AERIAL TORPEDO
_ _ .. . .„<i£piA NEW ZEAI.ANDERS INN ENTION PURCHASED HY WAR OFFICE .Hv islt/otru: TiilfiirrutU.--OopyrißUt./ 'Hun Untile.., LONDON. April i. The newspaper the People -ays thai Ihe War < llliee. after a Veal of cxhaus live tests, has purchased the New Xea lander. Captain Allan Roberts's, inven l ion of an aerial torpedo believed to be capable of |i,-roi doing i nt ire cities and air heels hundreds of miles dislanl. H resembles a minialure aeroplane with small wings, and ils Might, speed, and moment of explosion are directed by wireless from Ihe ground. It is used similarlv to a lo] pedo I'n m a ballleship. 'lhe War Otliee stringently tested Robei Is's claim to an invent: n w inch could not be influenced b\ any other forces. Roberts, using a conlrol apparatus oi only half the power of that v itb which the ollicials attempted to inM'.ieiiee the torpedo's course, successfully guided ii along the ground as he willed, thus eradicating the War Office's i hie! fear that the machine could be turned during flight against its launchers bv superior cnemv wireless control. I i is claimed I iiai the torpedo can be cheaply constructed, and can be safely landed under the control of one jnan.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 April 1926, Page 5
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205AERIAL TORPEDO Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 April 1926, Page 5
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