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Show Sweden Studies New Plan for Her Coastal Defense Stockholm, Sweden. An ingenious plan for exploiting Sweden's rocky cliffs for the protection of warships against an air attack was submitted to the navy ministry by Chief Admiral Ad-miral Tham. He suggested the blasting of caves where submarines and similar craft could shelter. He estimated the cost of such excavation at about one-tenth one-tenth that of constructing concrete vaults. Experiments have confirmed Admiral Ad-miral Tham's figures and the navy ministry is debating the possibilities of such a system near Stockholm and along the west coast. |