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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:37:22Missiles for a modified Type 45 in Sea PowerQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:34:17Royal Navy shock testing: components, simulation and fleet sizeQ&A
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!31:24Type 45 and the argument for a general-purpose missile batteryNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!53:50Horizon and FREMM show what multinational cooperation preservesChapter
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:38:42Type 83 and the consequences of an occupied shipyardNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:43Destroyer replacement schedules and life-extension riskNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:59An enlarged Type 45 as a Type 83 starting pointQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:28:38How earlier VLS adoption could change Type 45Notable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?53:56What would a modern destroyer leader add to Type 45s?Notable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live12:55Dauntless's unidentified boxes and spare ship capacityQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live15:39Frigate age, destroyer dry docks and interrupted replacement ordersNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:35:29How a small order raises the apparent cost of each Type 45Notable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:36:45Paying shipyards to build slowly and retain unused capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:40:10Choosing a modern Royal Navy ship for the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:58A heavily armed Type 45 design exerciseQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:12:10Strike-length VLS and room for future weaponsQ&A
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)5:39ASWF costs and the price of a short production runChapter
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:25Larger Type 45 and Type 26 designs under fixed ship numbersQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:18Why Type 45 destroyers could remain until 2040Notable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...33:47What larger Type 45 and Type 26 variants would addQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:32Dry docks and the reputation of idle warshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:50How a larger Type 45 order changes average costNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:16How more ships ease readiness and retention pressuresNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:24Why secondhand Burkes would be a poor Royal Navy fitQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:12:53Type 83 size and specialist warfare commandQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:43:01Astute availability and the dry-dock bottleneckQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:23:12Frigate and destroyer expectations in Type 45 planningNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:27:42A proposal for a larger Type 45 missile loadoutNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live16:50Type 45 refits and the cost of borrowing spare partsNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:08:50British escort orders and gaps in shipbuildingQ&A
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?9:52Why Britain still needed the Invincible classNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:05BrahMos salvos test a Type 45's defensive depthNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:02What would a modern Royal Navy fourth-rate look like?Q&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:45Naming six additional Type 45 destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:23The proposed production link from Type 23 to later escortsNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:34Designing escorts around a 96-cell air-defence standardQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:01:21How a larger Type 45 could divide its missile magazineNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:27Why the Type 45 is proposed as a British equivalent to the BurkeQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live51:02An enlarged Type 45 after the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:29:57A maximal post-Falklands Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:05How a longer Type 45 run might have evolvedQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:32Type 45 stealth and the escort missionNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:14How stealthy Type 83 was likely to beQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:48What Royal Navy type numbers meanQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:08Why later Type 45s might have used an Italian 5-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:34Gun variants in an enormous Type 45 production runQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:55How truncated warship runs inflate unit costsNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:32Could the shore-based Type 45 test installation defend its area?Q&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:57:10Comparing Type 45 and Arleigh Burke seakeepingQ&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?41:01Ships and boarding teams behind maritime sanctionsChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:35:18Britain's planned diplomatic fleet mixChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:38:40British procurement and diplomatic presenceChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:39:05Research spending and delayed British equipment ordersNotable Point
- Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?2:23An ageing destroyer force and its refit burdenChapter
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:09:43A European land-and-sea ballistic-missile defenceQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:12:52Procurement choices that removed useful British capabilityQ&A
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)39:41A Type 45 alternative with two missile familiesNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:24:21Magazine depth is a recurring lesson of modern warQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:25:09A hypothetical Type 45 with deeper missile magazinesNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:28:40A 3-inch gun adds depth rather than duplicating a missileQ&A
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s6:41Modern destroyer labels, roles, and relative capabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:48Funding the Type 45 midlife upgradeQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:25Cold-weather operation is already a Royal Navy requirementQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:45A rapid Type 83 from Type 45 or large Type 26 studiesQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:38A 144-cell extended Type 45 conceptQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:12CAMM and CAMM-MR in Mark 41 cellsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:39Type 91 vessels as Type 45 force multipliersQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:27What eight additional Type 23 frigates would have changedQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:33Ideal Royal Navy composition with proper fundingQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:29Would three very different warships merit Adam Duncan's name?Q&A
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:13:39Post-Cold War destroyer progress stallsNotable Point
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age48:09What if Horizon had spread Italy's 76 mm emphasis?Notable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:18:39Type 45 upgrades collide with a 2035 retirement goalNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:55:08Cutting Type 45 numbers raised unit and readiness costsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:19:23Distributed air defence multiplies hull and support demandsChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:48:44Completing Type 23 numbers could have prevented yard boom and bustQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:50:13The Royal Navy need not become the Hybrid Navy's irreversible guinea pigQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:24Type 45 replacement delays, hull life, and dry docksNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:10Type 45 power improvements and Sea Ceptor instead of Mark 41Notable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:23An early DDG(X) programme and a larger Type 45 missile fitQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:04Twelve fully supported Type 45 destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:09Twelve Type 45 Maximus destroyers replacing the current sixQ&A
- Yak-38 Forger: The Nasty Surprise of the Kiev Class37:57Why warship missions matter more than Top Trumps rankingsNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:07Uncrewed missile craft do not remove sea-control problemsQ&A
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?22:45Carriers and Type 45 destroyers show how task-unit roles differNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:14:00The effect of cancelled Type 45 and Type 23 hullsNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...12:15Radar interference and missile exhaust constrain deck layoutNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:38Technical possibility versus value in a Type 45 ExLS refitQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...7:38Refit testbeds reduce risk for future warship classesNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...14:27Crew access checks change Type 45 firefighting arrangementsChapter
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...38:37Type 45 shore integration facilitiesChapter
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...43:49Test infrastructure, class size, and readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:18How larger orders reduce warship unit costNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:37The British Pacific Fleet's forgotten logistics lessonQ&A
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?46:36A shrinking Zumwalt production run magnifies program costNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)25:13Type 23 and Type 45 choices that removed fleet slackNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:24:31Order size changes average destroyer programme costsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:28:18Allied reliance on Burkes encourages shallow magazinesNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:50British procurement cuts and lost naval careersQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:06Royal Marines carried by Type 22 frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:50Why frigate and destroyer labels depend on the main missionNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)20:07Britain's land-based air-defence gap expands Type 83's roleNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)31:14Type 45 shows the cost of deleting planned marginsNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)50:31Continuous shipbuilding preserves skills and controls costQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)53:11Type 83 timing depends on complex-warship yard capacityQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)58:44A suggested source for Type 45 gunnery tablesQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:09:27Type 83 deployments are likely to remain six to nine monthsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:29:04A twelve-ship Type 83 fleet and an illustrative design menuQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:03Restoring layered gun defenses against dronesNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:43How reserve time affects a destroyer's hull lifeQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:11A British five-inch gun for Type 45Q&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:00Why a ship lift would not fix British productionQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:16Europe's least nonsensical NATO procurementQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:41More British warships from the same budgetQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?59:17A modular Type 45 with an eighty-eight-missile fitChapter
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?1:01:44Could modular payloads have given Type 45 more electrical reserve?Notable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?13:54Type 45: Sea Ceptor magazine growth and the Mark 41 alternativeNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?38:23Recurring threat panics and counters left ashoreChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?28:07Leaving Horizon did not deliver an earlier destroyerNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?31:19A hurried destroyer design combined several unproven systemsNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?33:29How should a destroyer programme introduce unproven technology?Q&A
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?50:35Electric propulsion promised flexibility but lacked redundancyChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?55:08First-of-class accounting and the cost of unfitted equipmentNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?57:48Extra drones and a stern boat ramp remained unfittedNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:05:36The HMS Diana and HMS Decoy story remains unconfirmedNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:09:05The six-ship readiness model assumed a predictable worldChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:12:08HMS Daring's trials, coalition deployments, and disaster reliefChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:16:07Daring's completed power refit did not guarantee a return to seaNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:19:06HMS Duncan carried NATO duties in a de facto five-ship forceChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:22:49Reserved machinery space made a stronger diesel installation possibleChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:24:20Sea Ceptor takes over the shorter-range role from Aster 15Notable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:26:59Twenty-four Sea Ceptors and the alternative Mark 41 loadNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:28:42BAE offered land-attack and anti-submarine Type 45 variantsNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:30:05Why not restart Type 45 production?Q&A
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:31:44Six land-attack variants could have retained a twelve-hull programmeChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:40:10Type 83's development leaves time for another Type 45 upgradeNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:41:36Could another Type 45 upgrade require a longer hull?Q&A
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...24:22The Type 45 analogy for mission-limited procurementNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?3:12Hobart, Type 45, and Burke replacement pressureNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?46:16Power margin must cover climate and shortfallsNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...26:00Why missile interception depends on geometryQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:54Why an air-defense Type 26 would require a major redesignQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:58Why a complete new large-combatant fleet would take decadesQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:52How Type 43 could have shaped Type 45Q&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:57:11The Horizon follow-on questionQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:04Minimum size for a modern presence shipQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:28Dry docks, cannibalization, and Royal Navy readinessQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:46The Type 45 cost of designing without power marginNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:13:40Spruance's size does not guarantee a modern missile magazineNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:29:36Strike-length VLS preserves future weapon choicesChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:19:26Why Type 45 received reused CAMM launchersQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:25:48Why twelve destroyers is a precarious global minimumQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:52:14Individual CAMM cells versus a quad-packed Mark 41 alternativeNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:53:02CAMM frees Type 45 cells for Aster 30Q&A
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:08:23The 2003 case for sea-based logistics and land attackNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:09:262003 cuts to escorts and submarinesChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:11:21The command roles that Type 45s inherited from Type 22 frigatesNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:15:21Why HMS Daring needed a first-of-class refitNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:25:30Type 45 costs and the cheaper-frigate tradeoffNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:41:08When dependency became part of Future Force 2020Notable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:43:35The Type 45 power margin that could have prevented a later refitNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:48:44How Future Force 2020 removed operational slackNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:11:36When the 2015 risk register did not match the forceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:15:10More Type 45s and a proposed Mk 41 missile fitNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:12:10Atlantic Bastion and the six-ship Type 45 forceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:22:35The 2025 hybrid fleet and autonomous air defenceChapter
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:23Extra Type 45s, earlier surface combatants and a paper carrierNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:32How Henderson-style admirals might have changed the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:41How Type 43 would have enlarged Type 45Q&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:28A personal Type 45 design with a much deeper magazineNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:29Counting missile reserves in ship loadoutsNotable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:50Modern warships with the elegance of HoodQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:29How old is a modern warship design?Notable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:01What an enlarged Type 45 should gain in missile capacityQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:28What extra displacement would have changed on Type 45Q&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:13What a naval 155 mm gun would need beyond a land weaponQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:56Why the Type 45 program cannot be judged from a £4.96 billion figureQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:58:27Growth margin is the key requirement for a future warshipQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:49Would a higher Type 45 Batch 2 price include better equipment?Q&A
- How many Warships does your Navy need?15:17Why later ships in a class can be dramatically cheaperNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?18:36How Type 45 overuse created a readiness debtChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?22:24Sea Viper Evolution and the projected 2032 capability dateNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?46:45Type 45s could provide mobile homeland air defenseChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?50:51Gulf and NATO taskings shaped the twelve-destroyer planChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:10:36FREMM launcher choices and the US capability listNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:40:01European comparisons with Constellation procurementQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:37:26Why VLS cell count cannot define corvettes, frigates, destroyers, and cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:40:00Type 45 and Horizon retained common launchers after Britain left the joint programNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...32:28A family design for a heavily armed Type 45Notable Point
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service1:05:08Shore sites expose sensor-integration faults before sea trialsChapter
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service1:42:10Exercises reveal how sensors and destroyers should cooperateChapter
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:22Why carriers should not become their own area-defence escortsQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:10Why Type 45 is unlikely to gain land-attack missilesQ&A
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII32:28How fleet size affects maintenance and availabilityNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20261:55:28Stealth-era destroyers anchor modern task groupsChapter
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:37:11Would a long Type 45 production run resemble the Burke story?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:41:54A proposed Type 45 fit combines 96 missile cells and two MerlinsNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:57:50Extra Type 45s could have covered some escort shortagesNotable Point
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers35:33Jacky Fisher orders three experimental pairs of destroyersChapter
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:47What fleet the Royal Navy's current budget can supportQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:24What full Royal Navy production runs would have changedNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:41:34Keeping Type 45 destroyers alongside Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:45What Italian and German destroyer programs revealQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:08A Type 45 batch two with an inserted missile sectionQ&A
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!37:08Adaptable designs still require compromisesNotable Point
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!41:25Choose combat systems before drawing the hullChapter
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!46:09Treat power architecture as a combat requirementChapter
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:17:45Weather and geography limit which foreign warship designs fitNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:49:46Civilian mechanics, naval reservists, and ships kept in ordinaryNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:03:15A third Queen Elizabeth would turn availability into a standing carrier commitmentQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:52:05The case made for British destroyer designsQ&A
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!26:13Late programs deepen Britain's escort gapChapter
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!38:41Type 31's proposed role inside a defended task groupChapter
- Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare9:37A Queen Elizabeth group shows post-Cold War fleet assumptionsChapter
- Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare13:08Sea Ceptor changes the Type 45 missile mixNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:48A British Aegis system in the 1980sQ&A
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping37:24Iterative construction, unit costs, and fleet availabilityChapter
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping53:07Type 83 shows the price of doing every escort jobNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:45:17A hypothetical second Type 45 batch spreads development costsNotable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...3:42:00Could a ship's name make cancellation harder?Notable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:29:24Fearless as a naming preference and a Type 45 correctionNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?6:14Type 45 numbers, politics, and sunk program costsChapter
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?9:46How Type 45 lost its general-purpose optionNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?13:02Proposed Type 45 names and the timing of cancellationNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?14:33Daring and LCS: learning on the first shipNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?28:15Type 23 hull wear and delayed replacementNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?29:12More Type 45 space without an automatic crew increaseNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?58:31One advanced destroyer cannot occupy five stationsNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:16Escort numbers behind a three-LHD Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:00Ajax’s predecessors and the opportunity-cost argumentNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:28:55Ajax costs, reported illness, and expanding requirementsNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:09:45Fleet depth, surge deployments and maintenanceNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:38:38Why Chinese destroyers resemble Burkes more than Type 45sQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle6:47:19Prospects for preserving a Type 45 destroyerQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:09:20The 2025 case for keeping Type 45 in service until Type 83Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:15:15The production gap behind Britain's escort shortageNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:29:55A maximal Type 45 arsenal-cruiser thought experimentQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:20:38Why an affordable Type 23 production line still stoppedQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:56:51Why first-in-class warships are usually the weakestNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:58:21How fourteen Type 82s could affect later destroyer numbersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust21:00US and Royal Navy missile-age air-defense tradeoffsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust23:58How a different radar system could help an allied task groupNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust25:22A criticism of the Type 45's missile magazine depthNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:26:41A British rocket-delivered Sting Ray and the VLS questionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust7:53:22How a hypothetical 1984 Sea Dart VLS could change later destroyersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:05:49Alliance presentation and the shortage of carrier escortsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:06:50How Type 45 cuts sacrificed cheap follow-on hullsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress7:32:25The modernization limits of the Arleigh Burke designQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:41A deliberately bad but plausible small-navy procurement planQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:30:41Choosing the best modern Royal Navy shipQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:49Why stopping Type 45 production at six cost readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:52Aster production after the wars-of-choice assumptionQ&A
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:26:50Shrinking fleets consume their own readinessChapter
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War41:22Layered defences require fleets built for availabilityChapter
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War45:15Reserve hulls could separate ship availability from peacetime crewingNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut2:21:50A heavily armed modern destroyer conceptQ&A
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:27:16Ship names carry battle honors into modern crewsNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:29:31Cutting Type 45 numbers squandered development costsNotable Point
- Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?47:32Could Britain and Japan share a future large destroyer?Chapter
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:05HMS Daring shows why fleet depth mattersNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:23Why cutting Type 45 production wasted development investmentNotable Point
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.38:08How quantity cuts created the six-billion-dollar shipChapter
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:53An unlimited-budget Royal Navy weapons fitQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)33:39Economies of scale and ships in ordinaryNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)55:54A 6-inch and 128-cell Type 45 conceptQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)1:11:41How deferred refits created the Type 45 backlogQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:19Why six Type 45s look like billion-pound destroyersNotable Point
- OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!34:12Flexible installations preserve coverage through failuresNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft17:38Why visible weapons make naval presence legibleNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft25:44Reserve ships as readiness and deterrenceChapter
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:05:57How many large uncrewed escorts should a task group use?Q&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:38:00More Type 45s and the fleet availability problemQ&A
- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)1:10:57Information networks accelerated Ukrainian adaptationChapter
- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)1:14:57Type 45 program cost obscured the price of additional shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:19Type 45 and Burke defenses work best togetherQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:08Type 45 versus Hobart for air warfareQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:29:22Atago-class destroyers versus Type 45Q&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:15Why the first ship of a class needs a substantial refitNotable Point
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:39:42Why fleet size improves availability nonlinearlyQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?52:01A late CATOBAR conversion cannot cheaply undo force-structure choicesNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?26:27The one-in-three rule changes fleet arithmeticChapter
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?28:44Why Type 45 programme cost was not the cost of another shipNotable Point
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:30:43Why Royal Navy air-defense ships become destroyersQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...0:53Integrated power systems versus early turbo-electric driveQ&A
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?2:06:49Would Type 45 destroyers survive the 1942 carrier strike?Q&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:01Could Type 45 destroyers serve alongside Type 83?Q&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:36Type 83 power choices and the shortage of shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:40:21Modern Type 45s at the Denmark StraitQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...32:47Estimating the crew of a modern battleshipQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...34:12Why a carrier is a poor model for battleship manningQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:54:51Could Type 45 destroyers become reserve arsenal ships?Q&A
- 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?6:29Why a modern battleship could never be a cheap shortcutChapter
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live1:57:46Railgun costs depend on development and production scaleChapter
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:31Automation does not determine crew size by itselfQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:39How to rebuild modern US and Royal Navy capacityQ&A
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...13:59Boilers, turbines, and the hidden cost of warship developmentChapter
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...17:00Why six Type 45s carried the development cost of twelveNotable Point
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...2:04:36Why naval auxiliaries are hard to build jointlyQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:33:38Why surface ships prefer standoff anti-submarine attacksQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:39:05Would a 5-inch gun refit make sense for the Type 45?Q&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:52:39Define the drone mission before adding a Type 45 launcherQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise51:07Why Baltic air defence needs more than two Type 45 destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership2:00:29Why modern warships remain bespoke rather than production-line productsQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20243:57:32Why upgrading Type 45 does not by itself prove Type 83 is delayedQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:38:48Why Type 45 uses Sylver while Type 26 and Type 31 receive Mark 41Q&A
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 49:15When unwritten naval knowledge disappearsNotable Point
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?47:25Why a Type 45 destroyer was called a battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...1:00:02Project continuity matters more than a fixed GDP targetQ&A
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:05:39The escort shortage around the carriersChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:27:03Future escort design and affordable numbersNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/47:31:46Type 45 missile defence and service responsibilitiesNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 757:24Type 45 fleet size changes unit cost and readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax2:29:10A Type 45 destroyer as a Second World War fleet assetQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:01:59British and French paths to fleet air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:04:32Missile capacity follows a warship's missionQ&A
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!34:07Camperdown and the third-rate battle lineChapter
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s48:32Fleet design should follow strategyChapter
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.34:41Would directed-energy weapons justify a British nuclear cruiser?Q&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....25:11Type 45, Mark 41, and multi-role growthQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....40:37Crew size follows systems, not hull sizeQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....2:54:39Why platform life is more than ageQ&A
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:40:13The limits of an allied thousand-ship navyChapter
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier49:00Defence procurement creates one-way doorsChapter
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:36:50Why Australia selected Spanish warship designsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:23:36Turning a Type 45 into a task-force command cruiserQ&A
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 247:33First-rate logic in a modern allied task forceNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement35:46Designing a coherent British flight-deck forceNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:31:38Carrier programs must fund escorts and auxiliaries as a systemNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:34:37British carrier escort plans lost ships and crewsNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:51:13A carrier is a command system, not only an airfieldChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:21:46Size the escort fleet for refits and lossesChapter
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books41:11What the largest Type 45 design could have deliveredQ&A
- Trident Fails to Fly13:08Type 45 cancellations and misleading unit costNotable Point
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!34:01Small commands develop officers for larger Royal Navy shipsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!4:10:48A modern Royal Navy could stop Germany through the NetherlandsQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!35:35Why American and British warship designs resist easy sharingQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:30:23Why Horizon produced frigates for France and ItalyQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered24:49Type 45 refits and the path toward Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered14:52Why a task group is more than its individual shipsQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time3:14:25Global presence makes Arleigh Burke the destroyer benchmarkQ&A
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI23:45Extra Type 45 hulls spread development cost and create depthNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI25:17Ships in ordinary absorb refit delaysChapter
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?28:17Logistics ships and refit rotation in a reserve fleetNotable Point
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:44:06Eight Type 45-derived destroyers for CanadaQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:33:23Type 45 firefighting gear and practical accessNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence12:36The modern Royal Navy capability ladderChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence13:20Reserve rotation protects deployable ship numbersNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence59:55Small-ship presence needs big-ship backingChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence1:04:23Choosing the right ship for each threat levelNotable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!54:38Small warship classes make every hull look more expensiveQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:11:52Reserve destroyers trade bad headlines for real wartime resilienceQ&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:50:52Threat tiers keep patrol ships out of destroyer missionsNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:24:33Reserve ships protect a fleet against long-war attritionChapter
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 812:16How cutting Type 45 numbers inflated unit costNotable Point
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 840:30Why a medium power needs flexible warshipsNotable Point
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 848:05Reserve ships as insurance for refits and crisesChapter
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History2:34:05Aegis growth needs a new ship architectureQ&A
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 71:18:09What modern escort fleets lose when one ship must do everythingNotable Point
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:39:30Why all-forward guns suit a modernized battleshipNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore52:28Strategic distance becomes a fleet-wide design requirementNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare52:47A missile-heavy air-defence network for BritainQ&A
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides29:24New missions force hard space and weight choicesChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides31:11Growth margin must be reserved before it is neededNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides32:13Fitness space is part of operational capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases2:28:20Type 26 and Type 45 grew from families of possible hull sizesNotable Point
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series9:33An Arleigh Burke-scale British destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:53:12Replacing Type 22 required more Type 45 capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:34:06Missile stockpiles must cover repeated reloadsQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series35:31How local conditions affect radar performanceQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 855:05Carrier defence needs layers, not a last-ditch substituteQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:37:47Why too few hulls drive the Royal Navy toward larger shipsQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:49:36Land Ceptor does not replace naval area air defenceQ&A
- Albany Class: Comment Response25:53How escorts divide carrier-group defenceNotable Point
- USS Long Beach: Comment Response25:26The missing British land-based air-defence layerNotable Point
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:28:04Why warship cost figures need to be standardizedQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:33:14Why the Royal Navy did not copy the Arleigh Burke classQ&A
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas34:30How the Type 45 power system was cut downChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:51:40Why a future Type 83 may avoid another City classNotable Point
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:51:59Small ships exhaust upgrade margins soonerQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:25:38A British nuclear cruiser would scale up familiar air-defense designsQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:31:28How cutting Type 45 numbers inflated the headline costNotable Point
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:50:47Type 45 Duncan gives the interwar Royal Navy an air-defense blueprintQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books4:38:45Five force-structure changes for the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road12:51Upgrade margin determines how long a steel warship remains usefulQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)27:54Why fitting for upgrades does not guarantee installationQ&A
- SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 1246:26Gefion's lesson for long-term warship designNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:00:30Assessing recent Royal Navy ship classesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:11:33A larger Royal Navy escort force sketchQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading1:57:40Allocating four protective shields across a task groupQ&A
- Offset Strategies One to Four38:02Type 45 power problems as a resilience lessonNotable Point
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)37:51Pyotr Velikiy as Russia's operational status shipChapter
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today3:07:46A larger Royal Navy built around Type 23s and bigger InvinciblesQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack34:13A multinational task group for a Black Sea food convoyNotable Point
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:14:34Type 45 or Arleigh Burke for a larger fleet?Q&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)33:23Designing warships for diplomacy and controlled accessNotable Point
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:17:21World War Two analogues for Type 45 and Arleigh BurkeQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:33:01Stealth warships beyond the Zumwalt classQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)31:55How air-defence frigates occupy different task-group layersNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)56:24Horizon shows where multinational standardization worksChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:30:37Six Type 45s constrain Royal Navy task-group plansNotable Point
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:10:33Type 31's forward-based sloop roleNotable Point
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:22:25A Royal Navy force built around Type 26Q&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:32:29Why the Horizon partnership splitChapter
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:34:00Why modern warships do not regain heavy armourQ&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:56:48Why replacement warships keep growingQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 229:17A Royal Navy built around the full Type 82 classQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:48:07Why restarting Type 45 production is impracticalQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:21:30Which modern destroyers define the design fieldQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine1:02:05Aegis Ashore is not equivalent to a ship at seaQ&A
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)1:04:22Why an exploration cruiser needs so much spaceNotable Point
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:12Why a longer Type 45 run would change its apparent costNotable Point
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN38:08Operating in rough seas and hot climates shapes hull and power choicesNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:20:01The escort shortfall behind British carrier groupsNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:29:40Why shared development matters more than shared steelChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:39:03Why common programmes need strategic compatibilityNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature3:15:54Major engine replacement means opening the shipQ&A
- NMS Elisabeta (Romanian Navy): A Cruiser's Purpose (Long Patrol)18:02What fitted weapons communicate about commitmentNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)36:13The anti-ship missile gap on modern destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions2:17:02Defending a carrier group from missile saturationQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions3:07:34How 'equipped for but not with' worksQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet2:16:22How Falklands damage reshaped British warship survivabilityQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:23:33What 1935 Britain could learn from a modern carrier groupQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:27:52When a proposed Type 45 missile upgrade becomes realQ&A
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)1:13:27Modern British warships and the return of distributed weaponsChapter
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)1:18:34Missile support, seawater protection, and ship zoningNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)41:42When changing Type 26 means designing a new shipChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)44:56Why the Horizon frigate partners divergedNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)46:00Type 45 class cuts, power choices, and missile spaceChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)47:36Type 45 missile capacity and threat reassessmentNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)49:46Type 45 shortfall and specialist task groupsChapter
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:33:00Type 45 and Kirov make forward concentration a missile-age normNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney15:26Production runs spread naval costsNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney19:55Q&A: could Britain build more Type 45 destroyers?Q&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:35:23Type 45 and the cost of VLS flexibilityNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)42:00Cruiser functions beyond the cruiser nameChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)25:43Modern fleets have outgrown interwar treaty categoriesQ&A
- Tribals, Battles & Darings has just arrived4:26From Tribal combat losses to the Battle and Daring classesChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov4:40:28Keep Type 45s or fund more replacement ships?Q&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat3:25:29Royal Navy and US Navy data-link interoperabilityQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:01:15Warship cutaways can turn curiosity into naval-history studyChapter
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:03:41A 12-ship rhythm for escort force readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:04:38Type 45 gains missiles within a constrained VLS choiceNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...33:23Testing close-in weapons without risking a shipQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...52:48How eight Type 26s fit a carrier-focused escort forceNotable Point
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books1:05:36Why small escort fleets specialiseChapter
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat3:40:56Type 45 versus Horizon for global air defenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)39:11Making the case for a larger Type 83 destroyer forceChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:00:38Why Type 45 diverged from the Horizon programmeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)2:59:48Could escorts use drones for airborne early warning?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:56:48What happens to Type 45's reserved VLS spaceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)4:00:08The Windows 2000 claim about Type 45Q&A
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany4:05Why modern naval conclusions date quicklyNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)4:07:28Why the Royal Navy needs both destroyers and OPVsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)23:01Escort numbers for a three-carrier Royal NavyQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper2:54:45Programme cost is not the same as ship unit costQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks13:44Best-fit procurement and modern warshipsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:14:04Why missile defence belongs to different servicesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:23:10Why the Type 83 must exceed the Type 45Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:25:56What did Russia gain by claiming it fired on a British Type 45?Q&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword2:01:49How Horizon requirements became the Type 45Notable Point
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War3:06:37Lucky ships in the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!56:50Why 74-gun third rates carried the fleetNotable Point
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!1:48:47Would the Royal Navy rebuild a modern class as deeply?Q&A
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!2:13:35Would Canada buy the Type 45 destroyers?Q&A
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!2:28:03Which Royal Navy ships are receiving deep refits?Q&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers2:42:01Where modern Royal Navy command staffs goQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation1:04:40Forward-deployed Crow's Nest extends a carrier group's warning lineNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi1:21:38Horizon, Type 45, and the demand to build ships at homeNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)2:42:19Missile capacity for a proposed large warshipQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)3:56:08How smaller orders turn development costs into expensive unitsNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:09:20Why modern escorts combine primary and secondary rolesQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:09:48Why a Type 45 successor might need a different hullNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:13:01Would extra Type 26s arrive in time to supplement Type 45?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World32:01Fleet cuts after the Nott ReviewChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)15:03Why modern fleets still need a high-low frigate mixChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed40:07Type 45 underarmament tests Speed's procurement ruleNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:42:01The 1998 Strategic Defence Review's fleet ambitionsNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:33:54Gun and missile tradeoffs in modern frigate fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:22:06Cammell Laird as a specialist refit yardNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:25:20Adding Mark 41 strike cells to Type 45Notable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:30:26Could Type 45 replace Sylver A50 with Mark 41?Q&A
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 418:24Modern ships for the counter-piracy roleQ&A
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)1:15:37Could the Type 45 be considered a cruiser?Q&A
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy15:06Why frigates and destroyers do not fully replace cruisersChapter
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy25:54Fleet numbers, global availability, and the Type 45 successorNotable Point
- Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction10:11How the Southampton, Gloucester, and Edinburgh batches grewChapter
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books17:43Should cruiser describe a mission or a ship type?Q&A
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books1:04:25Reported hull-thickness changes in Royal Navy designsNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:14:55Why twin naval gun mounts matterQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"1:56Type 32 as a step toward a Type 33 air-defence frigateNotable Point
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/255:41Choosing which backups a warship needsNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:10:20How modern warships host diplomatic eventsQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:30:09The fleet built around surviving CVA-01 carriersQ&A
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-165:58The force margin hidden behind peacetime numbersNotable Point
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car2:23:23Royal Navy type numbers still have class namesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:09:54What would make a paper BCG proposal plausible?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A38:35Why some Type 45 modernizations are harderQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:06:09A future Type 48 railgun destroyerQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:34:34When frigates and destroyers perform cruiser rolesNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:57:08Why the Royal Navy finally adopted the five-inch gunNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:37:14Reserve ships can protect the active fleet's maintenance cycleNotable Point
- Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal29:34A tiered reserve model for fleet readinessChapter
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?2:30:20What follows the Type 45 and Albion-class ships?Q&A
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister20:20Three escort groups for carrier and amphibious task forcesChapter
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister22:47Type 45 successors and Type 31 wartime rolesNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:10:36Why successor warship programs begin decades earlyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:47:26A modern battlecruiser would exceed an enlarged destroyerQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:38:34Admiral counts and warship costs need contextQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:46:37The Type 45 reached a narrow export marketQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:53:57Carrier escort strength changes from peace to warQ&A
- An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 2 of 212:24The Type 31 gun suite and the shore-support gapNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:37:12A modern cruiser would combine area defense, guns, lasers, and strike cellsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:45:34Type 45 VLS replacement is technically easier than politically certainQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…43:04What makes a modern warship visually compellingQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…45:13Type 45 capability and engine compromiseNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:13:08The escort numbers behind Royal Navy commitmentsQ&A
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)10:16HMS Dragon, Sea Viper, and unused Type 45 potentialNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A23:32Why warship costs rise when fleets shrinkQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:08:39The case for Naval Strike MissileQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:11:52Why Britain chose Sea ViperQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:17:10Reusing Daring, battleship, and destroyer namesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A35:41A general-purpose Type 45 and nine escort groupsQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream32:24Escort numbers, crew retention, and deployable readinessChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile1:00:41Edinburgh's lessons for maintainable fleet designNotable Point
- Disguises of a Surface Raider - A River Plate 80 Video1:26Why Graf Spee's mast resembles those of modern warshipsNotable Point