Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da tururi da masana'antar masana'antu na farantin karfe ya zo da ƙarfin wuta mai yawa a cikin nau'i na jiragen ruwa na dreadnought dauke da bindigogi masu nisa. A cikin 1905, rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Japan ta kayar da rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Rasha, wacce ta yi tafiya a kan, a yakin Tsushima. Dreadnoughts sun yi yaƙi ba tare da yanke hukunci ba a yakin duniya na farko a 1916 Battle of Jutland tsakanin Royal Navy's Grand Fleet da Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet. A cikin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, nasarar da Burtaniya ta samu a Yaƙin Taranto na 1940 ya nuna cewa ƙarfin iska na jirgin ruwa ya isa ya shawo kan manyan jiragen ruwa, wanda ke nuna mahimmancin yaƙe-yaƙe na teku na Yaƙin Pacific ciki har da Yaƙe-yaƙe na Tekun Coral, Midway, Tekun Philippine, da kuma Babban Yaƙin Leyte Gulf
, a cikin abin da manyan jiragen ruwa suka kasance masu dauke da jiragen sama.