Someone needs to tell the author that SeaRAM and Phalanx aren’t exactly exotic, and that the prototype rail guns have never been intended to counter incoming missiles. Stupid. Really stupid.
Conur, idiotic article on a very serious subject.
The way to best defeat incoming arrows has always been to kill the archer.
Two CIWS against twenty missiles arriving at the same time? Not good odds. 3,600 meter range against hypersonic missiles and long reload times means it is not the answer.