Recent content by Bryan H.

I think the best option when the decision would have been to keep the MB339's and maybe bulking up the numbers from 18 with a buy of an additional 6-10. This would make 24-28 advanced weapons-carrying trainers. According to wikipedia MB339 wikipedia entry , Alenia Aermacchi still has the MB339...

Don't know about the continued use of old WWII era Essex-class carriers... However, I do think one could possibly sell a new-build, modern "light/medium" Essex-sized carrier. The approach toward and selling points for this new carrier design would be; 1) design this Essex-sized carrier to be...

I'm hoping that Texas grows in geopolitical (or at least regional) power & influence enough to gain a modest overseas "empire." Texas might be able to pull off a modest overseas empire with enough population growth, economic might & savvy political maneuvering. Maybe, Spain (or Britain...

Maybe, Texas can acquire the Danish Virgin Islands instead of the US. A little reorganization of colonial territories around the world and particularly on the map of the Caribbean might be a little unexpected ripple. Still a great timeline, Bryan

Hopefully, Persia, Siam and Peking survive as well - in keeping with some of the retro-names in this TL.

You could borrow a page from the French and operate a launch center in South America (or somewhere else tropical & equatorial). The British and/or the Dutch might be willing to sell/trade their colonies (British and Dutch Guyana) in South America. Of course, in the mid-late 20th Century these...

I hope in the 20th and 21st centuries Texas still has a Department of War; none of the PC Department of Defense nonsense! Department of War is just so honest and matter-of-fact it's got to stay. Eagerly awaiting the next update on this great timeline, Bryan

I'm getting curious as to the global territories, if any, that Texas might acquire. It's been alluded to that Britain is about to go through a political upheaval brought on, at least in part, by the great fiscal costs of her vast empire and overseas wars. France is an ally and has a history of...

Been reading this Texas TL and lovin' it! With the ongoing intermittent hot warfare and cold-war tension with Mexico, I'm wondering if there will be changes in Texas's military? It seems that the Texas military, political and cultural situation might be well-suited to become a sort of...

This might or might not work but I thought I'd run it up the flag pole... Perhaps an alternate method of raising the Antarctic albedo would be for Erebus (a Andean-type ash producing volcano) to erupt more or less continuously (similar to Kilauea.) The prevaling winds in Antarctica run more...

I'd theorize that Santa Anna might have gone back to the drawing board so to speak. The previous punitive expedition by General Cos (?) failed; now the Generalissimo himself failed. Maybe (a big maybe, but still possible), he'd have a greater respect for the ability of the Texan forces and...

Where did the base map come from? Is it color or BW (borders & labels only)? Thanks, Brya n