Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Technology Development

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  1. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:20:01Building a fleet for the Macross universeQ&A
  2. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:33:27How to reboot Stargate without erasing its fleetQ&A
  3. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    22:32Military technologies usually mature by evolution rather than surpriseNotable Point
  4. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    2:32:01Interwar Italy's jet counterfactual depends on supporting infrastructureQ&A
  5. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    3:38:32J-20 concepts, observable aircraft, and first-generation developmentQ&A
  6. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    3:40:13F-22 and F-35 stealth in a discussion of design requirementsQ&A
  7. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:50:31A semiconductor solution before its technical problemNotable Point
  8. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    2:51:24How early an optical landing system could appearQ&A
  9. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    4:05:05Why a mature heavy cruiser still needs successorsQ&A
  10. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    33:40The experimental airships that led to AkronChapter
  11. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    15:07Interwar aviation procurement balanced innovation against wartime riskNotable Point
  12. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    37:09The Firefly was not simply an improved FulmarNotable Point
  13. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    42:13Aircraft specifications must predict future requirementsNotable Point
  14. Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    20:56How government exploration lowers risk for private spaceflightQ&A
  15. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    4:36Building a plausible 1930s helicopter divergenceChapter
  16. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    30:33The Dragonfly generation proves useful before it becomes powerfulNotable Point
  17. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    47:21Argus and Langley as helicopter testbedsQ&A
  18. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    3:05:52Could shell guidance survive firing acceleration?Q&A
  19. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    34:55Interwar aviation choices without hindsightNotable Point
  20. Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI
    6:02Why modern naval thinking discounts reserve shipsNotable Point
  21. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    10:18Why inventions arrive when needs alignNotable Point
  22. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    39:40Why peacetime development changes turbine resource constraintsQ&A
  23. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    3:07:12Early turbine investment changes more than aircraftChapter
  24. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    3:14:10Would Britain keep its jet lead after the war?Q&A
  25. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    1:09:50Why counterfactual successors need a service historyNotable Point
  26. Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?
    58:50Why successors fail to displace proven designsNotable Point
  27. Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?
    59:37Big-gun expertise changes the railgun trade-offChapter
  28. Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 2
    58:21Small classes for innovation, large classes for confidenceNotable Point
  29. Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword
    50:33Anti-ship missiles emerged from a long guided-weapon continuumQ&A
  30. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    34:05Why better underwater endurance did not automatically make submarines lethalNotable Point
  31. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    35:46The D class and the transition to recognizable First World War submarinesChapter
  32. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    1:48:05The research and industrial foundations behind nuclear submarinesChapter
  33. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    1:37:08Why a better MiG-15 engine might arrive too lateQ&A
  34. Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine
    1:04:37Naval engineering aims for good enough, not perfectNotable Point
  35. Top 5 Inventions that came too Late
    32:21The wartime hiatus behind the 1950s hovercraft boomNotable Point
  36. Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty
    12:38Interwar admirals could doubt current aircraft yet expect rapid changeNotable Point
  37. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    1:23:07Why no one inventor owns the escort-carrier ideaNotable Point
  38. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments
    0:25Why 1939 fleet planning cannot use 1945 hindsightChapter
  39. Technology an Introduction to a History... of Sorts...
    6:15Why naval technology is contingent, not inevitableChapter
  40. Technology an Introduction to a History... of Sorts...
    20:52How strategic context sets technology prioritiesChapter
  41. Technology an Introduction to a History... of Sorts...
    26:45How the pom-pom and Bofors diverged, then convergedNotable Point
  42. Technology an Introduction to a History... of Sorts...
    29:46Alliance standardization versus technological diversityChapter
  43. Technology an Introduction to a History... of Sorts...
    31:55Naval technology as an ongoing, organic processNotable Point
  44. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    48:10War accelerates implementation more than inventionQ&A
  45. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    38:00Was the B-29 really a wartime invention?Q&A
  46. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    44:50Was the Manhattan Project a wartime invention?Q&A