But missile attacks on ships are rare, so it is difficult to know just how safe a ship really is-especially if an attacker launches a dozen or so missiles at once.
To begin with, uncertainty about ship “survivability” is increasing as missiles proliferate, says Steve Zaloga, a missile expert at Teal Group, an aerospace consultancy in Fairfax, Virginia.
Steve Zaloga是美国蒂尔集团（一家位于弗吉尼亚费尔法克斯的航空咨询公司）的一位导弹专家。 他表示：随着各种导弹的激增，水面舰艇的“生存性”变得越来越没有把握。
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The missile was fired March 21 from a naval ship in the Bay of Bengal off India's east coast, BrahMos aerospace chief A. Sivathanu Pillai told the Press Trust of India news agency.