How strategic-bombing theory affected naval aviation

How much did interwar strategic-bombing ideas shape naval air services?

The reply emphasizes opposition and rivalry, with carrier services developing aircraft and doctrine for a different set of tasks.

The reply sees little direct adoption of bomber-centered theory by naval air services. Carrier aviation concentrated on single-engined aircraft, while many air-power advocates focused increasingly on multi-engined bombers. The discussion describes some theorists as ignoring naval aviation or treating it as a threat to their preferred doctrine. Naval thinkers could then reject arguments partly because of that rivalry. The claim that bombers would inevitably get through also challenged the rationale for fighters and shipboard air defense. The exchange explains the institutional disagreement rather than presenting either side as a unified body with one opinion.