[Kozak]

Oooh a whole destroyer?
A veritable Armada.

[manc]

There to observe no doubt.

[navyguy]

I too wish we would send more than a single vessel, but I would not under estimate this ship. Here's the list of goodies: Armament: Missiles: Flight I: 90 cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) Flights II and IIA: 96 cell Mk 41 VLS Tomahawk (missile) RIM-66M Standard medium range SAM (has an ASuW mode)[citation needed] RIM-161 Standard Ballistic missile defense missile for Aegis BMD (15 ships as of March 2009[6]) RIM-162 ESSM (4 per cell) SAM (DDG-79 onward) RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC RIM-174A Standard ERAM added in 2011 2 x Mk 141 Harpoon Missile Launcher SSM (not in Flight IIA units)[7] Guns: 1 or 2 × 5-inch (127-mm)/54 Mk-45 Mod 1/2 (lightweight gun) (DDG-51 through −80); or 1 × 5-inch (127-mm)/62 Mk-45 mod 4 (lightweight gun) (DDG-81 onwards) 2 × (DDG-51 through −84); or 1 × (DDG-85 onwards) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannons Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (six Mk-46 or Mk-50 torpedoes, Mk-54 in the near future)

[Mariner]

That "Armada" you deride could sink every combatant in the Iranian Navy in 3 minutes or less.

Along with downing every Iranian aircraft they are stupid enough to fly against it.

All at the same time.

[kidd]

Oooh a whole destroyer?

Well it only takes ONE boat to deliver James Taylor to the scene.