Just like they didn't intend to leak the Covid virus either, but waited 54 days to let the rest of the world know about it. That's right up there with the Chernobyl disaster, and Russia's concealment of it.
Agree 100%. They have been playing us, economically, geopolitically, and now with early shots in a stealth war.
From Chinese warrior/General Sun Tsu:
"The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.” "Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”