Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Readiness

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  1. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:04:24A legal Royal Navy minimum built around foursQ&A
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    3:44:25A tentative F-35A force estimate starts near forty-eight aircraftQ&A
  6. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    5:07:59GCAP availability cannot be judged before an aircraft is flyingQ&A
  7. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    5:38:16Defence efficiency cannot be measured like just-in-time businessChapter
  8. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    32:18Hyuga's reinforcement model leaves useful aviation capacity in reserveNotable Point
  9. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    35:26Hunter-killer helicopter pairs reveal the escort group's ASW arithmeticChapter
  10. Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?
    8:13StanFlex flexibility depends on personnel readinessChapter
  11. US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...
    3:32:08Strategic sealift, prepositioning, and the risks of used shipsChapter
  12. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    18:24Why defense planning must separate permanent risks from changing threatsNotable Point
  13. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:53:27Why six ships provide more than one extra hull over fiveNotable Point
  14. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:54:58Why uncrewed reconnaissance does not settle the patrol-ship requirementNotable Point
  15. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:25:50Why readiness figures need checking against crew experienceNotable Point
  16. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:08:14What a usable Spanish reserve fleet requiresQ&A
  17. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:39:45Pearl Harbor's known readiness cultureQ&A
  18. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    1:08:03Why PLA leadership purges affect more than generalsQ&A
  19. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    1:19:36Planned sortie rates must survive maintenance realityNotable Point
  20. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    1:28:38Snap exercises can depend on weeks of logistical preparationNotable Point
  21. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    1:36:58Why French budgets constrained interwar naval exercisesQ&A
  22. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    5:46:29The institutional logic behind Treasury and Congress cutsQ&A
  23. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    8:40:57Making the democratic case for missile capacityQ&A
  24. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    8:15:05Long deterrent patrols and crew recoveryNotable Point
  25. Procuring for Peace First Draft
    32:18Why peacetime commitments imply twenty-four escortsNotable Point
  26. Procuring for Peace First Draft
    34:40Successful deterrence looks like an unnecessary expenseNotable Point
  27. Procuring for Peace First Draft
    1:26:50Shrinking fleets consume their own readinessChapter
  28. Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit
    34:25A peacetime commander should keep asking questionsNotable Point
  29. How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?
    2:57:10Why availability rules apply beyond shipsQ&A
  30. Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...
    1:30:28A command conference leaves French ships unreadyChapter
  31. Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...
    1:56:04French captains are caught away from their commandsNotable Point
  32. Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...
    2:09:57French gunnery compounds the tactical defeatNotable Point
  33. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    58:20Why drill requires discipline under fireNotable Point
  34. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    1:03:09How defective ammunition hollowed out paper strengthNotable Point
  35. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    1:07:08How divided regional fleets magnified defeatNotable Point
  36. 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...
    8:34Why two carriers cannot guarantee certaintyNotable Point
  37. 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...
    1:07:59Carriers as diplomatic signalsNotable Point
  38. Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier
    55:35Drone storage meets the cost of rebuilding carrier aviationNotable Point
  39. Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier
    1:17:55The strategic cost of modifying a scarce carrierChapter
  40. Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    56:47Political control can frustrate naval strategyNotable Point
  41. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    3:56:26Why a larger Royal Navy begins with peopleQ&A
  42. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    2:08:45Fishguard Fort's missing round shot exposes a readiness gapNotable Point
  43. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    1:13:24Royal Navy readiness versus too few hullsQ&A
  44. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    2:18:24Why Pearl Harbor's barrage balloons were not aloftQ&A
  45. 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals
    55:17More squadrons create operational and career depthNotable Point
  46. 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals
    58:17Carrier aircraft cannot be improvised in a crisisNotable Point
  47. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:01:32Peak wartime equipment at Pearl HarborQ&A
  48. Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett
    1:02:12Training areas and problem-solving are strategic infrastructureChapter
  49. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    20:34Reaction and insurance models for maritime patrol aviationNotable Point
  50. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    44:57A balanced Canadian combatant inside a much larger fleetQ&A
  51. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    1:30:23Why France needed more than one Jeanne d'ArcQ&A
  52. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    1:47:49Why four major ships create a usable rotationQ&A
  53. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    2:18:49Home Fleet concentration and rapid response off KoreaNotable Point
  54. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    38:07How command assumptions weakened Pearl Harbor readinessQ&A
  55. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    3:34:13Why flexible warships can hide the fleet size needed in warQ&A
  56. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 2
    2:43:20Damage-control manning and the value of the night shiftNotable Point
  57. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    2:24:42Why logistics matter more than an impressive order of battleQ&A
  58. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    4:05:43Single gun mounts trade firepower for easier upkeepQ&A
  59. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    3:06:25Force planning against a five-carrier fleetQ&A
  60. Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)
    41:27Limited support facilities reduce Pascal to a ten-knot cruiserNotable Point
  61. Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)
    43:48A possible Pascal refit fails the military-value testNotable Point
  62. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    1:40:57Captured intelligence makes a coalition attack possibleChapter
  63. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    2:57:36Operational lessons from the loss of MoskvaQ&A
  64. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    3:03:24Why navies repeatedly face manning shortagesQ&A
  65. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1942
    21:03Wartime options are built years before fighting beginsChapter
  66. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    1:49:35Why carrier drydocks lose political funding battlesQ&A
  67. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    3:01:24What a credible Vanguard reserve would requireQ&A
  68. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    7:39Norway's readiness gap before the invasionChapter
  69. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    20:30Norway's failure to mobilize after Denmark fallsNotable Point
  70. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    1:20:24Plan as though the opponent is capableNotable Point
  71. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    2:46:39Why a class needs more than two shipsQ&A
  72. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    2:08:51Why reliability defeats specification comparisonsNotable Point
  73. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    2:29:20How an interwar warship divided its yearQ&A
  74. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    2:58:29Desired and available mini-Renown cruisersQ&A
  75. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)
    3:40Why ships and crews still require fleet trainingNotable Point
  76. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    1:10:22Five flight decks require a much deeper escort fleetNotable Point
  77. Bruships 69: The Decider
    2:31:47The danger of building a navy only for wars of choiceQ&A
  78. Bruships 69: The Decider
    2:40:08How a fleet uses one month of warningQ&A
  79. Bruships 69: The Decider
    3:22:20What different warning times could change at Pearl HarborQ&A
  80. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    3:38:45Why suspending AAV water operations reflected a replacement failureQ&A
  81. Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions
    2:36:06Prince of Wales could fight Bismarck if her guns workedQ&A
  82. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    4:22:12Extra defence money should restore depth before adding new missionsQ&A
  83. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?
    3:42:25Realistic exercises as a substitute for wartime correctionQ&A
  84. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    2:21:57Night carrier qualification was not the same as combat proficiencyNotable Point
  85. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    51:05Why cruiser crews expanded sharply in wartimeQ&A
  86. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    1:10:43Why did wartime cruisers still carry practice rounds?Q&A
  87. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    3:40:32Did Crown Colony living conditions improve after the war?Q&A
  88. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    42:21Outsourcing can buy availability without presenceNotable Point
  89. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    0:07Why naval capability needs quantity and readinessChapter
  90. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    4:04How 18 Sea Dart ships translated into six availableNotable Point
  91. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy
    19:05Short-war assumptions hide maintenance, losses, and enduranceNotable Point
  92. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy
    24:27Modern warships cannot substitute for presence everywhereNotable Point
  93. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy
    36:01Three Invincibles cannot cover deployments, global roles, and refitsNotable Point
  94. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy
    38:57Four or five flight decks are readiness arithmetic, not aggrandizementNotable Point
  95. Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...
    2:30:22Destroyer and the cost of ignoring identification procedureChapter
  96. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    58:18Four hours of warnings on 7 DecemberChapter
  97. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:20:11What Kimmel and Short could do without a declaration of warQ&A
  98. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:25:37Japan's plan had no comfortable answer to an active defenseQ&A
  99. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:46:29Coercive policy without a wartime defensive mindsetNotable Point
  100. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:48:40How sabotage fears made Hawaii's aircraft vulnerableQ&A
  101. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    2:08:01The long chain of Japanese luckNotable Point
  102. Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul
    19:23Why E-boats penetrated a D-Day exerciseQ&A
  103. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    30:56Historical study partly offset thin amphibious exercisesNotable Point
  104. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    48:57Complex formations need repeated practiceNotable Point