Comment Re:Resistant to anti-ship missles? (Score 1) 229
A DDG-51 ship has 90 VLS cells, and a CG-47 ship has 122 cells. While there is certainly a mix of missiles, between SM-2 and SM-6 (Anti-air warfare - missile and aircraft defense), SM-3 (Ballistic Missile Defense), Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles (anti-missile), Tomahawk (land and surface attack), Harpoon (anti-ship missile), and ASROC (anti-submarine missile), they carry copious numbers of the SM-2 and SM-3 interceptors, and there are multiple platforms per Carrier Battle Group. Each incoming missile would likely have a salvo of SM-2/SM-3/ESSM missiles targeting it, and if they missed, there's still the CIWS and RAM missiles aboard each combatant.
In a large salvo from an aggressor nation, would a couple missiles break through? Possible. Would it cripple the fleet? Certainly not.