MAY REVOLUTIONISE WAR

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7903, 17 September 1929, Page 3

MAY REVOLUTIONISE WAR

REMARKABLE BRITISH INVENTION “AERIAL TELEVISION BYE” LONDON, July 13. Modern warfare may be revolutionised by a remarkable invention which is shortly to undergo a series of , tests at the hands of technical Described-as an “aerial television eye,” is will enable airplanes in flight over enemy territory to broadcast back to television stations at military headquarters living pano--xamas of all the country over which they are flying. Enemy gun positions, fortifications, trenches, troops on the move and dispositions, it is claimed, will jje seen by the General Staff as clearly as if they were watching them with the naked eye. It is believed that several great Powers are interested in the development of the apparatus, which is the invention of C. Francis Jenkins, who is prominent as one of the foremost pioneers of television. Through use of his radio eye o the sky Jenkins claims that artillery officers will be able to sit before a screen and see exactly where their shells land. Staffs will no longer have to rely on the telephone and telegraph —they will be enabled to see for themselves how a battery is progressing, and make their plans accordingly. , The invention is operated by means of a photographic lense focused on the ground through an opening in the bottom of the Plane. present its range is estimated to be 10 miles, but it is hoped that this will be greatly extended in the near future. -