Technically, that’s what the decoys they carry are supposed to do. They were *also* supposed to be carrying anti-torpedo torpedoes but that program was abruptly cancelled a couple months ago.
If a US order brings the cost per unit down due to the obvious economy of scale it might even pursuade our parsimonious MoD to order more than 8 of them. They’re already talking about raising the defence budget beyond the NATO minimum so this would be a great way of stimulating the growth of the Royal Navy back to a sustainable level.
“Technically, that’s what the decoys they carry are supposed to do.”
I’m old school enlisted, rode a cruiser and a destroyer. When push comes to shove, all ships in the battle group are torpedo catchers if it means saving a carrier. But I’m absolutely sure that’s not the intended purpose for any modern vessel.