Show BACK o OF THE HEADLINES Jai Jap Menta ity Threatens Defeat by Racy Race Suicide By LOUIS F. F KEEl KEEMLE United Press War Var Analyst The Japanese although they have lave less Ingenuity than the German Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans man have come up so 80 far with one troublesome new new weapon in their efforts to stave off oft defeat It Is the suicide airplane attack which II Is more more a new method thana than thara thana a a anew new weapon The method is a mental quirk peculiar to the Japa Japa- nese Carried to It Its logical against superior power It spells defeat through national suicide Probably there arent aren't enough Japs crazy enough to see ee it that far The weapon Is partly an adaptation adaptation adap adap- tation of the thc German propelled jet-propelled and rocket bombs used in the last Jut stages of at the tha European war The I chief difference II Is that some lIoma of the Japanese suicide planes are manned offering a much b better chance of ot hitting a precise target such as U a 8 warship i National Suicide The suicide plane Ls is only one branch of ot the system which the Japanese e call caU kamikaze but the thc most effective The Japanese have promised ed to extend It to their en en- I en-I tire ira navy to army units and even the civilian population The threat does not worry American Amer Amer- ican can military officials much especIally especially especially espe espe- as u regards land forces since cince the Japs have practiced It on a varying scale cale all during the w warThe war r. r The remnants of their fleet may of ot course cause camle considerable damage damage damage dam dam- age by suicide action in home waters wa- wa wa waters toward the end but no not enough to change th the course coure of o even events s. s Aerial kamikaze on the other othe hand has slowed American operations operations opera opera- and resulted In the loss 1085 or damaging of many ships It presents presents presents pre pre- a problem which la ts being met but has hat not yet been solved See lI More lore Losses Navy Secretary James Jamell V. V Forrestal Forrestal Forrestal For For- restal repeated only Monday the admonition that further losses Josses must be expected After viewing the battered aircraft carrier Bunker Bunk Bunk- er Hill and other ships under repair repair repair re re- pair he said at Bremerton that tha more man power L Ls is needed to ge gesuch get such ve vessels back in action The navy is Js perfecting 1 Its ita defenses against suicide planes he said but we must be ready to repair more ships hit by those who do doget doget doget get through The quick return to duty o of damaged ships Is lI an essential par part of ot the program but only a passive measure Active defense steps will include increasing the antiaircraft antiaircraft antiaircraft anti anti- aircraft protection of American ships in battle areas Ways Waya willbe will wll be devised to set up a thick screen of flak flat which will wUl minimize the chances of ot a through break-through once the presence of the enemy nemy has haa been detected Mo Most t. t important probably willbe wilbe will wil willbe be destruction of ot the b bases es from which the Jap planes take of off It will entail knocking out the Jap air force toree lilt Hit Launching Sites The allies ames solved the German flying flying fly fly- ing bomb menace by putting the launching sites out of ot business The German bombs were mechanical mechanical meehan- meehan ical and had no relation to the In this case the Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese will be able to do damage as M long as they can get planes into the air T The e chief Japan Japanese e nuisance weapon on which the enemy has pinned his faith faJth ia Is the rai jin-rai or human bomb called the baka baks by Americans J ral Jin means man thunder in Japanese and baka means stupid The baka Is a miniature plane of ot extreme speed peed too fast for tor an ordinary pursuit plane to cope with once it has hM been launched As described in the Marine Corps Gazette for or July it is a a. rocket- rocket propelled plane heavily loaded with vita explosives Its wing span B jg only l 16 feet It Is la released from froma a mother plane and has a Jap pilot doomed to death sealed in inside inside inside in- in side to guide it The size and speed of the plane make it difficult to detect until it hits On the other hand the speed seriously handicaps the pilot In reaching his target Frequently he tie Is knocked down by antiaircraft bursts or I is deflected so that he grazes graze the ship and blows blow up in inthe inthe inthe the sea |