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for the 1100 or 2000 pound bombs. This bombardment force also is hopelessly unable to ward off any decided attack. The fifteen ships would maintain only the equivalent of one flight in commission or about eight ships, sufficient only for bringing a determined attack home against one battleship. Experience has shown that one flight per battleship is necessary for completely destroying and sinking it. (When it is realized that more than 1000 bombardment airplanes can be made for the cost of one battleship and that 2000-lb bombs cost only $800.00 in production, the outlay is pretty small.) There should be a minimum of one bombardment group of one hundred ships to bring any effective resistence into play against an enemy. As there is practically no pursuit aviation here, at present, it is impossible to expect effective use of bombardment.
   The observation squadron relatively is better equipped to fulfill its functions than are the air force units. It is organized on the peace time basis and has thirteen ships in commission more or less equipped. There were six radio sets

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