 The wreck of the Kirishima was discovered in 1992 and showed that the entire bow section of the ship was missing.The Japanese during World War II did not develop radar or automated fire control to the level of the US Navy and were at a significant disadvantage.The Royal Navy began to introduce gyroscopic stabilization of their director gunsights in World War One and by the start of World War Two all warships fitted with director control had gyroscopically controlled gunsights.