I’ve read about many instances of Houthi drone attacks and missiles being successfully intercepted by US warships. I have no doubt that these ships are capable of completely neutralizing these types of attacks in a vacuum… but given the cost disparity between the drones/missiles and the defense equipment used to stop them… what’s stopping the opposition from spamming so many at once that the ships can’t keep up?
Instead of repeated, futile attacks, what would happen if the opposition stock piled all of their resources and launched them at once, in waves, one right after the other?
Surely there must be some finite limit to the amount of defensive ammunition (not sure of the right term here) the ships are able to carry at sea.
Is it just a matter of the ships being so well equipped that any force capable of exhausting their supplies is simply impractical- even if the drones are pennies on the dollar in terms of comparative cost?
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It possible but it would be very hard. The US warship in question is almost certainly going to be an arleigh burke class destroyer.
You first huge problem is that the electronic warfare systems on a one of them are probably the most advanced electronic warfare systems on earth. Unless your drone is extraordinary it will get jammed and fail.
Over and above that the ship will have 100+ air defense missiles and short range air defense. For a larger drone attack this could be augmented by air support. As the drones are slow enough to give you time to get the air support there.
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