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  1. Russian Amerika

    The cover art shows a flight of P-51's, implying a WW II knockoff or some sort of U.S./Russian showdown. The actual story, at least what is posted on-line, is about a Native American uprising against the Czar in a world where the United States never coalesced & North America is comprised of a...
  2. Russian Amerika

    A quasi interseting AH. The cover art is deceptive.
  3. Your region in Dies the Fire?

    Of course none of your weapons work, save knives & CQC, you are at the end of an, at best, three day march (or, if you are in riding shape and the roads are passable, one day bike ride). I imagine you might have a few bows, but how many arrows would you have stockpiled?
  4. Other Types of Suicide Bombers

    Russian pilots were actually taught the tactic of ramming, and not as a suicide option either. It was, at least at some level, an accepted method. I guess the USSR figured that they could build planes faster than the Germans & they would come out ahead in the end. BTW: Russian and British...
  5. Other Types of Suicide Bombers

    I doubt it. Banned is, in general, banned. As has been pointed out, he was kicked something like seven times before this, which is, I believe, the record. This last post was just the most recent rather nasty shot he had taken at the U.S. military, and the U.S. in general. I think Ian gave...
  6. What if the B-29 Program was canceled in 1944.

    The Oval Office? No. The War Department? Pretty much. The United States absolutely HAD to have a strategic bomber that could reach Japan. That was beyond all question during the war years. Japan HAD to be bombed. That meant either the B-29 or the B-32. Boeing had the better design. It seems...
  7. What if the B-29 Program was canceled in 1944.

    Don't forget the B-32. It lost the competition with the B-29 for full production, but somewhere around 100 were built, just in case the -29 didn't work out. As to the original question: The reality is that there was ZERO chance that the B-29 would be cancelled. ZERO.
  8. Unstable Peace (1918-1950)

    None of this tracks true. U.S participation in a fatally flawed international organization will not make it any less fatally flawed. The 1920's are far too early for a proto-EEC. France was far from the only country that had NO desire to see Germany freed of Versailles. Try ALL of...
  9. A fascist England and Independent Scotland....

    It's all in the approach. The same premise can go in a lot of different directions. As a quick example, suppose you go with a post-revolt England. One where a REAL Communist revolt was put down as opposed to the UK of "V" where the rulers started the fire just so they could put it out. Or...
  10. Some WW2 questions

    As was the P-47 fighter-bomber. Brutally fast, heavily armed and already present in the UK as bomber escorts.
  11. Some WW2 questions

    It did. Stripped of everything but essentials and loaded to bursting with fuel. Under anything even nearly approaching military trim the aircraft was at least 600 km short of completing even a "Doolittle" type propaganda attack.
  12. Some WW2 questions

    Yes, but it was also a supply AND political decision The supply of chemicals available, of all types, to the Reich was less than that available to their enemies. The 1st generation nerve againts were actually a less effective weapon than persistant blistering agents. BTW: Chemical weapons...
  13. 2007 Anglo-Iranian War

    Rather the point of the thread, actually.
  14. 2007 Anglo-Iranian War

    I chose that simile with some care. Now that Russia has weighed in today with its "U.S. military hands off" it becomes even more like those heady days near the turn of the LAST century.
  15. 2007 Anglo-Iranian War

    The NATO agreement ends more or less at the Turkish border with Iran (in that direction). The Post 9/11 response was initially some help with E-3 coverage. The forces into Afghanistan were NOT required ubder the Charter. It was a act of the Alliance, but it is outside of the Charter's defensive...
  16. 2007 Anglo-Iranian War

    Not in less than two years, and with a paperthin Democratic Majority in Congress. Anyway, I'm fairly sure it wouldn't matter, even if it was doable. The last couple of months have made it fairly clear that the President doesn't care about public (or Congressional) opinion. That either makes...
  17. 2007 Anglo-Iranian War

    GEORGE W BUSH miss the chance to 1) pay back his closest (& perhaps sole remaining) loyal ally & 2) Kick Tehran in the nuts AT THE SAME TIME? Not a chance. They are altering the taskings on U.S. cruise missiles even now. In a week, if this stupidity hasn't run its course, Bush will be...
  18. 2007 Anglo-Iranian War

    SUBMARINE technology & warfare, the U.S. is still the tops in the field. ASW? Not so much. Intentionally or not, the USN has let much of its Cold War ASW force go to seed. The S-3 Vikings, the prime Carrier sub hunter are at the end of their airframe lifespans (mostly due to overwork, much...
  19. 2007 Anglo-Iranian War

    If you do not believe that Western militaries can stack up dead bodies faster than replacements can be born, you clearly missed most of the last century. Could the UK (hell, the U.S. AND UK) OCCUPY Iran without needing to resort to tactics that, frankly, none of the Western powers would even...
  20. AH Challenge: How could this happen?

    This is the result of Seward's Folly! Once he bought Alaska, successive Secretaries of State bought ALL of Tsarist Russia, portions of Europe and a bit of Canada. The U.S. flag has 124 Stars & the United States is self sufficent in oil!:eek: :p :p :D :D :D
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