““Without a dedicated naval staff to define requirements and shape policy in technical matters, and, where appropriate, tap civilian expertise, the Navy was bound for trouble in the twentieth century. It is no doubt easier to see this now than it was then. It happened to be over the problem of long-range fire-control, the ‘nuclear physics challenge’ of the Edwardian age, that the service first fell victim to the corruptibility and hand-to-mouth nature of the Admiralty’s appraisal and acquisition processes – and to Fisher’s caprice in matters incidental to his capitalship revolution.””
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