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  1. WW2/Cold War if Alaska had been part of the USSR?

    Good points but I suspect the proximity of major U.S. and Canadian population centres to Alaska (ie. Seattle and Vancouver amongst other examples) would cause some concerns. (Perhaps ABM systems evolve differently.) I suspect the borders of a Soviet owned Alaska might be different than a...

  2. WW2/Cold War if Alaska had been part of the USSR?

    Assuming the cold war in that time line evolved in a similar fashion to the cold war in our time line, in either of those cases I suspect Alaska and the Northwestern part of North America would have been a major potential cold war flash point. I suspect the USSR would either want to reclaim...

  3. Can the Avro Arrow be saved?

    One can speculate endlessly (:

  4. Can the Avro Arrow be saved?

    I was under the impression that the F106 was considered a fairly good interceptor.. Given enough money and access to US components (ie missiles and fire control systems..) it doesn't seem implausible to me that Canada in the 1950's and 1960's could have produced a Canadian equivalent (that...

  5. Can the Avro Arrow be saved?

    I can't see why a fully developed and functional CF105 could not have replaced the CF100 in any air to air role that Canada actually used their CF100 fleet for ? That being said I seem to recall there were at least three variants of the CF100 that entered squadron Service (the Mark3, Mark4 and...

  6. Can the Avro Arrow be saved?

    Perhaps the Canadians didn't want to mess with figuring out folding fin arrangements for internally stowed AAM's ? Perhaps more Falcon AAM's could have been carried than Sparrow 2's ? I seem to recall that the final air to armament of the Canadian CF100 was two pods of air to air rockets that...

  7. Can the Avro Arrow be saved?

    Decades ago I recall reading that the Arrow had (or was intended to have ?) an internal weapons bay carrying both AAM's and unguided rockets as backup air to air weapons. I also recall reading of it being conceivable that bombs or Cannon could have been carried internally for other missions...

  8. Can the Avro Arrow be saved?

    My $.02 worth… -Pick a more or less off the shelf avionics and weapons package. (Most likely from the U.S. ?) -Demonstrate a truly long range capability that might enable very long range intercepts ? (Ie. Fly from southern (ish) bases and intercept targets while they are still within...

  9. Can the Avro Arrow be saved?

    My understanding is the “issues” pertaining to Canada having rapid access to U.S. nuclear air defence weapons were also easier to resolve with a smaller number of bases in Southern Canada.

  10. Axis joined-up thinking?

    Yes and and no (: I seem to recall reading there were at least some WW2 era coding systems that were not broken (at least not during WW2.)

  11. No F-104 Starfighter for Europe! Alternate designs instead.

    That seems to make some sense (: IMHO For the low level nuclear strike role the F104G / CF104 seems like a reasonable choice at the time.

  12. What If These Two Warships Met In Combat

    I should have been more clear. The phrase Tribal can be a bit ambiguous when talking about commonwealth destroyers (:

  13. What If These Two Warships Met In Combat

    The as built Canadian DDH 280 class destroyers had Sea Sparrow SAM’s before they were upgraded with SM2 SAM’s (amongst other changes.) They were often referred to as the “Tribals” or “Tribal Class.”

  14. What If These Two Warships Met In Combat

    Thanks. I am sort of struggling to wrap my head around how much better (if they even were better ?) the 1995 era Sea Sparrow system on the Halifax class might be than the SM1 system on the Santa Maria class in this context. Other than not having to move each Sea Sparrow from a magazine and...

  15. What If These Two Warships Met In Combat

    I suppose two warships both armed with medium / long range SAM’s with secondary anti surface modes who had similar thru the water speeds and were trying to avoid getting into gun range could probably produce that outcome if neither ship had SSM’s, long range torpedos or helicopters ? I don’t...

  16. What If These Two Warships Met In Combat

    Were the doctrines to fire a salvo, correct aim if necessary until the target was hit or straddled then go into rapid fire ? Or to go into rapid fire immediately and correct if needed ? I don’t recall ever reading a discussion of this topic for WW2 era light cruiser. That being said I suspect...

  17. What If These Two Warships Met In Combat

    The quality of the shells may also enter into this ?

  18. No F-104 Starfighter for Europe! Alternate designs instead.

    Yep, but I suspect the considerably greater empty weight and engine thrust of the F105 might have translated into higher costs ? (Acquisition, maintenance, fuel etc..) They are / were also both high performance single engine (and mostly single seat) aircraft that at least some (if not many ...

  19. What If These Two Warships Met In Combat

    Yes I believe so.

  20. What If These Two Warships Met In Combat

    Yeah I think that is an important part but not all of the puzzle. Magazine load outs for the Santa Maria and who detects the other side first would also seem relevant ? If the Santa Maria had a load out of say 20 harpoons and 20 SM1’s (I don’t know if that is possible or not ?) and they...
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