Someone blundered there and not just once. Rather stupid advice to suggest that 1.5" inches doesn't matter beyond 100 yards as 1.5" is about the width of a German loophole plate's aperture.
The second paragraph contradicts the first and the paragraph below the two highlighted is a lot of rot as well.
Odd the use of fine brushes is not mentioned for removing dust from lenses. Of course in the cold and wet of France and Belgium condensation was the problem for most of year.