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  1. WI: Anti-Radiation AAMs

    Partly because radar missiies are designed to be used at long range. They are larger and less maneuverable than shorter range IR guided missiles. The double salvo negates the BVR advantage that a radar guided missile provides. The other, perhaps less obvious factor is that NATO forces have...
  2. Make the atrocities from the 120 days of Sodom take into practice

    What the actual fuck are you guys smoking tonight? :mad::mad::mad::mad: Locked.
  3. WI: US sends it's good via Battleship to break the British blockade of Germany?

    The thing to keep in mind is that there was no Naval Academy. Midshipmen learned the trade at sea, from officers who had been serving at the time. They in turn passed it on wardroom to wardroom. I was actually shocked to learn that the RN had a ship with the name after the end of WW I when...
  4. WI: US sends it's good via Battleship to break the British blockade of Germany?

    Can't find it so far. Of course I have a hundred or so books and God knows how many articles on the era, so I may never find it. You can feel free to think I lied about it if you want. I didn't, and somehow I would have thought I had a decent reputations here for being factual, but its your call.
  5. WI Super Mario Bros. (1985) had a female protagonist?

    I can not even begin to understand the logic here. I know it is an excuse to rant about "feminists" Keep politics in Chat.
  6. WI Super Mario Bros. (1985) had a female protagonist?

    Did you actually take a video game discussion and use it to make an anti-feminist rant? Why the hell would you do that? Keep politics in Chat.
  7. AHC: Japan successfully invades and captures Midway

    Not the way things work hereabouts. You've been here long enough to know that.
  8. AHC: Japan successfully invades and captures Midway

    Which, is, of course, impossible since all three carriers and several escorts had air search radars and experienced, well drilled operators.
  9. AHC: Japan successfully invades and captures Midway

    I would recommend that you construct your own scenario if the input of otherse is unacceptable.
  10. AHC: Japan successfully invades and captures Midway

    It was also a matter of overall supply, procurement effectiveness and production decisions. The Japanese came up with a number of very good designs, but were not able to bring them into service in a timely manner. Perhaps the classic example of this is the A7M Reppu. It was effectively the...
  11. AHC: Japan successfully invades and captures Midway

    I read it. I chose to point out the utter impossibility of it before responding to the question posed. If you read my entire response you would have noticed that I did, in fact, respond to the question raised.
  12. WI: US sends it's good via Battleship to break the British blockade of Germany?

    Last time the RN boarded a USN vessel without permission the end result was the War of 1812 and a vow by at least two generations of U.S. naval officers to attack any ship named HMS Leopard on sight anywhere in the world. Question really is why Wilson, who was almost absurdly pacifist in his...
  13. WI: Anti-Radiation AAMs

    That is almost a good as a kill. The AWACS is more than just a detection platform. Its personnel control the air battle, in the case of the Hawkeye it controls the entire environment in a naval engagement beyond the sensor range of the AGEIS system.
  14. WI: Anti-Radiation AAMs

    The AIM-54 had a "home on jam" mode. Since it had more range than anything else in use at the time, and the F-14's radar was able to acquire targets well beyond the weapons range, there was never really any need to come up with a specific anti-radiation mode. The Russian, as has been...
  15. AHC: Japan successfully invades and captures Midway

    You expect a Regiment, without proper landing boats, much less amtracs, to make a successful combat landing on an Island with defenses that make Tarawa look like Disney World? I'm not sure the Japanese could dig up enough extra rifles to equip all the assault waves they would need to expend...
  16. What if ayutthaya colonized america?

    Hmm... Six post. Three racist. One insult. lets see... add that to that, carry the one... Thanks for stopping by. We Divorce you.
  17. Clinton caught with hooker

    DO NOT post flamebait. Thread locked.
  18. Italy World War II What if.

    Best thing for Italy would be to emulate Franco and stay out of the damned way. Economically the Italian had no business in the game. We regularly discuss how the Japanese Empire didn't have a chance in hell because of the disparity in economic power, well Japan's economic potential was...
  19. AHC: Pakistani Government Gives a Nuke to Terrorists

    Actually it would say "Thank you for invading rather than responding with disproportionate force."
  20. AHC: Make Bill Gates homeless

    Seriously? Why? I mean, why? This isn't ASB or even NP Chat were silly threads are routine. I can't lock this, because it doesn't violate any Board policies, but... Christ on a crutch.
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