The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-22
AERIAL WAR.
IMPORTANCE.
EMPHASIZED
Quick Attacks Thru Air on
Enemy Countries to Feat
ure Next War

ure Next war
LONDON. --Ry Mar) - Major
General sir Frederick Sykes. con-
trolier general OF civil aviation. be
hevcs with American experts thar
the next war win he won In the air.
and that fast torpcdooarrying sea
planes win sound the dcath'kncii OF
rreSent-day heavily armed "capitar
ships OF the latest drcadnought
type
Before the institution Of civil en-
EineerS on Aviation and Air Trans.
port SIR Frederick. while insisting
upon the necessity Of government
support OF commercial aviation. dweit
on the military and naval possibilities
OF aviation. the development OF
which could only be continued In
peace time by subsidlEing and en-
eouraging commercial experiments.
AERIAL FIGHTING
VASTLY IMPORTANT
During tho war. he said aviation
became daily more potent factor In
the situation Every war has started
with a great advance In scientific
skiil compared with the preceding
conflict. and there was every reason
70 believe that the next war win sec
an astounding increase In develop
mcnt OF aerial fighting.
He did not think that operations
with land forces would witness such
radical changes but the potrntiaiit.
les OF aircraft In conjunction with
naval operations arc far greater. al
tho admittedly morn difficult to rrr-
dict. as there was no major naval
engngemcnt after tho Battle Of Jut.
hand and II was only after Jutiand
that torredocarrying aircraft were
ready for uso
There Is every Indication he
oaid, that torpedo attack by aircraf,
may reach n point where the very
existence Of opposing fleets consist
ing OF the giant capital ships Of the
present day may be jcopariixed.
"For the cost Of ono hattieship
thousand torpedocarrytnE seapiancs
could be built. and II Is already ques-
tionable whether a hatfieship could
survive an attack launched by even
. small force OF this mobile arm.
Fleets operating near the enerny's
coast will be vulnerable from land
aircraft bass and as tho radius OF
aircraft action Increases close block.
ade VIII be rendered more and more
difficult
Another form Of air operations
may prove TO be gas attack from the
a1r. In cooperation with submarines
on naval bases The war lasted long
enough to prove the value Of tho
strategic offensive By air. Modern
warfare on tho grand scale cxem-
pltsies the doctrine OF the Nation In
ArmA' Not only armies In the field
but men. women and even children
- homs arc concentrated on the
single purposs Of defeating the
Gnsmy.
WAR CARRIED 10
ENEMY COUNTRY
war must therefUV b carried
Into the ensmy's country. his indus
tries must BE- destroyed his nerve
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the nation N q whole shaken THIS
can freefy be effected By air attack
On Industrial and political centers.
At the outbreak Of . future war We
+, may expect to sea In addition TO sas
specialized employment Of aircraft In
cooperation with naval and military
forces. huge day and night bomhers
Immediately sent out to penetrate
over the enemy's country. and an In
dependent concentration Of lighting
machines To producs, II possible. a
shattering blow on the enemy and
obtain from the outset supremacy In
the air.
In 1914 n vas some % days b.
tween the declaration Of war and the
exchange of the first shots In the
next war between great powers .
mobile force Of aircraft win be ready
for action before the signature OF the
declaration II dry. and tho air battle
WIN Be Joined In as many hours