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Show Future Battleships and Guns. ( Tho battleship of the ftiluro will bni of great Mzc. Displacement will bo not ; less than L'0,000 tons, and this will In-' creasy so rapidly that n 30,000 tou nhlp will probably bo afloat beforu the closo! of the nest decade, ways tho .Scientific Atucrktiu. The main armament will consist exclusively 'of heavy guns of not lesj than twelvoInches caliber, nndi uule.ss tho dlfilctilty ot erosion can bol overcome tho twelve Inch will glvo place to n thirteen Inch and possibly to it fourteen Inch piece. Future engagements en-gagements will bo fought nt an extreme ex-treme range, tho extent of which will bo limited only by tho ability of the, flro control ofllccr to beo tho fall of tbo shots. Tho determination of the range at which nn engagement shall bo fought will Ho with tho fleet which possesses tho faster speed. |