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  1. Pacific War Redux

    They do have fairly decent supply lines now. The Philippines are neutralized, they hold all of the Malay Peninsula except the last eight miles and the Isand of Singapore. They have good lines of communication from French Indochina and they own the Gulf of Siam and the South China Sea. In the...
  2. Pacific War Redux

    They did run out. They had to stop their offensive for a couple of weeks waiting for resupply. They are back in business now.
  3. Second Korean War 1994

    Bit tougher, just because the resources are split, but you also have a whole new generation of "brilliant" weapons, ranging from the AMRAAM to the IVIS to the "Longbow" Apache, as well as the B-2 for delivery of precision guided weapons that greatly increase the lethality of both the U.S., and...
  4. Pacific War Redux

    Pipes are what is now in range. The Japanese want to take Singapore for themselves. Even if they had working bio-weapons it wouldn't be a part of their plan. Thanks for the feedback.
  5. Pacific War Redux

    Ah, someone who caught the "Dust Bomb" reference.:) Napalm is right on schedule (at least within a couple of months), the production may be a bit accelerated. Something I'm toying with for either an expansion or separate, but connected timeline on the European war. Thanks for the comment
  6. Pacific War Redux

    According to several sources, the British still had 18 pdr field pieces in the Far East in 1941/42. I was using a source that specifically mentioned both ships as being DD. I will check further. Thanks. Thanks for the information. Both sets of errors corrected.
  7. WI the earth could not produce radioactive isotopes

    Earth would be totally unrecognizable and probably lifeless. Without radioactive decay the Earth's core would have cooled to a solid at least a half billion years ago. There would be no magnetic field around the planet and radiation levels from the solar wind would be off the charts. There would...
  8. Second Korean War 1994

    The Dear Leader would have to be even crazier than usual to try something in 1994. The world was still pretty much stunned by the destruction that the Coalition military had visited on the Iraqi Army (an army BETTER equipped than North Korea's). If the balloon went up the South Koreans & USFK...
  9. Pacific War Redux

    Here is March 12, 1942 Comment actively sought :D Enjoy March 12, 1942 10:00 hrs local (San Diego) First TBF Avenger squadron, VT-9 is activated at North Island NAS. Squadron will embark on USS Essex when she reaches the Pacific. 14:00 hrs local (Boston) Researchers at Harvard present...
  10. Good (R) candidate for 2000 BESIDES Bush?

    Absolutely. McCain would have been a better candidate overall (not to mention a MUCH better President, not that it is difficult achievement), although Rove was a brilliant strategist in 2000 and he would not have been part of McCain's team.
  11. WI: Operation Blazer

    Subtle. :p I actually have the next section about 80% done. I thought it was going to be up on Tuesday, but the election and the lovely arguments that followed have distracted me. Have it up by tomorrow.
  12. Bargain with the Devil - Japan and WWII

    How about the other two fighters I mention? They are also both an overmatch for the A5M. One thing I liked about the Italian air launched torpedo was the delivery envelope. It was pretty rugged meaning the critical element in any attack isn't the attack profile (as was the case with the U.S...
  13. Bargain with the Devil - Japan and WWII

    I hadn't thought about that effect. The Japanese might not have even tried to invade China a second time (which was what I was projecting for 1946-47).
  14. Bargain with the Devil - Japan and WWII

    Here's a slightly different outcome. The Kido Butai, which at the time consists of only three carriers Kaga, Akagi, & Soryu (Hiryu is still working upat the time of the POD) arrives in the Med, equipped with A5M Claude fighters (there were only 15 A6M's in existence in June of 1940, by...
  15. AH Challenge: Battle of Los Angeles 24/25 Feb 1942

    A few seaplanes off the I-400 class boats is a possible, anything beyond that is not. The Japanese got the Kido Butai close enough to strike Hawaii by stacking fuel drums on the decks of their ships, including a couple of the carriers. There is no chance of them being able to get to the West...
  16. Raid on Panama canal

    Bit more information? Forces? Date?
  17. Britsh .303 & what if Aussalt Rifle

    I don't know if the .303 is that much better than the 7.62 (.308). I have both calibers and the recoil is just about the same. While recoil is partly a matter of the rifle, it is mostly the round, and full auto with a .303 would be like the M-14 (a weapon that was loved by few, although it still...
  18. Pacific War Redux

    In total? Yes. Carriers 6: Saratoga, Ranger, Yorktown, Enterprise, Wasp, Hornet Battleships 14: Slow: Wyoming, Arkansas, New York, Texas, New Mexico, Mississippi, Idaho, Colorado (At Bremerton undergoing refit)Fast(Not available IOTL): North Carolina, Washington, South Dakota, Indiana...
  19. different outcome to pearl harbor

    To get the Sara there you will need several weeks warning. She was in Bremerton getting a routine dry docking in early Novermber.
  20. Pacific War Redux

    Single seat.
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