Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart

The U.S. Navy does not have enough fast replenishment oilers, and useful designs are not being built quickly enough.

Other navies would be petrified by battleships of that scale appearing in the First World War.

The ship would probably keep the forward 76 mm mount because a hull that large should have other deck space for Exocet launchers.

Assuming Warspite had avoided severe salt erosion, she would probably be reactivated after the Falklands. VLS and helicopter facilities would improve her usefulness as a command ship alongside four 15-inch guns.

Probably not. The necessary industrial infrastructure would make the idea uneconomical, even though the Soviets would continue pursuing other cruiser types.

Recovery would be theoretically possible, but very difficult. Rebuilding industrial capacity would leave the United States needing experienced heavy-warship engineers, while decades without a battle fleet could also change its overseas position.

Decades without battleship construction would leave the United States short of the engineers, yards, and accumulated experience needed for a rapid 1930s naval expansion.

Without battleships and overseas force projection, the United States could lose its historical Pacific position, leave Japan dominant after Britain, and lack the leverage behind the Washington treaty system.

A Jeune Ecole U.S. Navy might adopt battlecruisers for commerce warfare, then interpret Jutland according to how firmly it remained attached to the doctrine.

It is a true battlecruiser concept: battleship-grade firepower on a cruiser-derived hull, formidable on paper but fragile under sustained wartime punishment.

The Vondetan's planned two-gun battery becomes one super magnetic accelerator cannon, so gun count alone understates the change in firepower.

Seventy Archer pods provide roughly 2,100 missiles in place of fifty more capable Ares weapons, while six Shiva tubes retain a nuclear option.

Aircraft, landing craft, vehicles, drop pods, troops, and a year of stores make the fictional battlecruiser an expeditionary platform as well as a gun-and-missile combatant.

The Vondetan's uneven armour and disputed relationship to the Valiant raise questions about internal protection, while Everest's exceptional feats complicate the comparison.

An argument about Vanguard's classification compares her subdivision with the treaty-era King George V design and asks what changes when treaty restrictions disappear.

Incomparable would be an intimidating gunboat-diplomacy symbol, but her cost, docking demands, and oversized 20-inch armament would also make her a conspicuous white elephant.

A single spectacular British battlecruiser could encourage prestige competition and make historical naval-limitation bargains harder to sustain.

A 1930s refit and radar fire control could turn Incomparable's slow-firing 20-inch guns from an unreliable spectacle into a credible long-range threat.

A major improvement is expected, although no numerical gain is calculated. The original proposal used Yarrow boilers for 180,000 shaft horsepower.

An imagined radar-directed Incomparable at Denmark Strait threatens Bismarck with 20-inch salvos, although the same arms race could also change the German opponent.

Incomparable's need for air cover and ammunition support leads to a proposed carrier-battlecruiser team for hunting surface raiders.

Optical rangefinders provide a band that spotting salvos must refine, while radar supplies the range and bearing data needed to train the guns directly.

Nine 18-inch guns in three triple mountings are considered plausible. Twelve would need a different arrangement, such as quadruple 16-inch or 15-inch/50 mountings, with greater mechanical complexity.

Vickers and Armstrong were both studying quadruple turrets, with French designs prompting British interest.

A family-history account connects lighter protection at sea with movement on confined decks and the danger of falling overboard in full plate.

An argument about fitted breastplates combines layered protection with a panelist's experience of flat armour restricting breathing.

A comparison of feminine breastplates and enlarged codpieces shows how elite armour could exaggerate the wearer's silhouette for status and intimidation.

A proposed twelve-gun arrangement would allow alternating ranging salvos before turning broadside, exposing the limits of Incomparable's six slow-firing 20-inch guns.

Jadwiga, king of Poland from 1384 to 1399, is the ruler cited in the discussion of women wearing fitted plate armour in battle.

Elizabeth I coordinated forces on several fronts, while the comparison with Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon separates personal generalship from a monarch's wider responsibilities.

A proposed French landing near Newcastle is criticized through its beaches, routes, and local resistance, with the Welsh landing used as a comparison.