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  1. Tales Weaver

    YF-23 chosen by Navy

    I was wondering, when I read about NATF project, where YF-22 also competed with yF-23…. But what if instead of being cancelled navy chooses Yf-23, resulting in F-22 and F-23 both seeing service, albeit in different branch. In this case, how would further aviation development in USA go? Would...
  2. Tales Weaver

    WI: Successful Pascal Calculator

    Pascaline, invented by Blaise Pascal in 1642, is seen as first ever calculator. However, it was commercially unsuccessful as it only sold 20 units over first 10 years. Here is a question, what would be impact of its commercial success? Would computing technology develop much earlier?
  3. Tales Weaver

    AHC: Successful Intel Itanium

    With PoD of 1994, the first announcement of Intel Itanium(IA-64), get the Intel Itanium be commercially successful.
  4. Tales Weaver

    What would surviving Brazilian populist republic look like?

    I wonder if Brazil, if it didn’t suffer 1964 coup, would have looked like. With surviving Populist Republic, would Old Party structure of PSD-PTB coalition or UDN survive to modern day or would they decay over time? would it have improved its economy? How would it’s relations with USA look like?
  5. Tales Weaver

    WI: AHC: Lawyers are depicted positively in Western media

    One thing that Western media and Eastern media have in difference is that most of time, Eastern media, like Ace Attorney and the attorney, depict lawyers as positive light, as voice of the weak. While in Hollywood law procedural, lawyers are depicted as amoral. I wonder how did it got to be? I...
  6. Tales Weaver

    AHC: Communist Venezuela

    Looking at Policies of Hugo Chavez, I wonder why economy there are defined by private owned firms. despite the fact being under far left govt. so here comes a AHC coming in: With poD of 1998(election of Hugo Chavez), make Venezuela have a communist revolution. With one condition: Hugo Chavez...
  7. Tales Weaver

    WI/PC: Allende sends troops to Vietnam

    Looking at Salvador Allende, let’s say that he defeated Frei in 1964 instead of defeating Alessandri in 1970. As Vietnam war breaks out, he has to make a decision: send troops to Vietnam or not. Would it be plausible for Allende to send tr Either Vietnam? What would be a realistic fallout if...
  8. Tales Weaver

    AHC: Dictatorship in Venezuela by 1970s.

    When Puntofijo pact was founded in 1958, it was seen as Venezuela’s first step into democracy with AD, COPEI, and URD which later degenerated into oligarchy between AD and COPEI. However, looking at 60s venezuela, it was having problems with communist insurgency like MIR and FALN, in which the...
  9. Tales Weaver

    PC: Belgium was founded as a republic in 1830

    Reading about Belgian revolution of 1830... I wondered what if Belgium instead of inviting Leopold I, chose to go republican in the mold of Switzerland or USA. Would it be feasible back then? What would the repercussions back then?
  10. Tales Weaver

    WI: Brazil-Uruguayan war in the 70s.

    Well.. Operation thirty Hours was an planned invasion of Uruguay by Brazil in 1971, drawn up by Emilio Medici in case Frente Amplio, a left wing party won the election. This got me wondering, assuming Frente Amplio actually won the election, what would be a realistic fallout from this...
  11. Tales Weaver

    DBPC: Successful 1964 Brazil coup attempt

    The coup by General Humberto de Alencar de Castello Branco in Brazil against Joao Goulart in 1964’s failure would seem obvious. Due to many of the workers supporting Goulart. Was this support on Joao Goulart that inevitable?
  12. Tales Weaver

    DBAHC: WW2 doesn’t spill over to Latin America

    South America, alongside Europe and Pacific islands and China, has been well-Known battlefield of WW2. So here is a challenge: With PoD of 1933, prevent South American theater from opening in WW2.
  13. Tales Weaver

    DBAHC: No South American Theater of WW2.

    if anyone can name three fronts of WW2 were a Western front, fought between Nazi Germany and Britain, Eastern front, fought between the Italo-German coalition and USSR, and Pacific front, fought between the empire of japan and USA, and South American Front which was somewhat chaotic. the allies...
  14. Tales Weaver

    DBPC: would Bush have Invaded Iraq?

    one of the most controversial decisions by the Gore administration was the Iraq war in 2003. we could understand why the Gore administration would have launched the war, as they were out of options when Airstrikes did nothing to achieve its goals. and democratic establishment's support for the...
  15. Tales Weaver

    DBPC: F-22 Export Ban

    F-22's Exports into US allies have been known worldwide with recent Purchase of F-22 by South Korea as KF-22. I think this is ASB but was there a possiblity of export of F-22 being banned even to US allies?
  16. Tales Weaver

    DBAHC: Screw TWA

    With PoD of 1975, make Trans World Airlines to declare bankruptcy and liquidate instead of becoming one of biggest airlines in USA. Well.. Being founded by Howard Hughes, it would be a pretty hard challenge but still..
  17. Tales Weaver

    DBAHC: Independent Korea

    With PoD of 1910 September, your goal is to make Korea independent. Instead of being integrated into Japanese prefectures.
  18. Tales Weaver

    DBAHC: interrupt Japanese Democracy

    Japanese Democracy goes back to taisho era, which managed to stablize despite great depression. Your goal, is with PoD of 1920, is to have Japan fall to totalitarianism by late 1930s.
  19. Tales Weaver

    DBWI: Monday night Wars ends.

    Monday Night Wars, is a naming for WWF-WCW rivalry that went on since 1995. with both frienchise being popular to this day, we don't see either becoming the Professional Wrestling promotion, instead of being the big three, which comprises of WWF, WCW, and ECW. was there any possiblity of Monday...
  20. Tales Weaver

    DBAHC: friendlier relation between JSP and JCP

    the coalition between LDP and JSP didn't come off as suprise here, due to Japanese communist party's success. However, JSP and JCP's mutual hatred against each other reminds me of German SPD-KPD feud(or more currently, SPD-linke) feud. We see Social democrats and communists entering coalition...
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