Could a sixteen-inch airburst disrupt a drone swarm?

Would Iowa's nine sixteen-inch barrels have needed a higher rate of fire in the 1991 Gulf War?

Not for that war, but a large airburst shell could have a different hypothetical value against a dense drone swarm.

Iowa did not need extreme sixteen-inch firing rates for its 1991 Gulf War missions. The discussion then shifts to a large swarm of small drones. A single heavy airburst shell could scatter fragments through a large volume. This is a speculative modern use for large-caliber firepower, rather than a capability the historical ship demonstrated in combat.