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The thread on the German "Amerika Bomber" has me wondering how the Convair B-36 Peacemaker would have performed in a Fortress North America/Luft '46 scenario, with the aircraft carrying out transatlantic and possibly transpacific air raids from bases on the East Coast, Alaska, and Hawaii. Would the B-36 have been able to penetrate enemy air defenses projected for the mid to late 1940s, especially without any escort fighters? What kind of impact would conventional air raids have had? How would an atomic or thermonuclear attack be carried out given the limited supplies available and the fact that enemy air defenses would already be on a wartime footing?