Originally Posted by 360view
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Repeated throughout history, technology has enabled battlefield surprises that must be heeded.
The Pearl Harbor attack was enabled by the then-unconventional use of aircraft carriers and their long-range aircraft to strike without detection.

The modern version of such a strike would come not from aircraft carriers,
but from cyber, ballistic and cruise missiles launched from submarines off our coast or missiles launched from mainland.
Unlike 1941, the homeland is no longer beyond the reach of our principal foe.
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In short, to avert war the nation must begin winning in the great game for strategic position,
while investing and delivering on a viable military and industry able to wage a long war.
Without this, a modern Pearl Harbor and a subsequent long war occurring is only a matter of time.

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https://www.heritage.org/asia/commentary/would-china-dare-launch-second-pearl-harbor-america-0



That is all fine and dandy, but when any two bit pyscho glory obsessed dictator has the capacity to in a matter of minutes take out 100? million US citizens, it might be best to be less reactive and more proactive. or suffer the consequences and add another "never forget" day tn the calendar. if we even survive

Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.