Convoy battle in the Gulf of Aden

[Skybird]

Well, I admit I see it from an outsider's perspective and cannot competently comment on the specific platforms and systems you refer to. I know of things like the Phalanx-system and that it can bring down incoming vampires, to what degree it is agile enough to engage two dozen small, zigzagging targets simultaneously I have no idea of, so: now is the point in the debate where I necessarily must fold.