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  1. Plausible Differences in USA Constitution

    This would mean, unless corrected by a modification of the 14th Amendment, that no freedman/woman or child of a freedman and or freedwoman could EVER become a U.S. citizen by birth, to this day. It means that no American Indian could EVER become a natural born American (which is sort of bad...
  2. Plausible Differences in USA Constitution

    Unlikely to get ratified Might prevent ratification Would utterly ensure the U.S. never forms Constitution is never ratified. Doesn't make any difference. It is often forgotten that the Constitution was the result of massive compromise, and that even in the compromised form was far from an...
  3. Armored Warfare during and after a 1980's WWIII?

    The Soviets did figure it out, with 9 years of work following it destroying the Iraqi ADZ. In 1984-88 it would have been untouchable. The USAF didn't even allow it to become public until 1988, when it did everyone, including those who were supposed to be in the know, like Aviation & Technology...
  4. Armored Warfare during and after a 1980's WWIII?

    Not as bad as in 1976-79, but still not close to equal. The U.S. was still getting the next generation Paveway guidance package (Paveway III) up and running, although Paveway II was in service, along with the original Paveway LGB, while the AMG-88 HARM was not in service, leaving only the...
  5. Armored Warfare during and after a 1980's WWIII?

    Again, the key is when. The OP has suggest 1983. If that is when the war happens NATO is pretty much screwed.
  6. Reagan Impeachment?

    Not going to happen short of something MUCH worse than IOTL, something involving a stack of U.S. KIA.
  7. Armored Warfare during and after a 1980's WWIII?

    A lot depends on when in the '80s the war happens. The decade was one of the more transformative in weapon technology since the 1940s. In 1980, without Special Weapon usage, the Warsaw Pact is on the Rhine inside 10 days. American forces were still trying to restructure and recover from the...
  8. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    We seem to have a clearly divergent opinion on the Reich's leadership, both ATL, and to a degree IOTL. Since the work is long since finished, all I can do it thank you for your input.
  9. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Again, I have to disagree. The Reich leadership, all the way up to and especially Hitler had a fatal case of "...ooh shiny". This was fatal for them IOTL and it seems stunningly unlikely that it would change if they were more successful following that sort of scatter-brained planning. There is...
  10. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    That is one possible event. I did when writing this, and still do today, believe that the Reich would have done what it did throughout the war, with damned near everything. Come up with something, decide it isn't perfect, and run off in a different direction in search of something even better.
  11. Could the US have successfully invaded the UK by 1910?

    It is ~14,000 sailing miles to reach the UK via Suez from Buenos Aires. Direct is ~6,000. Put another wat it is the difference between a two month round trip for a steamer and four months. Rather significant actually.
  12. Could the US have successfully invaded the UK by 1910?

    I would note, again relative to this discussion, that the force level of "battleships" includes pre-dreadnoughts going back as far as the two surviving Maine class 2nd rate battleships.
  13. Colossus the code maker

    The critical element (SO wanted to use "key" there) in establishing and maintaining codes, at least before mega-flop computers, was/is operator discipline. Enigma would never have been broken had operators not failed in proper procedure. A close second is regular replacement, followed by volume...
  14. Could the US have successfully invaded the UK by 1910?

    Problem with this sort of issue is that, while Americans do over-react to exactly this sort of thing, they also, even in 1900, have the attention span of a goldfish.
  15. Jutland rematch 1918

    Pretty much. The chase of the Graf Spee being another, although the CO of Force G decided to mix it up
  16. List alternate PMs or Presidents

    You have made your point. You even said you were done. Either move on to a different subject or do what you said you were planning to do.
  17. Jutland rematch 1918

    The deck or upper belt penetrations on Indefatigable and Queen Mary resulted in magazine explosions. It is not necessary to penetrate a turret to reach a magazine. It is likely that the rebuilds would be time consuming. The RN had a massive numerical advantage, it would have been very low risk...
  18. Jutland rematch 1918

    Actually only ONE of the three ships can be put down to a turret hit. Indefatigable and Queen Mary were magazine explosions but also clearly NOT from flashover from a turret hit. Most likely reason is deck penetration (in the case of Indefatigable since she was lost due to a detonation in an AFT...
  19. Could the US have successfully invaded the UK by 1910?

    This is actually a good point. WHY does the U.S. have this level of rage?
  20. Could the US have successfully invaded the UK by 1910?

    The U.S, and to a lesser extent, the Japanese were able to put useful infrastructure in place in remarkably short order. USN Construction Battalions (Sea Bees) would take a destroyed sand-spit and have hot water shows working in a couple weeks (full disclaimer: my Late Uncle was a Commander in...
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