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AREDOOMEDSIR PERCY SCOTT’S VIEWiWARFARE UNDER AND OYER THE SEA.DIVERGENT OPINIONSWhat is the future of the big battleship? Thisquestion is raised by Sir Percy Scott, who, in* * • ♦ ,a letter he has published, expresses theopinion that the day of the battleship is over, and that the naval war of the future will be carried on in deadly fashion by submarines and aeroplanes.Submarines and aeroplanes have together entirely revolutionised naval warfare. No fleet can hide itself from the aeroplane eye, and the submarine can deliver a deadly attack even in broad daylight. Naval officers, says Sir Percy, will no longer liveat sea—but either above or under it.■ ’If a battleship is not safe either on the high seas or in harbour; what is the use of abattleship? Sir Percy’s answer to his own question is that we require an enormous fleet of submarines, airships, and aeroplanes, and a few fast cruisers, provided we can find a place in which to keep them in safety in war. time.a The letter has aroused enormous interest,and below we give various opinions ofV experts. *
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London Standard
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Jun 06, 1914
Page 11
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