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- The scenarios in Carrier Strike roughly reflect the changing strengths of the
- US and Japan as the war progressed tilting the balance of power increasingly
- towards the US as the game continues. In the campaign the Japanese should aim
- to destroy the US carriers as quickly as possible because in 1940 the US has
- only six carriers against Japan's ten.
- Using large numbers of bombers in a few attacks is more effective than using
- a couple or three bombers at a time in wave after wave of attack. It takes about
- 50 bombers with 500lb bombs or torpedoes to sink an aircraft carrier - the same
- amount of ordnance can inflict heavy damage on two carriers but if you're
- playing Japan you're at a bit of a disadvantage because the US flak has a larger
- range. A small compensation for this is that the Japanese forces have the wind
- behind them which means Japanese carriers don't have to manoeuvre into the
- correct position to enable the planes to take off.
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