GingisK wrote: “There is nobody on deck when they are launching missiles. The only ones who know what is going on work in the fire control center. The number of sailors who would actually anything would be limited to a few men with elevated security clearances.”
Everyone on the ship would know when SM-2 missile is launched. If you doubt that, review a few videos of such a launch. It’s not like shooting a bottle rocket.
“Everyone on the ship would know when SM-2 missile is launched. If you doubt that, review a few videos of such a launch. It’s not like shooting a bottle rocket.”
Of course, especially if it was a planned exercise. But only a handful would know what the missile hit or didn’t hit from radar data. And this could be immediately “compartmentalized” and locked down with “need to know” classification.
Oh, they’ll know it was launched, for sure. They won’t know the target or circumstances following target destruction.