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  1. AHC: Reverse the positions of Islam and Secularism in the ME

    Rather interesting comment from the ISIS chat thread. So how do you get a situation where Islamist states in Iraq and Syria are under threat by secular guerilla organizations in the present day (2013-2014 ITTL)? Actually, going further, is it possible for there to be a complete inversion of...

  2. Best WW2 weapons for counterinsurgency

    Like it says on the tin. Which WW2 weapons (tanks, rifles, aircraft, etc) of the major combatants was the most suitable for a counterinsurgency operation? If you had to assemble an order of battle for a counterinsurgency, drawing weapons from all WW2 participants, which weapons of which...

  3. AHC/WI: Worst Space Exploration TL after 1950

    One of the rules of alt-hist on this forum seems to be having the ATL maintain a greater and much improved and expanded space exploration capabilites, with a few timelines based around this theme entirely (*cough* Eyes *cough*:p) My question is, what POD(s) after 1950 (without nuclear war or...

  4. Nuclear Syria

    For the OTL hubbub The POD(s) occurs in the early 2000s. The first is that Syria decides to site the OTL Al Kibar nuclear reactor elsewhere. The second is that U.S. Intelligence in 2005 overlooks a cooperative project between Syria and North Korea. The third is basically a bunch of further...

  5. Integration switch

    I know that the U.S. has seemingly favored vertical integration of rockets, while the USSR has favored horizontal integration (and raising them for launch) of rockets. Of course, horizontal integration presents its own problems the larger the rocket gets, though the N1 being lifted to a vertical...

  6. Nazi Space Policy

    The Nazi Environmental Policy got me thinking. Assuming Nazi Germany survived to the present day, would it really be first to launch a satellite into orbit? A manned capsule to orbit? A manned mission to the moon? to mars? Many people would automatically say yes to the first three, and a...

  7. Skylab and Shuttle

    I know that Skylab reentered due to significant solar activity heating the upper atmosphere, and I also know that non-human caused PODs are automatically categorized into ASB. Instead of postulating a POD with the sun, I’m going to postulate a POD where the tele-operated retrieval system is...

  8. How to increase Japanese shipping capacity pre-WW2

    So, how do you do that?

  9. Ledger Lives. Joker returns?

    As it says on the tin. If Heath Ledger had lived, how would The Dark Knight Rises have been scripted? Would the Joker have made a re-appearance? Nolan doesn't seem to be that sort of person (reusing characters), but Ledger was lauded for his performace.

  10. Roundup in 1942

    Operation Roundup was the code name for a 1942 plan for an invasion of northern France by Allied forces during World War II. The plan, for an invasion in the Spring of 1943, and drawn up by then-Brigadier General Dwight Eisenhower, reflected American enthusiasm for an early entry into Europe...

  11. Effect of Zond Success

    Say that an initial POD is that Apollo 8 doesn't go circumlunar (that was not the original mission profile, but the LM was not ready to go LEO testing yet). And then say that the Zond program (soyuz 7K-L1) gotten two cosmonauts circumlunar and returned them to earth safely before Apollo 10 (yes...

  12. Hong Kong Under Un-reformed China

    Assuming that China eventually turns into a massive North Korea (not impossible), what happens come 1997?

  13. POD(s) for latest possible nuclear weapon?

    What PODs would give us nuclear weapons at the latest possible date starting from the mid-1920s? Could you delay them until 1980?

  14. Japanese glide bombs in WW2

    The glide bomb, under optimum conditions, is the perfect weapon against heavily armored ships, with the success of the Fritz X and Henschel Hs 293 testifying to this. This type of weapon would fit perfectly into Japanese doctrine (wear the U.S. battle fleet down through attrition of big...

  15. Slower American Enroachment on Native Americans

    What type of POD could get slower (or delayed )American (POD after Louisiana purchase) Encroachment on the lands of native Americans? Delayed Indian Wars and settlement of the Western portion of the United States, that is.

  16. AHC: Accelerate German Weapons development in WW2

    I was just reading last night about the high-low pressure system and the PAW 600 anti-tank gun. Great potential, it had. How do you accelerate German weapons development in WW2?

  17. Environmental Consequences of a Soviet Cold War Win

    It's well known how badly the Soviets fucked up the Aral Sea, and they also cared jack shit about the environment. Assuming a Soviet "Victory" in the Cold war circa late 1980s (without the Soviets going all perestroika afterward), how would the world look environmentally in 2012? Would...

  18. What would a 1940 Wendell Wilkie Presidency look like?

    Would Wilkie have embargoed Japan? I'm assuming that Lend Lease would never happen, or only a token form....

  19. AHC: Tanks perceived as Obsolete by the 1970s

    have a POD(s) so that Tanks perceived as Obsolete by the 1970s. Remember, no matter the good or bad points of tanks, this is about perception only, not actual utility.

  20. AHC: Third taiwan strait crisis blossoms into war

    as it says on the tin Extra points if you involve the U.S. More if you involve Japan
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