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  1. Why wasn't the Amerika bomber finished?

    Not really. What is generally not realized is that the U.S. ADZ along the East Coast was quite robust, Not just AAA, but fighter wings as well. The U.S. had so many aircraft, and such an excess of pilots that large numbers of aircraft were assigned to one of the two "Training Commands"...
  2. Why wasn't the Amerika bomber finished?

    The Luftwaffe couldn't get a workable aircraft. The Ju-390 was a manned target sleeve. Max altitude was 19,000 feet and 315 MPH. The Me-264 had better paper performance but it was also a very marginal design. To make any attacks on the U.S. both aircraft would have been limited to around 225...
  3. A New Direction The United Kingdoms

    Zombie spotted. Household Guard dispatched. Zombie ridden down. God Save the Queen!
  4. Shinano Supercarriers for the IJN?

    The idea, as nearly as I have been able to determine, was that by having the huge mobile garage facility the main carrier force would be able to stay out at sea rather than return to port to replace mission killed aircraft and make good combat losses as well as providing fuel and replace...
  5. Shinano Supercarriers for the IJN?

    The decision was made in mid 1943. Granted Japan was done as dinner by then (as I often note they were done as dinner the second the 1st bomb fell at pearl, but I digress...) but the Japanese didn't think so. They actually stopped construction of real carriers to finish the Shinano modification...
  6. Shinano Supercarriers for the IJN?

    They do, but that is from a clean sheet. With the Shinano the hull form was already set and the armor scheme was was in place. The CL hull conversions were far better than a BB conversion, but even then there are serious limits to what can ultimately be achieved from a space/weight & general...
  7. Shinano Supercarriers for the IJN?

    Actually it wouldn't. The key to carrier design is interior volume, not just overall size. The Shokakus were vastly more capable. A decent example of this is the Independence class CVL vs. the CV Wasp. While close to the same length (623' v. 688') and with Wasp only 5,000 tons greater...
  8. U.S. does not invade Iraq and Saddam dies in 2009

    Total bloodbath. Saddam was viscous. His son's were flat out depraved. Caligula mixed with a bit of Vlad the Impaler as ruler of a modern nation state. That would be a really good excuse for an attempted coup, followed by a massive civil war with the battle lines drawn on a sectarian basis...
  9. WI: Bf109TL instead of Me 262

    That speed is napkinware. No aircraft were ever built. Overall it is Luft46. In any case it would have the same problems as the Swallow, poor engine design and huge maintenance hours for each flight hour. Same engines, same problems
  10. AHC: Right wing terror groups in the US

    And that is a pretty selective view of the Troubles. Not that it matters a bit. The belief, on BOTH SIDES, is that it was a religious war. That's what mattered. The Catholics in the street believed they were being repressed because they were Catholic, The Anglicans believed that the Catholics...
  11. AHC: Right wing terror groups in the US

    Absolutely. For that matter you don't need to go back to the 30 Years War. 1980 Northern Ireland will do just fine as an example (and that is over when the Archbishop of Rome or the Archbishop of Canterbury is the leader, the dogma are pretty much identical otherwise).
  12. AHC: Right wing terror groups in the US

    Anyone who claims: 1. Right Wing Militias are not violent because they are Christian and 2. Talks about the blood soaked path of Islam in the 880s without the slightest trace of irony Is both 1. Wrong and 2. Remarkably selective with the facts. KKK is a "Christian Group". Until...
  13. AHC: Right wing terror groups in the US

    Well, thanks for stopping by. I think you should have taken a left at Albuquerque. This sort of BS doesn't play well here. We divorce you. To Coventry with you.
  14. Empty America: Discussion Area

    Lower the anger level. You didn't even write the T/L.
  15. Cato's Cavalry

    Congratulations. One of the more innovative ways I've seen to violate Board Policy. Since you took the time to actually pull up the clip and attach the URL the least that can be done is show appreciation for the effort. Kicked for a week. When you come back, dial back on the insults.
  16. AHC: Nazi Germany invades Soviet Union using a different route.

    Japs? Really? So don't think that is a good idea.
  17. What if Pele was African-American?

    He probably would have been a pretty decent college kicker, strong leg, good accuracy. Might have made the NFL, but back then kickers also had to play a position. Maybe he could have played DB. No one, and mean NO ONE, cared about "football" in the U.S. circa 1958. They didn't even have a...
  18. Best WW2 weapons for counterinsurgency

    Uh... Ya' Advocating mass murder is a violation of Board policy. Cease & desist.
  19. Southern resistance movement

    Nationalist/regional bigotry is against the rules here. You just broad brushed about 20% of the U.S. population as irreparable racists based solely on their address. DO NOT do that again.
  20. WI: Kosovo granted republic status?

    I see two options here. 1. Let this disaster continue and come in every few hours and kick the next person who went apeshit. 2. Close this train wreck, remind everyone that we have standards of behavior here that are somewhat higher than 5th Grade recess, and note that this sort of thread...
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