Geography Vital Factor
In Peacetime Defenses
Fighting a war may be a man’s
game, but present day concepts
kave changed since grandfather
I
fought in the Civil War. Many a
woman has become versed in the
tactics of war, its global strategy
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pa: s and that of the enemy,
it , . ned at. Rotary when Lt
H. E ;3on of the Naval Station
addressed the members at their
meeting Tuesday. She spoke on
the subject, “Peacetime Defenses.”
In illustrating her talk, Miss Up
son used a world map, which she
referred to frequently. She point
ed out that our concepts of de
fense, which are based on what we
learned about geography in the
school books, have to be changed
somewhat to take in the present
mode of speedy travel and the
routes that can be used for attack
and defense. The accessability of
the polar routes by the use of the
airplane, she mentioned as one
instance, whereby it is no longer
necessary to match the enemy
with battleship for battleship,
cruiser for cruiser, man for man,
etc.
Miss Upson is qualified to speak
on peacetime defenses. It is her
job to know about such things.
She is Public Information Officer
on the nearby Naval Station.
Control of the outer fringes of
continents or as she terms them,
“rim lands,” is an aid to world
domination. Steel and coal produc
ng areas inland are thereby pro
tect ad
“Mobility is necessary” the
speaker pointed out. “The Navy
considers aircraft carriers vital.
That’s why it is concentrating on
aircraft carriers of the type such
as the Forrestal.” The mortality
in this type of ship is low, she
said.
The present trend is protection
by means of “Dewline,” and other
radar installations. All the armed
services are cooperating in the
construction of radar bases, Miss
Upson pointed out. It is our best
means of protection. By this means
enemy action is sighted, relayed
to another point, until the message
reaches the plotting center. It is
the start of a whole series of ac
tion.
The speaker touched on another
phase of peacetime protection, the
“concrete island,” a block of con
crete, which is towed out to sea
and anchored. It is radar equipped,
and manned.
“We must stay strong in peace
time as a protection,” Miss Upson
concluded. “We have to think in
terms of long range plans. We
have to have new concepts in the
geography we learned at school*
and have to think of the new wea
pons available today.”
Paul Jaeger and Jack Van Gill
ern were also guests. •
“The world has always been
dangerous.” Lyman BrByson.
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