But you need something for short ranges alongside long ranges.
See US naval ships has RIM-162 for short/medium ranges and other long range ADs.
French destroyers and frigates have both Aster-15 and 30.
Russian Gorshkov frigate has the S-350 system ranging from 10-15km to 100-120km.
Enemy jets...
My point was that there are smaller ships in the world and still are equipped with VLS.
Brahmos or Yakhont would be deadlier true.
Or iran can go for a supersonic missile that can be launched from canisters like YJ-12 or hsiung feng iii.
The iranian version of TOR alongside a naval sayyad...
Forget about eagle eye, jamaran and the first damavand had the ASR radar which is way better. Also another thing, the Kamand CIWS is without its FCS....
how can Kaman-22 carry way more weapons when its payload is less than shahed-129? 300kg<400kg
(I think that the number provided regarding shahed-129 is fake...)
Anyone?