Christmas Vacation Open Thread

Gifting myself some modeling time

Matt Osborne

Dec 23, 2021

I haven’t had a chance to work on anything in my model room for months, so I am taking Christmas off from writing and research to finish some projects. This is your open thread for yuletide polemological punditry until January 2.

Polemology Positions

Two Hyugas: A Fantasy Kantai Kessen Task Force

The Imperial Navy maintained faith in “Kantai Kessen,” a doctrine of decisive battle, until almost the end of World War II even though it ran against all the tactical trends of the time. One curious effect of this myopia was that their treasured reserve of battleships had no air reconnaissance support. This is why the…

2 years ago · Matt Osborne