During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, there was no "ThirdWave" attack planned or ready to attack. This is a post-war myth.The Japanese used all their strike aircraft (Kates, Vals &Zeros) to operate in two waves only.The Third Wave, if desired, would have required the First Waveto land & rearm (below deck in hanger deck), then re-spot onflight deck before being launched as a Third Wave. The first twowaves attacked all the intended targets that were planned for, withthe exception of the two US aircraft carriers that were not inPearl Harbor. The port facilities, dry dock, & fuel storagetanks were never considered to be the targets of the attack. Noteven the US oiler Neosho anchored next to battleships wastargeted.The potential "Third Wave" would have had only a small window oftime to land, rearm, re-spot & launch before the second wavestarted to land. The "Third Wave" would have had to start launchingat 1100 hrs & complete launching 20 minutes later to avoidinterfering with the returning Second Wave. The problem was thatthe First Wave only starting landing at 1010 hours and the landingscontinued for many minutes afterward. There was not enough time toresend the First Wave out as the Third Wave. It takes at least45-60 minutes to turn-around the aircraft for the next strike.Japanese aircraft were armed below decks & warmed-up on theflight deck. In addition Japanese Combat Air Patrol (CAP) Zerofighters would also have to land & take-off during this periodof time.If by some magic the Third Wave had launched before the SecondWave returned, the Third Wave would not have struck Oahu (incl.Pearl Harbor) until 1230 hours, which is almost three hours afterthe Second Wave completed its attacks. This would have allowed theUS defenders plenty of time to prepare their air-defenses foranother attack. As it actually happened, the Second Wave lost morethan double the number of Japanese aircraft than the First Wave (20vs 9). The Third Wave's losses could have been much higher.Also the original Japanese plan was for their fleet to preparefor a battle with US aircraft carriers (if at sea) after landingthe two strike waves, and not linger around Hawaii waiting to beattacked. Other considerations: Besides the loss of 30 aircraft (1on take-off, 9 on 1st Wave & 20 on 2nd Wave), there were atleast 74 aircraft damaged from both waves.Bottom-Line: No Third Wave & no additional targets to thosealready attacked.