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In the history of military technology, the Battle of the Adonáire Strait is considered a turning point in naval warfare. Every great power prior to the [[Great War]] had hypothesized and, to a lesser extent, tested the possibility of armed naval air power, but the technology available in the early 1920s ruled it out as a viable option. The overwhelming success of the jury-rigged torpedo bombers at the Adonáire Strait created a revolution in military thinking practically overnight, as most great powers began to scramble to build carriers and construct purpose-built naval bombers and torpedo bombers. The Battle of the Adonáire Strait is considered to be the beginning of the end of the big-gun battleship era, though large scale battleship encounters would continue until the early-to-mid 1940s. | In the history of military technology, the Battle of the Adonáire Strait is considered a turning point in naval warfare. Every great power prior to the [[Great War]] had hypothesized and, to a lesser extent, tested the possibility of armed naval air power, but the technology available in the early 1920s ruled it out as a viable option. The overwhelming success of the jury-rigged torpedo bombers at the Adonáire Strait created a revolution in military thinking practically overnight, as most great powers began to scramble to build carriers and construct purpose-built naval bombers and torpedo bombers. The Battle of the Adonáire Strait is considered to be the beginning of the end of the big-gun battleship era, though large scale battleship encounters would continue until the early-to-mid 1940s. | ||
==Political and military impact (from Discord)== | |||
The Adonaire Strait disaster represented a rebuke to more than seventy years of Caphirian military policy of promoting the affairs of the Navy equal to those of the Army. The loss, therefore, was deeply upsetting to the wartime government, the upper classes, and the general public, though the public was sharply divided whether or not to blame the leadership or the concept of the navy at all. | |||
These questions would be answered at a personal level at Caphiria’s highest rungs of power immediately following the battle. As the bulk of both sides forces began to slip into the engagement, Imperator Magasevetus, Prime Minister (???), and others gathered to receive a briefing. The atmosphere originally was cautious but excited but began to take a down turn as each capital ship loss began to be reported back, eventually leading to stunned silence among those gathered with the loss of the flagship Caphiria Mons. At this news, the Imperator reportedly stood, shrugged, uttered “Caphiri per terram” (a reference to XXX), and left the room in silence. | |||
The day after the battle, the Caphirian government ordered the suspension of all capital ship construction and issued a prohibition on the direction of steel to be used for the construction of anything beyond submarines, including supply and troop ships. Air and ground manufacturers would receive a post-Adonaire boost of materials, leading to a slightly improved supply situation for the Legion by late 1938. | |||