FOR USE AGAINST MILITARY AIRSHIPS.
« A SIX-INCH HOWITZER. 'By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received March 2, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, Ist March. ! A British six-inch howitzer, designed to be used against military aeroplanes, has beea satisfactorily tested. The newa should prove satisfactory to those who hold with Sir Hiram Maxim, the inventor, that at an outlay of £7,500,000 Germany could build aeroplanes which would be capable of landing 10D,000 men in England in a single night. Sir Hiram has devoted some attention to the matter of aerial navigation. He recently stated that it was his opinion that the aeroplana would cause a revolution in warfare equal to that effected by gunpowder, and that it would enable towns to be bombarded from a great distance. On the other hand, Admiral Sir Edward Seymour (Commander in Chief at Devonport from 1903 to 1905), speaking at a dinner given, by the Aero Club in December last, declared that an aeroplane invasion was less imminent and less •dangerous than some supposed. Besides, it could easily be repelled by using a lighter form of> aeroplane.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 51, 2 March 1909, Page 7
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179FOR USE AGAINST MILITARY AIRSHIPS. Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 51, 2 March 1909, Page 7
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