Russo-Japanese War: logistics and battle fleets prevail

Jeune École theorists expected a smaller Japan to rely chiefly on torpedo boats against Russia. Japanese torpedo attacks around Port Arthur mattered, but they did not define the whole campaign. Geography and logistics burdened the Russian fleet before a Japanese battle fleet defeated it at Tsushima. The result warns against treating a theory's preferred weapon as a substitute for a balanced force and a workable campaign design.