Drones and fast missiles are expected to form part of future naval warfare. Comparing one weapon with one ship leaves out how an actual attack combines systems to penetrate a battle group's defences. The defenders must assess that combination and arrange their own layers to meet it. Guns, missiles, and lasers belong in that assessment because the defence has to deal with several kinds of threat.
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Layered attacks must defeat layered fleet defences
Drones, missiles, guns, sensors, and electronic warfare interact as combinations, so simple weapon-beats-ship comparisons miss the structure of an actual engagement.