Aircraft potential versus engine reliability

If 18-inch-gun ships change fleet ranges, how do torpedo technology and aircraft attacks progress against those ships?

Longer-range torpedoes would attract more interest, while aircraft development would remain limited by engine reliability and the maintenance needed to repeat mass attacks.

Longer battle ranges would encourage interest in long-range torpedoes and destroyer weapons. Aircraft development, however, still depends on engines that are powerful and reliable enough for repeated operations. A successful exercise attack proves little if days of maintenance were needed beforehand. Aircraft that cannot fly again the next day remain a promising demonstration rather than a practical weapon of war.