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  1. Pearl Harbour prepared!

    Every part is well within the ability of the U.S. It is even a likely result, although I would espect more damage to the U.S. fleet from the first wave.
  2. different outcome to pearl harbor

    Overall the Pearl Harbor attack best case scenario for the U.S is roughly five hours warning. This is enough time to get the AAA guns both shore and ship manned, set full watertight integrety on all ship, get the fighters ready and warmed up and generally have a warm welcome waiting the JNAF...
  3. different outcome to pearl harbor

    The only USN carrier that was carrying a full airwing on December 7 was the Ranger; she was actually over strength. Yorktown was only a few fighters short. Here are the details USS Lexington Bombing Squadron Two (VB-2) with 15 Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless Fighting Squadron Two (VF-2) with 16...
  4. Ignoring the 2nd London Naval Treaty.

    The difference in design isn't that simple. The USN, RN, & IJN had very different mindsets, as well as different tactical requirements. The IJN had, by far, the most opportunity to develop a separate Air power philosophy, one that it took full advantage of both in ship design and in weapons...
  5. WI prizes, hostages, loot/plunder were part of 20th C warfare?

    The behavior, if followed, would result in far higher casualties, especially at sea. The reason that prize-taking went out of fashion was that, with the advent of the large caliber shell gun, navies had, for the first time in several centuries, the ability to sink enemy vessels regardless of...
  6. Pacific War Redux

    I am always looking for comments, especially on things that I've goofed up. Thanks for the info on the Sea Hurricane, even with it the data is utterly confused, but it makes a bit more sense now. As far as the aircraft strength on the Hermes, that is one reason for the Marlet being the fighter...
  7. Pacific War Redux

    The Japanese, after their unsuccessful attack on 2/26 fell back and ceased offensive operations. On March 5 Yamashita's forces received their first significant reinforcement from one of the Brigades (3rd Brigade/2 Division IJA) scheduled for the attack into Burma. A second full brigade from the...
  8. Pacific War Redux

    Hermes did not have ANY fighters embarked IOTL. As I mention in my response above, the Sea Hurricane was not actually deployed onto the fleet carrier force until summer of 1942 (which the url mentions). Until then it was on the MAC ships and deployed in the incredibly high risk freighter...
  9. Pacific War Redux

    The BTD was IOTL accepted for service in mid 1942, with the first aircraft flying in the spring of 1943. It proved to be a disappointment. The U.S. military was accepting for production almost anything that seemed to even make a lick of sense. A lot of the results were so bad that the Army or...
  10. Pacific War Redux

    Here (by popular request) is March 11, 1942 Comments are encouraged.:) Enjoy March 11, 1942 10:00 hrs local (New York) - USS New Jersey commissioned. 11:00 hrs Local (DC) - USN accepts Douglas proposal for single place Dive Bomber to replace SBD. Aircraft is designated BTD and the Navy...
  11. June 1, 1944: German Nuke!

    LIke I said, mass produce. That's hard to do if you have to keep recreating the entire production team every couple weeks. Now if we are talking mass grave...
  12. June 1, 1944: German Nuke!

    1) Is probably the most unlikely. The vast majority of the physics community that wound up in the 'States were Jews. To eliminate the policies that chased them out of Europe you almost have to eliminate the Nazi's influence, much less their actual stranglehold on the Reich. 2) With #1...
  13. June 1, 1944: German Nuke!

    Said with a single raised eyebrow I presume? :D
  14. June 1, 1944: German Nuke!

    Any decision to use plutonium would have required an couple entirely separate breakthroughs. The first would be actual chemical separation of Pu-244 (which is a non-fissionable isotope), discovery of Pu-239, and the development of a nuclear reactor which could be developed into a breeder. None...
  15. June 1, 1944: German Nuke!

    Actually the Plutonium weapon was the more expensive when you look at the entire process. It was also the only practical way to "mass produce" weapons grade material. The V weapon program was considerably less expensive than either the B-29 program or Manhattan. The V-2 program, including the...
  16. June 1, 1944: German Nuke!

    Sorry. It would be an interesting question in ASB. I would point out that I was not the first to note the ASB quality of the question nor is this the first time that the general question of a Reich bomb has been noted as ASB. However, if the ASB provided the Reich with such a weapon, and a...
  17. Cuban Missile crisis question.

    1. Yes & probably, although not for certain. The SS-4, SS-6 & R-7 were quite unreliable overall, and the Cuban missiles were likely the only weapons that were in range (the R-7 was limited to about 5,800 miles, which put DC on the edge of their range). The USAF had about a 50/50 chance of...
  18. WI: Powell endorsed a third party candidate.

    McCain goes to church and light a candle in thanksgiving to a kind deity. Obama shrugs and keeps up his campaign Nader, being a self righteous, self centered twit, holds a press conference denouncing Powell's endorsement as being a trick. Most American voters shake their head and secretly...
  19. June 1, 1944: German Nuke!

    It is so ASB as to be an episode of Star Trek. You may as well ask what would happen if the Nazis awoke on June 1, 1944 with control of the low orbitals and the means to use them. The Germans were so far from the Bomb in 1944 that they had LITERALLY decided that it was, while theoretically...
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