Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Standard Missile

US naval missile family for fleet air defence, with variants for ballistic-missile defence and surface strike.

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  1. Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?
    3:52What sixteen Mark 41 cells can carryNotable Point
  2. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    23:08F110 VLS growth: reported additions and inferred spare spaceChapter
  3. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    29:38Sixteen F110 cells make the missile mix consequentialNotable Point
  4. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    4:11:16Air-defence supplier diversity and fleet demandQ&A
  5. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    31:45Why Standard Missile commonality worksNotable Point
  6. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    34:58How one defensive missile narrows an attacker's problemChapter
  7. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    36:01Missile diversity complicates an enemy's solutionChapter
  8. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    1:28A compact destroyer with layered weapons and sensorsChapter
  9. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    13:53Audace gains room for modernizationChapter
  10. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    21:13Layered weapons for air, surface, and undersea threatsChapter
  11. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    34:52Why a vertical-launch conversion was impracticalNotable Point
  12. Yak-38 Forger: The Nasty Surprise of the Kiev Class
    37:57Why warship missions matter more than Top Trumps rankingsNotable Point
  13. Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:38:48A shared launcher does not give Patriot and Standard the same performanceNotable Point
  14. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:10:53Mark 41 VLS and a modern Perry fitChapter
  15. Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?
    10:45Container dimensions limit StanFlex air-defence upgradesNotable Point
  16. The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?
    14:40VLS and Aegis expectations raise frigate costNotable Point
  17. The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?
    20:22FFG(X) reverses the LCS mission graftChapter
  18. The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?
    1:03:01The proposed weapons fit for an ASW-first frigateNotable Point
  19. The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?
    1:07:55Point defence, area air warfare, and the meaning of FFGNotable Point
  20. What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)
    2:26:52Could Australia's Invincibles become Aegis carriers?Q&A
  21. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:36:11Horizon air-warfare replacement and missile sovereigntyQ&A
  22. Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...
    24:23Amatsukaze makes the missile-destroyer leapNotable Point
  23. Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...
    52:37Tachikaze and Hatakaze add air-defence command depthNotable Point
  24. Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...
    1:06:46Hatakaze combines group command with a heavily armed destroyerNotable Point
  25. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    1:57:57A Mark 26 alternative for the Spruance classQ&A
  26. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start
    1:37:26Why VLS cell count cannot define corvettes, frigates, destroyers, and cruisersQ&A
  27. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:45:19Tartar and Talos represented different missile scalesQ&A
  28. Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:16:53European air-defense missiles and the size of their user fleetNotable Point
  29. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    2:33:33Choosing naval missiles and radars by mission rather than one rankingQ&A
  30. Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?
    12:35Maya sensors and the 96-cell missile batteryChapter
  31. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:47:06A British Kirov with a different missile batteryNotable Point
  32. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:15:16Renown's proposed missile battery and fleet commonalityNotable Point
  33. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:20:08Why a Mark 41-equipped Renown might retain British missilesQ&A
  34. Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons
    6:52Type 22 frigates and the value of a general-purpose gunNotable Point
  35. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    1:57:45Why Enterprise did not receive Standard missile launchersQ&A
  36. Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response
    21:13Why semi-active guidance limited missile engagement rateNotable Point
  37. Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response
    30:40An old missile name can hide extensive redesignNotable Point
  38. Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response
    7:27NTU performance and naval technology lifecyclesNotable Point
  39. Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response
    15:14Standard Missile chronology and shared guidanceNotable Point
  40. Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response
    17:22What NTU changed beyond the missileNotable Point
  41. Kara Class: Comment Response
    2:54When an air-defence missile becomes an anti-ship weaponNotable Point
  42. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    15:22Why a shared name does not mean identical technologyNotable Point
  43. Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All
    17:39From Mark 26 rails to 122 VLS cellsNotable Point
  44. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    44:45California's New Threat Upgrade traded ASW for air defenceChapter
  45. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    0:00Belknap starts with guns, missiles, and cruiser labelsChapter
  46. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    15:08Single-ended missiles made room for helicoptersChapter
  47. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    22:42Standard missile modernized older launcher architectureChapter
  48. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    25:46Standard missile range meets Cold War nuclear doctrineNotable Point
  49. USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...
    42:01The unrealized Aegis upgrade for Long BeachChapter
  50. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    3:12:46Launcher weight limits and the thin combat record of VLSQ&A
  51. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)
    1:34:23De Zeven Provinciën as a general-purpose cruiserChapter
  52. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    38:12Avoid overlapping missile systemsNotable Point