The only one that "points" is the gun, which is about as effective as wet noodle against an aircraft.
When was the last time you shot down an aircraft with a torpedo?
Mk-15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System
Mark 45 ~ 5-inch, 54-caliber lightweight gun
I already addressed your misconception.
The gun is useless against aircraft and CIWS doesn't point, unless it is firing! You couldn't see the damn thing anyway.
Did you read the specs and purposes for those guns and the other systems? They all include anti-aircraft capability. I have Navy Jets flying over my head almost every day!
Yes, they have an anti-aircraft capability against something like a Cessna. It's like every Navy ship is a minesweeper.....Once!
My first tour was as Fire Control Radar officer on a guided missile cruiser. I spent three years and two Med cruises, including an excursion into the Black Sea. I probably had more time conning my ship while plane-guarding (tailing) a Russian aircraft carrier than my colleagues on other ships had following American carriers combined. My primary watch station for GQ was as the Missile Engagement Controller on the guided missile system. I ate, worked and slept AAW for those three years.
Thank you for your service, what era was that? Was it in the past decade? I'm sure they have weapons to fight aircraft, ship, subs, and land on this class of ship. We are the biggest and baddest mofos on the planet.
This is a Destroyer (I'm sure that you know this) : "
They were designed as multi-mission destroyers[8] to fit the anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) role with their powerful Aegis radar and
surface-to-air missiles;
anti-submarine warfare (ASW), with their
towed sonar array,
anti-submarine rockets, and ASW helicopter;
Anti-surface warfare (ASUW) with their
Harpoon missile launcher; and strategic land strike role with their
Tomahawk missiles. With upgrades to their to AN/SPY-1 phased radar systems and their associated missile payloads as part of the
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, members of this class have also begun to demonstrate some promise as mobile
anti-ballistic missile and
anti-satellite weaponry platforms.".
I was wondering if they locked onto that jet with their radar as a warning or a "hello".
