France’s planned atomic and fusion powered revolution
Atomic and Fusion?????
Is the Atomic legacy?
Dark Earth Timeline Discussion
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Simon Darkshade
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Re: Dark Earth Timeline Discussion
Yes, that is the exact meaning of that part. France has operated atomic power plants since the late 1950s and built them up to 1971.
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Simon Darkshade
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March 1976 Notes
- The Chinese H-8 is rather different from either version from @, being a bigger beast. The analysts who say that this is a deliberate flashing to send some sort of message do have some substance to their view
- The update of US bomber development does show that there has been less of a decline in numbers, albeit from a higher initial base, as well as a broad basis of several types of bomber (penetrator, missile carrier, pathfinder/strategic recce and a fair few mediums for secondary and tertiary theatres)
- Generally speaking, the Democratic nomination is RFK's to lose
- The French wine riots are historical, albeit with those ones motivated by Italian and Spanish wine imports; the inclusion of English wine is an indicator of different climes and cultural developments. The nuclear programme will reduce energy costs markedly, in time, with France going for fusion power in a big way
- We see a few new members on the Politburo, with Korolev the rocket scientist being recognisable, along with Gerasimov (KGB Chair in The Cardinal of the Kremlin), Kissoff (Soviet premier in Dr. Strangelove), Mikhail Sergetov (Minister of Energy and Petroleum in RSR) and a little mystery chap named Ilyanov. The return of the (Very) Old Bolsheviks is a sign of Sergeyev adopting an 'interesting' approach
- Australia is having a very good and stable 1970s, and Bob Hawke coming to power during the height of the Cold War makes for some interestingly different defence policies, on top of a different economy driving differing welfare policies
- Anton Innauer's jump is historical, albeit a bit longer, but that referenced by the slightly sozzled judge is a little Easter Egg about James Bond's ski jump (replete with Union Jack parachute) from The Spy Who Loved Me
- Beirut is getting saturated in troops, which, in the absence of distinct external players from the east and the lack of a full blown civil war, yet, is having more of a 1958 impact vs 1983
- The Chinese meteor shower takes a historical event, rinses it through a bit of The Andromeda Strain as a distractor, and suggests something a bit more benign
- The British budget, far from calling for £3000 million in cuts, is primed to stuff the electorate's mouth, pockets and shoes with gold ahead of a very tight General Election, along with seeding the defence and space budgets with more money. Heck, even the idea of increasing particular budget areas is a very strong difference. As the Imperial Sovereign Fund continues to grow, Pensions will be effectively funded 'off Budget', and Welfare is both directed in different areas and benefits from dramatically lower unemployment
- Many in the Philippines hope that the discovery of oil will both improve their fortunes and get others to pay attention to them
- The reconfigured Maunsell Forts are a very small tactical indicator of conventional defences being *improved* compared to steadily run down. Sticking a Floating Fortress in the middle of the North Sea would have some consequences beyond defence concerns
- The US cricket side wins in a thriller over New Zealand, but their real challenge will come in the northern summer, right in the midst of the big celebrations. Their major players are all fictional, with Jonny Sawyer being a descendant of Tom, and Jack Ryan being, well, familiar...
- Soviet ships mooping through the Indian Ocean is being used as an excuse to push CVV by its supporters, which turns out to be very well timed. The British are also interested in a similar medium carrier, if you can really call an 87,000t supercarrier 'medium'
- Whoever is sending the letters to the newspapers has the formula for Coke and the 12 secret herbs and spices and what they intend will play out
- Italy is heading in a different direction without any internal strife and the abrupt end to the 1960s good times. The offhand mention of Libyan oil as well as Southern Italian fields does hint at a bigger Italian role in their former colony in the absence of a particular coup
- The USAF attack bomber update is full of detail, with the little bits of humour from the RAF and RCAF liaison officers acting to split it up; 'Must Replace Canberra Again' is followed by some tantalising glimpses of what will become the Gripen and Rafale, an air superiority/fighter interceptor version of the Tornado and something that became the EFA in our time
- Kentucky's ratification of the 13th was historical, but their governor is the son of Colonel Sanders, who died as a young boy historically; Frankfort being written Frankford reflects its original name
- The Easter Egg mention of David Cloister in Fiji acts to distract the reader from the real bit of news, whereby there is a bit more British migration to Fiji and other parts of the South Pacific
- Tensions continue to mount steadily in the Congo
- March 21st is packed. Charlie's Angels include Officer Clara Pilsky from Hill Street Blues, with Charlie's 'idea' coming from John Steed of The Avengers and Colonel Chestbridge of Danger 5, Kung Fury coming from the film of the same name and the actual cops from Dragnet. Having tomahawk steaks turn out to be an evil scam is a bit of my own criticism of that modern culinary trend
- There has been a spike in the birth rate, and if this continues, at cost, then it will start to have a downstream effect. It is juxtaposed with the steady but small scale success of the voluntary repatriation programme, which at this point works out to an annualised rate of ~ 6000
- The final flight of the yakuza porn star kamikaze pilot ends slightly differently
- Replacement of the Leopard (which is rather different from the lightly armoured MBT of @) is starting a bit later, but the Leopard itself is a late 1960s tank here to boot. The postulated production level of 200/month vs 32-35/month for the Leopard 1 in the 1960s reflects the sheer scale of Western tank production, modelled on roughly twice the peak US level of 1957 of 900 M48s; the limits of American tank manufacturing capacity in the 'High Cold War' in particular, and to some extent German, were more financial than absolutely physical in some respects
- Indian naval plans are expansive and will lead to some interesting developments
- Bethesda Station is a reference to Fallout 3, with Mr. T. Howard being fairly much a giveaway
- Nadia Comaneci foreshadows her performance at the Olympics, whilst some sort of sword fight or suicide goes on in the parking basement; there can only be one real explanation
- The intrepid Polish solo yachtswoman gets passed by a rather large (by our standards) RN fleet of 2 carriers, 2 battleships, 5 cruisers and 26 destroyers heading to the Falklands for a wee little exercise; by DE RN standards, it is a squadron
- A completely different Oscars, with Shaw being a good winner for Best Supporting Actor, whilst Schwarzenegger is particularly exuberant when receiving Best Actor
- The West End Gang has a criminal past, but no criminal future
- A new WW2 television series debuts, based on Churchill's books. It does cover a lot of the ground that The World At War did, but so did many other subsequent WW2 documentaries. Note that Monty appears as a little mini Easter Egg to him not passing away earlier in the month
- The Chinese H-8 is rather different from either version from @, being a bigger beast. The analysts who say that this is a deliberate flashing to send some sort of message do have some substance to their view
- The update of US bomber development does show that there has been less of a decline in numbers, albeit from a higher initial base, as well as a broad basis of several types of bomber (penetrator, missile carrier, pathfinder/strategic recce and a fair few mediums for secondary and tertiary theatres)
- Generally speaking, the Democratic nomination is RFK's to lose
- The French wine riots are historical, albeit with those ones motivated by Italian and Spanish wine imports; the inclusion of English wine is an indicator of different climes and cultural developments. The nuclear programme will reduce energy costs markedly, in time, with France going for fusion power in a big way
- We see a few new members on the Politburo, with Korolev the rocket scientist being recognisable, along with Gerasimov (KGB Chair in The Cardinal of the Kremlin), Kissoff (Soviet premier in Dr. Strangelove), Mikhail Sergetov (Minister of Energy and Petroleum in RSR) and a little mystery chap named Ilyanov. The return of the (Very) Old Bolsheviks is a sign of Sergeyev adopting an 'interesting' approach
- Australia is having a very good and stable 1970s, and Bob Hawke coming to power during the height of the Cold War makes for some interestingly different defence policies, on top of a different economy driving differing welfare policies
- Anton Innauer's jump is historical, albeit a bit longer, but that referenced by the slightly sozzled judge is a little Easter Egg about James Bond's ski jump (replete with Union Jack parachute) from The Spy Who Loved Me
- Beirut is getting saturated in troops, which, in the absence of distinct external players from the east and the lack of a full blown civil war, yet, is having more of a 1958 impact vs 1983
- The Chinese meteor shower takes a historical event, rinses it through a bit of The Andromeda Strain as a distractor, and suggests something a bit more benign
- The British budget, far from calling for £3000 million in cuts, is primed to stuff the electorate's mouth, pockets and shoes with gold ahead of a very tight General Election, along with seeding the defence and space budgets with more money. Heck, even the idea of increasing particular budget areas is a very strong difference. As the Imperial Sovereign Fund continues to grow, Pensions will be effectively funded 'off Budget', and Welfare is both directed in different areas and benefits from dramatically lower unemployment
- Many in the Philippines hope that the discovery of oil will both improve their fortunes and get others to pay attention to them
- The reconfigured Maunsell Forts are a very small tactical indicator of conventional defences being *improved* compared to steadily run down. Sticking a Floating Fortress in the middle of the North Sea would have some consequences beyond defence concerns
- The US cricket side wins in a thriller over New Zealand, but their real challenge will come in the northern summer, right in the midst of the big celebrations. Their major players are all fictional, with Jonny Sawyer being a descendant of Tom, and Jack Ryan being, well, familiar...
- Soviet ships mooping through the Indian Ocean is being used as an excuse to push CVV by its supporters, which turns out to be very well timed. The British are also interested in a similar medium carrier, if you can really call an 87,000t supercarrier 'medium'
- Whoever is sending the letters to the newspapers has the formula for Coke and the 12 secret herbs and spices and what they intend will play out
- Italy is heading in a different direction without any internal strife and the abrupt end to the 1960s good times. The offhand mention of Libyan oil as well as Southern Italian fields does hint at a bigger Italian role in their former colony in the absence of a particular coup
- The USAF attack bomber update is full of detail, with the little bits of humour from the RAF and RCAF liaison officers acting to split it up; 'Must Replace Canberra Again' is followed by some tantalising glimpses of what will become the Gripen and Rafale, an air superiority/fighter interceptor version of the Tornado and something that became the EFA in our time
- Kentucky's ratification of the 13th was historical, but their governor is the son of Colonel Sanders, who died as a young boy historically; Frankfort being written Frankford reflects its original name
- The Easter Egg mention of David Cloister in Fiji acts to distract the reader from the real bit of news, whereby there is a bit more British migration to Fiji and other parts of the South Pacific
- Tensions continue to mount steadily in the Congo
- March 21st is packed. Charlie's Angels include Officer Clara Pilsky from Hill Street Blues, with Charlie's 'idea' coming from John Steed of The Avengers and Colonel Chestbridge of Danger 5, Kung Fury coming from the film of the same name and the actual cops from Dragnet. Having tomahawk steaks turn out to be an evil scam is a bit of my own criticism of that modern culinary trend
- There has been a spike in the birth rate, and if this continues, at cost, then it will start to have a downstream effect. It is juxtaposed with the steady but small scale success of the voluntary repatriation programme, which at this point works out to an annualised rate of ~ 6000
- The final flight of the yakuza porn star kamikaze pilot ends slightly differently
- Replacement of the Leopard (which is rather different from the lightly armoured MBT of @) is starting a bit later, but the Leopard itself is a late 1960s tank here to boot. The postulated production level of 200/month vs 32-35/month for the Leopard 1 in the 1960s reflects the sheer scale of Western tank production, modelled on roughly twice the peak US level of 1957 of 900 M48s; the limits of American tank manufacturing capacity in the 'High Cold War' in particular, and to some extent German, were more financial than absolutely physical in some respects
- Indian naval plans are expansive and will lead to some interesting developments
- Bethesda Station is a reference to Fallout 3, with Mr. T. Howard being fairly much a giveaway
- Nadia Comaneci foreshadows her performance at the Olympics, whilst some sort of sword fight or suicide goes on in the parking basement; there can only be one real explanation
- The intrepid Polish solo yachtswoman gets passed by a rather large (by our standards) RN fleet of 2 carriers, 2 battleships, 5 cruisers and 26 destroyers heading to the Falklands for a wee little exercise; by DE RN standards, it is a squadron
- A completely different Oscars, with Shaw being a good winner for Best Supporting Actor, whilst Schwarzenegger is particularly exuberant when receiving Best Actor
- The West End Gang has a criminal past, but no criminal future
- A new WW2 television series debuts, based on Churchill's books. It does cover a lot of the ground that The World At War did, but so did many other subsequent WW2 documentaries. Note that Monty appears as a little mini Easter Egg to him not passing away earlier in the month