Cika wannan magana: Tare da tururi da kuma masana'antu na samar da farantin karfe ya zo da yawa ya karu firepower a cikin nau'i na dreadnought battleships dauke da makamai mai 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 yakin duniya na biyu, nasarar Birtaniya a 1940
Yaƙin Taranto 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 Yakin Pacific ciki har da Yaƙe-yaƙe na Tekun Coral, Midway, Tekun Philippine, da kuma babban yakin Leyte Gulf, a cikin dukkan jiragen ruwa masu rinjaye sune masu jigilar jiragen sama.