His ships would be blown out of the sea before he could launch his attack.
4 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:14:41.806 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- But this time, the God of operations has conceived a monster.
- Would you please explain, sir?
- The enemy's land-based bombers have a range of at least 400 miles more than Nagumo's carrier planes.
- His ships would be blown out of the sea before he could launch his attack.
- That was then, Nagumo, not now.
- Does the idea of taking the Aleutians cause you any concern, Hosogaya?
- No, sir.
- But an operation so large, so complex, I'd like more time to study it.
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