These Fair Shores: The Commonwealth of New England
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I was expecting a response but ICBMs were not the kind I thought they’d open with
The fact those bombings in London occurred weeks into the conflict means either the plans and methods had been in place prior to the civil war, or Hogan sent sleepers in with refugees. We know that the US doesn't have nukes, and they probably don't have much of a bioweapons program, but dirty bombs and chemical weapons are easily within their industrial capacity. Makes me wonder what was on the missiles that weren't intercepted, because even one VX-like missile strike on a southern NE city would hamstring a military response.
A chemical/biological version (not nuclear, obviously) of this is going to happen here, isn't it?
If Hogan is desparate enough (ie, if the Empire starts landing troops in the American Midwest or rolls into New York State), you can bet he'll escalate. It's like our world's discussion of Kim Jong Un: push him into a corner, make him *feel* that his regime's about to die (and so is he personally) and that he can choose between dying with foreign soldiers in his capital, or dying with nuclear warheads (or chemical stockpiles ITTL) obliterating not just his capital but the enemy's too.
This assumes. of course, that a few generals decide that Hogan needs to "retire due to medical reasons."
Hmmm. Hulkamania joke or nWo joke? Decisions, decisions.I wish to express my critical support for the American people against British Imperialism
Hail Chairman Hogan!
That was.... an utterly insane decision for the Americans to make. Really, to attack without warning one of the worlds preeminent powers, while you yourself are embroiled in a civil war you have no guarantee of winning, thereby instantly solidifying a third of the planet on the side of the rebels. This gave the British a cast-iron excuse to invade, that no one can possibly object to, and perhaps invite Russian and Japanese support too.
Really, its almost as if a third party launched those attacks.......
But that couldn't possibly happen right. Right?
Really, its almost as if a third party launched those attacks.......
But that couldn't possibly happen right. Right?
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Actually, how are the relations between the superpowers of the UK, Russia and Japan? On a scale of OTL USA and India (friendly competition) to USA and China (rivals squaring off but with significant trade links) to USA and Russia (actively hostile powers working against each other without actual war)?
Though I doubt the Imperial-American exchange will be anywhere near 3000 megatons.
Possibly a third power. More than likely Hogan finally decided to cut whatever dangling threads of sanity he had left.
Probably, but that won't make much difference to the poor sod on the recieving end...