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 yakin duniya na biyu, nasarar Birtaniya a 1940 Battle of Taranto
ya nuna cewa ikon iska na jirgin ruwa ya isa ya shawo kan manyan jiragen ruwa, wanda ya nuna yakin basasa na Pacific War ciki har da yakin Coral Sea, Midway, da Philippine Sea, da kuma yakin Leyte Gulf, wanda dukkanin jiragen ruwa masu dauke da jiragen sama ne.