About The Kidd Incident

What is the Kidd Incident?  The Kidd Incident is a speculative work of fiction.  In some ways, this project is an homage to Tom Clancy and the book Red Storm Rising.   Like that work, this project tries to project a realistic scenario based on known capabilities of two superpowers.  Like that book, the conclusions reached are strictly my own, but they are informed by real-world capabilities.  Every piece of technology in this project is real and I have restricted myself to systems actually deployed today. Well, that’s mostly true, you will see that I have taken a few dramatic liberties along the way.

This project began in September of 2018 as a way to explore a topic that has floated around Quora for many years: what would happen in a modern conflict between China and the USA. To make the story work, some scenarios like full-on nuclear war have been sidelined. The goal is to tell a story from the US Military perspective which means that other perspectives are muted intentionally. This doesn’t mean those perspectives are unimportant, they are just not the focus of this work.

I recommend that you read the entire story in order, starting with episode 1 by clicking the link at the bottom of this page. Every episode has a link to the next one at the bottom. (If you don’t see it, just keep scrolling.) The story was intended to be read in order like a serial or other sequential story so I recommend reading it in numerical order.

Start with Episode 1 now!

You can see our GLOSSARY HERE with definitions for many of the military terms in the story.

Please note that the story is now complete. We welcome your comments and suggestions, but we will not be issuing any further episodes in this storyline. Over the past year and a half, we have received thousands of comments, suggestions, and messages of support. Please know that we read EVERY ONE and we appreciate your input and support.