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  1. MX & ABM.

    Nothing would happen. The U.S., under the existing ABM treaty was allowed to defend a site of its choosing. The Soviets chose Moscow while the U.S. chose a missile field (in North Dakota IIRC). All that would have necessary was to load the MX into the Minuteman III silos aready in place...
  2. Chechzlovzkia triggers WW2

    Hitler would have continued to probe for weakness in the West, much as he had since coming into power. Italy is not dumb enough to throw in with Hitler at this point. They only got involved in WW II when it looked like the Reich was the winning side (good plan, poor execution). As far as the...
  3. Chechzlovzkia triggers WW2

    Welcome! Please be sure to keep your hands and feet inside the car at all times.:D If Hitler didn't back down (which was his plan if the Allies pushed back) the war would have been short & would have resulted in a German defeat. The Wermacht was not ready for war at the time (as has been noted...
  4. Were tactical nukes the only way for NATO to stop the Red Army?

    Yes & no. In this instant case, the merits of the various weapon systems is rather critical to the question.
  5. Were tactical nukes the only way for NATO to stop the Red Army?

    Again, I would suggest that you review the data on the F-14, there is more to enginge power than raw speed. The original F-14A with the TF-30 engine had a distressing propensity to experience compressor stall when engaged in ACM (a rather bad time to lose an engine); this was corrected in...
  6. Long Range Liberator Bomber is never produced

    Or more flying boats. There will be a TON of excess manufacturing capacity & the PBY would be an excellent choice to fill the gap. The PBY actually had about 20% greater range than the B-24 (2400+ miles vs. 2050 combat range) and superior low speed flight characteristics. There were WAY less...
  7. Battle for Berlin 1945 - German army re-equipped with Challenger 11 MBT's

    Okay, where did you get that! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
  8. Battle for Berlin 1945 - German army re-equipped with Challenger 11 MBT's

    First, this sort of thing needs to go into ASB. However; 200 Challenger II? Properly used (and this is doubtful), they would stop the Soviet advance cold until the were hit by the random, but inevitable, heavy artillery rounds. The top armor of the Challenger is strong enough to survive the...
  9. Were tactical nukes the only way for NATO to stop the Red Army?

    Please review your data. The A-10 did not begin to enter squadron service until mid 1977, the sorely underpowered F-14 did enter service in 1972 (but without the Phoenix, which did not enter service until late '74), the F-15 in 1976 (with the first two squadrons in Germany in 1977), and the...
  10. Were tactical nukes the only way for NATO to stop the Red Army?

    No way to stop the Red Army without nukes, not in the 70's. In the timeline selected (1970-80) the NATO ground forces had their lowest quanitative advantage over the Warsaw Pact. The M-60 & its A1 variant was at the end of it's useful combat life and was roughly equal to the T-72, while the...
  11. Eire declares war on Nazi Germany

    It would not have been in Erie's best interest to take a stand for either side in WW II. While it would have been helpful to the Allied cause, especially as a basing site for patrol aircraft during the Battle of the Atlantic, as it would have reduced the air coverage gap by several hundred...
  12. The Third Reich holds out for another 9 months continuing to develop super-weapons!

    The Reich lacked the ability to produce "vast numbers" of pretty much anything. The only way that the Red Army would be held back is the intervention of ASBs. If the Germans had managed to succeed in the Bulge even to Hitler's wildest dream, it wouldn't have mattered at all. As far as the...
  13. POWs found in Vietnam or escape from Vietnam after 1973

    Reaction depends on when the discovery is made. If it is immediately after the end of the war, the political will didn't exist to do much of anything. Under Carter the reaction is hard to predict. He wasn't very aggressive, but he was a Canoe U. grad & that might have played a part. If it...
  14. Lack Of One Person (Or Group)

    Martin Luther King - Without his work you would still have "black music" with entirely different versions of the same song going to white listeners, none of the African-American entertainers, directors, & screenwriters that make today's films (imagine no Denzel Washington or Will Smith)...
  15. Could Hitler have escaped?

    There is also the fact that ANY country giving him shelter would immediately have France, the UK, USSR, U.S. and the rest of Europe pounding on their door demanding that they hand the %^$@# over. Talk about a cause everyone could agree on. The secret itself would be far too big to keep...
  16. How would you Balance the US budget

    On the backs of everyone but myself.:D Of course that is everyone's plan, so some disagreements may cause delays.:p On the serious side it comes down to two choices: Social Security or physical Security. The money doesn't exist for both. Interesting choice isn't it?
  17. RAF Bomber Command follows up with "Hamburg" attacks against 6 other German Cities

    I'm not entirely sure that Bomber Command could have put that sort of effort up six more times, at least not in rapid sucession. Hamburg was a true maximum effort.
  18. WI: NATO defense budgets 50% of the historical between 1953-1989?

    Anything is possible, but this is fairly far out on the probability scale. Ike was a lot of things, but dumb wasn't included in the package. There is also the fact that Congress decides on military budgets and it has frequently funded military projects that the sitting President didn't want...
  19. Effects of WW3 on the Southern Hemisphere

    You will note that I didn't say nuclear winter in my post. I have some issues with the Nuclear Winter theory myself, but whatever the impact would be it would be world wide, not limited to one hemisphere or the other. I would have to disagree with the concept that the Southern Hemisphere...
  20. Effects of WW3 on the Southern Hemisphere

    Firstly, Australia is effectely depopulated, given the overwhelming percentage of the population that live in just a few cities, all of which would be targeted. The population would likely drop to below pre-colonial levels. North Island of New Zealand also eats a couple of warheads as potential...
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