Post by simon darkshade on Dec 25, 2019 12:11:04 GMT
1965 Notes:
- Rather than Portugal, the first postwar Luftwaffe foreign base is in South Vietnam to support their brigade in the field.
- Indonesia makes good on its threats to leave international organisations here, with there not being an anti-communist reaction from the military as in @.
- Lucas getting his sight back opens up the possibility of a film career, albeit a different one after his period of darkness.
- Indonesia almost trips into a full-on war with Britain, which is a bit more trigger-happy and has much more formidable armaments.
- Eli Cohen doesn't quite have the same vital role, but it is still in Israeli interests to keep an eye on their neighbours, who have quite a bit more capacity.
- Ramesses emerges and will have some interesting impacts on Egypt.
- The Saab Viking is not an early Viggen, but a Mach 2.5 capable very high performance air superiority fighter with secondary fighter-bomber capacity.
- The nuclear land-mine belt isn't there.
- The Antonov An-24 'Antei' adds quite a bit to Soviet long range air transport capacity.
- Megalodon attacks will pick up a bit more after the apparent extinction of the Great White Shark.
- The de Havilland Tornado is a very powerful AFVG-type strike fighter.
- Broken statues in Colorado is an indicator of something going on in North America pre-Atlantis.
- US acquisition of the TSR-2 is the result of a backroom deal.
- Rolling Thunder is a lot more intense and is hitting the areas around the Red River Delta, Haiphong and Hanoi with a level of force not seen in @ until Linebacker I and II.
- The Greatest Story Ever Told is slightly different and has a much more substantive critical reputation.
- Orion and Kosmos seemingly go neck and neck through the year, before Orion begins to pull in front.
- The Soviet Union is jumping into economic reform in a variety of ways and this won't fade out in a Brezhnevite reaction.
- Hainan went from being a Spanish possession prior to the Second World War to being occupied by the Japanese in 1941 as the Peninsular War got messy. Postwar, the French occupy it as they move back into Indochina, but it has always been regarded as not quite worth the expenditure.
- The Free Polish Army is a wasting asset given the relatively small size of young Poles annually coming of military age in the West.
- The Gloster Lions are quite effective ground attack fighters built around a very powerful 37mm M250 rotary cannon.
- Egyptian rockets are exposed and result in some very awkward meetings with British Middle East Command general staff.
- de Gaulle retires somewhat earlier as he has been in office since the Liberation and has seemingly achieved all he has set out to do.
- Thanh Hóa Bridge is dropped much earlier.
- Some rumblings start to occur about civilisations beyond the solar system; there might be something to do with the Majestic 12.
- Superheroes are starting to crop up around the world.
- The incident in Berlin is a reference to the Quiller Memorandum.
- The celebrations of St. George's Day indicate some rather more traditional aspects to the culture of England.
- Canadian PM Richardson is starting to get old, although he is still in full possession of his faculties, and this will have a bearing on his future plans.
- Zhukov's appearance at the Victory Day Parade is more of a testament to his role in WW2 rather than any power change in the Kremlin, but the Soviet leadership puts him forward to confuse Western analysts. This last point is a rather interesting change.
- The USA acts in Haiti in response to the deteriorating situation and the threat of zombies spreading into the broader Western hemisphere...
- Godzilla's double-blow to China is yet another incident that raises the stakes in the Pacific. It's next attack, if it occurs, will be met differently.
- Crocodilian slayings in Northern Australia.
- New Tolkien works indicate a fair bit more to come.
- SRBM use in Vietnam indicates an escalation.
- British authorities are keeping a careful eye on Spetsnaz activities at home; they have some of their own plans for surprises of their own inside the Soviet Union.
- The superliner is the QE2 and is a rather different ship to that of @.
- The US silver shortage comes from a rather different source.
- Profumo as Conservative leader allows exploration of some different outcomes and policies.
- The winner of the World Archery Championship is an Easter Egg based on one of the early episodes of the 1980s 'Robin of Sherwood'.
- A workable cure for cancer will lead to a lot of butterflies, as well as general improvements in life.
- Queen Elizabeth II will have more than four children.
- Australia continues to gird its loins in response to the Indonesian challenge.
- UTN as a fifth major US television network will lead to some changes.
- US starship production is very long term.
- The A-7 Corsair II is closer to the YA-7F in performance.
- The anomalous Egyptian ring is not a Stargate.
- The use of the Fairey Rotodyne as a gunship is quite an interesting prospect.
- Full roll out of the Sentinel program will take ~8 years under current projections.
- The Concord will see service on quite a few routes.
- British speed limits are quite a bit higher.
- The year ends on an interesting note...
- Rather than Portugal, the first postwar Luftwaffe foreign base is in South Vietnam to support their brigade in the field.
- Indonesia makes good on its threats to leave international organisations here, with there not being an anti-communist reaction from the military as in @.
- Lucas getting his sight back opens up the possibility of a film career, albeit a different one after his period of darkness.
- Indonesia almost trips into a full-on war with Britain, which is a bit more trigger-happy and has much more formidable armaments.
- Eli Cohen doesn't quite have the same vital role, but it is still in Israeli interests to keep an eye on their neighbours, who have quite a bit more capacity.
- Ramesses emerges and will have some interesting impacts on Egypt.
- The Saab Viking is not an early Viggen, but a Mach 2.5 capable very high performance air superiority fighter with secondary fighter-bomber capacity.
- The nuclear land-mine belt isn't there.
- The Antonov An-24 'Antei' adds quite a bit to Soviet long range air transport capacity.
- Megalodon attacks will pick up a bit more after the apparent extinction of the Great White Shark.
- The de Havilland Tornado is a very powerful AFVG-type strike fighter.
- Broken statues in Colorado is an indicator of something going on in North America pre-Atlantis.
- US acquisition of the TSR-2 is the result of a backroom deal.
- Rolling Thunder is a lot more intense and is hitting the areas around the Red River Delta, Haiphong and Hanoi with a level of force not seen in @ until Linebacker I and II.
- The Greatest Story Ever Told is slightly different and has a much more substantive critical reputation.
- Orion and Kosmos seemingly go neck and neck through the year, before Orion begins to pull in front.
- The Soviet Union is jumping into economic reform in a variety of ways and this won't fade out in a Brezhnevite reaction.
- Hainan went from being a Spanish possession prior to the Second World War to being occupied by the Japanese in 1941 as the Peninsular War got messy. Postwar, the French occupy it as they move back into Indochina, but it has always been regarded as not quite worth the expenditure.
- The Free Polish Army is a wasting asset given the relatively small size of young Poles annually coming of military age in the West.
- The Gloster Lions are quite effective ground attack fighters built around a very powerful 37mm M250 rotary cannon.
- Egyptian rockets are exposed and result in some very awkward meetings with British Middle East Command general staff.
- de Gaulle retires somewhat earlier as he has been in office since the Liberation and has seemingly achieved all he has set out to do.
- Thanh Hóa Bridge is dropped much earlier.
- Some rumblings start to occur about civilisations beyond the solar system; there might be something to do with the Majestic 12.
- Superheroes are starting to crop up around the world.
- The incident in Berlin is a reference to the Quiller Memorandum.
- The celebrations of St. George's Day indicate some rather more traditional aspects to the culture of England.
- Canadian PM Richardson is starting to get old, although he is still in full possession of his faculties, and this will have a bearing on his future plans.
- Zhukov's appearance at the Victory Day Parade is more of a testament to his role in WW2 rather than any power change in the Kremlin, but the Soviet leadership puts him forward to confuse Western analysts. This last point is a rather interesting change.
- The USA acts in Haiti in response to the deteriorating situation and the threat of zombies spreading into the broader Western hemisphere...
- Godzilla's double-blow to China is yet another incident that raises the stakes in the Pacific. It's next attack, if it occurs, will be met differently.
- Crocodilian slayings in Northern Australia.
- New Tolkien works indicate a fair bit more to come.
- SRBM use in Vietnam indicates an escalation.
- British authorities are keeping a careful eye on Spetsnaz activities at home; they have some of their own plans for surprises of their own inside the Soviet Union.
- The superliner is the QE2 and is a rather different ship to that of @.
- The US silver shortage comes from a rather different source.
- Profumo as Conservative leader allows exploration of some different outcomes and policies.
- The winner of the World Archery Championship is an Easter Egg based on one of the early episodes of the 1980s 'Robin of Sherwood'.
- A workable cure for cancer will lead to a lot of butterflies, as well as general improvements in life.
- Queen Elizabeth II will have more than four children.
- Australia continues to gird its loins in response to the Indonesian challenge.
- UTN as a fifth major US television network will lead to some changes.
- US starship production is very long term.
- The A-7 Corsair II is closer to the YA-7F in performance.
- The anomalous Egyptian ring is not a Stargate.
- The use of the Fairey Rotodyne as a gunship is quite an interesting prospect.
- Full roll out of the Sentinel program will take ~8 years under current projections.
- The Concord will see service on quite a few routes.
- British speed limits are quite a bit higher.
- The year ends on an interesting note...
I definitely don't want to meet some of the inhabitants of that universe.
