AERIAL TORPEDO
CONTROLLED BY WIRELESS.
DEADLY WAR MACHINE
v \ ,v Js T EW ZEALANDERS’ INVENTION, BY CABIjE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, April 4. ’ ’ The newspaper People says, that the 'j War Office, after years of exhaustive ikS tests, has purchased the invention of a New Zealander, Captain Allan Rob- ; erts. It is an aerial tqrpedo, believed to be capable of torpedoing entire .kg cities and. air fleets hundreds of miles distant. ' \-. - It resembles a miniature aeroplane with smaller wings. Its flight and speed at the moment of explosion are directed by wireless from the ground, and it is used in a manner similar to that of a torpedo from a .battleship. The War Office has stringently tested Captain Roberts’ claim that the invention could not be influenced by any other forces. Captain Roberts, using control apparatus of only half the power that officials used in v attempting to influence the course of the torpedo, successfully guided it along - the ground as he willed, thus eradicating the War Office’s chief fear that the machine could be turned during its flight against its-, launchers by superior enemy wireless control. It is claimed that the torpedo can ' be cheaply constructed, and can be safely landed under the control of orie man.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 April 1926, Page 5
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206AERIAL TORPEDO Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 April 1926, Page 5
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