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  1. AHC: Make Escort Carriers Prevalent Among Developing Nations During The Cold War.

    Escort carriers were, generally, about the threat of submarines. So a ship carrying ASW helicopters in meaningful numbers* would surely fit the bill? * Assuming two sorties a day per aircraft, five is enough to have one on station at all times, but six or more would be better.

  2. How "should" WWII in 1940 have gone?

    True, you don't go all theoretical, you make sure your reforms are valid. But the French in particular remained too stuck in the past.

  3. How "should" WWII in 1940 have gone?

    Whenever there's a discussion like this there are those who will have a rigid perspective that what occurred was all, more or less, inevitable. They'll regale us with all that they have learned about the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Germans versus France, Britain and co (which the...

  4. What if Tasmania secedes from Australia in 1928-9

    Ridicule and outright offensiveness directed at the state in question, lovely. It’s a nonsense idea though so I suppose we should expect nonsense.

  5. European NATO Army alternatives: 1950 - 1990

    Fourteen to North Africa? Whatever for? I'm sure if the balloon had gone up they would have thrown everything they had at the Soviets. An army that was, say, two or three what the British had and organised and equipped similarly would have been valuable though than what they fielded.

  6. European NATO Army alternatives: 1950 - 1990

    Fuel is a given. Ammunition does make some degree of sense. Ammunition that can be fired / dropped from different weapons / platforms does make some sense. It may not be standard issue for one NATO army, air force, navy, but the fact that they can use it could come in handy. More common...

  7. European NATO Army alternatives: 1950 - 1990

    I wonder how they came up with those numbers? They don't seem to reflect population share or relative economic output. e.g. Belgium/Luxemburg to field more, and sooner, than the Netherlands?

  8. European NATO Army alternatives: 1950 - 1990

    In discussions like this, I always see arguments for standardising on particular platforms, weapons or ammunition; even comments about how it was wasteful that more than one tank - for example - was developed. I suggest this is actually really wrong-headed thinking. Competition is good...

  9. WI: A world without HIV?

    The reality is what young people were is largely the same as they are today. HIV spread and continued to spread because young people like to have sex and the idea of wearing a condom did not appeal, in spite of all the confronting messages. It was still thought of as a gay man's disease for a...

  10. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Investing an acronym that is entirely unnecessary, doesn't fit with the vernacular of the time, and 88 years or so after the period in question? I'm sorry, but it's ridiculous. From an Australian perspective, the word "dominion" is basically unknown to us. The fact is we were often included in...

  11. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    It's ridiculous to use an acronym that wasn't used in its time.

  12. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    No one uses that acronym.

  13. 1987 : Collapse (Prequel is out explaining how stuff happened)

    My apologies. No offence intended. I can see my comment came across as dismissive.

  14. 1987 : Collapse (Prequel is out explaining how stuff happened)

    I think this belongs in ASB to be honest.

  15. Seven Days to the River Rhine: the Third World War - a TL

    I agree. I found that passage really jarring. Not realistic at all.

  16. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Chill, I was joking. Does it really matter though, really?

  17. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Pardon the pun, but you sound like you're getting a little . . . heated. (Oh that's funny.)

  18. How many civil defence measures would the UK government actually take?

    “Every Cold War gone hot scenario I’ve seen … “ Read a lot of those myself and haven’t formed the same perspective, hence the question.

  19. How many civil defence measures would the UK government actually take?

    Can you cite what you’ve read?

  20. Nuclear Submarine Export Customers?

    In some form, yes, and it seems we will know more of the details in the next several days.
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