BRITAIN’S SECURITY.
THE VALUE OF AIRCRAFT,
THE RECENT EXPERIMENT, NO PRACTICAL LESSONS. By Telegraph.—Press Aasn.—Copyright. Received July 23, 5.5 p.m.
London, June 21. The Admiralty, “in view of the unauthorised and inaccurate reports published regarding the aircraft attack on the fleet on July 7, in the presence of the King,” has issued a statement as follows: (1) The exercise is in no wise novel and was designed as a spectacle, not a critical movement. Similar exercises have been carried out on several occasions during the past three years, and the results on the 7th only confirmed those of the previous experiments. (2) In order to afford torpedo practice Ito aeroplanes, the fleet approached within a few miles of an aircraft base in broad , daylight at low’ speed and on a pre-ar- . ranged day and hour. The conditions were essentially unwarfike. (3) It is unavoidable in all peace exercises of the fleet and aircraft, that gunfire from light cruisers and destroyers’ screens, or by anti-aircraft gunfire, shall be combined with the splash barrages from the ships in battle line. (4) The aircraft were able to develop the offensive, while the fleet was debarred from defending itself. Despite these favorable conditions, the number of hits obtained by the aircraft on the battle line ! was small and of minor tactical impor- ; tance. (5) Throughout the operation the air pilots showed skill and dash, but the con- . ditions were so unreal that no practical lessons affecting the security of the fleet can properly be deduced from the exer-cises.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT.
THE NAVY OR AIRCRAFT? Received July 23, 5.5 p.m. London, July 22. The Committee on Imperial Defence, Mr. Lloyd George presiding, heard deputations from the Parliamentary Air and Navy and Army Committees. The first emphasised the vital necessity of providing a well-equipped air force as a first line of defence, in view of the development of aerial warfare, and the second insisted that the navy and army must control their own air branches. The committee adjourned. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. '
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1922, Page 5
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