WAR OF THE FUTURE.
- “IDIOTICALLY SIMPLfe.” AIR CAMPAIGN DESCRIBED. ‘ i LONDON, Dec, 12. Lord Fisher in a letter to The Times states that ho is daily receiving pin-prick inquiries as to why ho fails to describe the future air-navy and submersible- warships. “ “I don’t wish to give other nations my ideas,’’ says the Admiral, “but almost any fool coulq, make the-plans, they are so idiotically simple. “That's the beauty of future war—there will be no mountains, rivers, protected har- . 1 hours, or snowbound passes; you will just fly above these things and drop your << multiple-ton bombs. There will be air I types, as there wi re formerly water types, t; of destroyers, swifter then eagles, with fti-r f r speed of 175 miles an hour guaranteed, with" g the equivalent of battle-crnisors., “Just when the air is clearly predominant j my partner, Seely (who was Under-Secretary || of State for Air), is sacked. Isn’t ,it ii funny ?”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1711, 30 December 1919, Page 5
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