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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Avimimus" data-source="post: 297599" data-attributes="member: 981">True, but there are some other factors to consider:1) For this scenario to be plausible the Soviet Union would have had to have built a branch of the transiberian that went much further north, as well as airbases in the Kamchatka.2) The U.S. Carrier forces would have had much weaker anti-aircraft armaments and weaker aircraft than they had in 1941.So, the SB-2 bomber would be uninterceptable near the coasts and the possibility of destroying carriers or warships might exist. The TB-3 force could also attack ships repeatedly with medium-altitude bombing - well above the height of the defensive fire.</blockquote>