Talk:Ark Royal/@comment-173.94.110.86-20170813031227/@comment-173.94.110.86-20170819064421

Not just because it was invented in America. It was invented from whole cloth, it was a huge departure from thousands of years of history and had no respect for tradition, it was based on high tech principles, it did not require a specially trained class of person to operate.

These are American principles. It dominates the American market. It's wholly American in every conceivable way. The concept of an archer as a whole is better suited to britain, but the particular bow can't be argued. I don't think the Japanese understand that, though.