Indian-flagged boat sunk off Oman in latest attack on Gulf shipping

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18. CIWZ would be the last line of defense- layered defense would be the object

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Starting over the shore/inland with Predators down low with Hellfires/F-15/35's up high with bombs, strike any launchers/launch teams as soon as seen.
Strike all radars and communication nodes & jam all comms in the area making coordinated launches harder to pull off and target acquisition harder.

Mid-way defense Apache Longbows down low & AWAC's up high in the back spotting/sharing targets with A-10's/F-16's etc, missiles for cruise missiles, guns for drones.

Then the Destroyers will start spitting out their Standard Missile-2 (SM-2), SM-6 (over-the-horizon defense), SM-3 (ballistic missile defense), and RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM).

At 14 miles out the Mk 45 5" Naval guns starts spiting out 16-20 rounds per minute.
It was already tested against drones in combat with the Houthis in the Red Sea.

Then the CIWZ is up for last ditch defense, typically carries 1,550 rounds, standard engagements last about two seconds, firing approximately 100 to 150 rounds, so 10+- engagements, using the Phalanx Deckloader System, the system can be reloaded in under 4 minutes.

Why would one ship being hit "stop the whole thing"?
During the Tanker War Iran/Iraq (1984–1988) hundreds of merchant ships were attacked and damaged.
Estimates show that over 400 civilian seamen were killed, and 586 commercial vessels were damaged.