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  1. Kidnap the (future) king!

    Ok, I've just seen that the IRA tried to kidnap the future king of England in the 1920's (http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ira-tried-to-kidnap-future-king-of-england-in-1922-1.1949415). Assuming that they do carry this out - just how bad would this be for Ireland & Irish Nationalism?

  2. Consequences of an Indo-Pakistani nuclear war in 1980

    What do people think would be the consequences of a nuclear exchange between India & Pakistan in 1980? I don’t have (and cant find) decent estimates of the countries respective nuclear arsenals at this point, but my guestimates would be that we’d be looking at ‘about 30’ A-bombs (rather than...

  3. Alternative Capital

    If London was destroyed (eg a terrorist nuke goes off in it, carving the heart out of it) and assuming that no other city in the UK was damaged - what city would become the capital of the UK in its absence? I imagine that the Government (or its successor) would want to show some resumption of...
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