You're free and clear to do it. With a quick search http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/200 ... dor-ideas/ is a damn good explanation.
PS: HOW did I manage to put that link in LIST tags originally? HOW?
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- Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:59 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Hypothetical story rules?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1887
- Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:03 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: If the aircraft had never been invented...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8851
Re: If the aircraft had never been invented...
Battleships certainly would have dominated for a few more years, but anti ship missiles would have posed a definite problem. I have real problems imagining that ships would grow all that much more than they did though. There are certainly improvements to be made in rate of fire and automation of lar...
- Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:13 am
- Forum: World Navies Today
- Topic: British pilots American carriers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11544
Re: British pilots American carriers
I have to agree that it is quite strange not to keep something on the order of a full squadron operational. Honestly it seems like the only reasonable way to have dealt with this situation (which is itself absolute crap) would have been to keep a training squadron (or maybe half squad) running in th...
- Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:10 pm
- Forum: World Navies Today
- Topic: What about a modern ship-of-the-line?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10598
Re: What about a modern ship-of-the-line?
1st, you're not going to need the armour to be anything like classic battleship. It's simply not going to take gunfire from large calibre weapons, in which case be might as well call it a battlecruiser. Next, take a look at the benefits of large calibre guns. 16'' is just not needed for this kind of...
- Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:11 am
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Jackie Fisher
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10329
Re: Jackie Fisher
Thanks, will take a look.
- Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:51 am
- Forum: World Navies Today
- Topic: Women On Submarines Considered
- Replies: 22
- Views: 29251
Re: Women On Submarines Considered
The inability of most women to move around heavy weights is another issue. you'd be surprised how many things like that there are on a submarine. Has the rest of the navy had problems with this? What about Canada, or any of the other countries that have already integrated the submarine fleet. Hell,...
- Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:43 am
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Jackie Fisher
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10329
Jackie Fisher
I'm wondering if anyone is aware of a good biography of Jackie Fisher out there? I haven't done a greatly detailed search, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot for how important he was...