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''For the 1941 battle, see [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]''
''For the 1941 battle, see [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]''
'''Pearl Harbor''' is a [[United States]] Naval Base on the island of O'ahu, Hawaii. Until the late 1800's, Pearl Harbor was teeming with pearl-bearing [[oyster]]s, hence the name "Pearl" Harbor.<ref>History.Navy.Mil, [http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/pearl/hawaii.htm The U.S. Navy in Hawaii, 1826-1945], accessed July 16, 2007.</ref>
'''Pearl Harbor''' is a [[United States]] Naval Base on the island of [[O'ahu]], [[Hawaii]]. Until the late 1800's, Pearl Harbor was teeming with [[pearl]]-bearing [[oyster]]s, hence the name "Pearl" Harbor.<ref>History.Navy.Mil, [http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/pearl/hawaii.htm The U.S. Navy in Hawaii, 1826-1945], accessed July 16, 2007.</ref>
===Major Military Base: A Likely [[Nuclear target structures|Nuclear Target Structure]]===
Pearl Harbor has a major [[United States Armed Forces]] military base with likely [[nuclear weapon]] capabilities making it one of the [[Nuclear_target_structures#Primary_Targets|primary targets]] among the world's major [[nuclear target structures]] in a possible [[nuclear war]]<ref>[http://www.nti.org/country-profiles/united-states/nuclear/ ''Nuclear Country Profile''], [[Washington, DC]]: Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Last updated: May, 2014. Accessed January 15, 2015</ref>.
It being a "[[first strike]]" [[nuclear war]] target is mostly due to [[missile silo]]s, [[bomber base]]s, [[submarine]] bases, and command and control (C2) centers. The [[enemy]] must neutralize these [[asset]]s immediately to prevent or minimize American nuclear or other military [[retaliation]].
==References==
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[[Category:Hawaii]]
[[Category : Hawaii]]
[[Category : Nuclear Target Structures]]