[AFreeBird]

My thought exactly. Sheesh, do they think we are so stupid that we think some bobbing of the boat isn’t accounted for in the targeting ?

15ft seas (and accompanied winds) are not exactly ripples in a pond.

[OB1kNOb]

I hope they do this the first time, I really do.

That makes two of us. The Chinese are watching this with great interest. They successfully shot down a weather satellite in January 2007.

[cinives]

No, but the platform is not a 65 ft yacht, either. Give me a break.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/aegis.htm

The AEGIS weapon system is billed as the most capable surface launched missile system the Navy has ever put to sea. Its weapons can be trained on targets at a wide range of altitudes from wave top to directly overhead, and is capable of engaging anti-ship cruise missiles and manned aircraft flying in all speed ranges from subsonic to supersonic. The AEGIS system has been employed in all environmental conditions, having both all-weather capability and the abilitt to operate in chaff and jamming environments.