By Robert Farley, The National Interest: “The first twenty minutes of Star Wars: The Last Jedi might have warmed the heart of Billy Mitchell's Force ghost. The opening scenes effectively replayed the American interwar debates between advocates of air and naval power, with fighters and bombers attacking huge capital ships. These debates revolved around two big questions that drove procurement and the development of doctrine: how effective are aircraft against capital ships, and what kind of aircraft are most effective?”
Why 'The Last Jedi' Teaches Us That the Battleship Is Truly Dead
By Robert Farley, The National Interest: “The first twenty minutes of Star Wars: The Last Jedi might have warmed the heart of Billy Mitchell's Force ghost. The opening scenes effectively replayed the American interwar debates between advocates of air and naval power, with fighters and bombers attacking huge capital ships. These debates revolved around two big questions that drove procurement and the development of doctrine: how effective are aircraft against capital ships, and what kind of aircraft are most effective?”
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