Question involving time travel

[andrew_huxtable]

Just for giggles, say we could send back one harrier jump jet, and all the provisions needed to fly 3 missions a day to the first world war. How much of advantage would it be, and how long do you think it would have taken off the duration of the war?

[Uhura_Fighter]

Wasn't this posted tomorrow?

[s2art]

andrew_huxtable said:

Just for giggles, say we could send back one harrier jump jet, and all the provisions needed to fly 3 missions a day to the first world war. How much of advantage would it be, and how long do you think it would have taken off the duration of the war?

All the provisions? Fuel, spares, engineers, engineering equipment, weapons, everything? That one whole lot of provisions. If you can take that lot back in time then why a Harrier?

[Martial Arts Man]

andrew_huxtable said:

Just for giggles, say we could send back one harrier jump jet, and all the provisions needed to fly 3 missions a day to the first world war. How much of advantage would it be, and how long do you think it would have taken off the duration of the war?

Over in as long as it took said jets to destroy all factories, command centres and communications relays.

Prob the first day!

[Martial Arts Man]

This isn't really a question about time travel, is it?

[s2art]

Its a bit silly because the Harrier can wield nuclear weapons. So one mission.

[andrew_huxtable]

s2art said:

Its a bit silly because the Harrier can wield nuclear weapons. So one mission.

Can they? i never knew that, but i was thinking to do it without killing any of our own troops.

[RedLeicester]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Weapons-Choice-World-Axis-...

[s2art]

andrew_huxtable said:

s2art said:

Its a bit silly because the Harrier can wield nuclear weapons. So one mission.

Can they? i never knew that, but i was thinking to do it without killing any of our own troops.

Just nuke Berlin then.

[Blib]

This is deja vu all over again. I'm sure that a similar thread has been posted before.

Spooky.

[andrew_huxtable]

RedLeicester said:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Weapons-Choice-World-Axis-...

Might get that, have you read it?

[s2art]

More interesting might be (say) the RN from 1943 back to 1915. Anything from the modern era and its nukes, which is pretty boring.

[andrew_huxtable]

I see your point s2, but i was thinking hypothetically, that if it was possible to do so? would we have a moral obligation to save lives of our servicemen. Obviously it would not affect ourselves(hopefully) but we could stop a hell of a lot of people suffering.

[s2art]

andrew_huxtable said:

I see your point s2, but i was thinking hypothetically, that if it was possible to do so? would we have a moral obligation to save lives of our servicemen. Obviously it would not affect ourselves(hopefully) but we could stop a hell of a lot of people suffering.

Then why not go back a little further and assassinate Kaiser Bill?

[The GMan]

RedLeicester said:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Weapons-Choice-World-Axis-...

There's a crap film with Kirk Douglas in and the Nimitz(sp)get sent back to the 2nd world war. It was a terrible film.

Edited by The GMan on Sunday 8th March 16:52

[Asterix]

There was a filum where a 80's Carrier stocked with US Marine Tomcats went through a nasty/fked up worm hole storm and ended up back in the Pacific Theatre when the Japs had the ascendency and they mullered them.

Have a feeling that Christopher Reeve was invloved - will do some more research as my memory often fails me.

[Geoff82]

The GMan said:

RedLeicester said:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Weapons-Choice-World-Axis-...

There's a crap film with Michael Douglas in and the Nimitz(sp)get sent back to the 2nd world war. It was a terrible film.

You mean 'The Final Countdown'? Terrible doesn't even come close.

[Asterix]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Countdown_(...

Ok - so not CR and as spotted above, a pooh film.

[The GMan]

Geoff82 said:

The GMan said:

RedLeicester said:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Weapons-Choice-World-Axis-...

There's a crap film with Michael Douglas in and the Nimitz(sp)get sent back to the 2nd world war. It was a terrible film.

You mean 'The Final Countdown'? Terrible doesn't even come close.

That's is and its Kirk not Michael. Horrible film.

[Allanv]

Well what ever the out come the yanks will re-write history and say it was a F16 or some other plane and that we did not exist at the time.

Or that we just simply went and had tea and scones and they saved the world again.

Edited by Allanv on Sunday 8th March 18:51