Originally Posted by
Tartiflette Fan
I don't know which defences they might be, but I am dubious of their capabilities, and not only because of the effectiveness - or other - of Russian systems in this war. From memory, one weapons system that has been used frequently over the last 20 years is Patriot, and it certainly didn't used to be particularly effective i.e. strike rate for missiles fired. I note that in the only case where a missile did hit a U.S. ship ( USS Stark ) the CIWS did not function.
That's because it was switched on, but placed in stand-by mode so it didn't fire. Even an old Phalanx could down an Exocet, even two