By "Victor Bunxerr"
Behind an impenetrable curtain of official secrecy, vital and astounding discoveries are being made to protect Britain from air invasion, says the "Sunday Express."
Sir Thomas Inskip lifted the curtain ever so slightly in the House of Commons, when he indicated with unusual optimism that if the peace of Europe could be maintained for a few more years Britain would be able to turn back the strongest of enemy air fleets.
I understand that most important of several discoveries tested by the Scientific Research Committee, is a Death Ray, "but it is a death ray of a completely new type. It has very little' in common with the popular conception of what such a ray should be and should do." It is sufficient to say for the moment that no aircraft or living thing could penetrate it and survive.
Sir Thomas Inskip said—"The Research Committee is very active and has produced some very remarkable results. I can assure Sir Archibald Sinclair that the discoveries and inventions have passed a little further than he indicated. Lord Swinton, the Air Minister, is engaged in devising methods which will give immunity to the civil population from air attack.
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