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- Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?2:52:51Would a conventional Cold War naval campaign stay non-nuclear?Q&A
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- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s17:02Charging the strategic deterrent to the Navy budgetNotable Point
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- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed30:37Who controlled Britain's Polaris deterrent?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed34:55Why Polaris navigation did not depend on GPSNotable 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 Duffy38:57Four or five flight decks are readiness arithmetic, not aggrandizementNotable Point
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- 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
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- Bruships 36: International Relations2:36:00Britain's Naval Future and the risks of planning for one kind of warChapter
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- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister36:57Convertible submarine tubes and a five-hull deterrent reserveChapter
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- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:47:53Component sourcing and control of Britain's deterrentNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:49:39A fifth submarine as an SSGN conversion reserveNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:51:20Why hypersonic missiles do not replace nuclear deterrenceQ&A