NOTE OF CAUTION
T/)NDON, July 3. Tlio Bikini tcsts niiglrt Indicato TlinT lli(i sal'ost jilace iu Ihe next war would be aboard sliip, said the Eirst Sea Lord (Admiral Cunningham). "If the atomic bomb was a great success against ! battleships anchored in a tropical i lagoon pin-poiuted to a few inches for 'un attacking boniber, do not let us think this has solved the problem. If we trv out a new rilio against an old cow tethered in the middle of a field it does not necessarily follow that is Ihe right kind of bullet to use against a wounded tiger in a thiek jungle. " Admiral Cunningham said that the X a vy ha d eon s ide rable oxperie n c o f r o m anti-submarine work on how close to a ' ship a large explosion must be placed | io get results. " 1 sound a note ot caution against drawing an over-liasty conclusion from the results of the | Bikini experiniont before they are confirmed and tested. There will be great subniarine development in the next few years because of the appearancc in the recent war of a fast subniarine whieh can be operated for long periods without emerging for breathing. We have a great deal of work to do on the anti subniarine problem. These fast sub marines may make tlie existing escort vessels obsolete. We shall then have m build faster ones. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 July 1946, Page 5
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