Could Britain or Australia obtain B-21?
A prospective purchase depends on American approval, with Britain and Australia proposed as possible buyers because of their AUKUS relationship.
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Does B-21 trade capability for lower cost?
The submarine analogy is contested, with a generational change and different threat assumptions offered as a better account of the B-2 to B-21 transition.
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Britain's three-century position at Gibraltar
Britain and its allies have held the strategic position at Gibraltar for roughly three centuries.
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Was the War of 1812 a draw in willingness to keep fighting?
The claim that the War of 1812 was a draw is challenged by comparing American commitment with Britain's more limited willingness to fight in North America.
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Reading a disputed wartime account as a contemporary viewpoint
The book is criticized as an unreliable explanation of wartime events while retaining value as evidence of its author's perspective.
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Why diplomatic failure is not always an ambassador's failure
An apparently failed ambassador may have reported a crisis accurately while ministers at home ignored or discounted the warning.
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British reinforcements and the proposed advance beyond New Orleans
New Orleans is treated as a defeated opening attempt, with further British troops expected for an advance toward St. Louis.
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What Constellation and carrier delays reveal
The delays prompt concern, alongside a participant's warning that a proposed copper tariff could raise the cost of electronics-heavy warships.
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The young United States' institutional limits in 1812
America's infrastructure and central authority are examined alongside expectations that Napoleon would occupy Britain and that an invasion of Canada would be welcomed.
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Why a future naval gun may jump from five to six inches
If navies move beyond five-inch guns, modern rates of fire and shell volume make a six-inch weapon more attractive than reviving 5.25-inch caliber.
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Why tank mobility limits gun-barrel length
Barrel length has practical movement and transport limits, which helps explain why tank-gun development can favor a larger caliber.
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The minimum crew needed to move a Tribal-class destroyer
A joking proposal to sail Haida with four people identifies separate engineering, steering, and navigation stations, while another participant suggests about ten as a bare minimum.
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Would Hood have received a West Virginia-style rebuild?
Hood's different damage and continuing value as a fast capital ship would have produced a repair program unlike West Virginia's reconstruction.
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Type 45 and Burke defenses work best together
The preferred ballistic-missile defence combines Type 45 and Burke capabilities, with the missile variant and installed data-sharing equipment determining what the ships can do together.
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Three triple turrets in Drach's proposed Bismarck redesign
A brief assessment identifies three triple main turrets, apparent 105 mm secondary guns, and a raised after secondary mounting in Drach's proposed Bismarck redesign.
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How 850 psi machinery would change the Nelson design
The estimate for 850 psi boilers available in 1920 is an F3-style Nelson capable of about 28 knots.
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The Mississippi route in Britain's War of 1812 plans
A Mississippi approach toward St. Louis would give the Royal Navy a river route for troops and supplies, with 64-gun ships suggested as possible participants.
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A 1942 engine available when Swordfish was designed
A later engine offers little benefit as a Swordfish retrofit, but about 2,000 horsepower available during its original design could produce a monoplane with a different weapons load.
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Why extra aircraft power would not solve heavy-torpedo drops
More aircraft power would not remove the water-impact problem of dropping a heavier torpedo, despite extensive British testing.
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Where British aerial-torpedo test records survive
Records survive at Kew, in company archives, and in personal collections, but evidence that testing occurred can outlast the detailed results.
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Buccaneer wave damage and disputed losses
Wave damage, engine water ingestion, and an exercise-assessed loss appear in separate Buccaneer accounts, including disagreement over whether one ejection was necessary.
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The operational difference between landing craft and landing ships
The distinction rests on operational scope: craft conduct the final ship-to-shore movement, while ships transport forces between theaters and may carry craft of their own.
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Why Britain funded several 2,000-horsepower aero engines
The timing and early problems of American high-power engines complicate the proposed shortcut of buying them, while the Royal Navy funded several British engine programmes.
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The case for controlled naval alcohol rations
A defence of naval beer and rum rations stresses measured issue, calories, morale, and stored-water quality.
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The most useful carrier scout is the one available
An available aircraft can perform the scouting mission; a preferred type that the carrier does not have cannot.
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Why a carrier F-104 would require a near-total redesign
A time-displaced F-104 raises separate questions about the carrier's deck, the aircraft's landing gear, and whether a strengthened version could take off again.
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Salamis, Persian influence, and inherited Greek perspectives
The judgment of Salamis is qualified by Persia's later influence in Greece and the prominence of Greek and Roman accounts in subsequent historical writing.
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What would it take for a Malta-class carrier to be built?
A different government decision at the end of the Second World War is identified as the change needed to build a Malta-class carrier.
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Could a Blackburn Blackburn carry anti-submarine rockets?
A Blackburn Blackburn surviving into the wartime rocket era could be adapted with rails and carry rockets instead of bombs, although the premise implies severe aircraft shortages.
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Defeating the RAF would not solve Operation Sea Lion
Defeating the RAF would still leave Germany facing Royal Navy night attacks, insufficient invasion shipping, and the consequences of its naval losses in Norway.
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Why EJ200 engines would turn Buccaneer into a new aircraft
An EJ200 installation would alter the Buccaneer's balance and aggravate structural-life questions just as Tornado was replacing it.
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The Buccaneer's abandoned torpedo option
Torpedo armament appeared in early Buccaneer thinking but was considered and rejected before service.
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If Bismarck exploded immediately after sinking Hood
Bismarck's immediate destruction would expose Prinz Eugen to the remaining British ships and weaken the propaganda value of sinking Hood.
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How Western Anatolia would reshape Greek naval planning
Holding Western Anatolia would push Greece toward destroyers, submarines, and coastal artillery suited to defending the Aegean littoral.
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Why countries order ferries from foreign shipyards
Foreign ferry orders reflect the capabilities and capacity of commercial yards, with established builders often offering a cheaper route than domestic construction.
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Modernized Lord Nelson battleships arriving in today's Royal Navy
Already equipped with modern machinery, electronics, and automated heavy guns, the two ships are proposed for fire support and regional presence after adding missiles.
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A fictional Star Destroyer's equipment for off-world colonies
An Imperial II-class Star Destroyer is imagined carrying the sealed habitats and supplies needed to establish colonies elsewhere in the solar system.
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If Britain's 1915 battleships became 1939 Lion-class ships
Replacing Britain's 1915 capital ships with fast, radar-equipped Lion-class designs would leave the High Seas Fleet overwhelmingly outclassed in range, speed, firepower, and detection.
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If every Royal Navy aircraft became a Fairey Gannet in 1939
Gannets would transform strike and anti-submarine operations in 1939, although the carriers would need stronger arresting gear and the fleet would still need dedicated fighters.
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What the US Navy could do after cancelling Constellation
Cancelling Constellation would delay the escort the US Navy needs; the proposed emergency fallback is to copy Type 26 without redesign.
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How a Japanese Zero pilot could defect to a US carrier
Attempting to land on the opposing carrier is the suggested way for a Japanese Zero pilot to surrender with the aircraft.
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Why Deltic diesels are a poor fit for an ekranoplan
The Deltic-powered ekranoplan is rejected for inadequate power and doubtful value, with additional uncertainty about the engine's suitability for flight loads.
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If the United States adopted Lancaster instead of its wartime bombers
An early American Lancaster programme would require major changes to British aircraft development; its effect on losses remains disputed because American daylight-bombing doctrine would persist.
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The Royal Navy's postwar shift from high-pressure steam
The Royal Navy continued studying high-pressure steam after the war, but gas turbines quickly offered another major propulsion path.
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If US Standard battleships became World of Warships Vermonts in 1916
The game's Vermonts would give the United States twelve 18-inch guns per ship, a Panama Canal problem, and rivals whose responses Congress might refuse to match in this counterfactual.
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How sailing ships survived lightning strikes
A lightning strike could burst a wet wooden mast apart; a conductive path to the sea is suggested as later protection, with uncertainty about when ships adopted it.
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Combining twin Phalanx mounts with RAM
A combined RAM and twin-Phalanx installation could serve carriers, but its weight and complexity prompt a preference for larger guns.
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Why changing bombers would not fix daylight doctrine
Neither Lancaster nor B-17 could make unescorted daylight raids safe by itself; formation tactics, escort, and doctrine mattered more than swapping airframes.
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