It's interesting and also complete b****cks. Sadly for the journalist who put the original piece together for
Hysteria Today, the way in which he misquoted the three academics ensured that the only quote he's going to get out of any of their colleagues in future if writing a military-related story will be short, end in 'off' and be followed by the sound of the dialling tone.
The actual views of the three quoted were aired in the RUSI Journal a few months later, but since they were rather more balanced than the quotes that the Times ran, didn't get any publicity... see
here for more
There is a chap who has written a PhD arguing that the Navy won the Battle of Britian, though (ex-RN, IIRC....)