The resource problems Richardson described did not disappear under Kimmel: targets, fuel, ammunition, and provisions remained limited. Kimmel exercised the fleet and got ships to sea where possible, while accepting Army and Navy air-defense advice to concentrate aircraft against sabotage fears. He had already identified air and submarine attack as plausible, but he received no clear warning of a major Japanese fleet movement. Neither U.S. nor British observers yet had a settled picture of the Kido Butai as a coherent carrier striking formation capable of the operation that reached Hawaii.
Chapter · 38:06-40:07
Readiness choices under incomplete warning
The video weighs Kimmel's training and dispersal efforts against constrained supplies, the advice of air commanders, and no clear warning that Japan's carrier force was approaching.