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Originally Posted by August
Trouble is that's what they are familiar with and they have trained with. Trying to build a winning military force using only untested strategies and equipment is a nearly impossible task.
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True, I won't argue, it is difficult. War games and planning should help develop new tactics and platforms, though.
I also don't claim to know all the capabilities of carrier groups. But, as we have seen over and over in the past, things change. In WWI someone suggested we strap a machine gun onto a bi-plane (let's do WHAT?)
Yamamoto showed us how significant the battleship was in WWII (it wasn't).
Doenitz was wedded to the Type VII U-boat, when more effort should have been directed at the new Type XXI.
One thing for sure, when the shooting starts, they seem to be really adept at developing new equipment and strategies! It comes at a cost and is an action of desperation.