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  1. Norwegian Aircraft Carriers

    Of course it never leaves port, lacks aircraft, and is built on a commerical quality hull so it is combat non survivable, but they do have a carrier. They also lack any sort of reasonable escort force so the ship would be meat on the table for anyone with a decent SSK, but, hey, it's a...
  2. Pacific War Redux

    Thanks for the compliment. :)
  3. Challenge :Create the best disaster relief force.

    Simple. Take two USMC Amphib groups, including the LHA/LHD, helos, and troops. Put one in each ocean or Hemisphere, and you are good to go for about 50-60% of the world's population (anywhere within about 300 miles of an ocean/sea). Do the same thing with a U.S. Mobile medical hospital...
  4. AHC: President Steves Jobs

    Could Jobs even prove U.S. citizenship? I know he was adopted, but beyond that...
  5. Hamlet on the Hudson: Mario Cuomo in 1992

    Don't. Do. This! Let the dead lie.
  6. Pacific War Redux

    If you want to make a time line please start your own thread. Please respect that this T/L is mine.
  7. UK vs US

    Bull Cookies. The U.S., while finding nitrate fertilizers a boon, could readily have fed its population without them. We are talking about a country that is still largely rural, and with a a population of 120 million, not a heavily urbanized one with 300 million as is the case today. The RN...
  8. CH: A country that can do Sealion

    The USN was needed because Japan is 6,000 miles from the U.S. and the Pacific Ocean covers roughly a quarter of the Planet. That meant you had to do it with carrier aircraft. The Channel is around 100 miles wide. Aircraft taking off from Normandy or beyond have about the same distance to...
  9. CH: A country that can do Sealion

    You do not NEED a navy, you need an amphibious force and a defensive force sufficient to get air supremacy. A fleet makes it easier to take the RN off the table, but it can be done from the air. It is insanely difficult to take a fleet out with air power, but it is doable (the USN destroyed the...
  10. CH: A country that can do Sealion

    The obvious answer is the Soviet Union. If you create some sort of early Reich collapse, in say mid 1943, it is remotely possible for the Red Army and Red Air Force to manage to overwhelm just the UK (If the U.S. is involved you can kiss this goodbye, the additional 12,000 combat aircraft and 20...
  11. Mass production of Tsar Bombs?

    A show of force? Hardly. A demonstration of ability perhaps, but force? When you have no practical way of delivery it is more a show of impotence if you create a stockpile. A far more effective demonstration of force was that of the SS 18, which could deliver a 25 MT weapon with no chance of...
  12. Why was Dreadnought so important?

    Dreadnought also started a move to much heavier armor and centralized fire control. The introduction of the all big gun battery allowed for proper observation of shot fall (earlier observation efforts had been unable to separate the splashes from the main battery and the very similar secondary...
  13. Aircraft carriers-differences in design?

    General Note to all Please do not turn this thread into some sort of nationalistic pissing match. There is plenty to debate, incuding specifics of design and tactical methodolgy without getting into "did so! Did not!"
  14. Aircraft carriers-differences in design?

    Yes they were. Part of the design issues mentioned earlier, mainly insofar as the ventilation system did not provide for any reasonable way to clear gas/vapor build-up from the botton of the well.
  15. Aircraft carriers-differences in design?

    Don't. Just Don't. CalBear in Mod Mode.
  16. Aircraft carriers-differences in design?

    I thought we were comparing air wing size and the the impact of armored vs. non armored flight decks during which AAA fit-out came up. A rather interesting discussion does exist regarding the basic tactical belief of the various nations as to who/what was supposed to defend the carrier and the...
  17. Aircraft carriers-differences in design?

    I guess they could have just built them themselves if they were that concerned. Oh, yea... :rolleyes:
  18. Aircraft carriers-differences in design?

    No, the design flaws included a fully enclosed hanger deck that was effectively impossible to vent under combat conditions, the weakness of the central ventilation system (which, in light of the fully enclosed hanger deck, is inexcusable), a large, unvented airspace around the AvGas tanks and...
  19. Aircraft carriers-differences in design?

    Really? Essex class carriers had 12 5"/38, up to 72 40mm guns (in quad mounts), and 56-76 20mm guns. This seems to compare favorably with 16 QF 4.5", 48 2 pounder QF and 38 20mm for the Implacable & Illustrious classes. This is especially true since the 40mm Bofors was a better medium AAA...
  20. Aircraft carriers-differences in design?

    Less difference than you might expect. The RN carriers flight deck armor was only 3 inches, it could be penetrate by 1,000 pound bombs (as happened to Formidable while she was in the Med) something that dive bombers were more than capable of delivering. Of equal importance is what actually...
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