Carrier strikes depend on delegated command

A carrier's primary striking force leaves the ship and must find and attack the enemy beyond direct central control, sometimes under radio silence. Aircrews need freedom to make decisions and coordinate their own attacks. Those requirements sit uneasily with Stalinist habits of centralized control. The comparison with Japan links its rigid training and command arrangements to difficulty rebuilding air groups after wartime pilot losses. A carrier hull alone would not supply the organization needed to use it effectively. Japan's monarchical and religious institutions also complicate a direct comparison with Stalin's system.