H the Japanese and American fleets avoid a decisive battle, Ad miral Takahashi said, a war between Japan and America would be a protracted affair reaching over many years, He implied that Japan has accumulated sufficient war materials to withstand the effects of a long range American naval blockade for some time.
Admiral Takahashi, a member of the Supreme War Council, and former commander-in-chief of the combined fleet, predicts among the war weapons of the future a "flying submarine' combining the advantages of a submarine and @ naval torpedo bomber.
Modern navies, Admiral Takahashi believes, have failed to provide sufficient small auxiliary craft for the protection of aircraft carriers. He said the aircraft carrier is one of the most useful of all navel units, during air operations against enemy ships, but under present naval tactics insufficient protection is given this most vulnerable of the larger warships.
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