Talk:List of fleet standard aircraft carriers by upgraded maximum stats/@comment-76.178.212.22-20140224024145/@comment-24155103-20140228025451

Torpedo bombers and diver bombers are both capable of attacking during the initial air phase. If you pay close attention, you'll usually notice a few "Miss" right before the torpedoes hit enemy ships, those are from dive bombers. (They miss very, very often during initial air strikes, only good for shelling phase really, even then, torpedo bombers have nearly identical shelling damage)

I'm a big fan of the Saiun, getting T-crossed can make an easy victory turn into a brutal defeat, no other equipment has such a big impact on your fleet, but it's still a somewhat optional choice.