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- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:30:53Railgun promises and the difficulty of scaling upQ&A
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- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not2:10:14Laser power demands keep conventional guns relevantNotable Point
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- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:37A modern conventional gun is viable, but railgun experiments should change scaleQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:02Alicorn and the vulnerabilities of a submarine carrierQ&A
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- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:37:10Designing an Arleigh Burke for space warfareQ&A
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- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?48:02Common aviation needs can shape different shipsChapter
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- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:38:00Integrated electric propulsion better serves future loadsQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:39:15The niche for a modern sixteen-inch naval gunQ&A
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- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:37:28Disputed electrical terminology in a railgun proposalNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:42:40Railgun projectile shielding and the case for larger shellsQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:10Choosing railgun calibre around mass and loadingQ&A
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- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)30:22Missile doctrine and the return of naval gunfireChapter
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:32:03Gas turbines now, nuclear power for energy-heavy shipsQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:50:56The proposed large combatant revives the strike cruiserQ&A
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- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping24:05Hypersonic missiles do not end the defence contestNotable Point
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- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:14Why guidance changes the cost of a railgun projectileQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:01Why railguns are unlikely to revive nuclear shellsQ&A
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- Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?40:02Japan weighs nuclear power against historical experienceNotable Point
- Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?41:31Electromagnetic guns can deepen magazinesNotable Point
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- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:38A Dreadnought-class SSGN before railguns and lasers matureNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut2:19:20A nuclear cruiser escort for every US carrierQ&A
- Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?45:18Evolutionary design prepares Maya for railguns and lasersNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:07:25How Ace Combat superweapons would distort Cold War deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:46How large are Ace Combat's Stonehenge projectiles?Q&A
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- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:52Funding AGS or Japanese railgun developmentQ&A
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- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)1:23:01Railguns on Japan's future BMD shipsQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:06Japan's attainable path to a shipboard railgunNotable Point
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- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:57What could bring rail guns back to warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:22:26Railguns, coilguns, and the problem of guided projectilesNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:58:22Why missile-era survivability differs from battleship armorNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:20:16Choosing a useful naval railgun caliberQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:49Why larger naval guns may returnQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:41:20A modern cruiser or battleship would combine railguns and hypersonicsQ&A
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- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:41:09Batteries and supercapacitors aboard surface warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...1:15:42How practical rail guns could reshape surface combatantsQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....1:11:03A modern cruiser with 8-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....2:29:19Could a railgun assist cold-launched missiles?Q&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:37:31From nuclear Aegis cruisers to a nuclear ZumwaltQ&A
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- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction2:53:22Must space combat rely on guided missiles?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction3:00:55A space railgun can fire a spread instead of one slugNotable Point
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:04:57What nuclear power could unlock on a 20,000-ton cruiserQ&A
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- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History24:29Railgun and Gauss-gun barrel wear are different problemsNotable Point
- USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response5:36Would a modern nuclear-powered battleship be practical?Q&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:15:45When power demand might revive very large combatantsQ&A
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- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:15:54Modern naval gun range depends on shells and barrel metallurgyNotable Point
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- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate's Battle Cruisers57:50The F-302 shapes hangar and weapons designChapter
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate's Battle Cruisers1:15:03George Hammond's railgun last standChapter
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- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)24:52Missile depletion could return naval guns to prominenceQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)30:09The lost Zumwalt railgun fleet conceptQ&A
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- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:52:12Could railguns create another Dreadnought moment?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:57:51Why Japanese railgun defence could disrupt missile salvosNotable Point
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:11:34A modern battleship built around power generation and missilesQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat3:20:49Lasers, railguns, and the shipboard energy problemQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions4:26:45High-energy weapons expose the power-storage problemQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:57:31Railguns trade desired firepower against power and ammunition supplyQ&A
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- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.3:58:22Railguns wait on shipboard pulsed powerQ&A
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- Bruships 48: Reading History1:08:06Why faster space railgun rounds might still need massQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War1:25:30Why modern naval guns rarely grow beyond eight inchesQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers3:09:21Railguns impose power and cooling penaltiesNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World9:20The recurring cycle between naval offence and defenceNotable Point
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- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:23:25Power and protection for a future railgun cruiserQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:36:32Railguns, electromagnetic effects, and ship hardeningQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:38:54Why new naval weapons and uncrewed ships mature slowlyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:41:28How a railgun projectile would damage ships and land targetsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:44:15Railguns and coilguns remain developmentalQ&A
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- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:25:04Coilguns offered speed to service while railguns promised moreQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:34:46Railgun magazines might store energy in distributed batteriesQ&A