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From: me142-af@newton.Berkeley.EDU (Richard A. Levin)
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Subject: Re: AWACS and Pearl Harbour.
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Date: Thu, 25-Sep-86 20:01:08 EDT
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I can't quote a source for this but I recall reading
somewhere that the japanese pilots later commented on
the AA at pearl coming up very  quickly after the attack
started. Considering that the aaf planes were set up to
 be less vulnerable to a sabotage attack (unfuelled, no
ammmo, etc.) another  hour may not have made any difference.
If the warning were several days (intellegence, say) the 
navy would undoubtedly have moved the fleet to the open ocean.
then they could manouver (sp?)  to avoid attacking planes, but:
one interesting fact about pearl harbor is that all the major
ships (arizona excepted) were (as I  recall) salvaged. I don't
know about the little ships (dds and such). In the open ocean
as ship that sinks is sunk. One could argue that the bbs didn't
matter that much anyway....
  
sorry about the grammer, spelling and such. I hate vi.

RAL

"The only knowledge man can obtain absolutely 
is that life is meaningless. -tolstoy (???)

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