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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Neutrino 123: [QB] MinutiaeMan, in your scenario the Japanese would already have violated U.S. territory after being spotted, so AA fire would certainly be enacted. However, a similar plausible scenario is: what if the U.S. detected the approching Japanese Carrier fleet and considered attacking it with airplanes and subs before it struck? Well, the Japanese were definitely planning to start of war, so in hindsight, attacking them would be the best move from a purely military and ethical perspective. Indeed, with intelligance intercepts and the fact the the Japanese were moving in secret probably would have been enough information to justify this without hindsight. The differance here from the Gorn situation is that it would have been known that war war in the offing. With the Gorn, unless you had special intelligance sources :) , it could simply have been interpreted as a show of force, not a guranteed attack. Finally, public opinion is important. It both scenarios, it might be better to increase preparedness, but not to launch a first strike, so the public solidly supports the war. [b]Tim[/b] , if Mexico tried to conduct a simiilar action, they simply would have been laughed at, not attacked. In fact, there probably wouldn't even be significantly stepped up defensive preparations. I always assumed that the sector was Federation territory. It would sort have been silly not to claim it, since then anyone could just march in and do what they like. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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