Recent content by Dathi THorfinnsson

Nothing. At all. Actually, I suspect that's the probable result.

Oh, I think they'd be far more likely to shoot him for that reason. Oh! You meant ENEMY soldiers. ;):):p

In 1955, the USSR had only 200 nukes. The US had 2400 (and the Brits had 14). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_nuclear_weapons_stockpiles_and_nuclear_tests_by_country The Soviets aren't going to be able to totally destroy Western Europe, let alone the US, whereas the US can smash the...

Re: Kistler, see https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/kistling-a-different-tune-commercial-space-in-an-alternate-key.444836/

Sure, the Albacores are sitting ducks for Zeros, IN DAYLIGHT, which is why they'd fly at night.

Ummm.... be careful, really careful here. Sure, mechanical computers will help with simple math, artillery plotting and the like, but hydrodynamics? No way. The speed of these machines is, AFAIK, in operations per second, not thousands or millions. Look at when such calculations became...

Err.... no. They KNOW the US has a bomb. IF they go to war it will take that into account. No. 1) OTL They had 3, not two. 2) OTL They ramped down production to make the production process much safer, and, I think more efficient. Also, the war was over, and there was no urgency. IIRC...

Oops. Thanks for the correction.

The second amendment didn't apply to him. "But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within...

See below. Do you have a citation for that? Oh, SO not happening.. 1) getting the infrastructure for a manned mission especially for a US rocket, and not only that, but one that uses different fuels, isn't going to happen. 2) as mentioned in the quote above, you can't launch east from...

Hmmm... "Red Rover, Red Rover, I call Jim Chamberlain over"? :););p

The Burma-Yunnan railway was a thing. It never got finished iotl, with the fall of Burma, but here it would. That would significantly increase the tonnage to China. Narrow gauge, certainly, but presumably all weather. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnan%E2%80%93Burma_railway

Errr... to get any reasonable amount of sugar, you need to breed beets to massively increase the sugar content. See also https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/earlier-adoption-of-sugar-beet.546102/...

Outrigger canoes are largely irrelevant. What they really want is proper sails.

I second the above nomination Best Ancient Timeline: The Good Berry: A Wild Rice Domestication TL ; @PeterEzgo