Comments by "David Himmelsbach" (@davidhimmelsbach557) on "Why Doesn't the US Build Their Own Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile" video.

  1. Your Pearl Harbor story is COMPLETE BUNK. The IJN launched their strike from EXACTLY where the USN expected. You see there is an undersea mount rises ALMOST to the surface -- North of Oahu. It's so close that if you look over the side of a ship you can see the color shift to light blue. The very prior week, Kimmel had sortied the US Pacific Fleet TO THIS MOUNT! His goose was cooked -- back in Washington. He was giving the game away. For if Kimmel actually had met the IJN -- as he intended -- he would've lost the entire battle-line. One or two USN carriers were not going to prevail against SIX IJN carriers -- all looking for blood -- and all having planes that out-ranged those of the USN. The mount was the obvious launch spot for everyone because its distance to Pearl was just ideal for the strike. And the mount was universally known in naval circles. Back in the Ice Age, the mount was above sea level. Yeah, it's that close -- but yet deep enough that there is no chance of any ship ever scraping bottom while over it. BTW, during their transit, the Pearl Harbor strike force had to sail through extreme weather -- which totally disbursed it. So it admiral had no choice but to back up on the air and bring his boys back into good order. This actually took A LOT of broadcasts. And these were picked up by both the Canadians and the Americans. So, the USN knew exactly where the IJN strike force was -- and correctly guessed where it was going. The USN war games also assumed that the IJN would strike at dawn. Such war gaming had been on-going for the LAST DECADE. (1931-1941) Yup. The USN had massive 12" guns at Fort DeRussy that would put paid to any battleship attempting to bombard Oahu. It would take the Yamato to out range them. Yet it was not yet in commission. ( Those gun mounts are still there -- concreted underneath the tourist high-rise towers at the gate-way to Waikiki. FDR WANTED the IJN to attack. He simply never imagined that the IJN would execute a blow-out tactical success. The loss of the Arizona was due to a freak hit. It actually took two-weeks for Washington to fully realize just how much damage the IJN had inflicted. When this happened, Stark was demoted -- sent to London to run the Atlantic 'connection.' [ Now more diplomat than admiral... he had no fleet to command. Eventually he did have such a fleet.] When you can't get the history right -- well, then.
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