Not a stupid question at all. Weapon systems all have various areas where they are optimum and where they are at their weakest. In ship to ship battles, maneuve

Not a stupid question at all. Weapon systems all have various areas where they are optimum and where they are at their weakest. In ship to ship battles, maneuvering is slow so its difficult to line up behind a ship like it is with a plane. Even so, if this test system works I expect there would be a matching version on the stern. Frank Dunnigan's "How to Make War", which is putatively about how to develop war games, goes into some depth of comparing offensive versus defensive impact of various weapon systems. It makes for an interesting read.