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Then the article is likely talking about anti-ship missiles (AShMs). Every "real" country can overwhelm a naval battle group of any other "real" country with guided missiles. A lot of these missiles can be fired from the shore.

AShMs defenses are very questionable when it comes to supersonic/hypersonic AShMs.

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This in specific is what the Navy is betting on lasers for. The 60-kilowatt HELIOS will be on board Arleigh Burke-class by 2021 or sooner.

There is the obvious problem of detecting hypersonic projectiles, but assuming that is "done", then lasers and a lot of them, will be quite effective.

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