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  1. How would a fully modernized Hood have compared to other nations battleships in WW2?

    When she was launched, Hood was the most powerful ship in the world and remained so for a very long time. How would a fully modernized Hood with the latest fire control systems and brand new machinery have compared to anything else afloat? It would have had the speed to keep up with everything...

  2. WI: The US purchased Almirante Latorre from Chile.

    Done a bit of searching but it seems this hasn't been discussed. The US put in an offer to Chile to purchase this ship in early 1942 but Chile didn't want to sell it which is understandable. What interests me is what would have happened to the ship had the Chilean and US governments been able...

  3. What if Finland was part of the Warsaw Pact?

    Historically, they held an observer status in the Warsaw Pact and because of that Finnish delegates attended WP conferences and the like. Would there be any major changes if Finland had been strong armed by the USSR into joining the pact? A democratic capitalist country would certainly be an...

  4. What if the First London Naval Treaty (1930) wasn't signed?

    There has been endless discussion about the implications of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty failing. I can't recall any discussion about the 1930 treaty. The world is in the midst of the great depression. What could this change? I have particular interest in British battleships, certainly they...

  5. HMS Iron Duke and HMS Centurion in WW2

    Is there any realistic possibility that the last 2 surviving British super dreadnoughts get rebuilt and reconditioned for WW2 service? Or that they amount to something more than they did in our timeline. I understand that being 21 knots slow and only having 13.5 inch guns holds them back, but...

  6. What would it take to improve Italy's performance in WWII, and how would it affect the war?

    Inspired by the current thread about the most overperforming players in the war, what would it take without involving ASB's to improve Italy's performance considering how much they underperformed. Instead of weighing Germany down, they pull their fair share and actually contribute meaningfully...

  7. WI: Romanian Ceausescu dictatorship survived the events of 1989

    What if the 1989 Romanian Revolution had either failed, never happened or was nipped in the bud? Could we see a "North Korea" of Europe if Ceausescu's government survived the collapse of Communism and then closed itself off to the world like North Korea did? Reportedly, Ceausescu was inspired...

  8. AHC: Make the modern Russian aviation industry competitive with the West

    Ever since the fall of the USSR, the Russian aircraft industry has taken a severe turn for the worse. Aircraft like the Il-96 and Tu-204 have been in production for 25 years and have disappointing sales; only 29 for the Ilyushin and about 75 for the Tupolev. Other promising designs have been...

  9. Suppose the 1960 U-2 incident never happened?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_U-2_incident For those not in the know, in 1960 an American U-2 spy plane was downed over the U.S.S.R. and the pilot captured, this event marked a serious deterioration of US-USSR relations. There was a pre-planned summit 15 days after the incident between the...

  10. Another 9/11 WI

    Suppose the September 11th 2001 attacks occurred on a much larger scale? Say instead of four airplanes hijacked there were forty total hijackings. Let us assume that 25% of the hijackings fail for whatever reason, be it passenger rebellion, missed flights, terrorists caught etc. The targets...

  11. 2 North Korea WI's

    1. What if North Korea won the Korean War in '53? Never mind how, let's say the Chinese were involved from the start or something and surprised the Americans before they could rush in reinforcements so the entire Korean peninsula was united under the red flag. Would North Korea still be seen as...
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