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Science Fiction World, issue 2, September 1945
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Page 4 S F World TOPIC OF THE DAY -- continued from p 3 Currently the navy is busily engaged in denial of something grown old to them -- the proposition that the battleship is finally passe. The effectiveness of the atomic bomb is the cause of the current argument. The navy has claimed a new gun -- automatically radar controlled -- which will down airplanes at a distance of 50000 feet. The truth is that the radar gun cannot be the answer. Discounting the need for a colossal armament on the battlewagon to turn back an air attack of a respectable size we are faced with the incompetence of a great ship against remote controlled, television operated groups of bombs and the difficulty of preventing overlap in the reaction of a radar defense Incidentally, the Chicago Sun, which is an excellent news paper, carries a number of rather good feature writers, one of whom, Kennesaw Landis, had a short article on the development of the bomb in a recent issue. Battleships and large navies are due for a final blackout. Atomic power means the development of large aircraft and rocket ships capable of handling troop movement. There will be no beachheads for an air attack; there are no practical physical limitations to an air offensive. All the factors combined, apart from destroying the legend of strength of the battleship, render them obsolete with the passing of the need for navies. What is the defence against the atomic bomb? What will be the next great weapon to be invented? Science Fiction has given us the answer in the disintegration ray. Possible the secret of the atomic bomb is the method of releasing -- let's say -- a cloud of neutrons at a particular moment. A sufficient number of incident neutrons will cause a self propagated explosion of U235. Perhaps along such a line or certainly in further general atomic research lies the neutron blaster or the disintegrator. Coming next issue! A two page article on the retreat of revealed religion in the face of popular advance. This article clearly shows that the people lead and the church follows reluctantly. It deals with past and present theological positions in science -- in law -- and in morals. Don't miss it! ADDENDA Did you read the excellent article entitled Rocket to the Moon in the current Mechanics Illustrated? By Willy Ley. Color pictures, too. The magazine cover is being widely reproduced by newspapers with favorable comment. Neither the first nor second part of World Of A has come up to Slan in my opinion. I've liked several Vanvogt stories better.
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Page 4 S F World TOPIC OF THE DAY -- continued from p 3 Currently the navy is busily engaged in denial of something grown old to them -- the proposition that the battleship is finally passe. The effectiveness of the atomic bomb is the cause of the current argument. The navy has claimed a new gun -- automatically radar controlled -- which will down airplanes at a distance of 50000 feet. The truth is that the radar gun cannot be the answer. Discounting the need for a colossal armament on the battlewagon to turn back an air attack of a respectable size we are faced with the incompetence of a great ship against remote controlled, television operated groups of bombs and the difficulty of preventing overlap in the reaction of a radar defense Incidentally, the Chicago Sun, which is an excellent news paper, carries a number of rather good feature writers, one of whom, Kennesaw Landis, had a short article on the development of the bomb in a recent issue. Battleships and large navies are due for a final blackout. Atomic power means the development of large aircraft and rocket ships capable of handling troop movement. There will be no beachheads for an air attack; there are no practical physical limitations to an air offensive. All the factors combined, apart from destroying the legend of strength of the battleship, render them obsolete with the passing of the need for navies. What is the defence against the atomic bomb? What will be the next great weapon to be invented? Science Fiction has given us the answer in the disintegration ray. Possible the secret of the atomic bomb is the method of releasing -- let's say -- a cloud of neutrons at a particular moment. A sufficient number of incident neutrons will cause a self propagated explosion of U235. Perhaps along such a line or certainly in further general atomic research lies the neutron blaster or the disintegrator. Coming next issue! A two page article on the retreat of revealed religion in the face of popular advance. This article clearly shows that the people lead and the church follows reluctantly. It deals with past and present theological positions in science -- in law -- and in morals. Don't miss it! ADDENDA Did you read the excellent article entitled Rocket to the Moon in the current Mechanics Illustrated? By Willy Ley. Color pictures, too. The magazine cover is being widely reproduced by newspapers with favorable comment. Neither the first nor second part of World Of A has come up to Slan in my opinion. I've liked several Vanvogt stories better.
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