Concludes that aviation has as yet little effect upon value of a situation for a base, but with possible increase in aerial transportation or increase in radius of military aircraft, value of certain bases will be increased; aviation, through aerial bombing, provides means of attacking artificial resources and vessels within a base, which cannot be countered by other than aviation forces augmented by anti-aircraft batteries; against landing operations and surprise attack, aviation has added to effectiveness of defense.


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    Title :

    The strength of Gibraltar


    Additional title:

    U.S. Nav. Inst. -- Proc


    Contributors:
    Pye, W.S. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1927


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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