LotsOfEssays.com

would never dare to test the powerful British navy (McIntyre 46). Singapore was seen as little more than an insurance policy (McIntyre 53). Of all of the cost and location debates, the controversy over Guns versus Air proved the most costly. Air power was nearly neglected in the early planning of the base. This lack of air superiority would be decisive in 1942 (McIntyre 69).

Only in the 1930s did work begin anew when the threat of a simultaneous war

...