Hey y'all,
I'm currently working on a TL in which the proxy wars between East and West in SE Asia take place a decade later. Since there's a lot of military & 'Nam buffs on this forum, I was wondering if anybody knows if/thinks that the new developments in the field of military technology and/or doctrine between 1965 and 1975 would benefit one side (a modern army far from home) or the other (local guerillas - maybe supported by an already Communist rump state, a la North Vietnam). Or did conflicts like the Vietnam War shape military science to such a degree that the fighting would essentially be the same if done ten years later?
Thanks in advance for any ideas and insights you might have to offer.
(Sorry if the question's fuzzy, too little sleep.)