WAR OF THE FUTURE.
, ____o_____ “IDIOTICALLY SIMPLE.” AIR CAMPAIGN DESCRIBED. _ Lord Fisher, in a letter to the Times, states that he is daily receiving pinprick inquiries. as to \_vhy he fails to describe the future ail'—navy and submel'Si'ble warships.
“I Aglonlft wish to give other nations my ideas,” says the Admil'al, “but :11most any fool could make the plans, they are so idiotically simple.
“T-hat’s the beauty of future Wal'there will be no mountains, rivers, protected harbours, or snow-bound passes; you will just fly above these things and drop your multiple-‘con bombs, There will be air types, as there were formerly water types, of destroyers, swifter than eagles, with :3. speed of 175 miles an hour guaranteed, with the equivalent of b:lttr}.~L=cruisers. v “Just. when the air is clearly predominant my partner, Seely (who was Under-Secretary of State for Air) is sacked. Isn’t it funny?’.’
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3371, 27 December 1919, Page 7
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