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  1. The War of Mexican Intervention? (~1995)

    While this is a very cool drawing, it is a drawing of a baby seal. The design isn't of a stealth type (too many things like canards out where they will reflect signals). Stealth Aircraft do not live ling in a stealth enviroment.
  2. Battle 0f Jutland EVEN BIGGER !!!

    The Tsarist Navy was, kindly, unlikely to be able to STEAM to the possible combat zones, much less take part. At best they may have drawn some of the German fire. There is also the communication issue. The American Battle Fleet is something of a different matter. As has been mentioned in...
  3. Mutant Swine Flu Pandemic

    It had the potential to be the Bird Flu of the 70's if it got deadly enough. IF, and I stress the IF, Bird flu jumps to Humans in epidemic form, you can almost count on it involving swine. Great species to use as a bridge. That's why everyone got spooked while Ford was President.
  4. US-UK War in the 20s or 30s.

    As far as the actual war, Japan had reasons, ranging from U.S. racism against Japanese in the U.S. all the way to National Security conditions that conflict with the U.S.' conditions (both sides needed to control the Pacific at least out to Hawaii as well as the South China & Philippine Sea's to...
  5. Extra U.S. States- Most likely

    More likely Eureka, Cascadia, Redwood, or Ectopia.
  6. US-UK War in the 20s or 30s.

    What would either side gain? Wars, fortunately, do not just happen. If the UK stays out of WW I, that means no unrestricted submarine warfare & no U.S. involvement. No UK & no U.S. means Germany wins. Both countries go on as before. UK loses & then ATTACKS the UNITED STATES? Huh? What...
  7. Persian Gulf fault moves some time around 2000

    The tsunami would be confined (assuming the fault line doesn't extend into the Arabian Sea) to the Gulf itself, since the Strait of Hormuz is so narrow ot would hold virtually all of the effect back from open water. Now, INSIDE the Gulf, that could be truly spectacular. Imagine dropping a big...
  8. RN builds its large aircraft carriers in mid 60s

    You would need three ships. That would give you one on station, one in refit or repair mode, and one working up to replace the duty ship. If you add extra airwings you can reduce the time in port since the Battle Group can return to port, spend a few weeks on simple repairs & Shore Leave, embark...
  9. Persian Gulf fault moves some time around 2000

    This could be a real mess. A big enough quake could crack the non porus rock underneath the oil deposits. Bye-Bye oil (not instantly, but sooner rather than later).
  10. RN builds its large aircraft carriers in mid 60s

    There would be no Falklands. The invasion was a gamble based on the facts that 1) there was no real reason, besides national pride to fight the take-over & 2) No forces existed that would allow the UK to react if the Pride issue actually was sufficient. A couple of full sided decks would have...
  11. The 14th Virginia Volunteers (Reserves) Arrived In Iraq Today...

    The names were great, but the organizational & communication work involved in keeping it all straight was too much to bear, especially in the per-computer era. One of the biggest problems we have, even today, with regional recruited forces is casualities. This started in the Civil War, when...
  12. Help Me Not Lose: Japan in WWII

    Okay, it is December 8th when you begin. To not be on the losing side you can: Defect to the USSR Defect to a Central or South American country Become an American agent (i.e. change sides) Committ sucide Otherwise you are screwed. You have just walked into the middle of a...
  13. Constitutional Amendment to the Presidency

    It wouldn't be likely to become part of the Constitution at any time, but getting it as an Amendment would even be more difficult that during the initial drafting of the document. These days it would be impossible to get 3/4's of the states to ratify this.
  14. Military Tactics Without Gunpowder

    Welcome to the board! Since progress has, for whatever reason, been frozen, the tactics would also remain frozen overall. The tactics that existed at the time were in place because they worked. That being said, the Western world will be vunerable to the mongols for a far greater period of...
  15. Epicenter: Mass. Bay

    One last try. There is no longer a Boston. It has ceased to exist. Go get a soda cracker. Run over it with your car (that's the initial event). Hose it down with your garden hose (that's the tsunami). Run over whatever is left with your bike five or six times (that's the 8.0 aftershocks that...
  16. Help Me Not Lose: Japan in WWII

    Interesting idea. Halsey wanted the war to end with the Japanese language only being spoken in Hell. He also intended to ride Hirohito's horse through Tokyo in a victory parade. Others wanted to turn Japan into an agrian society with no manufacturing capacity. The average American would have...
  17. Most Likely 51st States

    Breaking up a big state gives it MORE power, not less. Right now, Montana has the same say in federal matters that impact the West Coast (lets use off-shore drilling along the California coast) as California, as they have equal representation in the Senate. You break up California, now you have...
  18. Help Me Not Lose: Japan in WWII

    DO NOT ATTACK THE UNITED STATES! DO NOT ATTACK THE UNITED STATES! DO NOT ATTACK THE UNITED STATES! DO NOT ATTACK THE UNITED STATES! That is the only chance. Strap on the U.S. and you lose.
  19. WI the WWI NAVAL WAR is entirely Pacific Ocean

    The RN sits in the North Sea strangling the German homeland, deploys a squadron to reinforce Singapore, another to Cape Town to patrol the access route to the Suez Canal. Meanwhile, the Germans, distracted by the need to defend vunerable possessions on the other side of the Planet, lose the...
  20. Ho Chi Minh wins in 1945

    Uncle Ho wasn't a true believer, he was a pragmatist. The U.S. wouldn't help him (he came to us for help 1st), the Sov's would. Simple as that.
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