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  1. USA-USSR WWIII with conventional weapons

    This really depends on what happened to the nukes. The NATO concept of defense and the entire military structure of the Alliance was built around nukes. If they do not exist, the U.S. and the rest of the Alliance would have a very different structure (not to mention a HUGE pile of money to spend...
  2. MacArthur is Elected

    China's "limited number of nukes"? Limited meaning NONE? The PRC didn't even test until 1964.
  3. MacArthur is Elected

    Why do you hate America? :D
  4. Challenge: Germany wins air superiority

    I know you are deeply respectful of Luftwaffe designs, but there is a really simple way to determine if they were actually that great. Did the Germans take the time and effort to actually build a bunch of them? If they didn't, and if the aircraft was supposedly better than something the Reich...
  5. Challenge: Germany wins air superiority

    Yep. Short of that, don't get into a war with the USSR. Unfortunately both of those require a much earlier POD. Once the U.S. engages, with its overwhelming amount of manufacturing capacity, its over. The He-277 was a pipe dream. The He-219 was NOT half the dominating aircraft it is...
  6. Not another Third Reich - 1933-2010

    Why would the UK sign any sort of agreement with Germany? Especially with a man who was "a man of the Army" that would inevitibly strengthen the Heer. For that matter, why would the U.S.? Why would ANYONE sign major business deals with a country in the state of 1933 Germany? Even Italy would...
  7. American jets in '44

    You could actually throw a blanket of the Swallow, Meteor, and Shooting Star as far as the range of performance of the early model of each aircraft. The Meteor and P-80 were faster in their deployed models that the -262, but not overwhelmingly so. The big difference was in engines. The RR in...
  8. American jets in '44

    Depends on the aircraft. It was faster at altitude than almost anything short of a jet at 432 MPH and the U.S. had some fairly big, but very agile fighters, but it was big. I would venture to guess that you wouldn't want to get into a medium speed turning fight with a Spitfire or P-51, maybe...
  9. American jets in '44

    No, the F8B (for Boeing). Long range shipboard fighter bomber. 1.300 milies range ON INTERNAL FUEL, capable of carrying TWO torpedoes, 432 MPH top speed. As much as I LOVE the A-1 Skyraider, the USN might have been better served with the F8B.
  10. 1946: Build your own airforce

    Actually the granddaddy of the A-10 is (pick according to your perspective): The P-47, Il-2/Il-10,, Typhoon, or B-25 solid nose with 75mm cannon. The P-38 was a good ground attack aircraft from the perspective of payload, but it has far too vulnerable to ground fire because of the liquid...
  11. 1946: Build your own airforce

    Only problem with the F-82 is that they are brand new so there won't be any beaters to be had. Otherwise it is generally a good choice, although the Merlin and its radiator was much more vulnerable during ground attack than any radial engined aircraft.
  12. Japanese Radar in WWII

    Probably not. The key to training is that you have to have both doctrine to support it and experience with the systems. Even if you give the IJN the exact same systems as the U.S. they would barely have gotten them installed at the start of the war on a few of their capital ships and a very few...
  13. Japanese Radar in WWII

    Apropos of nothing in the original POD, but since it has been brought up several times the Long Lance (more properly the Type 93 Torpedo) wasn't the almighty terror sometimes presented. Savo Island, while a brilliant victory, was also something of a fluke. It had a lower overall success rate...
  14. Japanese Radar in WWII

    It is true that the U.S. would not, in all likelihood have acted against Japan any further than it already had without Pearl Harbor. The Japanese, however, had to work based on the enemy's capabilities not hope that the U.S. would act in a certain manner. In Japan's eyes the U.S. was already...
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