Admiral Kato, however, staunchly [defends the batilzship and declares that the bombing of vessels from the it hag not yet reached the stage where, in a combat between aircraft sand an ironclad, the fying weapon will necessarily win. range of 300 fect is thought [good for a clever rifleman to hit his object," says Admiral Kato, "Ai jeraft operate from a height of between 9,000 feet and 10,000 feet."
With regard to the sinking of the Ivvami by a single hit, Admiral Kat> first points out that the Iwami was the 20 year old Russian cruiser! Aryol, and that, when she and other vessels were sunk, the bombing was always done under the most favourable cireumstances—that is, amongst other things, in ideal weather, with the target-ship stationary and with. jour any defence being put up by the victim, circumstances totally different from those of actual warfare.
"After all" continues Admiral Kato, "the science of air-bombing and air-torpedoing is only a modified rin of actual shelling and torpedo-jing and warships are generally} provided with fair defensive equip-That is why the Navy De-not over-afraid of aerial
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