[Gryphin]

It comes down to:
Science:
Concentration of Effort
Economy of Force
Mobility
Techonolog
Art:
Designing the Ships
Reading your opponent
Taking / Making Calculated Risks
Correctly Employing the Sciences, (that is the hard part).
There are several examples in recent history of technology and training that are reflectect in the numbers you point out.
I once saw a book on "numbers and warfare". I don't remember the title. I'll try to find it and post it here. Anybody know of it?