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What would the United States military have looked like without Vietnam? Would there be any major changes in tactics/strategy and military procurement? Would there be more funding of strategic defense, the nuclear Navy, and advanced missiles for Air Force aircraft and Army ground forces?

Edward Teller may have thought so. He was one of the leading proponents of the Strategic Defense Initiative and essentially sold the idea to President Reagan.

It seems that something akin to a paintball gun could have found a niche in trench warfare. Modern recreational paintball guns are capable of firing 3 gram projectiles to speeds of 120 meters per second or higher (capped to 90 meters per second for field play), giving them a kinetic energy...

Some of the British protectorates in the Middle East wanted to continue their relationship with the United Kingdom and even offered to pay for the costs of stationing military forces in the region, but the British government decided to withdraw anyways in the early 1970s.

The petroleum and gas fields of Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates could likely be captured quickly due to their proximity to the Persian Gulf and the small size, population, and military strength of those countries (many relying on foreign experts). However, seizing the petroleum and...

The total cost of the Nimitz program at 10 carriers would have been $24 billion, which could acquire 16 Aircraft Carrier (Medium) ships at $1.5 billion each or 15 conventionally powered supercarriers. They would be joined by 1 existing nuclear powered supercarrier of the Enterprise class, 7...

Originally posted here here: The Aircraft Carrier (Medium) was intended as a cheap conventionally powered complement to the nuclear powered supercarriers. The early concepts for what would become the Aircraft Carrier (Medium) started as replacement designs for the Midway at $550 million each...

I meant sodium, not plutonium, but both can catch fire. The mechanism would have to be fireproofed somehow.