THE ATOMIC BOMB
REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES IN WARFARE ARMIES STILL REQUIRED (Rec. noon.) LONDON, March 19. Field-Marshal Lord Alexander in a speech at the Mansion House after receiving the freedom of the City of London, said that the atomic bomb would undoubtedly revolutionise warfare as much or more than the discovery of gunpowder, but would not alter the main principles of strategy and tactics, nor would it replace armies, navies and air forces, though the functions of these organisations would be changed. Lord Alexander expressed the opinion that UNO could prevent war within a measurable time, not because it was UNO, but because of the forces which it would have at its disposal. The atomic bomb itself might prevent war for a long time because the possession of such a formidable weapon in the hands of responsible people, as it was now, would deter those who believed that aggresive war was worthwhile.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 March 1946, Page 7
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