This introduction of these weapons of war made the dreadnaught and heavy cruiser ships obsolete. It allowed America to win the war in the Pacific and changed the face of Naval warfare. The Enterprise and the Kagi are renown examples of this weapon of war. Without this weapon the Japanese would not have been able to launch their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Aircraft carriers revolutionized naval warfare by making battleships (dreadnoughts) and heavy cruisers obsolete - aircraft could strike from hundreds of miles away. The USS Enterprise was a legendary carrier, and carriers (like the Japanese ones that launched planes from Mobile, Akagi, Kaga, etc.) were essential for the Pearl Harbor attack. Fighter bombers are aircraft carried by carriers, HE bombs and TNT are explosives, not ship types.