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by swilliamsio 1914 days ago
Most warships carry 40mm or 20mm minigun-like weapons which seem far more well-suited to taking down drones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS

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All the Destroyers listed in the article definitely have 1 or 2 CIWS on board. I'm confident that would do the trick -- having seen them in action.

Additionally, each of those Destroyers have 7 (if I recall correctly) .50 caliber machine gun mounts around the perimeter of the ship, which could also probably handle the drones.