Experienced admirals should usually be able to identify the principal problems facing their service. The rarer skill is carrying a solution through politics, budgets, and procurement until usable capability appears. Admiral Henderson is presented as a leader who could turn institutional insight into hardware. Japan faced an additional obstacle because approval alone could not create the yards, instructors, machinery, or other infrastructure a larger programme required. Sound diagnosis could therefore coexist with inadequate preparation.
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The rare naval skill was turning insight into funded capability
Recognising a naval problem was common; persuading institutions to fund and build the solution distinguished unusually effective leaders.