Hello George Pope!

** On Sunday 17.10.21 - 15:06, George Pope wrote to JOE MACKEY:

 GP> Of course, Japan would use a carrier -- how else do you
 GP> support a trans-ocean military engagement?  USA does the
 GP> same: step one is to move at least one carrier into
 GP> position (c.f. Baghdad, 2003)

How close was the Japanese carrier to Hawaii?

 GP> I know rthis, so why didn't your high level generals & the
 GP> CinC?

They didn't have the advantages of satellite surveillance back  
then.  The ocean is so large.  Hard to spot a lone carrier in  
the great Pacific ocean - even if they were expecting one  
somewhere back in the 40s.


 GP> I get it; once the decioson was made to employ nukes, the
 GP> second was a done deal (tested the A-bomb, but one needs
 GP> to see what an H-bomb does to a civilian target, too, to
 GP> complete the reports.)

But the US conducted many such tests in the Pacific years  
prior.  I think the news was hard to miss and ignore.

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