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  1. AHC: Make Escort Carriers Prevalent Among Developing Nations During The Cold War.

    Yep. Even when you get at the scale of the 2003 invasion of Iraq (for example) where the US had 5 aircraft carriers present. Iraq is not exactly out of range from Land-based air. Actions like the Falklands are the exception rather then the rule.

  2. AHC: Make Escort Carriers Prevalent Among Developing Nations During The Cold War.

    Nope, Ocean wasn't built to military standards, was slow and had very limited defensive armament. I'm literally suggesting an Invincible Class analogue powered by Diesel engines and optimised for rotary wing operations. A true through deck aviation oriented cruiser. Basically I want to...

  3. AHC: Make Escort Carriers Prevalent Among Developing Nations During The Cold War.

    I still think something along the lines of a diesel powered Invincible class sans Ski-Jump makes the most sense. Fill it up with a combination of Lynx and Sea King. But that is hardly an escort carrier.

  4. AHC: Make Escort Carriers Prevalent Among Developing Nations During The Cold War.

    Is there anywhere in the Baltic or Black Seas that are out of reach from Land Based Aircraft? That sounds like a solution looking for a problem.

  5. AHC: Make Escort Carriers Prevalent Among Developing Nations During The Cold War.

    Something like the Colossus and Majestic class carriers really were the sweet spot in the 1950's and 60's. After these ships start to expire in the 1970's and early 1980's, the carrier business gets very expensive. The A4's are aging and losing relevance, your options are either brand new...

  6. AHC: Make Escort Carriers Prevalent Among Developing Nations During The Cold War.

    The problem isn't even the cost of the carrier. The problem is the cost to purchase, maintain and operate the aircraft that fly from the carrier.

  7. AHC/WI: Australia becomes part of the EU?

    From memory (so could be wrong), the Statute was Westminster was only passed in Canberra in 1942 because it was discovered that the Australian declaration of war Against Japan was technically illegal as it was the Statute of Westminster that gave the Commonwealth the power to independently...

  8. "Sanity options" 2.0 - RAF, 1935-43

    As mentioned by a couple of other people. In my opinion the most important thing that could have been done was to get EATS started earlier, along with the basic aircraft required to operate the scheme and the schools to train the mechanics to maintain the aircraft. Getting that going 12-18...

  9. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Is there anyway that the French can build up more Military or paramilitary capability either without the Germans finding out or without them doing anything about it? Maybe building up Army forces in North Africa to defend against the British? And increasing Gendarme numbers in France to...

  10. What if Britain fought in the Vietnam War?

    This is less then 10 years after Suez, what incentive does the UK Govt have to help in Vietnam? The Indonesian confrontation is serious enough that the RAF had deployed Vulcans to the theatre. I'm pretty sure Vulcans in the 1960's were only used for one purpose (delivering instant sunshine).

  11. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    I'm assuming that the reference to a "Steel Meteor" was actually referring to using a cast iron block, not steel. Rather then using an aluminium block to save weight like I am assuming that the Merlin would have used.

  12. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    What was that? You wanted to talk about the history of Rum in Australia?

  13. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Ah, the battle of the gauges. The joys of Railways started when the states were individual self-governing colonies, and where efforts to standardise systems have been limited to say the least. - NSW is Standard Gauge - Victoria is a combination of Broad and Standard Gauge (interstate lines are...

  14. AHC: No Falklands War

    Possession being 9/10th of the law and having the ability to maintain possession being the other 1/10th of the law, how is the Argentine claim valid? The people that live there want to be British and the Islands have flown the British flag for the last 150 or so years prior to the conflict...

  15. Optimize the RN for WWII

    But as a single ship for Australia/RAN its a complete white elephant unless the RN promise to maintain 1-2 battleships east of Suez to maintain the presence when it is in refit/maintenance. And that is ignoring the fact that it wasn't until 1945 that a dry dock was complete in Australia that...

  16. Optimize the RN for WWII

    Is British Steel of the 1930's the same as American Steel from the 1940's? Earlier introduction of welding in slowly increased amounts throughout a ship **in peacetime** should allow these issues to be worked out progessively as they appear. Welded ships should be quicker to build and also...

  17. Optimize the RN for WWII

    So that is 16 slips big enough to build Audacious Class Carrier or capital ships the size of HMS Hood or HMS Vanguard. So if you can launch a ship in 2 years and complete the fitting out in a basin, that allows you to lay down 8 large ships every year assuming that you can make the...

  18. Optimize the RN for WWII

    What are you buying (besides probably small arms) in large enough numbers in the 1920's and 1930's to justify the cost of building and staffing a mass production assembly line?

  19. Optimize the RN for WWII

    I think you'll find that the pushback isn't against the British using a .50 Cal for the FAA (or RAF). Its against the British licensing the M2 Browning during peacetime when there is time for them to develop their own alternative. Does anyone know the actual backstory behind the license for the...

  20. Optimize the RN for WWII

    *tongue in cheek/not serious* Refit for Revenge/Royal Sovereign Class, 1935 to 1939. 1) Use a covered dock 2)Lift the turrets with gantry cranes. 3)Scrap the ship underneath 4)Build new ship, keep ships bell and name plate. 5)Lower turrets back into place 6)"recommission" in 1939. 7)Play dumb...
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