AHC : Worst possible US Navy

There was actually at least one nuclear powered lighthouse that was modified as an experiment. I believe that instead of having a traditional nuclear reactor it used an RTG (Radiothermal Generator) device working off the decay of nuclear material. Such devices are pretty commonly used for satellites.

The Russians had nuclear powered unmanned lighthouses.
 
Stalin dies in 1945 and the Relationship between the 'East and West' is far better than OTL

Basically everyone is 'nicer' than OTL

Korean War? What Korean war?

The United Nations is a true UN and most wars are nipped in the bud before they can do more than flare up

Decolonisation goes slower but more robustly with proper representations for a given peoples at the UN

Ultimately there is far far less conflict ITTL

Against this backdrop the need for a large US Navy is simply not there.

By 1970 the USN is a glorified 'international coast guard' with a fairly decent expeditionary force core (which is more used for disaster relief than any major combat deployment)
So basically a navy composed primarly of Amphibious Assault Ships and Frigates
 

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USCG decides they want their own version of Lenin and the Arktikas and away they go.

EDIT: Also, "Lenin and the Arktikas" would be a great name for a band.
Those are BOTH great ideas.

With the changes due to global warming the Coasties need some better Arctic shipping.

My only question for the band is what genre?
 
Those are BOTH great ideas.

With the changes due to global warming the Coasties need some better Arctic shipping.

My only question for the band is what genre?

The changes due to global warming have gotten to the point the Canadian Coast Guard was debating arming their northern vessels, and they're traditionally an entirely unarmed fleet. (They let the Navy have armed warships and the RCMP does law enforcement boarding actions.)

As for the band, I'm figuring it'd be Sovietwave stuff, which is surprisingly listenable electronica.
 

Just as with every other event or occurrence in history that could be considered scientifically advanced or civilized it occurred in Maryland.
Thanks for the information. I'm a Marylander and like having various Maryland facts stashed away. I made my initial comments here from memories of a Cub Scout 'field trip' to an exhibit of Martin company projects supporting space exploration ( A lot of Titan rocket stuff and other NASA projects) I remember a brochure that we got about the the fantastic potential of the SNAP program and how the small nuclear reactors would be used for weather buoys, lighthouses, lightships and satellites. This was about 1962-63.
 
Those are BOTH great ideas.

With the changes due to global warming the Coasties need some better Arctic shipping.

My only question for the band is what genre?

I mean nuclear icebreakers (and potentially armed nuclear icebreakers) are a legitimately good idea.
Oh, man.

They just got that one researcher out of the hospital last week after the unfortunate Water-pik incident!

What are people still going on about that?

Only like 37 people died in that incident. That's practically a new Soviet Safety record.
Well, if they had made a nuclear powered glow in the dark fleshlight at least it would have been easier to find

After a few uses the user would have been partially glow in the dark themselves. Though I could see some uses for that. If there was some sort of massive emergency or blackout all the user would have to do is take off his pants and he could lead others to safety.
 
No Kissinger. Vietnam gets pushed until the mass services crack in mutiny. Due to other social priorities in a very strange Venesualan type coup d’état massaged radical centrist-social-democrat military run USA, the Navy as a Navy takes second place to the Navy as a revolutionary governing agency. Particularly the Marines. Particularly in swampy and mountainous republican voting areas with poor civil rights histories. Also “election monitoring.”

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I think that should cover the sledgehammer for a peanut scenario. Viva Malaise. Gung Ho.

I could see this. Especially if the cold war went on longer and military and science spending causes deficits similar to Iraq but decades early.

Add in something like the movie "Special Bulletin" or libertarian becomes hugely popular, any 600 ship navy is gonna have issues equal to or more than our navy did post Vietnam.
 
I'll also have you know that that "Glorious Peaceful Socialist Atomik Waterpik" proved extroadinarily effective in testing on kula.....volunteers. In 100 percent of all cases it removed 100 percent of all plaque. It did however have the unfortunate side effect of incidentally removing 100 percent of all teeth the "Waterpik" was tested on as well as 100 percent of all skulls that said teeth were connected to.
 

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I'll also have you know that that "Glorious Peaceful Socialist Atomik Waterpik" proved extroadinarily effective in testing on kula.....volunteers. In 100 percent of all cases it removed 100 percent of all plaque. It did however have the unfortunate side effect of incidentally removing 100 percent of all teeth the "Waterpik" was tested on as well as 100 percent of all skulls that said teeth were connected to.
And the walls of the government clinics. Damage to the State's property can not be ignored.
 
The worst possible US navy is the one we have, and it's all Donald Rumsfeld's fault.

How so would you say? Was it the damage to the carrier air components that came from retiring all the non fighter aircraft that left in his tenure (though in fairness the seeds of that were planted before him) or not taking the Iranian littoral threat seriously?
 
And the walls of the government clinics. Damage to the State's property can not be ignored.

Always more Kulaks in need of "Socially Corrective Labor". Or people who might be Kulaks. Or people who look like they might be Kulaks. Or people who look like they might have thought about looking like being Kulaks.
 
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