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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: in progress, then the whole situation will be changed, and there
may be remarkable developments.
CHAPTER XVIII
AIRCRAFT AND NAVAL OPERATIONS
When once the flying machine had indicated its possibilities in
connection with land operations it was only natural that
endeavours should be made to adapt it to the more rigorous
requirements of the naval service. But the conditions are so
vastly dissimilar that only a meagre measure of success has been
recorded. Bomb-throwing from aloft upon the decks of battleships
appeals vividly to the popular imagination, and the widespread
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