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- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:11Strategic fuel storage and the problem of empty capacityQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:24:36Where ship-design expertise is trained and employedNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:28:26Stable strategic aims and the ship-procurement processQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:34Continuous warship production, costs and skilled employmentQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live34:10British union politics and protest votesNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:16Britain's soft power and the credibility of its promisesQ&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:46What UK breakup might mean for Royal Navy ordersQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:59:26Could modern Germany outbuild Britain?Q&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:01:29Falklands diplomacy and independent defenceQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:21:46Making sea lines of communication visible to the publicNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:40:18Handgun restrictions and continuing civilian gun ownershipNotable Point
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:26:02Why British hypersonic weapons remain years from productionQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:25:17UK conscription remains an unworked proposalQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:36Deferred nuclear investment and the defence budgetQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:09:25Trident, launch authority, and shared nuclear infrastructureNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:47What immediate 3.5 percent defence spending would changeQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:09Total GDP, GDP per capita, and UK-US state comparisonsNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33:46Reforming British government and the economyQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:39:52A three-house British legislatureNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:34Dividing work between the Commons, assembly and LordsQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:03Ministers and committees in a three-house ParliamentNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:34Why Germany is unlikely to join GCAPQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:20Britain can design guns it struggles to manufactureQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:27Why Britain cannot trade land procurement for naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:21Oil shocks and naval energy costsQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:36Refurbishment needed before British dry docks can expand productionQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:40A severe 1914 tornado outbreak and British war readinessQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:47Why European autonomy still depends on transatlantic supply chainsNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?39:37GDP per person and total economic capacity answer different questionsNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:08Industrial contributions and access to European defence programmesQ&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)36:45Can one country maintain two systems?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…31:06British-American defence cooperation and wider alliancesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon1:43:23What losing access to the sea would do to a modern economyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust10:26:28Interpreting reports of a pause in intelligence sharingQ&A
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War10:12Argentina planned for occupation, not a naval war with BritainChapter
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut1:09:46Population and political authority in the United KingdomNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut1:34:52Why allied military satellite cooperation mattersQ&A
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?33:01Britain's land-based area air defence faded after BloodhoundNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:01Devolution and independence in Scotland and WalesNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:20:03Expectations of a more transactional US foreign policyNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:12:22Why defence needs matter more than a GDP percentageQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20241:59:23How British and American infrastructure made victory possibleQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?1:35:15Why Lend-Lease needed Britain to prove it could surviveQ&A
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:40:00How independent is Britain's Trident deterrent?Q&A
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?34:06Saionji's legacy of restraining military politicsChapter
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?1:29:13Why the navy could be decisive in a civil warNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...10:46The Falklands War and the value of an allyNotable Point
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 23:10:52Motorised volunteers as military diplomacyChapter
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!52:13Britain's land-based air-defence gapQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:18:14What US-level defense spending could buy BritainQ&A
- Trident Fails to Fly0:16Trident D5 as an Anglo-American programChapter
- Trident Fails to Fly6:30How nuclear deterrence sets boundaries between powersNotable Point
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI52:12Would Britain use America and Japan to contain Russia?Q&A
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI1:36:50Would the Irish Civil War become bloodier?Q&A
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI1:46:35Could America separate France from Russia?Q&A
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI1:47:28Which land power could Britain use to balance Europe?Q&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:07:35Who writes a codified UK constitution is the central political problemNotable Point
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:14:25The United Kingdom has an uncodified constitution, not no constitutionNotable Point
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:52:14Britain should have delayed its return to the gold standardQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:42:39American ambivalence toward Britain's nuclear deterrentQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare52:47A missile-heavy air-defence network for BritainQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:20:08Why South American states did not aid Germany moreNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare3:39:19Marchwood's distinctive role in British military sealiftNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?2:42:33Why a limited ABM system can still matterNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs7:37Why institutions shape the technology a navy can useNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:07:03Could other powers catch an early British jet lead?Q&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!32:39Why the Anglo-Japanese Alliance would not cause an Anglo-American warQ&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!37:14War plans are prudence, not proof of intended warQ&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!42:34Britain’s response depends on why Canada was annexedQ&A
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?29:51War debts, repayment terms, and diplomatic leverageNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?50:14Who pays to police the global commons?Notable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?59:32Britain's postwar bargain between welfare and sea powerChapter
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?1:04:39A land fit for heroes competes with defenceNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?1:11:48Arthur Lee turns Chequers into a prime ministerial retreatNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?1:15:31Auckland Geddes carries Lloyd George's authorityNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?1:18:10Changing health-service funding shifts costs across the economyNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:00:19Competition need not mean an Anglo-American warNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:47:42Cruiser numbers beneath capital-ship parityNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:51:58Why technical and political intelligence could differNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?3:26:45The gap between treaty limits and national aimsNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?3:28:34The 5:5:3 ratio: economy for some, insecurity for JapanNotable Point
- Rome is Won, What Carthage does now the Romans are Really Annoyed! Rome Total War 2, April 20231:33:35Why national warning systems need redundancyNotable Point
- Battle of Hakodate, The Boshin War & the Origin Story of Tōgō Heihachirō17:20Anglo-French rivalry shapes shogunate reformNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:36:16Sketching a world war in 1862Q&A
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)26:10Why is a day-one conventional strike on Britain difficult?Q&A
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)52:18Why Britain's 1980 strength needs more than a decline narrativeNotable Point
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)2:50:31Falkland Islanders complicate the language of decolonisationNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:17:30How a displaced population could reconstitute IrelandQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:29:04Diaspora return and the work of rebuilding a stateNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)1:45:22A 2023 warning about depending on outer air-defence layersNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response50:15The Court of St James's in diplomatic protocolNotable Point
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late32:21The wartime hiatus behind the 1950s hovercraft boomNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 315:27Diplomacy by changing the other side's prioritiesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:34:53The technology margin behind Falklands deterrenceQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 32:03:43Why Poland would avoid trading NATO confidence for Chinese loansQ&A
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19391:46A rush British torpedo-boat order for PolandNotable Point
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193921:55Build Dutch battlecruisers in British yardsChapter
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:28:37Scottish independence as a Type 26 yard riskNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)39:45Why an isolated Rockall mattered in the Cold WarNotable Point
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN27:35Defence spending should be judged against exposure and usable capabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:02:22Why British security extends along global trade routesChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:41:36The logistics behind Britain's global reachChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:45:01The recurring British contest between economy and readinessChapter
- Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events57:09Did foreign powers exploit the American Civil War?Q&A
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."39:01Foreign finance supported both sides of the Russo-Japanese WarNotable Point
- Sherman's March to the Sea3:31Blockade, foreign support, and Confederate supplyChapter
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books1:01:35Public frost and practical Anglo-American relationsQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books1:11:56Britain's strategic value lies in geography and connectionsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)19:59Could two major Allied powers still defeat Germany?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:49:08A hypothetical codified British constitutionQ&A
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- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi1:21:38Horizon, Type 45, and the demand to build ships at homeNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi1:37:34How partner bargaining shaped Eurofighter workshareQ&A
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- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease16:54Britain's aviation-fuel pipelines outlasted the warNotable Point
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