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of marksmanship, hovering in an aeroplane or Zepplin many miles away, with a fleet of protecting battle-planes guarding him to prevent hurried workmanship, could guide these explosive fleets to their objective whether town or fortress. Here, in effect, was a gun with a range as long as the width of European nations, a bursting charge beyond the previous imaginations of gunnery.