Unsecret Weapon

From Italy, New York Times Correspondent C. L. Sulzberger filed a circumstantial account of the "secret weapon" which the Germans apparently hope to use against invasion fleets in the English Channel.

According to Sulzberger, ample evidence indicates that the weapon is a "crewless, radio-controlled aircraft, which, loaded to capacity with explosives and just enough fuel to get it to its target, can be accurately directed to its objective." Allied experts learned of the device and put the finger on its main weakness: complex launching mechanisms needed to get the projectile-aircraft into flight. Allied reconnaissance planes spied out the emplacements built to house the launchers, and bombers from Britain have been attacking the installations since last November.

The Germans tried to keep the device secret. Only when the relentless bombings showed that the Allies knew what was afoot did the Germans begin bragging about the weapon's destructive potentialities. Correspondent Sulzberger's conclusion: the weapon has been pretty well spiked, cannot play any decisive role.

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