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Sadly, this isn't implausible enough to be in the ASB forum. Al-Qaeda obtains one (and only one) old Soviet nuke (in the high 'hundreds of kilotons' range), and using a freighter, takes it to NY harbor, and detonates it. They then claim to have many more such bombs, and make their usual...

Suppose that US President William Henry Harrison hadn't caught a cold, and had lived long enough to complete his full term of office (unless you think he'd be assassinated before then). Owing to ill health, he does not run for a second term, instead throwing his support behind his VP, John...

On February 5, 1958, a B-47 carrying a nuclear bomb collided with an F-86, and jettisoned its payload (after receiving permission to do so). In 1966, Assistant Secretary of Defense W.J. Howard testified before Congress that the Tybee Island bomb was a "complete weapon, a bomb with a nuclear...

Using a PoD after the Acts of Union 1707, create a timeline in which France is, by 1900, part of the United Kingdom. Whether Ireland is or not, in whole or in part, is up to you. Likewise, other areas may or may not be part of the UK, so the name written in the title is not a requirement...

Basically, anything that plausibly can go wrong (no ASBs), does go wrong, for both sides of the Great War. Of course, that doesn't mean that nothing can go right, as one side having problems generally helps the other (unless the weather screws with both), but many, many things can go wrong, and...

Inspired by this thread. The Poland that Conrad Stargard finds himself in in the Crosstime Engineer books has sometimes been called 'generic fantasyland', due to Frankowski's limited research skills. The one thing that's missing from it being a generic fantasyland is the magic. So, lets say...

How plausible woud it have been, for the head on NASA in the 1950s or later, to have been a science fiction writer, such as Robert Heinlein, or Issac Asimov, and how would that have changed the timeline?

In 1135, King Henry I of England died. His daughter, the Empress Matilda, widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, was to have succeeded him, but was prevented from taking the throne by her cousin, Stephen of Blois. Now, suppose that Stephen had died before Henry, or during one of the early...

As you know, Leopold III, the longest reigning Holy Roman Emperor, is dead, along with most of his heirs. His son Karl, who has lead the Roman Catholic Church as Pope Celestine VI for the past six years, is the only heir the International College of Heralds can find, who isn't completely...

Due to fuel problems, or some such other reason, the Race's Conquest Fleet from Turtledove's Worldwar series , and as a result, the Colonization Fleet, are delayed for several decades. In the mid to late 1990s, astronomers notice the exhaust flares from the Race ships slowing down (or maybe...

Firstly, is it possible for the Labour Party, less than twenty years old at the time, to have become the party in power at the start of the Great War? If so, what effect would this have had on the course and outcome of the war? Would the UK have switched parties during the war? If the UK...

Pick a nation involved in WWI, and wank them in some way, without actually going ASB. Then, the next poster can wank another nation in response, and so forth, leading to a truly wanked-out version of the Great War.

Suppose that the Austro-Hungarian Empire had chosen to produce the Burstyn Tank in 1914, when it became obvious that war was coming, or 1915, when they'd been stuck in the trenches for a few months. What effect would this early introduction of the tank have had on the war?

Suppose that Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov had died in 1969, instead of 1966, due to slightly better health. What effect would those extra three years have had on the Soviet space program, and on the world?

In 1910, Romanian inventor Henri Coandă demonstrated an early jet aircraft, which worked, but crashed, due to the pilot, Coandă himself, being unprepared for the power of the engine. Suppose that he had. Suppose that, after about two years of work, he built a new motorjet aeroplane, with the...

Inspired by this post by Emperor Norton I. Lets say that during the American Civil War, some European countries choose to support one side, and some support the other, leading to a World War. In Norton's post, Britain and France support the Confederacy, with Russia and Germany supporting the...

Who would you say was the best Viceroy of British North America, and who was the worst?

OOC: Inspired by a misinterpretation of this thread. IC: Suppose that, when East Germany was set to be reunited with West Germany, France had been a bit calmer about it, and had not chosen a military solution (or chosen a less severe one) to prevent it. Not sure when the PoD should be, but...

Inspired by this thread. In Splinter of the Mind's Eye, its very strongly implied at one point that Luke and Leia have sex. This is because Lucas hadn't told Alan Dean Foster that they were brother and sister, and in story, they didn't know. Now, its very unlikely that Lucas would decide to...

OOC: The title should have a 'DBWI:' in it, but I can't edit it in, and only noticed after I posted. Also, note that OTL, Avord has an airbase nearby, with nuclear weapons, hence why I chose that particular city. IC: Its been about fourty years since the founding of the Fifth French Republic...