Among the many wonders which the Krupp organisation is stated to
have perfected, and which it is claimed will create considerable
surprise, is the aerial torpedo. Many of the Krupp claims are
wildly chimerical, as events have already proved, but there is no
doubt that considerable effort has been expended upon this latest
missile, for which the firm is said to have paid the inventor
upwards of L25,000--$125,000. Curiously enough the projectile
was perfected within gunshot of the British aerodrome of Hendon
and is stated to have been offered to the British Government at
the time, and to have met with a chilling reception. One fact,
however, is well established. The inventor went to Germany, and
submitted his idea to Krupp, by whom it was tested without delay.
Upon the completion of the purchase, the great armament
manufacturers did not fail to publish broadcast the fact that
they had acquired a mysterious new terror of the skies. That was
some three years ago, and in the interval the cleverest brains of
the German firm have been steadily devoting their time and
energies to the improvement of the missile, the first appearance
of which was recorded, in a somewhat hazy manner, in the closing
days of December.
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