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  1. Not James Stockdale

    Challenge: Fix the LCS Program

    My opinion is that the problems associated with the LCS program have been caused primarily by the mix of requirements and prospective missions imposed on the program, which led to design decisions and compromises that have effectively crippled the platform. Ultimately, the problem goes back to...
  2. Not James Stockdale

    Allied Invasion of Denmark

    The general consensus here is that, with the Germans occupying Norway and Sweden remaining neutral, an invasion of Jutland would probably be unsuccessful and would certainly be unproductive. Therefore, I want to change the pre-conditions. 1. British, French, and Polish forces remain in Narvik...
  3. Not James Stockdale

    POLL: Improving American Logistics in Normandy in WW2

    I found three rather interesting Wikipedia articles: American logistics in the Normandy campaign, British logistics in the Normandy campaign, and American logistics in the Northern France campaign. There are three places where I think logistics, particularly movement over the shore, could have...
  4. Not James Stockdale

    Boeing 7J7 as direct replacement for the 727 in the late 1980s

    When Boeing ended 727 production in the early 1980s, they didn't have a 150-seat airliner to sell. The range was split between the 737-300, typically seating around 125 pax, and the 757-200, typically seating around 200 pax. Boeing had pushed the 757 as a larger successor to the 727-200, which...
  5. Not James Stockdale

    Great Power in a world of Superpowers

    The seven Great Powers (by varying definitions) in the 1930s were the United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Soviet Union, and Japan. Of these, the US and the USSR came into the 1950s as superpowers while the others were hobbled to varying degrees by the devastation of the war...
  6. Not James Stockdale

    Skylab Survives: What does NASA do with it?

    Obviously, NASA failed to boost Skylab high enough to handle the 1979 sunspot cycle and the station made an uncontrolled reentry in July 1979. Let's say that, in this ATL, Skylab is either boosted high enough to last until the first Space Shuttle flights, or they manage to put together some kind...
  7. Not James Stockdale

    Swept Wings in WWII?

    Swept wings really only started to appear jet fighters in 1947 and 1948. The Me 262 is notable for having swept wings, but this was primarily a response to COG issues rather than explicitly for performance (although there were performance improvements). Did any piston-engine planes in the WWII...
  8. Not James Stockdale

    Iron Curtain on the Curzon Line? Early End to WWII

    The basic background for this is question is that the Western Allies have an additional 40 or so divisions in the ETO, combined with the increases in industrial output necessary to support such a force beginning in 1940 or so. The result is an invasion of the continent beginning in 1943 and...
  9. Not James Stockdale

    Round Five: Mechanics of a 1978 Israeli-Egyptian War

    Just to get the political situation out of the way, let's say that Sadat gets all the blame for the 1973 war and is removed by 1974. After that, the Egyptian military begins preparing for another war against Israel. What kind of tactical and operational solutions could be implemented to confront...
  10. Not James Stockdale

    POLL: Did Hitler invade Norway for U-boat bases or iron ore?

    I've seen two essentially competing reasons for the German invasion of Norway in 1940. The first was a desire by Hitler to "outflank" the British naval blockade before planned invasion of France. Hitler's strategic outlook was greatly influenced by the German experience of blockade in World...
  11. Not James Stockdale

    Schnellbomber vs Heavy Bomber?

    During WWII, the Germans generally focused their efforts on fast twin-engine bombers that would normally be called medium bombers. They generally tried to rely on speed for defense, but their maneuverability was also an important component to their survivability. The size and handling of these...
  12. Not James Stockdale

    Longer Winter War = Operation Barbarossa in 1940?

    Let's first suppose that a combination of factors leads to significantly increased Finnish readiness during late 1939. This scenario may also require direct Swedish intervention, so that can also be accommodated. The result of these changes is a comprehensive defeat of the Red Army's second...
  13. Not James Stockdale

    WI Yudenich takes Petrograd in October 1919

    First, let's suppose some changes compared to OTL. Kolchak's attempts to prevent the independence of the Russian Empire's western borderlands (Finland and the Baltics in this case) have to be removed, so we'll say that the British are able to push this point more aggressively. Yudenich's...
  14. Not James Stockdale

    (POLL) WWII Squad Organization: Garand or Bren

    During WWII, the US, Britain, and Germany all used substantially similar squad organizations, with a lead command team, a machine gun element, and a rifle element, usually with ten to twelve soldiers. This was an unbalanced organization that often led to problems implementing "fire and maneuver"...
  15. Not James Stockdale

    If Sealion was impossible, what were the British so worried about?

    The status of the British Army after Dynamo and Ariel is well known. Out of twelve "Class A" divisional equipment sets in Britain, ten had been sent to France and lost there and the other two were only saved because they hadn't gone to France yet. The two dozen divisions in Britain preparing to...
  16. Not James Stockdale

    Non-Soviet nuclear explosion to begin WWIII

    This is a variation of the "The Sum of All Fears" scenario, where, instead of the lost Israeli warhead being buried by a Druze farmer, it's immediately found by the Syrians and turned over to the Soviets, who have to keep everything completely quiet for this to work. After taking apart the...
  17. Not James Stockdale

    Independent Western Australia

    First, in order to create a scenario in which western Australia remains independent from the rest of Australia, a significant change from the OTL colonization on the Swan River needs to be made. This is not about the 1933 secession referendum. Here, we suppose that the Swan River area is settled...
  18. Not James Stockdale

    POLL: Austria-Hungary adopts a common language

    As part of the 1867 Austro-Hungarian Compromise, the Dual Monarchy adopts a common language for government administration and education throughout the Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen. 1. What options are there for a common language? My thinking is that French, as the global business language...
  19. Not James Stockdale

    Operation Sea Lion (1974 Sandhurst Wargame)

    I know the outcome of this kriegsspiel is considered sacrosanct by the British members of this board, but I have some questions raised by the Wikipedia article and other material and most of the links there have long since died. The game was played as a time-accelerated real-time match...
  20. Not James Stockdale

    USMC V-22 vs EH-101

    The Marines were aware in the late 1980s that their CH-46 fleet would realistically need replacement by 2000 or so, considering the fact that most of their airfranes dated to the 60s and 70s. When development started in the mid-1980s, the Osprwy was probably supposed to enter service in the...
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