COAST ARTILLERY OUTMODED
W.ASHIN1GTON' : The nation's fixed coastal artillery defences, historically the final line to repel invasion and naval ibombardrnent, are being stripped down to a bare "-caretaker" status, American Army officials said recently. The changed style of waifare is primarily responsihle for the'move officials said. , The advent of ^ir bombardment, in the o:pinion of many military authorities, doomed fixe$ coast artillery ;as a defence against seaborne- attack. Coast defence strategy, they say, now places heavy reliance on highly mobile weapons in much greater depth than contemplated originally.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/RMPOST19470115.2.67
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5302, 15 January 1947, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
88COAST ARTILLERY OUTMODED Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5302, 15 January 1947, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
NZME is the copyright owner for the Rotorua Morning Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in