuredChapter
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy49:15Balanced fleet versus a single-purpose strategic fleetChapter
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy1:10:55A balanced fleet must solve simultaneous tasksChapter
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy1:13:24Balance the fleet to national interestsNotable Point
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:35:33The response to Russian nuclear escorts depends on scaleQ&A
- Unryū class: Japan's Light Fleet Carriers!24:32Why fleets need quality, quantity, and balanceNotable Point
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)59:59Can the same forecast be made for smaller navies?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)1:29:28How many destroyers would the major navies need?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:30:00Alliances divide oceans because no navy has infinite shipsNotable Point
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)3:02:30What navy could a victorious Nationalist China build?Q&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:09:41Canada's Gripen and F-35 force mixQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:59Why navies resist a simple four-part rankingQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:13:38What an independent Dominion navy should buildQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:49:54Why VLS counts cannot rank every warshipQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:18:15A five-flight-deck British carrier conceptNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:19:29Conventional submarines as an AUKUS complementNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft41:02Town-class cruisers fill the middle tierChapter
- Procuring for Peace First Draft47:26Warship displacement tiers persist across technological changeNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft55:42Nuclear deterrence cannot cover every crisisNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:21:33Modern frigates expose the missing low tierChapter
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:32:50Conservative frigates still leave a missing lower tierNotable Point
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy50:49Admiral Henderson preserves a balanced but undersized fleetNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?30:02A combined cruiser-minelayer class releases ordinary submarine tonnageNotable Point
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:46Why Australia might stop at two large landing shipsQ&A
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?1:17:54Eleven battlecruisers create refit depthNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:38The Type 82 procurement pinch pointNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:03What Japanese naval bases reveal about readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:12:40Magazine depth and reloading for a long naval warNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:42Carrier shortages and the capital-ship gapNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:21Why a cruiser offers more than an arsenal shipQ&A
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War48:50Modern Falklands defence rests on garrison, presence, and reinforcementChapter
- Battle of Lepanto 1571: Alliances of Command27:44Coalition members rationed their commitmentNotable Point
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...13:36Basing a global reserve patrol-vessel forceQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:36Replacing six Invincible-class carriersQ&A
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships28:44Shipbuilding knowledge, infrastructure, and fleet massNotable Point
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships45:32Choosing cutting-edge capability or affordable massNotable Point
- #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 7 Mikasa thinking about Sloops0:58Uncrewed assets around crewed task-group centresNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?56:51Why larger French and Italian fleets matter globallyNotable Point
- Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean39:02Command through grief and Britain's wider fleet depthNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:11Modern naval force structure for the DominionsQ&A
- What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?29:02Fleet destroyers and destroyer escorts had different jobsNotable Point
- What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?47:23The battle line Lee could realistically assembleChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?17:24The US Navy's precarious position before MidwayChapter
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut19:56Fleet standardization and the New Republic's logistics problemQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut1:04:38A modest force structure for rebuilding Syria’s navyQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut1:17:24Territorial commitments drive a larger carrier fleetQ&A
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...0:00A framework for reading military cultureChapter
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...22:34Why Britain and Japan diverged in maritime force structureNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...25:52Nuclear-war assumptions eroded British reserve depthNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...28:19Continental powers seek naval offset strategiesNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...42:06Inherited military strengths can create weaknessesNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:12:04Borders determine fortifications and response forcesNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:14:37Sea transport favored British light infantryNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:41:19Reverse-engineer a country's force structureNotable Point
- Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?21:32Why eight excellent destroyers still leave a coverage gapChapter
- Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?32:01How Maya fits Japan's graduated escort forceChapter
- Liberty Leadership: How the ships that were the blood cells of WWII came to be...49:03A useful fleet matters more than a perfect individual shipChapter
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:05HMS Daring shows why fleet depth mattersNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:22More flight decks sustain carrier-aircraft ordersQ&A
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why46:23Why battleships versus carriers is a false interwar choiceNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:23:43Mediterranean force deployment after TarantoChapter
- Battle of Actium(31BC); Last Gasp of the Roman Republic45:00Balanced fleets adapt while specialized fleets smashNotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:27Starfleet deterrence needs more than prestige cruisersQ&A
- Vlieter Incident 1799: When the Dutch lost a Fleet to a Conundrum... or a Conspiracy...12:10Dutch penny packets invite local defeatNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:34:35How a carrier gives Britain a coalition command roleNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:37Ships to add beyond the Royal Navy pipelineQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:55Dreadnought missile inserts and a five-deck fleetNotable Point
- Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility40:29A carrier is only as flexible as the air wing it sustainsNotable Point
- Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility42:33Why warfare demands adaptable aircraft typesNotable Point
- Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility45:09Fixed-wing consolidation as a test of war preparationNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:12Designing a viable modern Russian carrier forceQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:46A World of Warships design replaces Bismarck and TirpitzQ&A
- The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!2:04:18Five smaller German capital ships instead of Bismarck and TirpitzNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:44:10How many ships do Britain and Canada need?Q&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:54:35Did Britain need more 1910 Town-class cruisers?Q&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:59:30A two-tier frigate fleet for CanadaQ&A
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s33:22Why useful carrier drone pools must be largeNotable Point
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:57:23Every British Cold War submarine returns todayQ&A
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy59:54From Black Sea commander to builder of a blue-water Soviet NavyChapter
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy1:03:47Good enough meant a credible 75-to-80-percent solutionNotable Point
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy1:38:23A balanced fleet mixes forces for war and conflict managementNotable Point
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy2:11:00A fleet is built by the whole national economyNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:34:27A conventional frigate instead of LCSQ&A
- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)1:23:37Paper strength did not give Russia trained force depthNotable Point
- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)1:31:24Military capability cannot be improvised after the crisisChapter
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability49:17How one service faction can unbalance an entire forceNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:06Fleet formations depend on buying enough shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:09Why Russia lacks enough submarines to escort its SSGNsNotable Point
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat48:01Specialist aircraft versus one-airframe efficiencyChapter
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat50:47A carrier's aircraft mix sets its practical capabilitiesNotable Point
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat53:40A Super Tomcat would impose fleet-wide opportunity costsNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…2:32:22The case for a 10,000-ton threshold for global warfightingNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:40What a flying battleship would do to air powerQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:00:41Keeping Type 23 frigates through the escort gapQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:51Why a navy should not make every ship a first-rateNotable Point
- Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō53:00Why Japan divided forces under senior commandersNotable Point
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?1:36:19Moskva and the danger of solo patrolsChapter
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:39:42Why fleet size improves availability nonlinearlyQ&A
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:47:29How F-35A orders narrow Britain's carrier aircraft poolNotable Point
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:52:22Could Britain crew a third carrier?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?52:01A late CATOBAR conversion cannot cheaply undo force-structure choicesNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:58Why French publicity emphasizes smaller frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:18:40Why higher German spending would not quickly buy a carrierQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:12Type 31 as the Royal Navy's lighter frigateQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:13Why Type 32 is likely to evolve from Type 31Q&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:39Naval treaties based on hull count instead of tonnageQ&A
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?3:03What Plan Z proposed to build by 1948Chapter
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?3:14A Scharnhorst-based fleet could have arrived soonerNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?17:35Plan Z was a moving program, not one fixed blueprintNotable Point
- 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
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?28:44Why Type 45 programme cost was not the cost of another shipNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose2:33:07Was Dutch geography a strategic trap?Q&A
- George of Antioch: The Scilian Admiral of Admirals who out foxed the Byzantines...54:42Integration as the strategic foundation of Norman SicilyChapter
- George of Antioch: The Scilian Admiral of Admirals who out foxed the Byzantines...59:13Internal security can hollow out readiness for external warNotable Point
- Britains Obsession with Supersonic Harriers38:45Five common V/STOL flight decks offered greater flexibilityChapter
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:50:35German battlecruisers as a scouting forceNotable Point
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII2:50:12From fifteen Kobben boats to six modern Norwegian submarinesNotable Point
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII3:24:59A better interwar submarine force for NorwayQ&A
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!18:48Northern raids shape Korea's force prioritiesNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!40:30Korean coastal warships turn cannon into a force multiplierChapter
- Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...11:31Why two carrier hulls leave little fleet breadthNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:55How the Royal Navy planned to replace V/W-class destroyers and flotilla leadersQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:10The case for and against RAF water-bombing aircraftNotable Point
- Isolationist America: What should Australia, Britain & Canada do if it happens in the next 5 years?27:07Diversifying Canadian fighters for Arctic coverageNotable Point
- Isolationist America: What should Australia, Britain & Canada do if it happens in the next 5 years?42:29Rebuilding alliances faster than fleetsNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction6:18The High Seas Fleet's top-heavy force structureChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned1:58:25How the Eight-Eight Fleet balanced capital-ship typesNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?38:44Why the U.S. Navy stopped at eight AtlantasNotable Point
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley1:11:02Balancing senior leaders by temperament as well as skillChapter
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List23:44Why Taffy 3's destroyers had to lead the defenseNotable Point
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List1:11:10What modern fleets lost with the riskable destroyerNotable Point
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?4:46The High Seas Fleet fought its image of BritainNotable Point
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?22:51Germany lacked a developed fallback strategyNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:33Why Royal Navy corvette advocacy depends on timingQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:58What a submarine reveals when it signals its presenceNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:10Carrier strike group versus carrier battle groupQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:55Sketching a combined CANZUK fleetQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:42Why drones may not merge frigates and destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:47Why navies buy the high end before the low endQ&A
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership1:04:22Equal submarine tonnage masks unequal global missionsNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:22:05Does every new warship class replace an older one?Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:37Rebuilding the US Navy from 1980 around docks, submarines, and escortsQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15:34How many dreadnoughts Imperial Russia would actually needQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:39:18How extra British frigates would expand fleet coverageQ&A
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?1:26Why coastal defences did not need to stop every invasionChapter
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?14:43Peacetime planning can mistake imperfect protection for no valueNotable Point
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina4:40French innovation versus fleet standardizationNotable Point
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina25:04Building one sustainable Regia MarinaChapter
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina36:07Sejong the Great versus Arleigh Burke: capability and numbersNotable Point
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina36:47Saint-Bon’s legacy in the modern Italian NavyChapter
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:24Rebuilding the 1989 Royal Navy with future knowledgeQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:40How allied procurement changes with less American backstoppingQ&A
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?3:32:46Post-Cold War assumptions created a Royal Navy replacement gapNotable Point
- General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!5:15Air Force ranks and the limits of four-person Stargate teamsNotable Point
- General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!18:44A vast secret budget with too little command depthNotable Point
- General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!45:46Authority, rescue volunteers, and the missing heavy response teamChapter
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued20:22Type 31 as the task group's inner escortQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:17:17What eleven Abukuma-class escorts would have addedQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...5:07The battleship as an uncrewed task-group hubChapter
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...15:51Hypersonic weapons belong in a fleet-level cost exchangeNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...28:07Combining a battleship hub with arsenal shipsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...40:14Extra roles drive destroyer growthNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...41:28Presence ships changed names more than sizeQ&A
- Battle of Zonchio 1499: Limitations of Command... Venetian Style8:00Venice's fleet-or-army strategic dilemmaNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer28:18Why expanding missions made destroyers largerNotable Point
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?24:19Retention preserves the cadre needed for rapid expansionNotable Point
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?57:30Force design requires balance rather than fashionable systemsChapter
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?57:30New technology usually joins warfare instead of replacing itNotable Point
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?1:09:28The RAF needs depth in enabling aircraft as well as fightersChapter
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?1:19:42Build coherent Army divisions around equipment already orderedChapter
- 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?2:13:16Count the enablers that headline force totals hideNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!55:40Why restoring frigate reserves would require new shipsNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!56:34Why reserve planning cannot assume wars of choiceNotable Point
- 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?12:15Battleships as peacetime presence and conflict-management shipsChapter
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:11:34Italian nuclear warships and global reachQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:29:17Alliance dependence and the peacetime defense cycleNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:46:24Perry-class retirement and the replacement gapQ&A
- Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias47:48Shipboard manpower cuts the landing force before battleNotable Point
- HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition10:04The imperial fleet's cruiser gapNotable Point
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live42:23Cold War asymmetry removed battleships and flattened naval signalingChapter
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live47:17A self-defending capital ship fills the gap below a carrier groupChapter
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live1:00:15Who might buy one, and why size should stop near 60,000 tonsChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class5:25Procurement should answer manageable threats, not impossible absolutesNotable Point
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class29:02A balanced fleet means balance against national needsChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class42:28Armored cruisers as the Six-Six Fleet's second battle lineChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class49:59The fleet hidden behind the Six-Six headlineChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class56:22Torpedo investment reveals continuity in Japanese naval doctrineNotable Point
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class1:07:06Why twelve 90-percent ships may beat ten perfect onesNotable Point
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class1:20:32From the Six-Six Fleet to the Eight-Eight FleetChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class1:28:25Applying Six-Six Fleet principles to a modern navyNotable Point
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees18:58War expands administration that peace may retainNotable Point
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees37:42Caribbean service shortened the intervals between refitsNotable Point
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees40:59Why large warships retained an adaptation advantageNotable Point
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live58:33A large fleet with too little siege supportChapter
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live59:33Why 12,000 troops fell short of the planNotable Point
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live1:37:38Shipboard replacements remove most American troops from the siegeNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...55:20Benbow's gun and numbers turn design into deterrenceNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...59:42The Jeune École and the growth of small combatantsChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:29:04Cumulative treaty tonnage governs carrier numbersNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:41:04Seawolf, Virginia, and Rickover's usable fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:44How NATO priorities reshaped British force structureNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:21Alliance trust, dependence, and sovereign capabilityNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z1:18:48Japan's early advantage was an integrated full-spectrum forceNotable Point
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:06Why ceremonial horses can outlast tanks in a defence budgetNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:15How Italy matches naval commitments to designed capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:38Large cruisers as a layer below carrier deploymentQ&A
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?14:23Fast fleet oilers were traded against amphibious liftNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?25:39Trade protection was an insurance argumentChapter
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:03First-line British and Indian forces in East AfricaQ&A
- How effective was the Russian Navy0:18How to judge the Imperial Russian Navy's effectivenessChapter
- How effective was the Russian Navy12:18How force size and distance multiply a logistics tailNotable Point
- How effective was the Russian Navy22:49Why Russia repeatedly funded the army before the navyNotable Point
- How effective was the Russian Navy23:23The Russian Navy was as effective as policy allowedChapter
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:59Where nuclear propulsion fits an American escort fleetQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:35The Royal Navy sometimes outnumbered Germany in submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:58Abrams or more T-55s: firepower, maintenance, and support crewsQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:11TIE fighters and the cost of protecting trained pilotsQ&A
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!39:30Why secondary theaters needed their own aviation supportNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!1:08:38Why Malaya had airfields without aircraftNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:08:52Choosing between an airfield, carrier, and tenderChapter
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:41A strategically autonomous Cold War Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:05Why navies repeatedly develop light, medium, and heavy shipsQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:09Why Typhoon still needs upgrades while GCAP developsNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:12:07Madden proposed brigade-scale Royal Marines for mobile basesNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:23:28Why Dido replacements did not remove older cruisers from serviceQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:29:46Why peacetime ship limits favor larger warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...6:56Why a one-carrier fleet loses availabilityQ&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:16:28What limits the size of a battleship?Q&A
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?39:47Civilian leadership and compromise between service factionsNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:33:37The closing test for a technology gambleNotable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...1:36:16Adapting a historical fleet to a fictional space warQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:01:03Large drone forces may recreate the aircraft carrierQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:27:07A hypothetical 1980s US battleship with VLS and 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!19:47Roman rationalization weakened visible deterrenceNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!50:32Reading modern river-force structuresChapter
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 926:13Why modern navies still need reserves for long warsNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea27:23Why one German sortie tied down several British warshipsNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea53:41Why more U-boats were not a simple substitute for battleshipsNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea56:46German surface ships mattered even when they stayed in portNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise14:59How allies would view a Spanish naval modernization planQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:31:05Why Cold War power projection came in different scalesQ&A
- Flotillas of the Danube2:09The Danube as frontier, highway, and logistics systemChapter
- Flotillas of the Danube1:50:16Small patrol craft protect scarce major warships from routine dutiesNotable Point
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral44:37Why senior command still depends on service expertiseNotable Point
- Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…14:09Convoy plans must follow the ships already availableNotable Point
- Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…44:53The modern convoy force-structure problemChapter
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:55:42Destroyer standardization cannot ignore Japanese shipyardsQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:16:27The Royal Navy's Type 83 numbers problemQ&A
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War15:15Why regional powers keep warships useful for longerNotable Point
- Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force40:41Specialist Dover ships free destroyers for the main fleetNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 553:06Deterrence and patrols are difficult naval work to make visibleNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 51:03:19Reserve fleets bridge the gap between regular forces and wartime expansionChapter
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 51:10:58Secondary theatres do not always need first-rank warshipsNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 51:27:29Aircraft carriers cannot substitute for the fleet built around themChapter
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 51:43:11A fleet under construction changes a commander's optionsNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 347:16The proposed British fleet of interchangeable aviation decksNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 347:16A carrier must be bought as a system of systemsChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 350:40The Incredibles analogy for a complete carrier forceNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:05:45Carrier power depends on the logistical tailNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates1:10:52Waging the war and the modern escort questionNotable Point
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:23:15The escort fleet behind six Invincible-class carriersQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:34:03Why helicopter cruisers gave way to helicopter carriersQ&A
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?4:01Convoys as an offensive anti-submarine systemNotable Point
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?59:16ASW requires mass against hundreds of possible contactsNotable Point
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?1:01:14Design a practical ASW hunting forceNotable Point
- A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit1:32:35Austria weighs army inheritance and smaller neighboring statesNotable Point
- A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit2:21:52A compact Swedish army leaves resources for sea powerNotable Point
- A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit2:43:27An oversized fleet competes for Sweden's limited personnelNotable Point
- Battle of Elli2:13:15Elli shows why ships alone do not make a fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?49:13When Royal Navy procurement last had real momentumQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?1:49:37A Star Wars sector fleet is far too large for anti-piracyQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:12:23Why the Royal Navy needs overlapping submarine classesNotable Point
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:31:18Modern armed forces need broad recruitment poolsNotable Point
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:56:48A postwar Sovetsky Soyuz keeps battleships relevantQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 918:22Why Tiger's cost encouraged smaller cruiser conceptsNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview1:21:51Choosing P-1 or P-8 by theater and alliance networkNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:55:49How many large amphibious ships would the Royal Navy need?Q&A
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 33:14Fleet stories test the fit between mission, ships, and peopleNotable Point
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 333:26Capital-ship economics can make starfighters rationalChapter
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 335:49Cheap hull-count politics can lock a fleet into obsolescenceNotable Point
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 337:30Fighter capacity can displace dedicated escort shipsQ&A
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes1:29:29Could navies accept a modern sixty-percent escort?Notable Point
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes1:32:15A crewed support ship could sustain several uncrewed escortsNotable Point
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes1:39:14Escort warfare rewarded presence more than individual powerNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...46:57Why Britain needs deeper naval and military reservesQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...1:20:03Why sixteen missile cells leave doubts about Australia's frigate requirementNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...3:23:34Why new weapons rarely make whole platforms obsoleteQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:49:55Why Britain needed more land-based early-warning aircraftQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...1:38:01Why Queen Elizabeth carrier air groups need more aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...24:42Kynda and Kresta cruisers as specialized missile shipsQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:51:10Germany needs a mission before it needs an aircraft carrierQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:53:35A German LHD requires an ocean-going task groupQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:32:08Power projection exists below global policingQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:42:20Do not retire crewed fighters before autonomy is readyQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:51:44Why cheap drones do not make naval defence uneconomicNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:59:12Drones add depth rather than erase naval fundamentalsQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:02:13A new UK maritime force would duplicate naval functionsQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:14:26Why ninety aircraft marks a practical upper carrier air wingQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:48:12Why navies deferred the low end of the fleetQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...4:29:14Catapult type does not determine carrier sizeQ&A
- Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates0:14Why fourth rates struggled in the middle groundChapter
- Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates4:31The rating system and the limits of a high-mid-low fleetChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...7:32Why carrier tonnage alone cannot compare fleet optionsNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...8:34Why two carriers cannot guarantee certaintyNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:22:52The 85-percent value testChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:27:03Future escort design and affordable numbersNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/42:02:31When treaty battleship ratios outrun national economiesQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/43:27:03Cruiser economics anchor a British UAD campaignQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:48:16Why fleet composition cannot be reduced to one ratioQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:55:24Why the Mediterranean needed more U-class submarinesNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/47:45:00Why Royal Navy submarine classes were theater-specificQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:55:31How weak pay can produce force cuts by attritionQ&A
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 741:39Why an LHD can do more than a hospital shipNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 754:56Procurement politics can determine the carrier a navy getsNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 759:28The F-35B turns procurement rivalry into partnershipNotable Point
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS13:39Layered fleets and the carrier's adaptable striking powerNotable Point
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast57:06Dream fleets still need fuel, crews, and a war economyQ&A
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?40:28Building a powerful Indian Ocean fleetChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 11:13:42Build the Centaurs for amphibious assault and commandChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 11:17:19Designing a carrier fleet to survive Treasury cutsNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 11:21:24When the Malta carriers would need replacingNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 11:29:52A four-carrier replacement cycle for the 1980sChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 11:53:21A 1980s carrier fleet still serving with F-35sNotable Point
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!1:19:51Soviet capital-ship cancellations and the cost of hunting a StalingradQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!2:15:57Why missions still drive carrier sizeQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:08:40Why Japan wanted a seventy-percent treaty ratioQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:24:37A fifteen-ship US battle line would rewrite the treaty-era balanceQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:38:12Royal Marine vehicles, amphibious brigades, and budget choicesQ&A
- The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 1029:09Why carrier air-wing arithmetic retired the specialist VigilanteChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers1:48What never-built carriers reveal about naval requirementsChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers6:36Why defence capabilities need a public caseNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers34:45The carrier as an adaptable aircraft systemNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers1:08:19Build carrier forces from missions, alliances, and slackChapter
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...3:44:02Pokémon would change fleet organization and weapons integrationQ&A
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...1:19:41A global surface-raider hunting forceNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...1:21:26Layered deterrence from patrol ships to carrier groupsNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...1:25:21Would Tiger Cubs retire the old armoured cruisers?Q&A
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...1:56:13A new treaty category for station cruisersChapter
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s35:39Why France planned carriers for the Far East and AtlanticChapter
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s48:32Fleet design should follow strategyChapter
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:32:00The case for a large helicopter-and-missile cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:28:02Turning a larger Royal Navy budget into deployable force structureQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:36:39What four Queen Elizabeth-class carriers would demandQ&A
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII42:11Yamamoto and Nimitz manage imperfect resourcesChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII51:16Design choices shaped the forces behind the totalsNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII54:37American task forces versus Japanese dispersalNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII57:11Wasp would have added a third American flight deckNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1062:00:47Why the fortress does not need modern light cruisersNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!0:00Why a carrier force needs spare hullsChapter
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!46:08Allied escorts and covering commitments during warNotable Point
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.14:32Why a recently refitted ship may still be retiredQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.55:12How defence services frame procurement choicesQ&A
- Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?1:05:41Freed capital ships reshape other theatresNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?28:06Separated fleets make naval limits harderNotable Point
- Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons5:13The limits of technological shortcuts in naval planningChapter
- Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons1:12:03Distant deployments as a force-diversion strategyNotable Point
- Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut48:29Carrier capability must be judged against the missionNotable Point
- Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut1:11:33A thought experiment: how would a new carrier arm begin?Notable Point
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall22:33A counterinsurgency fleet for the Galactic EmpireQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:27:14The intended CVA-01 escort groupQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!29:05Japan's aviation training system under early rival expansionQ&A
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin8:56Judging carrier capability by value as well as costNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin18:30Why carrier numbers determine availabilityNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin1:12:02Why a supercarrier can overwhelm a smaller navyNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin1:34:04Carrier groups and the escalation gapChapter
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!55:07Zumwalt's medium carriers as a mobilization reserveQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:49:59Why LHA light carriers do not relieve the CVN fleetQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:31:39Why sixteen carriers ease US deployment strainQ&A
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage11:58Ten carriers do not mean ten deployable carriersNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage14:06The carrier’s symbolic burden grows as the fleet loses capability spreadNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage46:17A carrier group concentrates division-scale combat powerNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:17:18From Gulf War mass to the wars-of-choice assumptionChapter
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:47:21The 600-ship Navy carried greater aviation densityNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage2:11:12Visible carrier deterrence and hidden submarine deterrenceChapter
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage2:17:56Design exercise: build a 2030s Nimitz carrier groupNotable Point
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier1:19:36Every mixed carrier air group must solve the space problemNotable Point
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier55:15Soviet Indian Ocean deployments drew NATO forces awayNotable Point
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier58:28Sea King and Kamov Ka-25 reveal different ASW force designsChapter
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...6:48The cost of not buying carrier capabilityNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...14:46Continuous deterrence as a carrier-availability modelNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...20:52A reserve fleet must be ready to surgeNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...21:36Why a tailored air wing can become a trapNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...51:27Carrier capability as independence of actionChapter
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier8:40A small force operating in every theatreNotable Point
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!26:49A larger Royal Navy sloop program before 1939Q&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!43:04Guided-missile cruisers inherited a destroyer-leader problemQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:53:47Why twenty early escort carriers could change the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:13:07Starting a new navy with subchasers and a training flagshipQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:18:05A Star Wars planetary defence force built around depth and standardisationQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:31:43Britain's defence industry needed consistent plansQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!3:08:11A major postwar Royal Canadian Navy needs national commitmentQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...29:42Who could have used an Alaska-class cruiser?Q&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!10:33Rebuilt battlecruisers could reinforce secondary theatresQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:18:43A sudden 1939 capital-ship windfall would trigger a British building panicQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:43:18Why navies repeatedly outgrow the small-networked-fleet ideaQ&A
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 33:13:40Ordering the first battlecruiser squadronNotable Point
- HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure30:20Why fleet numbers determine carrier availabilityNotable Point
- HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure38:28The missing modern light fleet carrierChapter
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 23:47:18Building mobile formations while democracy risesNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 21:51An American naval campaign under pressureChapter
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier5:37A fleet's fighting edge needs a logistical bodyNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier27:33A hollow fleet could restrain MussoliniNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier1:19:39Design a support system for a minor navyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments45:38Advising the Third Sea Lord on future fleets in 1937Chapter
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 12:10:20Using force mass while technology lagsNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier0:20Modernisation plans do not stand stillChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:13:38Britain: preserving numbers while expanding fast capital ships and carriersChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:18:16Britain's two-tier destroyers and global escort networkChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:20:37Twenty-five capital ships and the choices behind Dominion transfersNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!10:50The promise and danger of quality over massNotable Point
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:16:59Reserve fleets are normal peacetime force structureNotable Point
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:15:04Deterrence that prevents the battle you wantedQ&A
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:33:19Ordering a battlecruiser class for a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign5:35Expanding a British fleet without losing its purposeNotable Point
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign10:22Turning construction tonnage into useful ship numbersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign18:42Why the 6,000-ton escort-cruiser brief breaks downChapter
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign49:23When destroyer guns erode the case for a cruiserNotable Point
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:28:32Using a peace dividend to modernize an over-aged fleetNotable Point
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:39:38How navies retire old ships by cohort and exceptionNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 722:01Railguns, human troops, and an elite Jaffa corpsChapter
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 725:13Use Jaffa as an elite cadre, not the whole armyNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 739:16Jaffa-led combined-arms brigadesChapter
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 741:28Diversify the fleet and make reserves usableNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 71:02:44Institutional reform sets the fleet's real limitChapter
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign16:17Retiring old destroyers without losing fleet massNotable Point
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign32:47Why a large defense budget produced a cruiser-heavy fleetQ&A
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:22:40Stopping an enemy is different from driving it backNotable Point
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:30:14Pairing blocking forces with mobile formationsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:31:24The support burden behind a thousand-soldier forceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:32:33Do support troops count against the thousand-warrior limit?Q&A
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:36:38Generalist formations and the cost of specializationQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!1:59:05Type 83 and the modern cruiser under another nameQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:04:17A Royal Navy force structure for the 1950 cutsQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:41:19Britain's blue-water choices in a multipolar worldNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!9:27Woolworths carriers and why Britain modified themChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:09:45Why modern light carriers are not escort carriersNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:11:15Canadian escort carriers and the growth of an escort navyChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:15:32The modern escort-carrier mission and hull problemNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:35:15St. John's fleet positioning for an American warNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:55:59Submarine-heavy port defenseNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:51:14Asymmetric British and American fleet structuresNotable Point
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 511:17Evolutionary procurement and national riskNotable Point
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 516:59The 74 as the battle line's working massChapter
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 520:29The all-rounder that could serve anywhere in the lineNotable Point
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 536:59Global utility and cost per useful hullChapter
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 540:17Third rates as the fleet's working strengthChapter
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 544:05What later warship filled the 74's all-rounder role?Notable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?14:00Hiyo class and Japan's conversion gambleChapter
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?49:47Peacetime quality must leave a path to wartime massChapter
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?57:21Mixed air groups before fully uncrewed carriersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:39Submarine-heavy fleet balanceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign21:48Why veteran crews can justify modernizationNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:10:34Old warships as imperial presence and invasion tonnageQ&A
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:56:29Warhammer 40,000 and crisis command designNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:16:36Warhammer 40,000 logistics and resilient reservesNotable Point
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 40:55Second rates between prestige and fleet massChapter
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 410:35How fleet growth created the second-rate nicheNotable Point
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 416:39Strategic insurance after a lost fleet battleNotable Point
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 422:12Three-decker firepower against stronger opponentsNotable Point
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 429:21Second rates for the early US NavyNotable Point
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 433:53What two-decked second rates might changeNotable Point
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 437:36The context and changing utility of second ratesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:04:52Research and refit prioritiesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:03:03Old dreadnoughts as overseas presence forcesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:08:39Submarine-heavy port defenseNotable Point
- Bruships Gothenborg style...39:24Why only about one third of a fleet may be ready for dutyQ&A
- Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,3:01Soviet geography made torpedo bombers attractiveChapter
- Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,17:17DB-3 range filled a Soviet naval gapChapter
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191210:18World War I success and winner's diseaseNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191222:14The aviation bureau inherited a training bottleneckNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191224:11Elite pilot pipeline and carrier trainingChapter
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191250:10The command structure lacked expansion redundancyNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign57:51Mediterranean invasion geometryNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:00:52Fleet size versus force structureNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:05:56Research priorities for fleet qualityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:33:55Concentrating fleet tonnage for naval invasionsNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 232:01Capital ships cannot replace a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 240:22A capital-ship surge ends Germany's liner raceNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 257:56Heavy cruisers inherit the imperial battlecruiser roleNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 21:00:40Britain cannot be outspent at seaChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right19:00Constellation and the difficulty of retaining a high-low fleet mixNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right21:01Small uncrewed ASW escorts would still need capable frigatesNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right22:27Low-end escort mass must exist before warNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right54:13Rapid Fleet Air Arm expansion diluted squadron experienceNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:18:00Hermes without aircraft or a carrier task groupNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:24:28Hermes, Force Z, and the value of fighter coverNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:10:27Treaty displacement limits and the known torpedo threatNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:58:18Strike doctrine competed with fighter-control trainingNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:02:39The crew pool constrains fleet expansionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:09:15Submarine strength and fleet balanceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:45:06Italian battle losses drive a fleet-wide refitNotable Point
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?55:10Sizing the U.S. Navy carrier forceQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:45:32Mass-produced 12-inch British battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:31:14A 1940 South African fleetQ&A
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 136:08Fleet choices without Washington limitsChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:44:17The opportunity cost of Japanese super-battleshipsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:40:57Battlecruiser as heavy-cruiser substituteNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 216:08Victory, peacetime economy, and wartime activationNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 224:19What defined a first-rate ship of the lineNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 228:26The rarity and prestige of first ratesNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 245:05Fleet numbers versus individual ship strengthNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 247:33First-rate logic in a modern allied task forceNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 249:27HMS Victoria at the end of the ship-of-the-line eraChapter
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 253:31Are aircraft carriers modern first rates?Notable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)7:47Brigs, snows, and sloops beneath the frigate lineQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)46:17The Gunboat War thins the Royal Navy's American stationNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)59:13Why frigate victories did not replace a battle fleetNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:23:39Third rates formed the working line while first rates carried statusNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:17:46The ordinary ships behind the wooden wallNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:23:11How many third rates could the Royal Navy keep in commission?Q&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:29:02Royal Navy numbers in the age of sail and 1914Q&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!12:01National service and naval training limitsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!46:44Designing a French navy at five percent of GDPQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:08:42A German navy for 2030 at five percent of GDPQ&A
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem2:00How 848 Squadron covers 845's aircraft transitionsNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem22:32Northern Ireland rotations turn availability into heavy taskingChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem25:33The Falklands amphibious force needs ships, craft, and helicoptersChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem31:44Atlantic Conveyor exposes the wartime helicopter marginNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem37:07Merlin transition and the risk of minimum airframe planningNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem40:27Joint Expeditionary Force branding matters less than usable unitsNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:26:56Lion-class battleships in Cold War serviceQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:33:46Keeping older British battleships without naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:41:36Dominion cruiser programs and the London treaty balanceQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:46:21Postwar rearmament without working nuclear weaponsQ&A
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign35:24Designing ships for battles or warsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:57:13Destroyer and submarine mass buildoutNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:48:12A thousand-submarine fleet goalNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:21:28A mixed heavy squadron for war with AmericaNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:24:24Mothballing old ships to crew new destroyersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:32:03War Plan Red and the industrial-fleet balanceNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!7:50Town-class cruisers as imperial trade protectorsNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:20:35Why four extra early-war hulls create cumulative advantageNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement0:49Repairing capability before buying new equipmentChapter
- Musings on Procurement9:08Accepting mistakes before copying another navyNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement11:52Know the nation before buying the forceChapter
- Musings on Procurement21:01Geography turns procurement into strategyChapter
- Musings on Procurement33:03Buying forces to manage conflict before warNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement48:01Designing expeditionary forces for the theatreChapter
- Musings on Procurement58:06Why American amphibious ships do not fit British needsNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement58:52The danger of preserving capability only on paperNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign8:02Battlecruisers used as heavy cruisersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign27:20Offshore drilling would expand Royal Navy demandQ&A
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:02:00America as the next fleet-strength problemQ&A
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:15:14American tonnage drives British small-ship expansionNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote14:04British surplus ships for FinlandQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:00:53Sizing an amphibious ship from its missionQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:11:11No-treaty Royal Navy renewalQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:33:48Replacing battlecruisers in a no-treaty fleetQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote2:16:40Recapitalizing the force before adding new capabilitiesQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:16:55Postwar US Navy priorities before the next crisisQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote4:10:23Why no treaty does not guarantee a balanced US fleetQ&A
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion41:36Common aircraft can turn several flight decks into a flexible forceNotable Point
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion44:30Mission count sets the air group size problemNotable Point
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion47:25Combat aircraft blocks and the smaller early-warning detachmentNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:20:42Convoy escort and flotilla leader employmentChapter
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign20:55Turning construction capacity into cruiser numbersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign25:31When larger ship types take over smaller ships' jobsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign45:09Why a battle line needs combined firepowerNotable Point
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:28:04An anti-submarine cruiser with a destroyer's roleNotable Point
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:53:32Heavy cruisers as a second line behind battleshipsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:06:50Organizing a mixed fleet by speed and tactical roleChapter
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:26:02Ship count, tonnage, and crews tell different fleet storiesNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off26:46Corvettes, sloops, and build standardsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off28:23What the Royal Navy meant by 70 cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off55:17Light carriers under Washington limitsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:10:53Why shipyard capacity is weak deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:40:55Dominion cruisers and treaty bargainingQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:48:51Support fleets for Dominion naviesQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:58:45The fleet interwar India could supportQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:16:21Indian investment and Far Eastern defenseQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:51:32Destroyers as cycle shipsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:54:08The three-fleet unit and imperial force structureQ&A
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast35:40Triton's cost and the price of naval critical massNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1037:23Raisonnable breaks the Penobscot ExpeditionChapter
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:22:0164s, specialization, and fleet sizeNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:23:26Type 83, air defense, and the cost of specializationNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:33Did naval treaties drive carrier air group evolution?Q&A
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...58:13A joint F-35B pool sustains two service squadronsNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...1:00:50Will Italy share its F-35Bs between services?Q&A
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...1:02:01Carrier size follows mission mathChapter
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:34:37British carrier escort plans lost ships and crewsNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:58:32Fleet carriers and supercarriers answer different national needsNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...3:07:19Multirole economy displaced specialized carrier bomb trucksNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...3:19:02Will carrier UAVs operate beside crewed fighters?Q&A
- Musings on Deterrence3:04Prepared forces make deterrence cheaper than warNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence6:22Conviction has to look realChapter
- Musings on Deterrence8:12Force structure exposes a military mirageNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence17:02Alliance strength depends on convictionNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence19:03Visible drills can prevent battlesNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence19:51Military strength is cumulativeNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:54:34Why larger heavy cruisers would affect US and Japanese light cruisers differentlyQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends3:10:51The role of large cruisers in a super-battleship fleetQ&A
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History5:40Akagi and Soryu form Japan's proposed carrier contributionNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History38:02Pacific security releases Dominion forcesNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History2:02:07How commitments against Japan limit the route to Romanian oilNotable Point
- The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans57:16AEW aircraft make hangar dimensions a fleet constraintNotable Point
- The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans1:06:10Waterways and basing keep the carrier away from the Black SeaNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign8:09How more carriers change Britain's 1939 choicesQ&A
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign12:10How a Tillman treaty fleet tightens blockade pressureQ&A
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign15:48Dunkerque, Richelieu, and France's two-theater problemQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins8:52Royal Navy view of wartime US naval growthQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins55:24Queen Elizabeth hull stretch and battlecruiser speedQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:12:04What ending Japanese Army-Navy duplication could changeQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:36:34Why France accepted a one-carrier nuclear fleetQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:54:52Eastern Fleet funding and Pacific war pressureQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:27:21Treaty tonnage for a Royal Navy three-fleet systemQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:35:45Comparing Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa at seaQ&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...13:32The Japanese fleet actually available in June 1940Chapter
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:09:32How many British ships would Japan's entry release from the Far East?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...3:18:45Would cruisers grow beyond 12-inch guns?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...3:19:39Why capital ships could remain central after a shorter warQ&A
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 327:49Build maintenance and loss margin into the air groupChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:21:46Size the escort fleet for refits and lossesChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:25:12Fund the full force behind a carrier capabilityChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:30:13Plan for service beyond the nominal retirement dateNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:32:13Test Britain's STOVL force against the strategic checklistChapter
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons6:00Why shore and sea aviation need different structuresChapter
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons17:19The recurring vulnerability of a one-carrier fleetNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons26:01What French naval aviation squadron numbers indicateChapter
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons41:37How modern French naval aviation groups its operating forcesChapter
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:21:13Two carriers leave little margin for availabilityNotable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier39:36Why helium supply limited the experimental fleetNotable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:25:57Why airship reach depended on shore infrastructureNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?47:01Fleet concentration and a possible deterrent cruiseNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?51:45A stronger cruiser force before CoronelNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist4:08Which Star Trek fleets resemble historical navies?Q&A
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist8:24Why ships in ordinary preserve fleet depthNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist35:44Why eighteen aircraft became a carrier minimumNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist43:19How carrier missions build an air group of sixty or more aircraftChapter
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions44:45Why Britain did not order escort carriers before warNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions1:12:27Alliances do not replace national capabilitiesChapter
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign13:40Concentrating a fleet for an overseas invasionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign24:15A submarine-heavy fleet for global sea controlNotable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign28:19When anti-mine cruisers replace unworkable destroyersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign30:45How fighting style shapes an entire fleetNotable 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
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:25:47How a six-versus-four demand became eight capital shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built55:05Why an Irish Channel squadron would not need cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:28:37How building CVA-01 could have reshaped British shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:49:09Navies need sustained attention, not crisis spending aloneQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built3:42:20Carrier survivability is a task-group problemQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built4:35:16How County-class cruisers would move into second-line dutiesQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built4:44:57The Royal Navy's unofficial capital-ship requirementQ&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!6:58Essex Junior was too weak to alter the battleNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!35:52A Constitution-led squadron would have drawn heavier British shipsNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!43:02Heavy frigates could not replace a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!1:04:28Cherub supported Phoebe without matching Essex's firepowerNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!2:13:38Porter's commerce-raiding claims exceeded the strategic cost imposedNotable Point
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign13:02Designing a fleet to avoid fair fightsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:33:56How complementary battleship divisions create layered firepowerNotable Point
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:47:32Measuring naval strength beyond the number of shipsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:54:13Matching a fast anti-submarine cruiser to its battle fleetChapter
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?16:19What would replace the Channel Fleet's pre-dreadnoughts?Q&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?1:02:27What Britain gains by maintaining its capital-ship programQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?1:25:13When battleships paired with destroyers and carriers with cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:02:53The diminishing returns of a 100,000-ton battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:10:31Stalin's paradoxical contribution to Soviet naval historyQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:36:58How an unlimited destroyer allowance reshapes the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?3:12:20Why carrier numbers mattered alongside carrier sizeQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions53:03When bigger warships stop being betterQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:17:39Why wartime fleets stop chasing maximum ship sizeQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:51:56Why old battleships remained useful in the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:11:28How old battleships could become convoy force multipliersQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:13:17When navies built for need instead of one-for-one replacementNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:44:54Why landing-platform decisions need long-term fleet planningQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:56:26Why a larger Royal Navy begins with peopleQ&A
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!20:33Why Stalin might enter the London Naval ConferenceChapter
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!41:36Why four Soviet fleets require twelve capital shipsNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!44:41Capital-ship ratios for a six-power treatyNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!47:30Soviet entry doubles the proposed carrier allowancesNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!50:28What Britain's twenty-capital-ship fleet could containNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:22:52Germany faces an earlier Allied naval rearmamentNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?18:51What John Fisher might make of a Star DestroyerQ&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:58:01Japanese qualitative overmatch and insufficient fleet numbersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign21:54Old ships can still provide operational massNotable Point
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered43:53A unified European navy would need global carrier coverageQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:07:58A maximum-effort empire could order about 64 destroyers yearlyQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:56:23Vanguard still fits a fleet that receives the Lion classQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:05:03A G3 carrier could operate roughly 96 aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:13:32G3s serve future needs rather than replace old ships one for oneQ&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle36:06Aaron Merrill balances risk with available force massChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle42:15Japanese limits meet American industrial massChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle50:18Cleveland firepower expands bombardment choicesNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London47:15Stalin opens with twelve battleships and hundreds of submarinesChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:12:56How far could Soviet battleships exceed treaty limits?Q&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:26:06Defensive doctrine favors battleships and destroyers over cruisersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:22A submarine-heavy fleet turns oil into a strategic objectiveChapter
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:03:43Older warships cover distant stations instead of entering reserveNotable Point
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:45:47Deliberate force mismatches overwhelm enemy destroyers and cruisersNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 51:05:25The Conte di Cavours and Italian treaty equality with FranceChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 51:09:02If Leonardo da Vinci had survived into the Second World WarNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 51:09:41How Italy assembled its Washington treaty tonnage claimNotable Point
- Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...18:02Why space fleets may still organize around carriersNotable Point
- Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...34:47The Secutor and the Empire's fighter contradictionNotable Point
- Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...1:14:08Modular fleets make role definitions more importantNotable Point
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 825:49Plan Z needed time to build the systems behind the shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:18:14What US-level defense spending could buy BritainQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:36:43Why carrier mission sets drive carrier sizeQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:02:53Why a stretched River corvette has no clear fleet nicheQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:24:20The Type 32 as a drone-control frigateQ&A
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!2:39Eight ships for a complete battle squadronNotable Point
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!26:42A line battleship built for fleet depthChapter
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!1:01:19Why fleet numbers conceal maintenance problemsNotable Point
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!1:20:31How treaty relief shaped Revenge's likely replacementNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction1:12:51Crew scale must be judged against the mobile-base missionQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction1:19:59The Imperial fleet is too heavy in capital shipsNotable Point
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues18:15Why escort and fleet carriers needed different air groupsNotable Point
- Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service0:47Headline aircraft cannot explain a whole wartime forceNotable Point
- Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service17:43Why older fighters remained essential in secondary theatresNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:22:10How larger fleets improve the rule of threeQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:38:58Why Britain preferred more battleships to more guns per hullQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered2:43:09Why Britain needed a third Queen Elizabeth-class carrierQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:28:43What eight extra treaty cruisers give the Royal NavyQ&A
- Trident Fails to Fly3:31Australian fleet plans and British procurement choicesChapter
- Trident Fails to Fly5:48Britain's nuclear and conventional deterrence imbalanceChapter
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:24:26Reading defence rumors as budget signalsNotable Point
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!37:10One force-design improvement for each major World War II navyQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:03:20Today's Royal Navy carries Cold War commitments with far fewer shipsQ&A
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty23:16Distributed shipbuilding buys presence as well as votesNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 339:53The unglamorous ships that amphibious plans were built aroundChapter
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI7:37Why an amphibious vehicle buy works better across several brigadesNotable Point
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI27:58Britain's naval strength and its small army in 1914Notable Point
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI1:22:40Would a shorter war leave Britain with a larger Royal Navy?Q&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered41:16The operational cost of Japan's specialized warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered2:39:47Britain's plan to rebuild a twenty-ship battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:23:36Why the United States keeps building Arleigh BurkesQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:28:42Type 26 variants and the cost of taking a frigate out of serviceNotable Point
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese10:25How raid success strengthened the Essex priorityNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!15:44A combined Australian-New Zealand navy would need more coverageQ&A
- 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
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:09:18Frederic Madden's large interwar carrier-force plansNotable Point
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 220:14Why four Swordfish were the minimum useful air groupNotable Point
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 244:04More hulls reduce the strategic shock of one lossNotable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19421:48:31Why heavy cruisers had to protect the early carrier raidsChapter
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19421:49:22Lexington battlecruisers as carrier escortsNotable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19422:05:42Why navies built battleships and carriers togetherNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development2:23:21Treaty pressure turns one ideal into carrier tiersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:08:33Fifty-seven dreadnoughts reveal the campaign's scaleNotable Point
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:29:23An eight-ship squadron exceeds construction capacityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:06:14Fleet strength depends on budgets, crews, and ship mixChapter
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:25:02French strength rests on cruisers and economic growthNotable Point
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:51:08A continuous four-carrier American building cycleQ&A
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...28:55Why three carriers protect operational availabilityNotable Point
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...42:18Fleet carriers as political targetsChapter
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered11:33Why Finland could not simply buy more submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:20:14What replaces battlecruisers sent to the DardanellesQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered3:20:26A united British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand navyQ&A
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals40:29Administrative disbandment can hide real continuityNotable Point
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals53:58The F-35 era depends on more than fightersChapter
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals1:05:12809's return needs a larger supporting forceChapter
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign41:22Building an early submarine force for distributed defenseNotable 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 Campaign2:36:35Designing separate near-station and distant-station battleshipsChapter
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:10:01Cruiser numbers cover minor territorial missionsNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:16:37Why one carrier does not create continuous availabilityNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō49:42Why small carriers were pushed into fleet-carrier workNotable Point
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books55:36Fleet size, promotion, and personnel retentionQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:27:06Why US and Japanese fleets differed from the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:35:00How to build a Canadian two-ocean fleet from 1928Q&A
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI23:45Extra Type 45 hulls spread development cost and create depthNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI40:31Army-first funding left the Imperial German Navy without depthChapter
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI52:45Germany's Jutland order of battle exposed a force-structure gapChapter
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI57:22Austro-Hungarian readiness came from planning for its likely warNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI1:21:53Reserve fleets make wartime mass possibleNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?13:21Reserve ships preserve fleet depth and construction continuityChapter
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?15:50Why World War I required a six-hundred-ship Royal NavyNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?20:23Older escorts still matter in secondary theatersNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?1:48:19Was Italy's Second Fleet meant to absorb enemy fire?Q&A
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?1:51:02Old ships fill essential roles that new construction cannot coverNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:13:59Carrier survival widens British options from Norway to CreteNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:16:51Reserve battleships could build an Indian Ocean force before Force ZNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:31:17Reserve ships widen the fleet's sensor and presence networkNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:37:49Judge reserve ships by the depth they addNotable Point
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:21:28Germany's shortage of usable destroyer strengthQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:02:23Which navy followed Britain in cruiser numbers?Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:06:09What large armoured- and protected-cruiser fleets taught BritainQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:27:41Renown-type battlecruisers instead of the Revenge classQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:54:40Judging cruiser numbers against the threats of the timeQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:35:01Britain's prewar cruiser shortageQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:51:45The most common practical carrier typeQ&A
- HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War53:12What a prewar British amphibious force might have changedNotable Point
- HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War56:40An interwar brigade hinted at a combined amphibious forceNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence0:48Sloops as adaptable small warshipsChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence6:36Why five small ships do not equal one large shipChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence12:00When up-arming a patrol ship hides a fleet gapNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence59:55Small-ship presence needs big-ship backingChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence1:04:23Choosing the right ship for each threat levelNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?8:00How wartime escorts became peacetime presence shipsChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:11:38Judge a sloop by its mission, not first-rate statusChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:43:22Why not heavily up-gun River-class patrol ships?Q&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:50:52Threat tiers keep patrol ships out of destroyer missionsNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:55:15River Batch 2 trades heavy weapons for endurance and peopleNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:02:15A 57 mm gun changes the patrol-ship cost equationNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:06:26The right OPV gun depends on the fleetQ&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:44:58Two submarine paths to force multiplicationQ&A
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 816:28Sixteen Darings planned, eight builtChapter
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 840:30Why a medium power needs flexible warshipsNotable Point
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 71:16:36Why a medium all-rounder works in wartime force structureChapter
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 71:18:09What modern escort fleets lose when one ship must do everythingNotable Point
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 71:23:24Why S-class mass production mattered in wartimeChapter
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:18:43Strike cruisers could fill an escalation gap in US deploymentsQ&A
- Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 330:44Exercise bias hid the scale of wartime amphibious logisticsNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response19:49Why six-inch guns seemed rational to German designersQ&A
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?8:31A large navy can pursue several doctrines at onceNotable Point
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:17:41The yards needed for a sixty-eight-submarine forceQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:28:45Why submarine totals cannot be judged without contextQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:33:26What a national US shipyard expansion could supportQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:32:03Why two carrier deployments require five or six hullsQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:22:26Were battleships obsolete after 1945?Q&A
- HNLMS Schorpioen: KSS1 S6 Comment Response5:18A Dutch fleet built around Tideman's industrial programNotable Point
- SMS Seydlitz - The Pivotol 4th German Battlecruiser - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 935:57How German capital-ship priority weakened the light fleetChapter
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:10:42Cruiser categories without treaty tonnage ceilingsQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:52:01The US Navy's missing steps in presence and escalationQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:15:29Designing visible steps into a presence fleetQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:16:38What 137 cruisers would mean for British sea powerQ&A
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?7:18What a common capital-ship hull changesNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:46:22Germany abandons the surface fleet - or doubles downNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers35:57Three hulls create continuous raider pressureNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers3:07:17More efficient ships still cannot win Germany's naval warChapter
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett3:00Long-range strategy begins with capabilitiesChapter
- Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign39:21Procurement delay leaves navies fighting with yesterday's forceNotable Point
- Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign42:18Are good-enough numbers better than a few perfect platforms?Q&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat19:02If the Axis captured the Toulon fleetQ&A
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore55:49Sydney needs a much larger repair and support complexChapter
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:29:26Why a three-enemy war required different fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare23:24A four-twin-turret rule reshapes the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare30:46Superpowers, major powers, and regional naviesQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare44:57A balanced Canadian combatant inside a much larger fleetQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare55:05A different naval answer for Canada's Arctic coastNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:30:23Why France needed more than one Jeanne d'ArcQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:47:49Why four major ships create a usable rotationQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:37:52Japan needed shipbuilding infrastructure before a larger fleetQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare3:31:27What two Town-class cruisers imply for the Free Polish NavyQ&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?44:04Four Clevelands and eight FletchersChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:11:05Modern ships still depended on trained crewsQ&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?2:21:22Why Japanese destroyer squadrons had light-cruiser leadersNotable Point
- Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 76:24Italian cruisers exposed a French force-structure trapChapter
- Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 715:21Why Britain explored a 25,000-ton battleship limitNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion24:31Hull numbers determine real availabilityChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion51:56Political change reshapes a class's assumptionsNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion59:40A changing threat can reverse a sensible force-design choiceChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides29:24New missions force hard space and weight choicesChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides32:13Fitness space is part of operational capacityNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides36:43A navy must be able to crew the ships it buysNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1119:23Why fleet tonnage determines whether an invasion can proceedChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 111:45:19Separating game victory values from operational fleet valueNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 111:49:58Distributing more than 260 submarines across imperial portsNotable Point
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases48:45Why cruiser production runs should overlapQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:18:15A ninety-cruiser Royal Navy changes London Treaty bargainingQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:31:00Global stations consume a ninety-cruiser fleet quicklyQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:56:30Per-ship limits encourage every navy to build to the ceilingQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases2:23:02A 20,000-ton navy built around modular shipsQ&A
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...11:19Mackensen, Ersatz Yorck, and Germany's battlecruiser problemChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...22:45Austro-Hungarian design for the AdriaticChapter
- Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 118:10The Dido's contested place between cruiser and destroyerChapter
- Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 138:49Wartime adaptation can produce a useful shipChapter
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series16:15A larger Royal Navy built around escort groupsQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series58:25Money set the historical escort total, but convoys set the requirementQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:58:44Carrier operations and global patrols depend on future escort numbersQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:47:02Alaska and the fourth-rate problemQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:52:05A 30,000-ton carrier duplicates capabilities the US Navy already hasQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:58:51Type 83, paper Russian projects, and a larger Type 055Q&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series3:03:31The US Navy cannot escape its production bottleneck without new yardsQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series3:05:44Future warships may all become mothershipsQ&A
- Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian43:36Star Destroyers, battleships, and carrier rangeNotable Point
- Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian46:00Uncrewed forces change the risks commanders acceptChapter
- Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian1:07:05Compare forces by mission before ranking themNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 97:22When fleet growth outruns crews and shipyard capacityNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 914:28Why cruiser numbers sustain a global fleetNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 91:34:30Naval spending does not guarantee effective tonnageNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 92:45:28How an all-battlecruiser phase shaped the later fleetNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 92:56:04Why invasion planning needs tonnage as well as capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:14:16Balancing a hypothetical 1942 Royal NavyQ&A
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 68:30Why specialist fleets demand more hullsChapter
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner13:50How bipolar competition narrowed military rolesChapter
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner49:16Who can spare a carrier for a distant war?Notable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner53:55Grey-zone friction defeats tidy force calculationsNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner56:29Two carriers cannot guarantee one available shipChapter
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner1:01:02From four deterrent submarines to five usable flight decksNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 81:02:18A Type 47X concept still needs a yard and a build slotQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:49:28Why old coastal guns remain useful in the FalklandsQ&A
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 426:40Refits explain why fleet size is not fleet availabilityChapter
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 443:31Building related battleships as an eight-ship squadronNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 459:48Fleet strength depends on integrated screeningNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:02:12How large an empire-wide patrol fleet might beQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:52:46Building a carrier-backed Royal Marine reaction forceQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:28:24Why the Royal Navy needs more escortsQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:37:47Why too few hulls drive the Royal Navy toward larger shipsQ&A
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian4:13A five-part test for fictional capital shipsChapter
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian8:13Capital ships must fit the operator's risksNotable Point
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian27:35Queen Elizabeth class: presence, access, and common aircraftNotable Point
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian31:21Executor class: intimidating but strategically wastefulChapter
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian43:05Centralized control costs the Empire operational reachNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre9:43Why a larger torpedo boat was hard to justifyQ&A
- HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 930:56Concentration, compensation, and a squadron built to growChapter
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:30:05Why a surviving British imperial fleet changes the Falklands premiseQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:13:07Why Canada is a plausible carrier questionQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:08:04How submarine numbers turn into patrol availabilityQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:16:21How hull numbers become a deployable capabilityNotable Point
- Fleets of the Battle of Actium(31BC)1:13:06Fleet balance and the choice of battleChapter
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!1:09:06Why the Type 83 force needs more than two hullsQ&A
- What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?0:35Italy entered the war before its naval buildup was readyChapter
- HMS Nelson(1876): bad sound19:09Cruisers became the sustainable choice for overseas flagshipsNotable Point
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'3:45Why a new battleship may be at its weakest on commissioningNotable Point
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'22:03Building for fleet needs rather than the race aloneNotable Point
- CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 439:15Designing a carrier system for a medium powerChapter
- Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 334:02The fast-battleship alternativeChapter
- Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 340:00Separate scouts from the fast battle lineNotable Point
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences1:51:08Why paper capability cannot replace fleet capacityNotable Point
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences1:52:18The missing Dutch squadronNotable Point
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits0:11What makes a navy the benchmarkChapter
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits3:00Why sail-era fleets struggled to set a benchmarkNotable Point
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits16:53The force-structure burden of global presenceNotable Point
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits41:15Could battlecruisers replace the battleship benchmark?Notable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 515:00A capital-ship fleet still needs cruisersChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 51:19:37Building 128 light cruisers for global port defenseChapter
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:09:00Why a long-term superpower Britain would inherit a different fleetQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:34:56Why a 200-gun ship of the line had little valueQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:46:10Why Britain preferred more medium carriersQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:54:16Four battleships under a 100,000-ton class budgetQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:57:02Designing one 100,000-ton battleshipQ&A
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI6:12Why the Royal Navy needed more large destroyersNotable Point
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI1:24:31Dispersed fleets needed larger, multi-role destroyersNotable Point
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 105:41Why capital ships need a balanced fleetNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 41:56:24Regimental tradition versus administrative scaleQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 41:59:32Rebuilding British forces for peer conflictChapter
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!13:29Why Britain did not build deliberately inferior warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!15:04A twelve-gun Alaska still needs a distinct missionQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:03:32A Finnish coastal-defence fleet conceptQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!2:52:35What decides whether an old capital ship becomes a targetQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:27:13Why the Royal Navy needed more, smaller carriersQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:31:36What a destroyer leader adds to a flotillaQ&A
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 930:03Why a French squadron needs more than one shipNotable Point
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough4:10Fourth rates and the cruiser-leader roleNotable Point
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough5:11Recurring ship roles reward institutional memoryNotable Point
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough7:58Peacetime layout and the two-tier cruiser caseNotable Point
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough36:31The procurement problem of the fourth rateNotable Point
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 513:53Fleet size depended on industrial learningNotable Point
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 523:39A concentrated fleet plan faced a dispersed imperial realityNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 449:19The Royal Navy's three-theatre nightmareNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 354:30Building a home-defence fleet and submarine massChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 357:51Scrapping obsolete craft while retaining useful battlecruisersNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 31:00:57Why refit older capital ships?Notable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 31:21:19Choosing battlecruisers for a global warNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 31:45:05Comparing national strength before a naval warNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 32:12:18Using an alliance to cover another theatreNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 32:15:46Reinforcing a distant fleet after attritionNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer21:19Carrier treaty tonnage versus Royal Navy hull numbersQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer33:30Fleet replacement is a rolling processQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:10:33Why Britain would build heavy cruisers before the 1930 treatyQ&A
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...32:50Canadian economy versus visible deterrenceNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...1:22:27Equal ratios and unequal global commitmentsNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 357:12A hypothetical Soviet task-group fleet and its Pacific weaknessNotable Point
- What Cannon is right for this ship?22:15Choosing guns from a ship's role and hullChapter
- What Cannon is right for this ship?40:42Firepower is a whole-ship trade-offChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 28:52Using battlecruisers to concentrate forceChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 233:56Crew pools turn hull numbers into deployable strengthNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture14:54Why air-defence planning must allow for a capable opponentNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture51:23Weapons stocks and NATO support for Ukraine in July 2023Q&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:54:45The Royal Navy's intended carrier replacement ladderQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:06:31A carrier fleet needs a mission before a deployment planQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:34:13Why flexible warships can hide the fleet size needed in warQ&A
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:36:42Battlecruiser squadrons and Japan's 8-8 planNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:44:32Renown class and Britain's wartime force shortageNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 239:26The fleet Britain needed for two theatresNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 242:36Why fleet numbers mattered more than duelsNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 21:09:39Capital ships inside a whole fleet systemNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 21:23:33Lion batches for a globally divided fleetNotable Point
- Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD14:57A British response to Yamato would be a fleet problemChapter
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy32:51Escort numbers shape a navy’s useful strengthQ&A
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 142:45Lion as a balanced British fast battleshipNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas23:02Why a one-on-one capital-ship duel misleadsNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas1:20:11Why stronger fleets seek superior numbersChapter
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas1:28:45How one early loss unbalances an equal fleet actionNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years3:03Why one-dimensional forces become predictableNotable Point
- Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?57:18Cruiser labels versus the independent cruising roleNotable Point
- Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?1:02:04Which navies might retain big-gun ships?Notable Point
- Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction43:48Carriers and the danger of robbing one serviceNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:04:53A 27,000-ton Ark Royal and Britain's carrier numbers problemQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued3:07:55Automation cannot quickly solve a personnel shortfallQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)1:00:05Why the fleet totals concealed a French edgeChapter
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)1:49:13Why an 80-gun ship changed rates by 1801Notable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)2:45:14Why the Royal Navy did not need a Constitution-style heavy frigateQ&A
- Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &118:36Pairing fast carriers with capital shipsNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy0:22Navies evolve rather than appear fully formedNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy2:18Start with the questions a navy must answerChapter
- How to Build A Navy23:26Naval power requires renewed political consentChapter
- How to Build A Navy25:04Public spending needs repeated strategic justificationNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy27:00Naval capability is easier to lose than rebuildNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 910:01A carrier built for a global Royal NavyChapter
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:18:46Japan needed concentration rather than dispersionQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:41:11F-35B supports a more resilient British fleetQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:49:36Land Ceptor does not replace naval area air defenceQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!3:02:56The RAF had reasons to retain Joint Force HarrierQ&A
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response7:19Why a flagship needs room for a command staffQ&A
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response20:56The destroyer that filled an unbuilt cruiser's roleNotable Point
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda51:01British intelligence and the force needed to contain the TegetthoffsNotable Point
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda1:12:06How a stronger Adriatic fleet could distort Allied force allocationChapter
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Comment Response29:02Why rebuilding a fleet takes more than ordering shipsNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Comment Response30:25A balanced Royal Navy force-structure sketchQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)24:32Why battle lines needed common performanceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)27:52Why the most powerful destroyer may be the wrong shipNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)44:39Why Japan moved toward the fast battleshipNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)44:39Why navies wanted different battle linesChapter
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)48:05German battlecruisers as battle-line reinforcementsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)59:12The best dreadnought depended on the missionNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response7:52A lower-cost layer for global naval presenceChapter
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response10:12Presence ships create an escalation ladderChapter
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response28:44Nuclear escorts compete with the need for hull numbersNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response32:04A steady nuclear-escort production policyQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!20:03Comparing the Galactic Empire with the Imperium of ManQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!36:17Fleet specialisation can create the wrong force for a new opponentNotable Point
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!40:25Flying boats, helicopters, and finite naval budgetsQ&A
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response0:28SALT limits and Royal Navy force structureQ&A
- What would battleship and cruiser guns look like If modern technology were applied to them?34:29Which navies might retain big-gun ships?Chapter
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane2:43Why aircraft numbers matter across an empireQ&A
- Slava Class: Comment Response49:40Maintenance, industry, and bureaucracy behind combat powerNotable Point
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 238:21Maintenance cycles turn fleet numbers into real readinessNotable Point
- The Shipwreck Museum - The Destroyer Models #NavHistAus 21:28Why a small destroyer force needs flexibilityChapter
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet35:12Why a battlefleet needs escortsNotable Point
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet37:57Bastion fleets match force to a persistent threatNotable Point
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet1:46:37Cruisers as the Imperial fleet's backboneChapter
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet2:24:41Self-defence can free escorts for the wider fightNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response7:55The generalist-versus-specialist cruiser tradeoffNotable Point
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:37:30Small warships as command and presence assetsQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:23:40Why hindsight would help the Royal Navy mostQ&A
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 229:40A maritime empire's demand for battleship scaleNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 231:33French proximity versus construction strengthNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 235:59Duncans and deterrence through overmatchNotable Point
- Bruships 113: Jutland30:21A later Jutland and Royal Navy replacement depthQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:06:22When patrol-vessel numbers exceed the missionsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:28:43Why Dominion fleets counted with the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:50:12What a larger interwar Royal Navy could deployQ&A
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...8:43Why a fleet needs ships for different rolesNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...21:30A personal US Navy mix skips the LCS tierNotable Point
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power57:24Peer war makes distributed naval capability unavoidableNotable Point
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power1:00:16Availability favors adaptable warshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:28:21Distributing County-class cruisers across the DominionsNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:40:07The wider cruiser programme behind forty CountiesNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:56:41Why the U.S. and Japan retained armored cruisersQ&A
- Steam Battleships (1876-1891)7:25Why a Warrior-New Ironsides duel is the wrong comparisonNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation32:48The limits of a small fighter carrierQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:53:41Why naval treaties needed a destroyer-leader categoryQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:37:23Small gunboats trade reach for local utilityQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:50:09More treaty categories create more boundary problemsQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)10:14Fleet concentration rather than one-on-one duelsNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)27:07Standardised armament and cruiser numbersNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:33:28Could the Royal Navy crew six converted carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:59:38Why Royal Navy strategy still needs national directionQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:37:32Why a globally deployed Type 83 grows toward cruiser sizeQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus4:05:02A tentative estimate of Type 83 fleet sizeQ&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 763:24:40Why the extra carrier hulls matter mostNotable Point
- Rome Total War; To go Remastered or Not to Go Remastered that is the question1:31:33Why the Carthage siege army is cavalry-lightNotable Point
- Rome Total War; To go Remastered or Not to Go Remastered that is the question1:49:55A cavalry manoeuvre element for North AfricaNotable Point
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?45:25A diesel fleet would alter German naval design cultureChapter
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)3:45:43A technology hub as an operational objectiveNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword32:43How Tillman-style politics might shrink the U.S. fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword58:23Why good-enough ships can win warsQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword1:04:46Why navies build very large warshipsQ&A
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition2:35:32Fourteen British ships against eight powerful French escortsNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover36:51The strategic cost-benefit test for nuclear powerChapter
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'49:41Carrier numbers for a reliable Far East presenceNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'52:41Why four hulls make a dependable naval capabilityNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'1:12:32Why understrength fleets create oversized shipsNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'1:14:50Reloads and survivability in the small-ship debateQ&A
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'1:28:19Amphibious forces still need organic armourNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'2:31:28Anti-submarine warfare depends on trained formationsNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword35:44An eight-ship battlecruiser force implies a rolling replacement cycleQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword3:48:09A global economy gives Britain global naval interestsNotable Point
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI24:47Battleships and battlecruisers were built for different risksChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:06:20The Royal Navy S class as a balanced northern-water submarineNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century2:01:47Los Angeles class: nuclear attack submarines come of ageNotable Point
- A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?1:20:20Planned fleet numbers matter more than a one-on-one duelNotable Point
- Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you42:19Three questions before adding more turretsNotable Point
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources25:07V-bomber tankers in a larger Commonwealth air forceQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources55:05How a Commonwealth superpower changes Royal Navy resourcesQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources1:15:53Commonwealth fleet balance around frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources1:57:08Shipyards need administrative memory to regenerate fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources2:24:42Why logistics matter more than an impressive order of battleQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources2:49:30A Japanese-style balance for a risk fleetQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response30:49Dominion dreadnoughts as deployable Royal Navy strengthQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:04:49Churchill's minimum program and the four fast super-dreadnought choiceQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:05:07Did the fleet flagship sit outside its battle squadron?Q&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:05:32Why Britain's older dreadnoughts still had global dutiesQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:30:13Why dreadnought programs resisted neat squadron arithmeticQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?22:16Revenge class and race-winning numbersNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?26:03Global commitments and the strategy of the naval raceNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?16:30Queen Elizabeths as a constrained leapChapter
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?51:56How the Revenge program could redistribute older dreadnoughtsNotable Point
- Blockade!!4:35Close blockades require different forces for different portsChapter
- Blockade!!46:43Design warships for blockade duty and battleNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)2:41:05Medium-power choices between army, navy, and air forceNotable Point
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build2:54:49Why logistics commonality is not always a quick fixQ&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build3:08:21Making the case for a deployable British ArmyNotable Point
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build3:26:46Amphibious shipping as the connector for heavy forcesNotable Point
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build3:32:30First-rate forces depend on the comparisonNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)51:31Post-Cold War budgeting and the counterinsurgency turnNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)53:39Carrier airpower as deployable infrastructureNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:08:01Sloop shortfall and Royal Navy procurementNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:13:49Far East plans met the Royal Navy of 1941Notable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response41:28Treaty heavy-cruiser size gapQ&A
- First Fleet: Founding of Australia1:21:31A successful landing with an underdesigned security systemChapter
- First Fleet: Founding of Australia1:32:01Critical mass, skilled settlers, and the missing engineersNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites27:21An Imperial Federation as one integrated navyQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:36:34Instant warship production and the remaining crew requirementQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:45:39Choosing drone Renowns to fit existing infrastructureQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:01:13Mass-produced drone escorts against U-boatsQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:38:14Unlimited British warship production against Italy and JapanQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:44:08A Czech navy built around KaliningradQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:25:46How fleet size turns ships into available capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:32:57Why a three-LHD fleet could restore British amphibious depthQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts32:10Soviet blue-water fleet and Britain's NATO roleQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts57:46The Flower class as a minimum viable convoy escortNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:17:31The three-decker tradeoffs of a second rateNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:21:03Second rates as station flagshipsNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:32:21The rated fleet mix in 1794 and 1814Chapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:35:59Third-rate balance and administrative depthNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?6:24Why land-based aircraft could not replace fleet aviationNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-6541:24A stronger Soviet Navy preserves British carrier groupsQ&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:39:57Could France pair Dunkerques and carriers?Q&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:16:13A carrier also demanded cruisers and destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:17:58Carriers and submarines cannot replace a combined forceQ&A
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind49:25Gunboats and sloops as force multipliersNotable Point
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All7:31Cruiser-gap politics behind the nameNotable Point
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All28:18A cruiser-role package in the minimum hullNotable Point
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All33:25DDG(X) and the variable meaning of high-low mixNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed9:59The peace dividend changed what counted as too expensiveNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed12:45Nine cruisers in five classes followed the nuclear carriersChapter
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed15:24Nuclear escorts made high-speed carrier redeployment credibleChapter
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed20:04A balanced fleet complicates the enemy's problemNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed21:48The Panama Canal was a strategic-mobility vulnerabilityNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed22:52Reclassification politics turned destroyer leaders into cruisersChapter
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed27:19Nuclear variants made sense only while the peer threat enduredNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed29:27Kirov exposed the politics behind cruiser comparisonsNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed56:00A carrier must be judged as part of its battle groupNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed1:00:29Rickover's priorities shaped the surface nuclear fleetNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed1:02:17Fisher's Dreadnought compromise illustrates more with lessNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed1:06:04Peer threats determine whether expensive capability looks necessaryChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:31:28How cutting Type 45 numbers inflated the headline costNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:42:35Deutschland-class raiders as a planning problemNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers3:10:27What a Des Moines-class raider would force Britain to deployQ&A
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...10:44One nuclear escort in each batchNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...35:19Horne commemorates the staff work behind a wartime navyNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...56:22A nuclear sister ship isolates the logistics tradeoffNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen1:32Destroyer leaders became cruisers on paperChapter
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen1:01:17Destroyer-built cruisers became a bridge to nuclear experienceChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)18:14Northampton became a survivable national command postChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)20:37USS Triton exposed the limits of submarine command postsNotable Point
- Kara Class: Cruisers of Deterrence?34:45Why the cruiser label still matteredNotable Point
- Kara Class: Cruisers of Deterrence?52:46From presence ship to capital ship to task-group deterrenceChapter
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...42:44The case for one nuclear escort per nuclear carrierNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:12:52Why Japan and Italy make similar force-structure choicesNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:06The high-medium-low mix and the Krivak gapChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?6:05Why the late Soviet Navy was builtChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?26:11Kara-class firepower and the medium-tier mismatchNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?30:32Alpha-class speed and the all-officer crewChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:09:40Chernavin keeps the submarine projectsNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:13:29Neustrashimyy class and the missing medium tierChapter
- Logistics of Colonisation: Looking to the Past to Voyage to the Stars42:43Colony population math outruns small spacecraftChapter
- Logistics of Colonisation: Looking to the Past to Voyage to the Stars1:00:35A Mars conveyor needs fleet-scale reservesNotable Point
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.2:32:21What a very large Irish fleet would require ashoreQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:07:22Damage instead of loss is a long-war advantageNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:15:08Tribals, Didos, and massed high-angle fireChapter
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:09:46Why the absence of Soviet battleships ended the typeQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:42:27A modern third rate as a 16,000-ton Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:01:43Applying Age of Sail rates to modern aircraft carriersQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:06:25Force planning against a five-carrier fleetQ&A
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine7:58A faster nine-gun Deutschland as an alternative cruiser policyNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine11:38Plan Z's force mix and caliber burdenNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine14:21Jutland, Scapa Flow, and the missing fleet purposeChapter
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine17:53Plan Z's presence fleet and mine-warfare logicNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine21:02Theory, procurement, and reality as three different fleetsNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine58:07Plan Z's calendars and the Raeder-Dönitz rivalryChapter
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:00:00Plan Z and the Allied industrial responseNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII17:43Plan Z could not freeze the Royal Navy in placeNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:03:37Superior technology cannot replace fleet mass indefinitelyQ&A
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:20:26Light cruisers designed around mines, not fleet balanceChapter
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:51:27The Bismarck sortie exposed the task-force shortfallNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:57:47A larger Bismarck force would multiply British commitmentsQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response31:06Admiral King and the limits of a multi-ocean fleetNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response34:24Could different Washington Treaty ratios have delayed war?Q&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response1:05:11How faster Nelsons would reshape the Royal Navy battle lineNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class9:29Why Germany needed effective light cruisersNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class27:39Admiral Hipper's first major sortie found no merchant shippingNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class52:44Prinz Eugen and the logistics of the Bismarck sortieChapter
- Admiral Hipper Class1:15:07Better German cruisers would not have saved BismarckNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response55:01Why Plan Z exceeded a static treaty-ratio fleetNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response1:00:38How more US cruisers might have changed later treaty bargainingNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:56:36Why three available ships may require seven or eight hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books4:02:02Why Russia cannot treat its fleets as one poolNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books4:38:45Five force-structure changes for the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships18:39The Washington Treaty squeezes Britain's battle lineChapter
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships55:13Why two treaty battleships could not fill Britain's global stationsNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response26:26How a larger Soviet cruiser program might have prolonged Western capital shipsQ&A
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response1:01:47How short-war assumptions narrowed Britain's maritime commitmentsNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response1:04:32How Sverdlovs complicated NATO's anti-submarine effortNotable Point
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)1:08:19Why the Royal Navy abandoned the middle cruiser tierChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)21:38France's 1890 fleet plan pursues numerical superiorityChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)45:30Individual ships cannot substitute for a unifying fleet systemNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers19:58The larger Soviet task-group vision behind SverdlovNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)0:20Apollo-class cruisers balance capability and quantityChapter
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:17:02Apollo service trains captains for independent commandChapter
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:23:33Instant communications narrow the cruiser's diplomatic autonomyNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:25:39The Astraea class develops Apollo's distributed risk-fleet logicNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:28:39Which modern frigate fills the Apollo's quantity role?Q&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books46:03Balancing Canada's future surface-combatant fleetQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:49:40Balancing present capability with future growth marginQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:30:37Why destroyer development advances in wavesQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:44:48Why Alaska fits the cruiser lineageNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:53:09Why fleet availability needs several hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:55:12Why more small ships are not automatically cheaperNotable Point
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty32:47Carrier tonnage rules produced fragile fleet numbersChapter
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty45:12A destroyer loophole could channel Italian constructionNotable Point
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty47:31A 10:7 ratio could give Japan status while strengthening deterrenceChapter
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty55:50A controlled shipbuilding drumbeat could constrain fleets indirectlyNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response1:02:25What Britain needed to win at CoronelQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"24:16Are old armored-cruiser rebuilds better than no reinforcement?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"35:53Carrier ceilings produced fleets too small for reliable availabilityChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:10:06A more workable set of Washington Treaty limitsQ&A
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?5:28The Franco-Italian race for faster scouts and destroyersChapter
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?7:43Why destroyers were flotilla assets and cruisers independent shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road6:40Why treaty-era capital-ship trades required much more than Admiralty approvalQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road54:10Using Invincible as the treaty cruiser standard reshapes every ship categoryQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road3:54:40Bismarck alone could not deter the Royal Navy battle lineQ&A
- Victoria Louise(1897) Class: Time to Make An Impression (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 6)0:28Victoria Louise-class cruisers and Germany's global fleetChapter
- Victoria Louise(1897) Class: Time to Make An Impression (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 6)2:57Why intermediate cruisers became a German fleet foundationChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 317:03Forbin's exercises tested towing and divided-fleet strategyChapter
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control47:10The missing Town-class cruiser screenNotable Point
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 219:47Fleet manoeuvres and a naval review advertise Italian strengthNotable Point
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 220:32A collision reveals Italy's torpedo-cruiser-heavy fleetNotable Point
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 235:33American power remains short of coalition dominanceNotable Point
- 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 450:14American Civil War frigates emphasized numbers over matching WarriorQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 450:51A frigate-heavy 1806 fleet still needs third ratesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:02:59Drone missile frigates could become distributed task groupsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 42:06:22Super Hornet traded peak capability for affordable air-group massQ&A
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)11:02Eighteen fighters as a minimum sustained patrol groupQ&A
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)42:59Support ships would clarify the BC-304's battlecarrier roleQ&A
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)51:23One self-sufficient ship versus a specialized flotillaQ&A
- Mersey(1885) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 136:04Presence in peace and surge strength in warChapter
- Mersey(1885) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 139:20Why a second-class cruiser should avoid a solo battleNotable Point
- Active Class: The Last Scout Cruisers?42:05Why battlecruisers displaced the scout-cruiser roleNotable Point
- Active Class: The Last Scout Cruisers?44:17A 28-knot, torpedo-heavy alternative to the Active classNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:31:47Few First World War cruisers were worth retainingQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:32:53Smaller Courageous conversions bought more flight decksQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:29:23Why sixteen Canadian combatants could balance two coastsQ&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:58:58Coalition ship totals reveal careful status balancingNotable Point
- Battle of Navarino (1827)2:01:13Did Britain try to match the Russian squadron?Q&A
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate's Battle Cruisers1:21:53What a sixteen-ship BC-304 force could sustainChapter
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate's Battle Cruisers1:37:28A battlecruiser needs smaller cruisers beside itChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:43:38The United States as an overcommitted powerQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:52:05What the KGV and Lion classes were meant to replaceQ&A
- Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response10:32Why large warships become general-purpose assetsNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:33:07Bombers could free the fleet for the Far EastNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:35:45Yamato trades fleet numbers for extreme scaleNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:37:31Postwar fleets designed around missing capabilityChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:44:59Falklands exposes deterrence and force-design failuresChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:50:53Cheap defense becomes a procurement false economyNotable Point
- Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to52:39Estimating Rome's enormous army and support trainChapter
- Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to1:14:18How property and age organized the pre-Marian legionChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:01:25A US Navy Mediterranean counterfactual changes more than carriersNotable Point
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:31:45Brooklyn's balance carries into the Cleveland classChapter
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More1:55:53Balance faster weapons against ship numbers and available crewsQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More3:03:46A helicopter cruiser should coordinate ASW from the rearNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:02:01Escort carriers fill the fleet's shortage of flight decksChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:29:19Modern escort-carrier versatility limits availabilityNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)9:55A larger Type 26 as command ship and escort leaderQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)17:19Balancing naval affordability and combat powerQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)28:21K130 and F125 procurement tradeoffsQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)31:09Why a two-ship economy cruiser class failsQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:09:19Escort carriers supplied most American flight decksNotable Point
- Town Class 1913 +: Birmingham & Birkenhead Classes + HMAS Adelaide53:34The Town class as a cruiser capability programChapter
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)46:07Why Type 31 could fit New Zealand's naval needsQ&A
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France3:17Two-ocean planning and the infrastructure answer to Plan ZNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)5:00When unprotected cruisers made strategic senseQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)7:55A tiered Royal Navy cruiser force for global commitmentsQ&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?47:55What seven battleships and seventy-four submarines addChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:34:53The technology margin behind Falklands deterrenceQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:46:00Why the IJN built dedicated training shipsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:49:21How the Royal Navy is developing extra-large uncrewed submarinesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:58:39The paradox of smaller warships with more missionsQ&A
- SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 1224:40Gefion was being replaced before her overseas deploymentNotable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:21:23Keeping modern escorts in ordinary reserveQ&A
- Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 1137:32Why reserve warships still matter in a long warNotable Point
- Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 103:23First-class protected cruisers and reserve-fleet logicChapter
- Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 1051:28A national flagship creates modern escort demandNotable Point
- Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 1059:24The Edgar class remained useful after losing first-rate statusChapter
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p915:29Sfax between commerce raider and general-purpose cruiserChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 225:32Why two carriers cannot guarantee a carrier groupQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 228:37Prewar Tribal destroyers based in CanadaQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:16:12A balanced British carrier and amphibious fleetQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:05:22Japan's proposed 20,000-ton destroyersQ&A
- Velasco Class(1881): 19th Century Cruisers p524:04The small-navy paradoxChapter
- HMS Shannon(1875): 19th Century Cruisers p48:42One cruiser asked to counter several fleetsNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out11:33Why South American navies bought old gun cruisersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:11:33A larger Royal Navy escort force sketchQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out2:03:07Diesel submarines or extra-large uncrewed vehiclesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out2:10:04What extra Royal Navy carriers requireQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4039:44Why modern warships often stop near 30 knotsQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-402:14:53Why the date a lost ship leaves the navy list mattersQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-402:18:21Rebuilding Starfleet after the Dominion WarQ&A
- HMS Inconstant(1868): 19th Century Cruisers p227:25The industrial dilemma behind building a minor navyNotable Point
- Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p129:51Cruiser capability versus costChapter
- Tre Kronor Class: Because the Swedish had a lot of Bofors guns to use..3:30Specifications for a Baltic task-group leaderChapter
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading43:47Why bad Soviet paper warships could still matterNotable Point
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading44:45How Soviet battlecruisers could reshape Western fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading1:28:16Warships must be fit for their operating contextNotable Point
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:50:14How giant Soviet cruiser submarines could reshape Western fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading3:03:24Why navies repeatedly face manning shortagesQ&A
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches25:43Why not abandon battleships before naval air power matured?Q&A
- Town Class (1911): Chathams0:08The high-low mix hides a navy's essential middleNotable Point
- Town Class (1911): Chathams24:07Replacement cost shapes which warships commanders riskNotable Point
- Town Class (1911): Chathams52:09The Chathams demonstrate the value of a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194217:05The case for Canadian escorts over prestige cruisersChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194112:12Italy's capital ships deepen its escort shortageNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194115:44Britain's strategic map has collapsedChapter
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times28:34Brown, green, blue, and true-blue water naviesQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:16:45Why Australia held a narrow force-structure edge over CanadaQ&A
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19400:03Minor navies after the European war beginsChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194024:09Britain's capital-ship replacement advantageNotable Point
- Portland Class: Heavy Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen?10:26Why total cruiser tonnage constrained strategyNotable Point
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.18:27A practical shipbuilding ladder for the DominionsChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.51:27A small-ship strategy for New ZealandChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:01:22Fund fewer capabilities properlyChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:07:36Roman administration as an infrastructure warningNotable Point
- Offset Strategies One to Four27:29Strategy fails when political aims are not fundedNotable Point
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:39:36Why Polish geography favours land forces over carriersQ&A
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)12:33Why available ships matter more than headline fleet sizeNotable Point
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)38:18Why the Slava class insured the Kirov programNotable Point
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today3:16:39Why two ships do not sustain a capabilityQ&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:52:39Italian cruiser doctrine remains caught between two fleetsChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:55:56Cruiser tonnage might have bought battleships or torpedo swarmsNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine3:04:08Should Italy build only Zaras and Capitani Romani?Q&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:12:58A medium-weight future for the Royal MarinesQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)18:01Constellation and the US Navy's frigate dilemmaQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)22:45How the Cold War pushed navies toward total warshipsQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)36:58A modern name for the sloop roleQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)48:52What other navies can learn from Iver HuitfeldtNotable Point
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions21:49Why Canada declined HMS Enterprise in 1944Q&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:14:16Large cruisers as carrier substitutes in naval diplomacyQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:34:53Why Canada and New Zealand skipped the Battle classQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:59:35The Royal Navy force to add in 1939Q&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)48:05Fridtjof Nansen’s compact regional weapons fitChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)54:30Norwegian coastal deterrence versus Danish global enduranceNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:04:24Gorshkov frigates and the cost of eliminating fleet slackChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:08:08From deployment ratios to a 36-hull Royal Navy mixNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:17:47Álvaro de Bazán and Hobart blur frigate and destroyer labelsChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:27:05Type 26 variants reflect three national fleet structuresChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:30:37Six Type 45s constrain Royal Navy task-group plansNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:31:56Type 31 and Type 26 form a ladder of naval presenceNotable Point
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:22:25A Royal Navy force built around Type 26Q&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:01:57Why more F125s would not fix the fleetQ&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:23:18Why Australia could have built more HobartsQ&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:46:39Why a class needs more than two shipsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 222:36Why Bismarck's loss mattered more than Hood'sQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:54:11Why Japan paired large cruisers with Yamato constructionQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:58:29Desired and available mini-Renown cruisersQ&A
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))56:55Senior leaders are a consumable wartime reserveChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))1:00:14Concentrated command staffs trade economy for resilienceNotable Point
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))1:02:01Reserve obligations could preserve experience after serviceNotable Point
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))1:04:49How can a smaller navy preserve command experience?Notable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)35:35How British and American admiral numbers comparedQ&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)51:37Thomas Buckley Curteis ran out of suitable commandsNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:57:32Wartime expansion multiplied the demand for senior experienceNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:59:21Why drone-defence lasers reinforce a high-low fleet mixNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)2:24:44How wartime sea and shore commands comparedQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels2:57:03Why amphibious forces still need armorQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels3:05:33Why the US Marine Corps gave up its own tanksQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels3:18:56Why cruisers outperform battleships as peacetime toolsQ&A
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)31:05Capital-ship limits and replacement agesNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)52:51Turning destroyer tonnage into usable flotillasChapter
- Giussano Class: Regia Marina's First Condottieri (Long Patrol)16:08Treaty ceilings distorted the cruiser design spaceNotable Point
- Giussano Class: Regia Marina's First Condottieri (Long Patrol)1:14:18Why the super-destroyer alternative still failedChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)11:24Equal submarine tonnage meets unequal geographyNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)25:07Range explains Gato-class displacementNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)26:59A 60,000-ton submarine compromiseNotable Point
- A Treaty Inspired Destroyer Design Discussion: UAD & Patreon Infused video31:43Destroyer balance depends on the navy's missionNotable Point
- A Treaty Inspired Destroyer Design Discussion: UAD & Patreon Infused video46:24Large destroyers displace light-cruiser rolesNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)26:28Historical ceilings produced small destroyer fleetsNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)29:34A 10:10:7:4:4 destroyer settlementChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)34:14Destroyer quantity versus individual capabilityChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)50:47Why the Royal Navy needed at least twenty flotillasNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)10:16Why the Second London Treaty lacked strategic weightNotable Point
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)5:30Judge a cruiser by the role it was built to performNotable Point
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)10:00Could Pensacola accompany Lexington and Saratoga?Notable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)7:20A two-tier fleet and light-carrier systemChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)41:03British carrier numbers versus American carrier sizeNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:02:17Carrier construction strengthens industry and deterrenceNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:13:07Why two carriers do not create a continuous capabilityNotable Point
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)46:03Treaty limits for a twenty-capital-ship fleetChapter
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)50:53Why smaller battleships do not automatically buy an extra hullNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)26:15Why allowing Japanese fortification could aid containmentNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)10:11Britain cannot choose between its sword and shieldNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)56:53Roebuck and the reduction from four survey ships to twoNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)1:08:23Uncrewed survey craft cannot solve a numbers shortage aloneNotable Point
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy16:28Why placing HMS Echo in low readiness was a mistakeQ&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy2:54:19Why the Royal Navy has no spare ship to call least usefulQ&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy3:15:52Why mine warfare needs a host ship rather than fleets of MagpiesQ&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy3:16:50A future survey fleet for seabed infrastructureChapter
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)19:41Fisher's flotilla defence as a force enablerNotable Point
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine46:06Deterrence requires deployable fleet strengthChapter
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)29:48A peaceful federation with warship problemsChapter
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)45:47Putting Wolf 359's casualties in strategic scaleNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)49:07A starship replicator instead of a mothball fleetNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)53:37A reserve fleet needs crews as well as stored hullsNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)1:02:57Where are the Federation's member-world defense forces?Notable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)1:11:01Why does the Excelsior class appear everywhere?Q&A
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)1:18:02Could Khitomer have produced a naval arms treaty?Q&A
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)1:22:39Weapon restrictions are not the same as fleet limitsQ&A
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)1:40:30Designed around the worst caseChapter
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)2:10:46The Odyssey and the danger of sending one big shipChapter
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)3:04:28How many Galaxy hulls were really available?Notable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)3:59:04Defiant as Starfleet's purpose-built destroyerNotable Point
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:00Shared strategic needs do not require identical shipsChapter
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN27:35Defence spending should be judged against exposure and usable capabilityNotable Point
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN35:44Canada's two coasts turn fleet availability into a force-structure problemChapter
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN40:59Canterbury, Absalon, and a three-ship New Zealand combat forceNotable Point
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN54:58Shared destroyer design can spread development cost and improve availabilityNotable Point
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:09:49Presence and common architecture without identical fleetsChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN19:26Using history to compare future fleetsChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:25:33Canada's vast Battle of the Atlantic escort fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:26:25Why three powerful ships do not provide three deployable shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:56:20Why classes of two and three imply wars of choiceNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:57:30A sustainable Hobart-class forceNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:00:25Why Australia must bring usable capability to an allianceNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:01:54Canada's heavily armed surface-combatant traditionNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:03:16Canada's Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic force problemChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:10:24Why New Zealand accepted a fighter-free air forceNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:21:31The maritime force an independent Scotland might sustainQ&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:23:27How many British aviation ships are enough?Q&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:49:07Common designs, national fleet mixesChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:57:31Why cooperation does not mean a single Commonwealth fleetQ&A
- Galaxy Class Cruisers: Carrier Variants and Fighters in Star Trek & Star Wars, all in 9mins 30s2:49Galaxy-class carriers as durable force multipliersNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century7:08First contact, presence, and implied Federation powerNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century12:54The peaceful exploration label and wartime conversionChapter
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century30:45Officer careers imply a Starfleet of thousands of shipsNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century56:01One Galaxy hull can fill several wartime rolesChapter
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century1:09:11Peacetime labels conceal a cruiser-based mobilization planNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century1:11:37Concealed strength helps manage the Klingon allianceNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century1:12:57A layered fleet needs both Galaxy and Defiant typesChapter
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century1:17:18Small Starfleet ships carry the routine presence burdenNotable Point
- Why the Galaxy Class are Cruisers in 12 minutes...5:13Reserve capacity makes the Galaxy adaptable in warNotable Point
- Why the Galaxy Class are Cruisers in 12 minutes...8:04Exploration cruisers imply a wider Starfleet force structureNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature2:08:01One ship is a prestige asset; several create availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature2:23:55Population and age structure set military scaleNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature3:18:40The Type 21 made sense as a short-term numbers solutionQ&A
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:15:43Can Astute-class submarines cover UK home defence?Q&A
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:52:06War is fought with serviceable forces, not paper strengthNotable Point
- NMS Elisabeta (Romanian Navy): A Cruiser's Purpose (Long Patrol)25:52The peacetime value of a small cruiser's presenceChapter
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...16:17The enduring need for cruisersNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:15:02Why troop totals do not settle a warQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:20:26Why British land power depends on deployable formationsQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:26:06A tank fleet needs a deployment planQ&A
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)50:55The County class's real value: ships available nowChapter
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)58:04Design a cruiser force within the 10,000-ton limitNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)48:43Why Scapa Flow receded after 1945Notable Point
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)30:28Security as the basis of treaty stabilityQ&A
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)20:07HMS Sentinel and the value of working shipsChapter
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)23:05Why four available cruisers may require twelveNotable Point
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)40:41The Imbros response force and the cost of too little speedNotable Point
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)43:34Why the world's largest navy was still short at ImbrosNotable Point
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...4:59Could Rodney have been fast enough for the Bismarck chase?Q&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...9:48How each German capital ship tied down British strengthQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...3:28:22The Royal Navy's most serious capability gapsQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions35:29What makes a ship a capital ship?Q&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions47:00A sea-denial navy for UkraineQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:17:22Why large surface ships are a poor Ukrainian priorityQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:27:23When Canada needs large naval shipsQ&A
- All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)6:47Why exchange ratios depend on the whole fleetNotable Point
- Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)50:17Capital ships need escorts, scouts, and supply shipsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)56:48Why Italy could concentrate carriers and France could notNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)58:32The Royal Navy's three-fleet carrier arithmeticNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:03:26US carrier choices for two oceansNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)2:13Global commitments constrain both battle fleetsNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)35:27Continuous building could split fast and slow battle linesNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)58:34Battlecruisers only make sense beside enough battleshipsNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)11:52Two heavy cruisers inside a six-inch cruiser navyNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)36:30Spain had treaty freedom to protect its two flagshipsNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)43:34Why two flagship showpieces were the wrong force-structure betNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)49:14Trade speed and endurance for a survivable flagshipNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)13:34The economy case versus lost fighting powerChapter
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)35:48A two-ship order defeated the quantity argumentNotable Point
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet29:04The fleet-design trade-off between quality and numbersQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet46:35What ABDA needed to become a credible fleetQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet1:01:17How the possibility of a battlecruiser dilutes raider patrolsQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet1:20:18How four G3s would reshape British battlecruiser squadronsQ&A
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)4:15Destroyer doctrine starts with the missionChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)40:19A Greek island ambush force without the numbersChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)1:07:22Tribal destroyers and the need for fleet reservesNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?7:02A destroyer force can divide missions among different designsNotable 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?23:01Should a navy buy more small destroyers or fewer powerful ones?Q&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?25:07Where a Royal Navy expansion could find sailorsQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:44:09Greece lacked the destroyer force its islands requiredChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:59:45Dutch destroyers outlived their intended battlecruiser fleetChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:01:58A wartime fleet must be designed to lose shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:10:25Did U.S. loss planning include fleet oilers?Q&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:25:12Why S-boats could not replace German destroyersQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?3:24:23Judge destroyers by mission fit, not a universal rankingChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion13:47Prestige ships and industrial opportunity costNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion20:29Why surface raiding needs numbersNotable Point
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)27:24A presence cruiser rather than a battle-line brawlerNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)20:15Fleet totals and national choicesNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)23:50Smaller battleships for French and Italian fleetsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)25:14Three British fleets and regional reinforcementNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)48:21American firepower at the cost of speedNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:25:49Why one extra battleship changes American basingNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)45:21Why one capital ship is not a durable capabilityNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)2:08:20Why battleship construction might persist into the 1960sQ&A
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)44:37From mixed gun batteries to VLS loadoutsNotable Point
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)48:05Heavier firepower and fleet contributionsNotable Point
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)49:25Specialists, generalists, and fleet compositionChapter
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships11:05A cruiser asked to do too many jobsChapter
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships32:00Long peace and a missing battle fleetChapter
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships1:01:23The heavy-cruiser group is really a strike groupChapter
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships1:10:06Building a balanced force above the strike groupNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships1:10:06Why center a battle group on one battleship?Q&A
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships1:21:44Battleships as schools for warfighting during peaceNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships1:22:40Do warships with aircraft still need a dedicated carrier?Q&A
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships3:01:41Why the federal fleet needs ships beyond home-guard reachChapter
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships3:13:36Why does a standoff group need a heavy cruiser?Q&A
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion3:41Replacement numbers make a class usableNotable Point
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion48:22A Hood-based limit reshapes fleet balanceChapter
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion53:19Four fast battleships change British deploymentsChapter
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion56:59Higher treaty ratios reshape French and Italian fleetsNotable Point
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)10:36A personnel pipeline built on prior serviceNotable Point
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)11:42How the heavy-cruiser battle group worksChapter
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)14:25The logistics fleet behind three-galaxy operationsChapter
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)33:26Fleet numbers, production, and standardizationChapter
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)1:11:21Protecting assault groups without immobilizing strike forcesChapter
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)1:14:29Capability cannot replace force structure and resolveNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue54:44Fisher's big ships belonged inside a flotilla navyNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:07:15Forward presence balanced with a rapid-reaction fleetChapter
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:10:22Five flight decks require a much deeper escort fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:31:01A squadron map for persistent Royal Navy presenceNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:53:42The U.S. light destroyer is really an air-warfare frigateNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:30:24A ten-ship Malta carrier programme could still contract after the warQ&A
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)1:24:40American carrier production exposes the scale mismatchNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)2:18:46What would losing fifteen American carriers have changed?Q&A
- All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion11:09Why the Royal Navy needed cruisers in quantityChapter
- All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion43:55What the all-forward cruiser experiment suggestsChapter
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol15:18The light-cruiser shortage behind German surface raidingChapter
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol57:10The Königsbergs as a force-structure lessonChapter
- Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)39:06Navies build fleets, not isolated shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World24:52Why three carriers do not require three air wingsQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:47:56The recurring wartime need for mass and reservesQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:55:06Why a European army could be heavy on teeth and light on tailNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World3:33:04Why Type 26 numbers should follow readiness cyclesQ&A
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)1:37Why a capability needs more than one hullNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)14:15Quantity versus armour in the battle lineNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)20:24Procurement is about a fleet, not one shipChapter
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)23:35Penny packets versus complete force packagesNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)36:42Five ships as the conservative treaty outcomeNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)40:16Why a two-ship pair produces a different designChapter
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)41:05Why the Revenge class becomes the slow secondary lineNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)45:53Deployment options for a faster British battle lineChapter
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today3:06:31Star Trek ground forces in sourcebooks and on screenNotable Point
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)20:24Modern replacements versus the 70-cruiser headlineNotable Point
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)27:57Carrier numbers determine how much risk a fleet can bearNotable Point
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)53:46The danger of building forces for only a short warNotable Point
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)56:47Ship numbers turn tokens into usable capabilityNotable Point
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)59:05Why visible combat forces can crowd out essential enablersNotable Point
- Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)40:22Heritage-class numbers and the ships actually on stationChapter
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:54:34Why a huge auxiliary fleet implies a much larger navyQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:56:18Could a multinational carrier group support the Queen Elizabeth class?Q&A
- An Introduction to US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment (Long Patrol)35:47A cutter for low-threat presence missionsNotable Point
- An Introduction to US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment (Long Patrol)40:36National Security Cutters relieve warshipsChapter
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)32:03N3 and G3 as a fleet systemChapter
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)39:05Why two Nelsons demanded an unusually protected designChapter
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)57:22How availability shaped Nelson's design prioritiesNotable Point
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)1:35:55Why class size changes acceptable design riskNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)6:43Why fleet effectiveness matters more than a single shipChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)13:30War of 1812: strong frigates versus naval massNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)18:26Why small navies pursue the '100 percent' warshipChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)22:33Constellation and the costly last ten percentChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)24:27Canada's two-ocean force-generation problemChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)28:22Henry VII's cash reserves and power on paperNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)49:46Type 45 shortfall and specialist task groupsChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)52:28Force generation is the real comparisonChapter
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:03:51Two flagships versus a usable fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:15:28How faster Nelsons could reshape the battle fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:58:45Completed 18-inch ships would change treaty bargainingNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion34:47A counterfactual Tiger in the Second World WarNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion55:30Tiger's role in a layered battle fleetChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion56:55Modern fleet scarcity can distort battlecruiser historyNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion59:45Evaluate warships within the fleetChapter
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)2:40Dock capacity shapes practical ship sizeNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)21:50Preventive maintenance makes a fleet realChapter
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)25:03Preventive maintenance defines real fleet strengthChapter
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)46:37Repair resilience matters as much as carrier numbersNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books21:47Why six capital ships invite different compromises than twoNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:45:56The force-structure cost hidden inside HMS HoodQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:50:08Why deterrence depends on more than owning one shipQ&A
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)8:14Why navies build ships in pairsChapter
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)33:12Four older battleships for two Nelson-class shipsNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)34:55Treaty horse-trading and shipyard continuityNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)37:04Why two ships are not a durable capabilityNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)1:04:03Modern carriers and the lesson of fleet depthNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney23:56Why two ships are not a dependable capabilityChapter
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney30:05Q&A: how many new amphibious ships would make sense?Q&A
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney3:51:58Q&A: why platform counts underrate British powerQ&A
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney3:55:30The strategic risk of only two sistersChapter
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)1:06:24Why destroyers could risk the battle lineNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)40:00Dock capacity shapes cruiser force structureNotable Point
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...39:10A treaty system built around 45,000-ton capital shipsQ&A
- What a the choice of Secondary gun calibre tells us: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)22:00How fleet support shapes secondary armamentNotable Point
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)38:28Build modest capacity before the emergencyNotable Point
- Bruships 69: The Decider6:25Why two large carriers led to LHD thinkingQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider31:53The cost of retaining Type 23 frigates in reserveQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider33:03Why a wartime fleet still needs replacement shipsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider1:36:08Why shipyard concentration hurts smaller navies firstQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:26:32If Malta had remained a British overseas territoryQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:31:47The danger of building a navy only for wars of choiceQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:08:24A German E-boat swarm would create a specialised British answerQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:23:52Why a six-carrier fleet can support its own aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:28:00Why smaller navies need general-purpose escortsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:35:23Type 45 and the cost of VLS flexibilityNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality UAD - HMS Queen Mary 3 (Long Patrol)22:04Cost and numbers complicate battlecruiser superiorityNotable Point
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu2:48:14Why could Egypt and Persia not reverse Portugal's gains?Q&A
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)0:50Why the Royal Navy still needed heavy cruisersChapter
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)11:29Foreign stations still needed ships below the battlecruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions1:26:55What an eighty-frigate Royal Navy would changeQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"2:04:07Why fast battleships and carriers displaced the battlecruiserQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"2:59:14Why the modern Royal Navy lacks a large floating-dock fleetQ&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"2:00:56How many Tribals would screen a capital ship?Q&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"2:34:56When a modern cruiser becomes more than a singleton flagshipQ&A
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol50:29Novik destroyers across a divided navyChapter
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol1:01:01What Russia's 1914 fleet totals revealChapter
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru36:54Why the Royal Navy prioritizes SSNs over SSKsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru55:36How Britain might base 22 SSNs and 40 conventional submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:47:28Why two cruisers could be worth more than HMS VanguardQ&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)10:20Four questions that shape a warshipChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)20:38Numbers versus individual cruiser powerNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)1:00:03Why the Arleigh Burkes inherited too many rolesChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)1:02:56War-built ships can struggle when peace returnsNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)1:07:29Cruiser design makes national strategy visibleChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)1:09:53A follow-on battlecruiser restores peacetime utilityNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)19:09Cruiser work does not begin when war startsNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)23:07Four questions before designing a cruiserChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)45:11Fleet numbers limit the individual cruiserChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:50:49What would the Royal Navy send against Deutschland?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:25:35Could Tribal destroyers substitute for light cruisers?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:35:28What is the modern cruiser role?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:46:46Could navies again face a convoy-escort shortage?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:55:23Arleigh Burke inherited a peacetime design gapChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)3:06:38What if naval treaties had allowed true heavy cruisers?Chapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:00:14A destroyer-heavy fleet for Scandinavian watersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:57:52Forward presence needs more than destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered4:09:22Comparing Europe's leading navies in early 2022Q&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Long Patrol)10:37Turret production as fleet-level firepowerNotable Point
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 957:35Sustained missions require more hulls than a surgeNotable Point
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 91:03:11The modern problem of protecting a landing forceNotable Point
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars1:15:07Why submarine numbers mattered only if they arrived in timeQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars1:15:40Modern convoy protection still depends on escort numbersQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:03:50An ASW screen needed numbers to expose an ambushNotable Point
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:11:22What a 22-submarine fleet could keep forwardQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...3:37How today's ship categories might migrate as warships growQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...29:56Why fleets still need sloops and corvettesQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...54:01STOVL aircraft as a medium-power fleet systemQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...2:55:16Tribals were cruiser-like in role, Burkes in scale and serviceQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...3:12:52Why a warship design cannot be copied outside its fleet systemNotable Point
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)38:23From Tribals to Counties: destroyers taking on cruiser functionsNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?51:41When an LHD or LHA can serve as an escort carrierQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?57:46Why two early carrier losses constrained every refitNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:24:00No exact modern equivalent for Courageous and GloriousQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:59:19Saving hulls also preserves carrier expertiseNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:13:13Why two carriers create outsized strategic effectsChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov1:21:49What would Mahan and Roosevelt make of US carrier numbers?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov4:40:28Keep Type 45s or fund more replacement ships?Q&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)31:22Q&A: how large were the Company armies?Q&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)1:20:10Q&A: proxy forces and a balanced British ArmyQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)1:25:59Ranger branding does not solve force scarcityNotable Point
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)1:48:23Q&A: Pacific reading lists must match deployable forceQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat18:36Building an ideal Second World War fleetQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat1:44:50Defence affordability is a government choiceQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat2:15:18An ideal Royal Navy built for availabilityQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat3:42:37Why a small navy may need specialised destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat4:10:58The JMSDF's strength and logistics limitQ&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...1:16:20Repair ships as a long-war investmentQ&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:51:13A 48-escort Royal Navy force modelNotable Point
- My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design21:30Designing a general-purpose battleship for fleet actionChapter
- The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol1:00:23The limits of merchant conversion in a major warChapter
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions7:02Using fictional ships to test design trade-offsChapter
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions1:42:10Match ships to roles rather than chase a single frigate typeQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:03:41A 12-ship rhythm for escort force readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:09:26Why smaller warships and expendable drones matterChapter
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:51:33Why a larger modern reserve fleet remains unlikelyQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions3:17:02A Royal Navy funded at Napoleonic-war proportionsQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions4:06:19Do not design OPV support around a war-zone missionQ&A
- Sherman's March to the Sea21:52Cavalry raids versus the mobility of an armyNotable Point
- Sherman's March to the Sea25:00Administration turns paper armies into field armiesNotable Point
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?2:19Fleet numbers and the danger of a too-useful frigateNotable Point
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?7:12Why Britain, Australia and Canada equip the hull differentlyChapter
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?27:55How historic operating areas still shape Commonwealth escortsNotable Point
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?30:24The Tribal-class model for Hunter and CSCChapter
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...18:38A modern frigate with Second World War cruiser displacementNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...49:18Different air-defence burdens for Britain, Canada, and AustraliaQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...51:00Why Canada favours one large surface-combatant classNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...52:48How eight Type 26s fit a carrier-focused escort forceNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:09:49Why a Canadian FREMM split buy could cost more without solving the fleet problemChapter
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:22:08Geography explains why the three fleets use similar hulls differentlyChapter
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:26:12Why strike options can expose an escort shortageNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:42:52The Type 26's real measure is its task-group contributionChapter
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:43:31What the Perry retirement left Arleigh Burke destroyers to coverNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:51:40Where amphibious operations fit beside carrier strikeQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:59:51Where a surviving battleship would fit in a modern strike groupQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...2:07:41Why the final British F-35 total remained unsettledQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books1:05:36Why small escort fleets specialiseChapter
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books2:58:50A two-tier fleet for a West African navyQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol36:09Royal Sovereign and global naval competitionChapter
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol40:13Seventy-percent ships and fleet availabilityNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:45:44Why Italy could not safely divide its battle fleetQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary3:39:46How a fuller victory could have changed force allocationNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p47:28Carrier design follows the missionNotable Point
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat3:11:22Short-term thinking and the LCS problemQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat3:12:51Why navies kept obsolete ironcladsQ&A
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)20:11Why the Royal Navy needed cruiser numbersNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)32:25Prestige carriers can create a deception blind spotNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)33:54ME3 shows how older warships preserved new-build capacityChapter
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)46:00The best operational plan may use the second-best tactical toolNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)57:35Italy's entry changed fleet and shipyard prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat33:25Why three carriers create a usable forceQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:07:19Why capability numbers must survive an unchosen crisisNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:49Logistics as a hub-and-spoke systemChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:16:53How many frigates did the Royal Navy need?Q&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)2:40:26The six British ships absent from TrafalgarNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)34:28Why changing U.S. carrier size does not solve force structureQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)2:03:23How littoral strike ships could supplement Britain's two fleet carriersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)4:33:53Why a littoral strike force needs more than a small raiding partyQ&A
- Erebus Class: Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front Long Patrol Part 835:55Why cheap heavy-gun monitors remained usefulNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)20:05Why a submarine deterrent must stay at seaQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:13:14From littoral strike ships to a three-LHD forceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)4:44:55The missed British SSGN opportunityQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)4:57:40A five-boat British SSBN and SSGN forceNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…37:11What Commonwealth Queen Elizabeths would changeQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...41:26When a navy can afford battlecruiser specializationQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:26:06How many ships sustain a force at sea?Q&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:44:41Why naval unit sizes change between warsQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/416:14Why a commerce-raiding force needs depthQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/443:59Carriers and the Japanese pilot-training problemQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.8:10Plan for the tanks an expeditionary force may actually meetNotable Point
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.56:48Amphibious credibility requires enough hulls for availabilityQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.1:08:31Response groups give amphibious forces a peacetime caseNotable Point
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.1:13:05An amphibious flagship can be a navy's capital shipQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.1:24:41Buying headroom can prevent a later crash programmeNotable Point
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.1:36:13Why a serious amphibious ship grows so largeQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.2:36:56A British amphibious force with more self-defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence14:15AUKUS and the Royal Navy's submarine availability problemQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:22:12Extra defence money should restore depth before adding new missionsQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?31:11Plan Z's missing destroyer screenChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:39:52Germany planned for war with Britain in 1948, not 1939Q&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:43:59Why Dönitz kept the surface fleet afloatNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:26:24Australia's distances drove the case for nuclear submarinesQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:28:56Why Cuba and Venezuela would not need nuclear submarinesQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:33:22Japan and South Korea face different submarine choicesNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz33:50The surface fleet and force redistributionNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P6/14: Osami Nagano18:30Japan's material limits and staff coordinationChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 11/11 The Whiskey War0:30Whitby and the specialist convoy escortChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 11/11 The Whiskey War11:44The mass submarine threat behind postwar shipbuildingNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)9:57Combatant commands and the missing US cruiserQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)1:56:06Missile depth and the neglected logistics problemQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)3:26:34How a damaged fleet would regenerate after a major warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)4:07:28Why the Royal Navy needs both destroyers and OPVsQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder8:39The 1932 fleet plan for Baltic and North Sea defenceChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)23:01Escort numbers for a three-carrier Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)52:37A British SSGN force built from SSBN hullsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:47:13A Scandinavian navy for expeditionary and home defence rolesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:51:19A 2021 comparison of African naval capabilityQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)3:01:32Carrier design must fit the navy that operates itChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (24): The Wars of Justinian I9:30Mobile armies and frontier troops as complementary forcesNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper11:31The fixed infrastructure behind defence spendingNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper33:35Turning a three-percent budget into deployable forcesNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper47:28Why logistics should receive new defence money firstNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper1:42:52The 2021 force-structure risks that echo 1966Q&A
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper2:49:51Why CVA-01 numbers depended on Britain's strategyNotable Point
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper12:17Air reinforcement in the surface-to-air missile ageNotable Point
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper18:19Allied cooperation as a war-planning assumptionNotable Point
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper29:24Alliances and the need for national capabilityChapter
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper49:39Pricing the wars that deterrence preventsNotable Point
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper53:39The Beeching analogy and capability recoveryNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class5:02The modern fleet's missing cheap shipNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class46:59Preserving the yards that can build small warships quicklyNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response18:01A bigger German destroyer force invites a countermoveQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response36:14A balanced fleet for several threatsNotable Point
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol12:17Why Raiders failed conventional battalion testsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)19:18A treaty fleet big enough for AsiaQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)28:07Which capital ships belong in a British Asian fleetNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)29:22Why ten secret Montanas would trigger a naval raceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:05:28What early US naval support gives BritainQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:20:05Why wartime fleets still rotate in thirdsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:20:30What fleet growth requires another admiralQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:17:19Why the Royal Navy chose STOVL carriersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:22:43Royal Navy versus US Navy in 1946Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:28:26A sixty-ship Constellation programQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)4:20:35Build an SSGN from the SSBN production lineQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/721:32U-boat program opportunity costsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz11:10Submarines as high-value but fragile wartime assetsNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions39:54Churchill, tanks, and institutional pushNotable Point
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships1:00:32Why is Brazil not a stronger modern naval power?Q&A
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships3:20:21Could Canada operate three 40,000-ton carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:25:34A Town-class cruiser as a one-type navyQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:28:40What two, three, or four ships buy a navyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:07:25Why one nation cannot fight the whole worldQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:44:25Why Japan struggled to raid Allied supply linesQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:10:01Small LSTs and LHDs in Marine liftQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:12:18A carrier means a carrier groupQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:38:18Why the US Navy would favour more SSNs over diesel boatsQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:52:34Uncrewed aircraft do not eliminate personnelQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books4:07:46When an Orkney naval base would be worthwhileQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-19566:42Reconstruction trades some combat power for fleet renewalNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI3:03:11Was Fisher wrong to dispose of Britain's gunboats?Q&A
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)47:33The force balance behind the command chartNotable Point
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17831:18:38Spain begins with too few troops for a rapid assaultNotable Point
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:31:54Why could the Royal Navy not simply crush the American Revolution?Q&A
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:55:56Did Britain deploy the Royal Marines as a second army?Q&A
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)21:37Why wartime command needs institutional depthNotable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)1:31:36Experience could not replace ships at SingaporeNotable Point
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:29:33XLUUVs as a littoral complement to nuclear submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:31:33Why Type 83 could become a quasi-capital shipQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron4:03:09Why six hulls may mean two deployable shipsQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”18:35Capability cuts versus salami slicing after 1918Notable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”39:53Why Coastal Command was formed in 1936Chapter
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”41:19Singapore exposed the RAF's maritime credibility gapNotable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:07:50Why Coastal Command was called the Cinderella serviceQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:20:18The thin flying-boat force before the SunderlandChapter
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:29:30How flying-boat squadrons fit into the command chainQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:52:02Why Coastal Command also relied on Avro AnsonsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191515:40The 1915 dreadnought balance was an industrial balanceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191414:51Dreadnought did not erase Britain's numerical leadNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191416:02British sea power beyond a German duelChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191420:39How the land war constrained German naval buildingNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19137:18Bayern, Revenge, and fleet numbersChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191317:21Why matching gun power did not equal deterrenceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191318:03Britain's planned concentration of 15-inch battleshipsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191219:20The 1912 balance of dreadnought fleetsChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191023:38The 1910 dreadnought balance hides another response cycleChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June16:41Triple turrets concentrate firepower on fewer hullsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June19:38Mediterranean strategy favors fast battleshipsNotable Point
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)21:19Acclamator and Venator show balanced force projectionChapter
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)2:01:37Supremacy concentrates risk that Nebula distributesChapter
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)2:07:17Why is Atlantis less brittle than Supremacy?Q&A
- Four Random Books Episode 36: No Good Choices22:52From raiding commandos to an amphibious strike brigadeNotable Point
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail2:03:03Armed forces as insurance against another government's mistakeNotable Point
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail2:36:47A four-ship force can sustain one deployed shipQ&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail3:33:02A Commonwealth fleet would require shared political commandQ&A
- Four Random Books 35: Romans!24:33The Roman army beyond its legionsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?2:20:20Why cheap escorts do not justify a compromised battleshipQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)45:12Malta carriers as postwar diplomatic leverageNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:50:06Did small carriers push the Royal Navy toward narrower roles?Q&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)2:23:37Balancing carriers and amphibious ships for a medium powerNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)2:30:58A viable strike-carrier and LHD fleet ratioQ&A
- Four Random Books 34: A Special Place12:51Why new navies inherit old institutional habitsChapter
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War3:00:21Why 100,000 troops do not equal a fixed number of divisionsQ&A
- Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?22:13Why the Northern Fleet anchors the 1986 Soviet naval threatNotable Point
- Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?1:30:45Why the Ural command ship is outside the 1986 forceQ&A
- Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?2:55:30Naval doctrine speaks to the fleet, the enemy, and the governmentNotable Point
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History21:59Carrier scarcity makes independent surface action strategically usefulNotable Point
- 'K' Class Submarines; not such a Kalamity1:01:04Advanced submarines still require enough hulls for availabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces53:32A balanced surface fleet for PolandQ&A
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces1:08:11Why sea-going officers leave as command posts shrinkNotable Point
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!56:50Why 74-gun third rates carried the fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy53:17A fleet without loss capacity is strategically brittleNotable Point
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers3:17:50Eight Type 83s support persistent deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation14:18A deployable British Army built around specialized divisionsNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation47:01Why one fleet expansion provokes anotherNotable Point
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans2:10:38Why Brazil did not match every regional hullQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)3:23:30Have helicopters replaced land-based tank destroyers?Q&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)3:27:07A proposal to put Marine medium-force roles on one hullQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...3:59:00Would a third Queen Elizabeth-class carrier suit Australia?Q&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-933:33Why monitors did not replace battleshipsNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-935:17Fleet numbers, specialist ships, and wartime reuseNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s19:09SSK cuts, force substitution, and uncrewed submarinesNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World14:19NATO and Warsaw Pact surface-force balanceChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World18:38The Warsaw Pact's answer to amphibious obsolescence claimsNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World32:01Fleet cuts after the Nott ReviewChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World34:09Why peacetime efficiency can weaken a fleet screenNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World35:52A case for longer-term procurement decisionsNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)6:42Royal Marines recruiting success versus force cutsNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)8:12Why ship cuts cannot rely on jam tomorrowNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)0:07Why naval capability needs quantity and readinessChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)4:04How 18 Sea Dart ships translated into six availableNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)9:17The high-low fleet balance behind the Type 23Chapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)15:03Why modern fleets still need a high-low frigate mixChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed23:22Strategy first, because wars consume the fleet already builtNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy12:13Frequent defence reviews collide with long-lead procurementNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy19:05Short-war assumptions hide maintenance, losses, and enduranceNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy20:16SACLANT cannot both contain the Northern Fleet and protect every convoyChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy23:26Britain claims Atlantic and global roles while ordering no new escortNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy24:27Modern warships cannot substitute for presence everywhereNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy30:38Polaris replacement competes for specialist warship capacityChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy31:10Should Britain favor sea power over the NATO central front?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy33:23The NATO central front buys influence at a maritime opportunity costNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy36:01Three Invincibles cannot cover deployments, global roles, and refitsNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy38:57Four or five flight decks are readiness arithmetic, not aggrandizementNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment2:30:56Vehicle capacity can force Marine unit redesignNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment3:10:27An LHD-centered replacement for Britain's amphibious fleetQ&A
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment3:14:14Warship design is a best-fit problemNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan35:40Why a better frigate cannot be in five placesQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan52:47Two shipyards and a continuous frigate drumbeatNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:05:14Escorts, Central Europe, and the Polaris tradeoffQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:49:46What did the 350-submarine Soviet total mean?Q&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:17:10Balancing high-end warships with simpler ASW hullsChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:21:33Why ammunition capacity does not simply mean bigger shipsQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:46:12A balanced fleet for alliances that can changeNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:12:46Should Canada and Australia also buy Type 31?Q&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:15:57Define the British Army's mission before buying equipmentNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:17:49Is Constellation closer to Type 26 or Type 31?Q&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:18:26Chinese naval output, quality control, and numbersNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:27:41Limits of the US Marine Corps littoral strategyQ&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:32:34Why the cruiser designation may returnQ&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:34:29An expeditionary British force built around brigadesNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:39:32Why special forces cannot replace line unitsNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:48:24Reinforcing forward Marines and a secured airfieldNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:36:00Britain's Naval Future and the risks of planning for one kind of warChapter
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:42:10When cheaper, simpler warships can do the jobNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:43:57How naval shrinkage can leave a fleet without a useful roleNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 110:51Global presence competed with fleet concentrationNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 124:08Why cruisers were ideal interwar presence shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East1:18:10Treaty-exempt sloops offered a route to fleet numbersChapter
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East2:01:32How many modern Black Swans would deter China?Q&A
- Four Random Books 22: Warships Illustrated6:22British destroyer quantity as global strategyChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History1:55:30What should the Royal Navy have changed after the Falklands War?Q&A
- Bruships 34: Random History3:40:50How might Western Cold War fleets better counter the Soviet Navy?Q&A
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response6:34Treaty tonnage rules and Britain's need for hull numbersNotable Point
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations3:36:40Why Britain benefits from shared STOVL flight decksQ&A
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations3:43:56Why a navy cannot solve every problem with larger shipsQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes23:31Why Britain wanted more carrier tonnage but smaller individual carriersNotable Point
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes1:35:37Why additional G3s might have been more useful than N3sQ&A
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt's Dream38:49The cruiser gap behind the battleship spectacleNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...1:11:48Canada as a caution against fully unified armed servicesQ&A
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...1:27:34Separate services still need compatible equipmentNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...3:46:10Why an exploration starship should carry its own small-craft fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...3:55:19The Tarkin Doctrine and the case for dispersed forcesNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s44:48Submarines project capability without visible capital-ship presenceQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:27:24How a Canadian carrier program would fit the treaty systemQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:29:44How Courageous and Glorious could have freed newer carriersQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s2:24:01Carrier power projection and a continuous shipbuilding strategyQ&A
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context6:12Reserve fleets made wartime expansion possibleNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context25:27Global commitments drove Royal Navy force requirementsChapter
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora1:55:03A Star Wars cruiser illustrates mission fit and logisticsNotable Point
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy15:06Why frigates and destroyers do not fully replace cruisersChapter
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy17:14From bipolar Cold War order to a more complex presence missionNotable Point
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy20:22A five-flight-deck fleet for strike and amphibious operationsChapter
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy23:22A modern cruiser as a graduated-response optionChapter
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy25:54Fleet numbers, global availability, and the Type 45 successorNotable Point
- Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction29:23Why the Town fitted the Royal Navy's cruiser roleNotable Point
- Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers18:09Why a three-power war overwhelmed cruiser planningChapter
- Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers21:19A 96-cruiser force for Britain's worst-case warNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:26:20Why Canada can build more Type 26 frigates than BritainNotable Point
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"17:33Why Indian princely states did not build large naviesNotable Point
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books17:43Should cruiser describe a mission or a ship type?Q&A
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books1:41:58Would dedicated carriers disappear from a space fleet?Q&A
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books1:58:05Andromeda's underused Marines and war walkersNotable Point
- Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"13:26Carrier power preserved influence within an allianceNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:19:23Why light carriers mixed naval and merchant standardsQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:05:41Perceived naval imbalance can encourage warNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"3:03:52Carrier numbers shape aircraft specialisationQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"3:05:55Science-fiction cruisers reveal real role distinctionsQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol59:21Why Australia chose destroyers over a training cruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection1:34:40Littoral strike ships and a renewed amphibious roleQ&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection1:43:43A navy as insurance for a trading stateNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay2:14:40The 2020 proposal to grow Royal Navy escort numbersNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:43:23Using reserves to retain armoured depthQ&A
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction35:01Why force totals conceal the importance of timingNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation3:30:30Defence spending follows political prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation3:49:01What to reactivate in an emergencyQ&A
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/28:12AI pilots and the force-design challengeQ&A
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/255:41Choosing which backups a warship needsNotable Point
- Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/230:26Balanced task groups and changing naval paradigmsChapter
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard50:03Combat quality and peacetime numbers are different measuresNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard54:09Do modern governments repeat Fisher's presence gap?Q&A
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard55:06Did Fisher shape the Royal Navy of World War II?Q&A
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard56:00Why visible ship numbers matter in diplomacyNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:00:53Would newer German cruisers make retained Orlandos useless?Q&A
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:07:21Where would armored cruisers fit in the sailing-era rating system?Q&A
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:35:30How cruiser scarcity shaped CoronelQ&A
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:45:36What destroyer mix might Canada have built before World War II?Q&A
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:47:57War-fighting and peace-fighting fleets reinforce each otherNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:51:43Sharing naval air groups across carriers and LHDsNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:01:32Trading an R-class battleship for Tribal destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:28:37Why small destroyers still matter in convoy workQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:30:09The fleet built around surviving CVA-01 carriersQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers44:48What a balanced ABDA force could have changedNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers47:41Why Perth used Sunda StraitQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers1:30:05Why South Africa's navy remained limitedQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:17:35Why swarming concepts can disappoint in warQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:00:58Two or three LHDs proposed for CanadaQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:14:11Concentrating Canada's aircraft in one carrierNotable Point
- The World According to the Royal Navy of the 1930s - 4 minutes2:55How trade geography shapes fleet constructionNotable Point
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea9:30Fleet superiority must allow for ships in refitNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:05:57Escort numbers need maintenance and training marginNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:14:28Why defence spending loses to visible prioritiesQ&A
- WWI in the Far East; Penang, Tsingtao, Emden & Cormoran the Long Patrol20:11Military budgets depend on national capacityNotable Point
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul30:31Why no modern craft exactly reproduces the E-boatQ&A
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul32:37Why fifty-boat attacks were exceptionalQ&A
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul34:47Why the fall of France changed the problemChapter
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul38:07Why modern patrol boats cannot replace frigatesQ&A
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul1:24:30Modern Dog Boats would supplement major escortsQ&A
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 339:23Mass-produced Fairmiles behind the elite boatsNotable Point
- Battlestar Galactica Deadlock - Some Naval History Fun...7:42Why a larger battlestar should carry more aircraftNotable Point
- Battlestar Galactica Deadlock - Some Naval History Fun...12:07Four Artemis battlestars expose a force-design imbalanceNotable Point
- Battlestar Galactica Deadlock - Some Naval History Fun...18:47Carrier choices and the Adamant frigate's limitationsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:30:50Who needs to fund polar operations?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:32:18Why spare battleship guns do not create a free shipQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:53:41Starting points for a modern sloopQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:09:54What would make a paper BCG proposal plausible?Q&A
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 212:33Fleet totals, small ships, and officer developmentNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era26:03Why navies need NCOs on every kind of shipQ&A
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:33:27The danger of an in-between naval presenceChapter
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/320:40Why small escorts could not solve the surface-raider threatChapter
- Introduction to Crete 19410:34Why the order of battle does not explain CreteChapter
- Introduction to Crete 19419:41The Greek evacuation plan breaks up the defenceNotable Point
- Introduction to Crete 194118:34Why a 40,000-strong garrison still losesNotable Point
- Introduction to Crete 194132:48Engineers and local reserves could reinforce MalemeNotable Point
- Introduction to Crete 194141:42A piecemeal garrison lacks its intended firepowerNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: UK Tank Force0:13The cost of scrapping Britain's tank forceNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: UK Tank Force0:59A reserve model for amphibious capabilityNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...24:57Forward presence needs a fleet behind itNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 417:17Britain's 1941 weakness depends on the war it foughtNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 446:01A Pacific-first war changes the ships Britain buildsChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 49:26Peacetime procurement and a balanced fleetChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A14:32Why naval basing should avoid a single point of failureQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:34:07Choosing ship size for a diplomatic missionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:34:58What may replace Marine tanks after the missile shiftQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:44:44Why the present may resemble the late 1920sQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 48:35Japan's incomplete 1939 carrier forceChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 410:12How a Pacific-first war changes British procurementNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A43:54Why wartime vehicle production may favor 8x8sNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A53:49Abrams capability versus expeditionary logisticsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A59:31A direct-fire vehicle for Marine littoral forcesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:28:42A Danish-led common fleet for northern European naviesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:35:31Why Taiwan keeps former Kidd-class destroyersQ&A
- Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean14:29Treaty tonnage linked submarine size to fleet numbersNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 218:00Count warships, not total hullsNotable Point
- An Introduction to Patreon Video 3: The Little Boat Wars...47:19The postwar SBS niche: small teams rather than commando massNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A31:06Why cyber power cannot replace a warship’s presenceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A32:40What a usable British defence budget requiresQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A32:49Why modern armed forces depend on skilled personnelNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A48:52A-29 light attack aircraft and the peer-war trapNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A49:26Alliances should share costs, not conceal force gapsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A57:28How many ships make a class operationally viable?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:12:11CATOBAR versus STOVL depends on the whole fleetQ&A
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN2:24The cost of building small for numbersChapter
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN4:07Designing for an unlikely Anglo-American warNotable Point
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)5:07Destroyers as an imperial presence forceNotable Point
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)11:15How an interwar destroyer flotilla was organizedNotable Point
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)16:22HMS Keith and the B-class size dilemmaNotable Point
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)19:13Why peacetime presence gives way to wartime concentrationNotable Point
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 245:56The U-class legacy in confined-sea force designNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:09:51Why warship numbers need depth beyond one shipQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:17:08Naval presence and the shipping side of amphibious warfareQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:28:59Why naval needs are easy for politics to overlookQ&A
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.6:15Sea power carries a scalable land forceChapter
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.8:26The T-34 rule tests when a force is too lightNotable Point
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.1:25:25Palliser’s light force needed heavy backingNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:52:20When could a surface raider really divert British power?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:21:13The Channel Tunnel as a modern deployment bottleneckNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:26:31Direct-fire amphibious vehicles versus heavier Marine tanksQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:33:59Corvettes as a supplement to the Royal Navy's global patrol forceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:34:16Naval expansion in the approach to another world warQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:35:45Why the US Marine Corps paired a few heavy tanks with lighter forcesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:47:53An amphibious 8×8 vehicle family for British strike forcesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:29:01The crew cost of using old frigates for patrolQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:30:37The political compromise that most often weakens warship plansQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:36:45Keeping selected escorts and amphibious ships in reserveQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:38:18Why ocean-going combatants grow toward 10,000 tonsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:45:02Why a 25,000-ton do-everything warship is riskyQ&A
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"14:20Carrier and amphibious groups as a naval divisionChapter
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"20:33Why global presence needs massChapter
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"37:46Presence missions falling to high-end warshipsNotable Point
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy29:07Choosing a survivable nuclear deterrentNotable Point
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy33:33Conventional deterrence, forward forces, and decision speedNotable Point
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy36:27Distributed amphibious forces and the scale of deterrenceNotable Point
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy43:34Presence, reach, and the value of forward basingChapter
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy47:37Naval image, maintenance, and ship numbersNotable Point
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy53:05Fleet numbers for waging peaceChapter
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians6:22Rickover's nuclear navy and deterrent logicChapter
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians30:10Zumwalt's high-low fleet mixNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians33:36Rickover and Zumwalt in the future U.S. fleetNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians36:13Wu Shengli and the modern Chinese NavyChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A16:50Why a permanent deployment needs several shipsQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A56:24Interoperable air groups across a medium navy’s shipsQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:14:25South Africa’s long-term case for naval powerQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:53:57What lower command ranks signal about fleet scaleQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:56:01What Germany needed for a credible surface-raiding threatQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:06:36Littoral regiments as a return to Marine coastal defenceQ&A
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:30Institutional memory is a naval capabilityChapter
- 50th Live Special: Thank You28:42Tracing the 'quantity has a quality' quotationNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You29:33Future wars will still need cheap escort massNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You41:30Fleet numbers sustain credible flight-deck presenceNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:05:14Why one continuous SSBN patrol needs four boatsNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:11:58The opening years of war are fought with the prewar fleetNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:33:42Reserves as a hedge against readiness gapsChapter
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:37:14Reserve ships can protect the active fleet's maintenance cycleNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…38:52A missing capability cannot be assumed from alliesNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…42:26Maritime policing and the defence premiumChapter
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…44:20Light speed cannot replace combat powerNotable Point
- Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal10:06Fitted-for-but-not-with needs real capacityNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A51:57Corvettes, frigates, and the cost of more hullsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A57:58India's naval problem setQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:42:07A 25-to-30-escort Royal NavyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:53:54The post-war Royal Navy's manpower crunchQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:10:55Defence reviews and the cost of inter-service rivalryQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:13:08The operational case and political trap of medium US carriersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:39:08Why India ranks as a major regional naval powerQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:48:02Why Polish naval procurement strugglesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:01:48Aircraft dispersal gives Singapore strategic depthQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:10:45Amphibious shipping as a modern marker of naval reachQ&A
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class32:45The Type 31 parallel: presence needs numbersNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?11:43Malaya Command's paper strength hid incomplete formationsNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?30:25Indomitable would not fix the force's small scaleNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A42:33The Battle of San Carlos and recoverable capabilityNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:06:00Forward presence as accumulated local knowledgeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:07:24How long it takes to rebuild amphibious capabilityQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:08:32Why company landing teams need their own mobility and firepowerNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:10:42The Marine Corps case for a mixed landing-ship fleetNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:17:32US Marine Corps tanks and a lighter amphibious roleQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:24:35Why an Absalon-style hybrid suits smaller naviesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:33:59Planning ships for threats that will changeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:36:14Why the Army cannot simply supply Marine tanksQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:59:35A balanced naval force needs several toolsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:07:32Which navies can land a serious force?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:10:37More capital ships mean more escortsQ&A
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister0:18Designing a Royal Navy within a whole-defence budgetChapter
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister8:26A five-ship core for global reachChapter
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister22:11Personnel growth as the cost of a larger fleetNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers23:30Reserve escorts and the ability to surgeNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops23:05Why escort carriers needed fighters as well as ASW aircraftNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A29:53Could the United States use a two-tier carrier fleet?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:47:26A modern battlecruiser would exceed an enlarged destroyerQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:04:29Carrier growth makes a two-tier fleet attractiveQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:18:46Why old submarines were not a quick answer to force shortagesQ&A
- An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 218:32Why useful cruisers missed their overhaulChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 3 of 334:34The Falklands demanded amphibious capacity at division scaleChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 36:32Quality and quantity are relative procurement advantagesNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 318:19A small warship represents the fleet behind itNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 340:30Fleet depth turns presence into credible deterrenceNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 446:19Escort quantity becomes an operational qualityNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 447:15Future wars will still demand Flower-class equivalentsQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war14:45Why navies could risk small attack craftNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war45:41Vosper boats versus the heavier SchnellbootNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…13:40Why modern escorts resemble cruisersNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…38:20Why the Royal Navy could use proper cruisersNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:28:33Queen Elizabeth carriers in a five-deck fleetQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:46:00Would Absalon-class support ships fit the Royal Navy?Q&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:10:25A two-tier US carrier fleetNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:13:08The escort numbers behind Royal Navy commitmentsQ&A
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)18:11USS Winston S. Churchill and a one-size-fits-all fleetNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 324:48Why command opportunities preserve naval memoryNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:12:20The most well-rounded fleets from 1935 to 1946Q&A
- An Introduction to Falklands Command21:46Why brigade-scale amphibious capability remains strategicNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy33:54How he would group the ships hunting BismarckQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy34:25Hood versus a larger force of smaller battlecruisersQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy54:25Why carriers displaced battleships after 1945Q&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy2:05:02How treaty limits encouraged larger destroyersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A38:07Japan's navy beyond a regional roleQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A34:12A five-flight-deck British carrier and amphibious forceNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A54:02Why Britain resists adding a dedicated Osprey tanker fleetQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:09:29Why Queen Elizabeth did not need catapultsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:41:21Why continuous deterrence requires four submarinesNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:49:39A fifth submarine as an SSGN conversion reserveNotable Point
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history52:58Leander frigates as adaptable compromisesQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:01:11An idealized Royal Navy force structureQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:06:00Why Britain gave up conventional submarinesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A31:19A balanced medium navy built around interchangeable aviation decksQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A35:41A general-purpose Type 45 and nine escort groupsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:01:44Defence reviews repeatedly underestimated amphibious enablersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:02:10Royal Marines trade brigade mass for an elite raiding roleQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered29:05Why postwar amphibious fleets consolidatedQ&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?33:10How a sloop supported a cruiser against heavier shipsQ&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?50:50Why other navies filled the sloop niche differentlyNotable Point
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?58:11Could sloops lead groups of smaller escorts?Q&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:01:23Small ships projected the power of the fleet behind themQ&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:08:18Small crews kept a dispersed sloop force affordableQ&A
- T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full7:52Why the Royal Navy committed a powerful hunting forceNotable Point
- T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full52:08Altmark as a lesson in fleet surge capacityNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream24:44Daring-class size and the postwar presence missionChapter
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream32:24Escort numbers, crew retention, and deployable readinessChapter
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream35:26Flotilla-scale construction enabled larger destroyersNotable Point
- When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video34:17A cruiser success reveals Far Eastern weaknessNotable Point
- Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video13:08Percy Noble manages an overstretched China StationChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile9:36Why new technology does not simply replace shipsNotable Point
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile48:03Force attrition and the ships left to fightNotable Point
- Altmark Last Meeting with the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video4:16Balancing combat strength with logisticsNotable Point