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Missile Defence

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  1. South Korea's Chungnam Class Frigates: Aesthetics vs Missile Depth
    5:48Examining the claim of eight simultaneous missile engagementsNotable Point
  2. South Korea's Chungnam Class Frigates: Aesthetics vs Missile Depth
    6:43How an eight-missile headline can obscure the engagement claimNotable Point
  3. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:02:13Ace Combat's land battleships and the scale of a credible air attackQ&A
  4. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    4:34:00Historical responses to fast and numerous threatsNotable Point
  5. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    5:50Why a crossing missile can be harder to interceptNotable Point
  6. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    45:48Successful interceptions can require several missilesNotable Point
  7. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    32:43Choosing a Royal Navy ballistic missile interceptorQ&A
  8. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    34:58How one defensive missile narrows an attacker's problemChapter
  9. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    36:01Missile diversity complicates an enemy's solutionChapter
  10. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:00:57A European naval ballistic-missile defence systemQ&A
  11. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:01:04Twelve fully supported Type 45 destroyersQ&A
  12. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:18:08Why Bloodhound is obsolete but domestic missile development still mattersQ&A
  13. Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:16:14Can flak disrupt hypersonic missiles?Q&A
  14. Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:19:26Would flak fragments melt before striking a hypersonic vehicle?Q&A
  15. Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?
    40:48Missile-defence geometry changes the intercept problemNotable Point
  16. Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?
    22:18From armed merchant cruiser to defensible merchant vesselChapter
  17. Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?
    1:14:51Last-mile defence must exist before the emergencyChapter
  18. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    1:29:36Strike-length VLS preserves future weapon choicesChapter
  19. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    2:36:11The Royal Navy's mixed US and European systems pathQ&A
  20. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:39:15The niche for a modern sixteen-inch naval gunQ&A
  21. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:19:14Aster and Aquila compared broadly with SM-6 and SM-3Notable Point
  22. Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:39:07The smallest practical modern convoy escortQ&A
  23. Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...
    2:00:16Anti-ship missile decoys must bloom faster than a drone can deploy themQ&A
  24. Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...
    2:05:41Phalanx and the problem of intercepting too close to the shipNotable Point
  25. Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...
    3:02:57Armed speedboat drones meet layered guns, missiles, and helicoptersQ&A
  26. Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare
    24:36Red Sea attacks exposed a crossing-target problemNotable Point
  27. Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare
    36:05Layered attacks must defeat layered fleet defencesNotable Point
  28. Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics
    14:42Long-range missiles still need a moving target's positionNotable Point
  29. Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics
    15:42Why crossing missiles complicate convoy air defenseNotable Point
  30. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:43:37Defending a task group and defending passing merchant shipsNotable Point
  31. What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?
    40:35The general-purpose frigate can become a mini-BurkeNotable Point
  32. What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?
    48:34Hypersonic weapons and changing countermeasuresChapter
  33. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    4:53:18Missile interception is a data and timing problemQ&A
  34. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    7:57:09Better missile defense raises the cost of attackQ&A
  35. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    4:24:08Why older Harpoon missiles still have wartime valueQ&A
  36. Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    39:56PAC-3 integration and missile-supply riskQ&A
  37. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    1:00:17Close-in defence needs overlapping weapons, not a token pairNotable Point
  38. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:07:25How Ace Combat superweapons would distort Cold War deterrenceQ&A
  39. Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...
    1:21Why hypersonic interception geometry mattersNotable Point
  40. Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...
    2:59The speed tradeoff in terminal missile maneuveringNotable Point
  41. Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...
    58:52Treating hypersonic-defense claims skepticallyQ&A
  42. The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!
    3:28:01Ground advances put targets beyond V-2 rangeNotable Point
  43. The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!
    3:33:14Could aircraft catch V-2 rockets before launch?Q&A
  44. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    42:23Cold War asymmetry removed battleships and flattened naval signalingChapter
  45. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    1:42:05Modern armor means citadels, subdivision, and expendable outer volumeChapter
  46. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    2:01:14A large hull can solve vertical-launch reloading at seaChapter
  47. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    2:40:33Would hypersonic missiles make the battleship pointless?Q&A
  48. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    2:44:40Hypersonic speed creates targeting and maneuver tradeoffsNotable Point
  49. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    2:52:57Could directed-energy weapons help stop hypersonic missiles?Q&A
  50. A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    2:49:25Missile salvos demand several anti-ballistic defensesNotable Point
  51. Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 3
    16:47Practical fictional ships need limitations, defenses, and coherent physicsChapter
  52. Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...
    46:02Can aircraft carriers survive long-range missile threats?Q&A
  53. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    3:23:13Missile decoys reinforce the case for stopping the launch platformQ&A
  54. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    4:51:24Can modern smoke and decoys defeat missile sensors?Q&A
  55. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    5:02:35Why dazzle camouflage may matter againQ&A
  56. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    5:04:44Would modern navies return to distinctive national colours?Q&A
  57. Ramblings Emergency Broadcast
    2:01:52Three-inch guns before close-in weapon systemsQ&A
  58. Ramblings Emergency Broadcast
    2:05:44Why a missile salvo can overwhelm a KirovNotable Point
  59. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    4:17:07Aegis Ashore or Patriot batteries for missile defenceQ&A
  60. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    39:48Patriot integration with US warshipsQ&A
  61. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    52:13Britain's land-based air-defence gapQ&A
  62. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:25:53Could a drone physically intercept an incoming missile?Q&A
  63. Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:24:46Can a Vauban-style fort anchor a modern city's air defence?Q&A
  64. Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...
    3:30Why warship definitions should follow roles, not rangesChapter
  65. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:20:21Could barrage balloons carry missile decoys?Notable Point
  66. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:19:21The limits of defense against missile and drone attacksQ&A
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    41:24Ballistic missile flight creates distinct interception windowsChapter
  70. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    1:12:33Anti-ship ballistic missiles fly toward prepared interceptorsNotable Point
  71. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    41:36A post-Cold War role for Violet Friend missile defenceQ&A
  72. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?
    2:42:33Why a limited ABM system can still matterNotable Point
  73. Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    2:12:28A tiny drone still needs the mass and reach to stop a missileQ&A
  74. Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian
    50:50Nuclear game-enders compress strategy into saturationNotable Point
  75. Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian
    1:17:14Rama's Ascendant and surviving enormous missilesNotable Point
  76. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    3:22:46A dribble attack can empty VLS magazinesNotable Point
  77. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    3:42:46Why missile defence still fires two interceptorsQ&A
  78. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:13:15Mediterranean fighter protection and layered air defenceChapter
  79. Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...
    30:46Project Excalibur needs materials able to survive its own nuclear blastChapter
  80. Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...
    33:51Brilliant Pebbles turns missile defence into an orbital interceptor networkNotable Point
  81. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    58:45Fighter screens, missile reserves, and delayed sensor reportsChapter
  82. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    1:36:14Matching velocity to intercept a missile swarmChapter
  83. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    1:42:12Jamming and command delay in missile defenceNotable Point
  84. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    1:44:37Launcher endurance and safe interception coursesNotable Point
  85. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)
    21:15Why paired guns repay their added complexityQ&A
  86. Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again
    46:02Avalon's fighters divide targets and survive a carrier's defensesNotable Point
  87. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    27:54Lasers, railguns, and the cost of attacking warshipsQ&A
  88. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    43:35Defending an internationally sanctioned Black Sea convoyQ&A
  89. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)
    1:34:23De Zeven Provinciën as a general-purpose cruiserChapter
  90. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    2:01:57Why more F125s would not fix the fleetQ&A
  91. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    4:41Moskva, USS The Sullivans, and preventable lossQ&A
  92. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    9:37Using S-300 missiles against small dronesQ&A
  93. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    2:17:02Defending a carrier group from missile saturationQ&A
  94. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    1:52:43A modern use for ships in line aheadQ&A
  95. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    2:57:51Why Japanese railgun defence could disrupt missile salvosNotable Point
  96. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    2:41:00A hypersonic weapon may fail after limited damageQ&A
  97. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    4:31:19Why every major navy studies hypersonic missilesQ&A
  98. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)
    3:14:04Why missile defence belongs to different servicesQ&A
  99. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    19:30Why Avalon's captain keeps control of the final approachNotable Point
  100. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    50:01How a fleet might disrupt a hypersonic missile attackQ&A
  101. Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    2:53Why fleet air defence must intercept before terminal rangeNotable Point
  102. Battlestar Galactica - Bilgepumps Trailer
    0:23Flak against high-speed missilesNotable Point
  103. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    0:39Flak as a last defensive layerChapter
  104. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    8:24Building a flak field takes gun volumeNotable Point
  105. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    10:13Why a flak barrier works differently in spaceNotable Point
  106. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    12:15Chaff, flak, and confused missile seekersChapter
  107. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    23:42Magazine depth across repeated missile attacksNotable Point
  108. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    37:02Lasers and the cost of chasing perfectionChapter
  109. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    50:44EMP defence can endanger the defenderNotable Point
  110. Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:20:01The close-in defence case for a 40 mm wall of fireQ&A
  111. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:02:43Why multiple gun barrels may regain valueNotable Point
  112. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:15:15Directed energy belongs in a layered defenceQ&A
  113. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:07:07The return of larger naval anti-aircraft gunsQ&A
  114. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:15:14The return of 40 mm guns for close defenceQ&A