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  1. Map challenge

    And Ian is the cure?:p
  2. An Introduction to Planetary Defense

    Compared, I presume, to the chances of aliens flinging rocks at the Earth at noteworthy fractions of the speed of light?:p
  3. An Introduction to Planetary Defense

    That is the conventional viewpoint. ET will either be so far ahead of us that they won't notice, or will be benign/ I have always perfered the view of the short story "The Path less taken". If one assumes that FTL is possible (a BIG assumption), it is only human vanity that makes us certain...
  4. Operation Sealion by Air??

    Initial & ongoing training costs for 2500 additional Aircrew? Cost for paying 2500 officers vs. able seamen?
  5. The Malayan Emergency : Uncle Sam Enters The Fight !

    Wouldn't that require that we have a clue of what winning meant in that damned war? If you know what our overall goals were, congratulations. You are the first.
  6. Tsarist Russia survives

    I thought you were Mormon??:p
  7. Tsarist Russia survives

    Hmmm... I commend you for your imagination & willingness to tackle such a difficult timeline (especially right out of the box). This being said, as you have asked for comment... While I am a bit tempted to go into some depth, I will make my comments more general. I would suggest that you...
  8. Alternate Invasion of Darwin TL discussion link

    It would depend on what they bought. If the bought the Tarantul & Osa missile boats, and used them the way they were meant to be used (either by surprise in littoral waters or in a mob in open water) they would make life tough for the Australian surface units. Even the Perth DDG & Adelaide class...
  9. Alternate Invasion of Darwin TL discussion link

    Thanks for the feed back. A reaction against agression like this would probably short circuit the Falklands. I wonder if it might even make Saddam think twice about Kuwait?
  10. The Malayan Emergency : Uncle Sam Enters The Fight !

    What did the British do that pissed the U.S. off that much? Low intensity warfare isn't exactly the U.S.' cup of tea (except the Marines, who came up with a good method it in the '30's, which was, of course, ignored by the Army in Viet Nam). Despite that, despite a request for help, we just...
  11. Operation Sealion by Air??

    49 knots?:eek: Send some pheasant hunters with buckshot rounds!:p I think that the act of FIRING a rocket would have been a fatal decision for this ship.
  12. A Timeline Prompt

    I LIKE this Timeline!!!!
  13. Alternate Invasion of Darwin TL discussion link

    Thanks for the feedback. Even with the Australia/U.K./U.S. involved is full scale war elsewhere I can't think of a way that the Indonesians get to keep what they took, even it had to wait until the war was concluded. The treaties, not to mention the historical ties, between Australia, the...
  14. Alternate Invasion of Darwin TL discussion link

    Thanks for the feedback. I fear the Fleet may come to regret parking the Tomcat. It was a unique package.
  15. WI: Kaiser Wilhelm II invades the United States

    There is, at this time, no such thing as needing a "legal" cause to go to war. Even today, the legal basis is fairly easy to achieve. Any attempt by Germany to act against the Western Hemisphere, especially North America, would be doomed from the onset. Even without the Royal Navy (which...
  16. World at War

    Interesting beginning. I look forward to you developing the world. Best of luck with the TL.
  17. WI: Kaiser Wilhelm II invades the United States

    That'll cost you five yards buddy!:p
  18. The Tunguska meteor falls 8 hours earlier: London obliterated in 1908

    Figure a radius of 15-25 miles of total destruction and severe damage. There are several posts on the first page of the thread that go into some detail on this. My initial post has a link that may be of interest.
  19. The Tunguska meteor falls 8 hours earlier: London obliterated in 1908

    Hey, it worked in Armegeddon! Terrible movie, but one of the great movie lines of all time - "NASA's budget let's us examine about 3% of the sky every year, and, all due respect Mr. President, it's a BIG-ASS sky!" Gotta love it!
  20. Operation Sealion by Air??

    Resupply by air? Stalingrad ring any bells? The lift isn't there, even if you double the planes available. It's the same as the regular version, just a bit less costly to the Germans (3 divisions lost vs. 6)
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