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  1. Going for Broke- Suez '73

    The problem would actually be Sixth Fleet. Nixon had ordered the carriers into position to interdict Soviet attempts to airlift supplies or forces into the Levant or Egypt. Once they were there they were also far enough East that they became part of the SIOP. American ships that were now part...
  2. Three Seconds Late

    SIX Languages!! SIX?! :eek: You have no idea how much I despise you at this moment! A Green eyed monster the size of the Sear's Tower is beside me as I type this. :p
  3. Worse-case senario for 2003 Iraq war

    We GOT the worst case scenario. A total failure by the NCA to manage the immediate results of set piece combat that resulted in a quagmire which greatly reduced American prestige and military readiness while increasing the standing of both anti-Western Islamist radicals in the Middle East and...
  4. WI: clinton impeached for kosovo

    Based on what? The War Powers Clause is very specific. It relates to the declaration of war, not any other military action. The War Powers Act of 1973 gives the POTUS 2 days before he even has to TELL Congress what he is doing and 60 days before he has to withdraw forces without...
  5. Three Seconds Late

    Uh.... Not really.
  6. Going for Broke- Suez '73

    You don't just climb into a Weasel and go SAM hunting. It is a special skill set that takes time to acquire. You just load up and go and you're dead. Same goes for AH-1s, they don't simply react to thought, you have to know how to fly one, more importantly, you need to know how the weapon...
  7. 1940: Luftwaffe raid on New York

    It refers to Eddie Aikau, a legendary Hawaiian life guard & surfer. He was the 1st life guard on the North Shore, where winter waves routinely reach 35' and the unwary can get into lethal trouble before they even realize its a possibility. He would go into surf that no one else would dare...
  8. Three Seconds Late

    I have somethimes owndered what a TL would be like if it was written by a ferret after it drank a triple expresso. Sadly, I still do not know. I do, however, now know what a timeline written by a fruitbat on acid, while smoking crack, would be like. So, at least I have that going for me.
  9. 1940: Luftwaffe raid on New York

    The biggest ASB of this entire thing is the Graf Zeppelin actually getting commissioned, much less be fully operational by 1940. The ship was at least 18 months from completion in September of 1939, it had been launched but the interior of the vessel was incomplete, the thousands of...
  10. Going for Broke- Suez '73

    In this case Ivan decides to try to intervene and resupply the Egyptians, if not directly with Soviet troops. The U.S. reacts (as it threatened to do IOTL) by preventing Soviet aircraft and Eastern Bloc shipping, by any means necessary, from reaching the region. American and Soviet forces...
  11. Instead of the Super Hornet, the Navy Adopts the Super Tomcat

    It isn't impossible to kill a fighter with a Phoenix, it is just markedly less effective against highly manueverable targets. If the enemy pilot is not on the ball, or is under orders to close on the F-14 to defend a specific target, regardless of any other consideration, or isn't aware that he...
  12. Instead of the Super Hornet, the Navy Adopts the Super Tomcat

    The Phoenix wasn't all theat terrific at picking off fighter sized and fighter agility targets. It was exceptional against cruise missiles and cruise missile carriers, but more agile platforms stood a decent chance of evading a AIM-54. That was one reason that the AMRAAM was developed, to make...
  13. WW2 - Part 2: A Change in Sides

    Actually it was 150 pounds of explosive FILLER. The warhead itself was a 500 pound SAP bomb. Speed was 550 MPH http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/tiny-tim.html
  14. WW2 - Part 2: A Change in Sides

    That was the question you asked. You asked what could stop an IS-3. A Tiny Tim would do so quite nicely. As to the complete POD, this is well trod ground. There are several fairly recent threads that address the Allies/Red Army confrontation in this forum
  15. WW2 - Part 2: A Change in Sides

    Typhoons, P-47, F4U, etc. with Tiny Tim 11.75" rockets? Each rocket had a 500 pound AP Bomb as a warhead. Make a hell of a mess of any tank out there. Probably be a mission kill (if not a full kill)against A Challenger II or Abrams M1A4 today.
  16. WWII- British/Cth/US infantrymen with as much firepower as Germans

    I wish to God that they had designed it straight INTO the M-60. M-60 (at least before the E4) had more than a couple less than charming habit.
  17. Could Operation Downfall have succeeded?

    It had been considered, as far back as Pelelui, but against beach defenses, not in any urban or suburban setting. Use of gas was rejected for the same reason it generally has been for years when there were two major powers involved. Retaliation is too damned easy, and the chemicals cause you...
  18. Could Operation Downfall have succeeded?

    Of course. The only real question was always the losses that would be incurred on both sides. BTW: It is quite possible that the U.S. would have abandoned Olympic and gone straight for Honshu based on the increasing volume of intel on the IJA/N preparations on Southen Kyushu.
  19. WWII- British/Cth/US infantrymen with as much firepower as Germans

    M-1 was an excellent weapon, maybe the best rifle of the war, certainly the best widely issued rifle, but the rest of the U.S. small arms were less than brilliant. The .45 M1911A, in the right hands, is one hell of sweet weapon (since I have three of the things, I am a bit of a fan), but for...
  20. My opinion of Stirling's ISOT and Emberverse Series

    Captured the imagination of most important market that exists in the United States, teen age girls and their mothers.
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