Unless the counter-fire has longer range, because it's a missile, rather than an artillery round. Or the counter-fire is protected by a C-RAM system like Phala

Unless the counter-fire has longer range, because it's a missile, rather than an artillery round. Or the counter-fire is protected by a C-RAM system like Phalanx, Iron Dome, MANTIS, or Porcupine/DRACO. Every counter has a counter. It's turtles all the way down.