NAVAL ICONOCLASTS.
TORPEDOES FROM THE AIR. London, Dec. 25. Rear-Admiral Sydney Hall says that nothing in the reports on the Battle of Jutland warrants blind. persistence in basing future naval power on old standards. “Our naval prestige,” he adds, “if backed by suitable propaganda, would soon shake the faith in capital ships as diplomatic weapons.” Major-General Sir William Brancker believes that the air force must become par excellence an arm of offence against a hostile territory, and the destruction of commerce. If necessary, capital ships must go in order to enable the development of aviation General Brancker believes that torpedo attacks from aeroplanes are six times more deadly than from destroyers. He points out that it is impossible for big ships to find immunity in harbors or closed ports.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1921, Page 7
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129NAVAL ICONOCLASTS. Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1921, Page 7
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