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  1. The Cuban Missile Crisis: How many hits does North America take?

    It totally depends on who shoots first. If it's the Americans it is possible to receive no damage but probable that targets in Alaska get hit. If it's the USSR, minimum of high single digits to several dozen. A couple of years ago i went on a bit of a research binge about this out of pure...

  2. America Be Watching With The Popcorn: A Sino-Soviet War TL

    The points have changed from burning out the radar from EMP to blackouts and degradation of signals from the detonations. OK. Which is why the Nike-X system, the research of which which you showed above, was cancelled, due to limited engagement capacity and radar blackouts. Further on down on...

  3. America Be Watching With The Popcorn: A Sino-Soviet War TL

    Because with the ABM treaty, the Americans decided that the system wasn't worth the trouble to keep running or developing further for one site and shut the program down. And at that time, the technology was not ready for a hit to kill system for exo-atmospheric intercepts. We now have that...

  4. America Be Watching With The Popcorn: A Sino-Soviet War TL

    Why would they re-invent the wheel? Safeguard is under development and in planning for deployment with Sprint and Spartan finishing up testing . If they're going for an ABM system, they would quite quickly go back to the beefier Sentinel with the same missiles and massively expand it.

  5. Remember the Rainbow Redux: An Alternate Royal Canadian Navy

    Yes. If it's under the red ensign then it's fair game regardless of destination unless it's a hospital ship.

  6. The Rainbow. A World War One on Canada's West Coast Timeline

    I can't see an auxiliary cruiser giving up that easily before being under effective fire. Being straddled and at a shorter range yes but extreme range, off bearing and very short. No.

  7. The Rainbow. A World War One on Canada's West Coast Timeline

    Curiosity, protecting a kill, protecting young. A bunch of reasons especially with a grizzly

  8. The Rainbow. A World War One on Canada's West Coast Timeline

    German agents I can understand but why would they be worried about local Japanese when Japan is allied with the Empire?

  9. Slow Drift to War Europe 1984

    And the people in 84 remembered that or had parents or siblings who did and were affected by the results. You can not compare the way people thought back then compared to today. Hell even 9/11 is more academic for a lot of people on this site let alone the depths of the cold war. Resignation to...

  10. Slow Drift to War Europe 1984

    That's why the Soviets had a couple dozen or so SS-18 Mod 3 with a 25 MT warhead. For all the large hard targets. NORAD in Colorado and North Bay, Ontario were a couple of the targets. If they knew of Greenbriar, then that would be another. The bomber would be a nice to have but the missiles...

  11. HMS Invincible

    You have the aircraft mixed. Vals were the dive bombers and Kates were the torpedo bombers

  12. Blue Skies in Camelot: An Alternate 60's and Beyond

    True. Vietnam was a huge shock to the military in regards to reluctant draftees and overall professionalism. The military wanted a volunteer military to raise standards so the draft died. Without it you may have the draft continue due to the the limited casualties due to the reduction of forces...

  13. Blue Skies in Camelot: An Alternate 60's and Beyond

    The draft was happening since just before the Americans entered WW2. With no Vietnam you may see it last till the late 70s or early 80s but it will still end.

  14. Slow Drift to War Europe 1984

    One small thing, 2 RCR in 5 CMBG were in 113s not Grizzlys in Gagetown NB.

  15. Slow Drift to War Europe 1984

    FYI For Canada tank companies are called armoured squadrons, tank battalions are called armoured regiments with engineers having the same squadron and regiment designations. Any new regiments would probably be based around an existing regiment for armoured, artillery or engineers or for any...

  16. HMS Invincible

    An hour and a half warning. Miscommunication?

  17. Slow Drift to War Europe 1984

    I remember being in the RCR lines about a mile away when they went on exercise. You more felt it than heard it. And being in a trench at night when they were manovering in your lines hoping the camo wasn't TOO effective:oops::)

  18. Slow Drift to War Europe 1984

    3 years for Regular Force but the Militia had no fixed contract. It was possible to sign up, do some training then say screw it. The people who did it, did it from love or just a bit extra cash. Quite a few Reg Force guys finished their contracts then transferred to the Militia because they just...

  19. Slow Drift to War Europe 1984

    I can tell you what it was like at the pointy end with the infantry in the mid 80s. Glad to help.

  20. Slow Drift to War Europe 1984

    Battalion HQ in one place for 5 days? Wow. When I was in the Royal Canadian Regiment in the 80s, the HQ wasn't in a place more than 6 to 12 hours. Max, fours hours straight sleep at a time was standard. Mind you now I can sleep almost anytime anywhere. The wife really hates me for that...
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