cthia wrote:I don't have the stories handy. And I've just put to bed a home full of people playing silly games, roasting marshmallows, eating cotton candy, popcorn, brandy... yatta yatta yatta.
Anyways, I don't recall if Honor's ship was screened when she was shot down on Grayson. I suppose sting ships aren't exactly an effective screen from shoulder launched missiles.
Doubtful an airborne ship could have shot Honor down. Yet a shoulder launcher did quite well for itself.
Reminds me of a saying by a well liked engineer...The more advanced the plumbing the easier it is to plug the drain.
-- Montgomery Scott, USS Enterprise no A, B, C or bloody D.
Sting ship escorts are I believe a combat escort to chase off/shoot down unfriendly aircraft not there to physically take the missile if the bad guys get it off.