09/05/11 22:35:31
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＞The first SR-270's became functional in July, 1941 and by November Bergquist only had
＞a small team established and a set of four SCR-270-B's stationed around Oahu with one unit in reserve.
＞They were placed on the central north shore (Haleiwa), Opana Point (northern tip), in the northwest
＞at the highest point- Mount Kaala, and one in the southeast corner at Koko Head.
＞However there was no real communications system or reporting chain set up.
＞At one point the operators of one of the sets were instructed to phone in reports from a gas station
＞some distance away.
＞By explicit order by General Short, the radar stations were to only be operated for four hours per day
＞and to shut down by 7AM each day.
↑このように真珠湾攻撃時、ハワイにあった対空レーダー群は未だ試験運用の段階であり、
一日4時間というごく限られた時間に稼働していたに過ぎない。
オペレーターは明らかに未熟であり、直通電話回線すらまだ用意されていなかったところからして
正式にハワイの防空体制へ組み込まれる以前の段階であったと言っても過言ではなかろう。
不明機の探知報告をしても軽んじられ、誤認であろうと一蹴されたのもそういう事情からであろう。