warning of an imminent missile attack says he was convinced the threat was real and “100 percent sure” he was doing the right thing.
The other time a mistake like that happened, 7 December 1941, it was the other way around - the radar plot was real, but misinterpreted, and Pearl Harbour was blasted to hell. Fail-safe should be the watchword surely?
I assume those responsible for facilitating the Pearl Harbour attack were shot - or at least, received a jolly good telling-off. Of course, if Watson-Watt had kept his wacky ideas to himself we wouldn't be having this discussion.
