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  1. The Second Pearl Harbor

    Thats the thing, it wouldn't be 40 feet at Pearl, it would, at most be two or three feet, if that. Think about it this way - You throw a rock into a tub of water and make a wave. There is a board between the splash and an object. Does the object get wet if the board is 200 times as tall as...
  2. The Second Pearl Harbor

    Well, since a 9.5 in that location would trigger a tsunami that would pretty much destroy the West Coast of the U.S. (although Bremerton might be okay due to its inland location, and Mare Island might survive if the actual shaking didn't dismantle it) AND the Pacific Coast of Japan including...
  3. A-5 and A-6 in foreign service

    It is, especially the E/F Super Hornet versions, but it is a light bomber/attack aircraft with limited range and bomb load smaller than aircraft it replaced. Within its limitations, particularly range, it is an excellent aircraft, the problem is its limitations The C/D version, which is the...
  4. A-5 and A-6 in foreign service

    The A-6E was a far better aircraft than the original 1963 operational version. The similarity was quite literally only skin deep. The age gap between the Super Etendard and the A-6E is only a few years and the Intruder E had better avionics even before the TRAM upgrade and the later (1980s) WSCI...
  5. Alternatives to the Nuremburg Trials

    Even easier, just give them to Stalin and Beria. The worst war crimes all happened in the Soviet Union itself or in the Red Army AO. Hand every prisoner with their blood group tattooed on their left arm over to the NKVD, same for anyone who is fingered by camp survivors or resistance groups as...
  6. NO PH, the USN sorties to the PIs?

    The U.S. wouldn't have tried to relieve the Islands, at least not through the oft assumed Taiwan Strait unless there was some sort of dramatic reduction in IJN assets. It was flat out suicide to even consider it unless the IJN air assets on Formosa had been seriously degraded. What might be...
  7. A-5 and A-6 in foreign service

    I would submit that the A-6E, especially the composite wing version, is STILL a better attack platform the the Super Etendard every dreamed of becoming. For that matter the A-7E would be a serious upgrade to the Super Etendard. Well, the fact is that the IAF was extremely interested in the...
  8. DBWI: Can Operation Overlord succeed? What would have happened if it had?

    A bit of decent weather would have made all the difference. It was, at the time, a reasonable gamble to try to land on June 6th. Forecasting wasn't what it is today, and the way the weather closed in wasn't expected. For that matter if Warspite and Roberts hadn't been damaged by what were...
  9. Don't post here

    I have half a mind to go through this tread and toss every 10th clown who posted here. A bit of decimation would do y'all good. Grow the hell up people.
  10. A-5 and A-6 in foreign service

    A-6 could have been operated by the British and French carriers (the de Gaulle operates the E-2C which tips the scales at 43,000 pounds, a moderately loaded Intruder would fall into that weight range). With the Buccaneer the RN really didn't need the A-6, but the French would have found it a...
  11. AHC:An evil world

    You know what a REALLY dumb thing to do is? It's creating a puppet account, then using it to play a second player in an on-going game AND troll with it the day its approved. Kicked for a week
  12. POD for better future Earth

    Wait... YOU pick a fight and then you get upset when people react? Doesn't work that way. This thread has been reported at least a dozen times by different members, but there's been no Mod action because the discussion was fairly civil and what wasn't was chalked up to English as a...
  13. The Ripper Defeated

    Zombie sighted! Turkey drumstick gun deployed. Zombie Neutralized.
  14. AHC: The Great American-Israeli Conflict

    Most writers, especially Israeli or those who are writing from the "pro-Israel" perspective tend to downplay it or make it less how serious it was. Pro-Arab writers tend to focus on other parts of the conflict, while most writers specifically writing about the incident have an ax to grind and...
  15. I was Banned for advertising my crap

    Comments? Okay. Banned for spamming
  16. I was Banned for advertising my crap

    I'm 100% certain.
  17. North America "destined" to be developed, Latin America "doomed" to be backward?

    Die Zombie Die! With Iron, Salt, and Turkey stuffing I fix thee to the grave to rise no more!
  18. Anglo-American/Nazi War: WI Operation Downfall had been launched?

    TBO is. A-A/NW is a TL posted on the Board. A comment free version can be found in the Completed T/L forum. That version does not include the post-war extension that I was asked to write after I finished the main T/L.
  19. Anglo-American/Nazi War: WI Operation Downfall had been launched?

    The post war plan was to replace the Heer, at least the General Staff and officer corps with SS leadership. The Heer was considered to be politically unreliable (well, truth be told, it was politically unreliable being a non-Party organization). Whether it ould have been successful, well that's...
  20. AHC: The Great American-Israeli Conflict

    The Israelis also thought that they might be attacking a Soviet ship at one point. The Egyptians had previously tried to disguise their destroyers (which were Soviet designs) to resemble Soviet fleet units to get close enough to attack Israel. The CO of the Liberty thought the attackers might be...
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