Comments by "AtomicBabel" (@AtomicBabel) on "The Drydock - Episode 090" video.

@agesteiro7326 yeah Samar was crazy. If I remember right, Samuel B Roberts did dig down to the Starshells (some DD or DE did if not SBR). And no kidding, cans of tomatoes were thrown, but by the Japanese. Potatoes and swords were another action.
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Erik Heath don't be dismayed, the channel content has only changed for the better. As for the comments, remember the days when the number of comments were only the double digits? Laught at the silly questions and help those who don't know better. But blast the fools and contra hisdorians into dust.
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@ditto1958 oh my God what is this Warspite thing you speak of? As for the second part of your comment, the answer is... propaganda! "They blew up XYZ, we must have revenge! REVENGE!" (The action, not the ship). This is not just the RN, there is this thing called the Arizona and the Maine. Now I got a question for you, is the Barham famous? It too blew up. Edit: added the following Also, there is the Sheffield at the Falklands, which is a shocker and a milestone in naval warfare to be sunk by an anti-ship missile.
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@WhisperingDeath check out drydock 35 around 39 minutes for factors that eventually made aircraft a threat to warships at sea, w some discussion of the timeline.
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@WhisperingDeath there is an episode that talked about the POW and the issue w the AA's effectiveness. And shooting down vs warding off was discussed. Its 5 minute guide 18 in 2 parts. You'll have to bear with robot drach.. And guide 21 for human Drach voice
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@EmperorNefarious1 read somewhere that signal officers make good flash barriers.
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@WhisperingDeath you are extremely invested in your quest for and therefore deserve to learn the answer. To do that you will need to let go of some of your assumptions. The biggest is that the attacking force needs to be destroyed, or a hard kill. For that I suggest you think about what is a mission kill or a soft kill. Also, consider for the attacker, what is the probability of a hit and the effectiveness of the hit on the target. How would the P sub H be affected by the target maneuvering, target bearing relative to the attacker and sending shells and bullets. It is a combination of defensive actions, not just kinetics to render the attacker in-effective. You don't need 100 guns and shoot down the entire attacking force. (Here is where I must add that the unhindered P sub H from a weapon release today is very high and even now the defense is both soft and hard kill) Thus the naval designers of the day (and today) allocate volume, weight and location for defensive systems in accordance with the threat and that allocation means that something else is taken away. Is it perfect? No, the game is threat and counter and if you underestimate the threat, be it from hubris or your enemy came to the game with a superior weapon, the designers were not paying attention, or there was just no budget (not just money, also design budget. You end up with one side having an advantage. Was the air threat taken seriously, yes when it materially became and then recognized as a serious threat, and the navies took steps to increase and improve their AA. The air threat in the late 30s was improving faster (shorter gestation) than ship new design and modernization.
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@TorvakMOS there is an existing drydock answer for the question of Yamato vs. the entire Jutland battle line. I was amazed at the patience displayed to make it a real teaching moment. I am sure that other serious naval planning and history fans felt the same. It will help you discover the answer to your question.
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@TorvakMOS I had to do a search with the words "Yamato" and "Jutland" and found it in drydock 067, from the content list up front, it's at 40min into the video. Since I knew that it was between 3 and 9 months ago, it was an advantage and sped up the whittle down of the possible hits.
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