AERIAL TORPEDO.
CONTRODLED BY WIRELESS,
WELLINGTON MAN’S INVENTION
iJSk-c. Te! Copy right-.-Uniieil Press Assr. 1 (Australian and K. Z. Gflhlo Association, (Deceived August 11, 3 p,m.) LONDON, August 10. The Daily Express states that Captain A. J. Roberts, of Wellington, New Zealand, has invented a noii-inierferable aerial torpqdA, which can he directed from the ground, But cannot be controlled by any influence apai;t. from the individual in charge of the apparatus. It will be demonstrated at tile end of the month before representatives of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Post Office. i Capt. Roberts, interviewed, stated that, the device is q miniature aeroplane, resembling a, torpedo, fired from a." warship, It can be loaded with high explosive and launched against hostile aircraft. It can be manoeuvred until it , rams the, enemy. There is no difficulty, in controlling the air torpedo for a distance ok one hundred miles, but the best results would be obtained when the objective was- within sight of the. opera-
Thei, cost- of air torpedoes would be little more than that ok a, motor bicycle. Capt. Roberts invented 1 the first wireless torpedo used at sea in early experiments at Sydney, ini 1906.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16805, 11 August 1925, Page 11
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