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Old February 17th 08, 12:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
Jack Linthicum
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Default Fading Signal: The Neglect of Electronic Warfare.

On Feb 17, 12:26 am, "dott.Piergiorgio"
wrote:
Derek Lyons ha scritto:

"W. D. Allen" wrote:
EW test question: How did Halsey know to send Air Force P-38s to knock
Admiral Yamamoto out of the sky in the South Pacific during WWII?


Cryptography and signals intelligence - which aren't usually
considered forms of EW at all AFAIK.


I was to write the same.... I have only to add that in the EW & Crypto
environment is easy to steal merits... Even very high brasses don't have
necessarly all the various "need to know" clearances to effectively
adjudge merits and esp. the following promotions & increase in resources....

Best regards from Italy,
Dott. Piergiorgio.


It is the "decision-making" that is the key to the primacy of the
brass, IIRC the decision was made to hit Yamamoto despite the belief
that the act would reveal the Allies ability to read Naval codes.
JN-25D the latest.

"President Franklin D. Roosevelt requested Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox, "Get Yamamoto." Knox instructed Admiral Chester W. Nimitz of
Roosevelt's wishes. Nimitz first consulted Adm. William F. Halsey,
Jr., Commander, South Pacific, and then authorized the mission on
April 17." wiki

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/hti.../20060423.aspx