Howdy and G'day.
I am responding to your second question regarding the quickness of IJN in putting the planes together faster than the American counterpart.
Just a thought...
At the point of Midway, Japan and and the Imperial Japanese Navy have been at war for nearly 5 years. There is plenty of time to work out the kinks where as the US was in the war 8 months or so. Same holds true regarding the planes and tactics. Unfortunately for them their thoughts of armor were of low priority. Something to think about. It would be interesting to compare the time at beginning of the war to say 1944.
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