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So, shooting down UAV is not air defense?

• greedo 9y ago
  Only in the broadest of terms. Naval air defense doesn't worry too much about UAVs currently. Most UAVs that the USN is facing are small drones that aren't a serious threat. They're easily handled by Phalanx. When the USN talks about air defense, they're primarily talking about manned aircraft and anti-ship cruise missiles. These are handled by Evolved Sea Sparrow and Standard missiles managed by AEGIS. Though these lasers are capable of downing small UAVs, they're really intended to counter small boat swarms (Boghammer type vessels) favored by Iran.