Conventionally armed ICBMs are a HORRIBLE idea. Great, you can NOT nuke your target. Even the best missiles do not have a CEP that is sufficiently small to permit a Pk that is high enough to make it worth it. Cruise missiles are FAR more accurate than ICBMs and allow you to use the power of a...
By the time the Ohios came along to replace the first gen SSBNs in the US navy, those ships were obsolete and NOISY in comparison. Also, a large amount of the hull life had been used, as the diving and surfacing puts stress on the metal of the hull leading to metal fatigue in the long run, so...
Here's the thing....
The Japanese really can't wait much longer if they want to have any hope of taking the phillipines. It is my understanding that within 6 months or so, the extra spending authorized by congress would have had time to take effect. War material would have been delivered, more...
Sooooo..... If one has to turn broadside to bring all the barrels to bear, and broadside is the best chance for an over or a short, why is the guy yellow? I'm not getting something here. The ship did what it needed to, correct?
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During a strafing attack, wouldn't it be BETTER to turn broadside, as then the lines of impacts from the cannon/machine guns only pass across the ship, rather than DOWN THE LENGTH of the ship? Or were they in a convoy and rammed and sank someone? Or are there other aspects that I don't recall...
How about the ATL version of the Zimmerman Telegram being the Balfour telegram? Might actually have the desired affect in this timeline, as the Germans were not anywhere near as good at breaking codes, and the UK would have to use a different neutral embassy/service to transmit the telegram...
There are actually a number of married priests in the catholic church.
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pope-married-priests-2017-story.html
So, the way it happens today is that you (as a priest) get married in the Anglican or Episcopal church, convert to the Roman Catholic church, and...
I like it so far.
One question though...
Why did it take 9 months for a steamship to make it from Trelew to Vladivostok? That seems VERY excessive unless there's other stuff going on that we don't know about. Even if you go first to Seattle, 1,000 miles, and then another 4,400 miles to...
Had the belgians tried to do to the Aleuts, Athabaskans or any of the other native peoples, the ones who were not addicted to alcohol would have just melted into the woods. Nowhere near enough people to mine anything.
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Re B-29 Vs. B-36 - The requirements for the B-29 was issued in 1938, I think. The requirement for the B-36 was issued in 1941. The B-29 requirement was issued with the assumption that there would be overseas bases (the UK) to launch from. The B-29 combat radius was NOT large enough to hit...
One thing that no one seems to have mentioned is that the B-29 is stillborn, and all the engineering effort that went into that goes into the B-36 instead.
I believe your assumption that the US couldn't have build the atomic bomb is incorrect. Yes, the MAUD committee/mission helped push it...
You want a way for the US to get into the war?
The US sends a BatRon consisting of the USS New York, Arkansas and Texas on a port visit to Scapa Flow at the end of the first week or so of October 1939. Being neutral, they are well lit, anchored near the entrance to separate themselves from the...
Dude - No aerial transport in 1905. Alaska actually has few good ports. Anchorage is entirely a man made port (and did not exist either as a port or a city prior to 1914). You've got Homer, and to a lesser extent Whitter and Seward for south central, but you're dealing with 20+ foot tides in the...
Its apparently a bit more complicated than that. Here's a link to an article published by the Civil War Trust.
https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/ulysses-s-grant-myth-unconditional-surrender-begins-fort-donelson
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