> That said, I've seen videos of ships firing missiles in relatively quick succession. Just not like the Itano Circus, however.
Saturation attack is indeed a tactic used. The idea is to time your attack for missiles to arrive on your target at the same time independantly of when they are launched and of their trajectories.
Also, a missile hit for anti-missile defense probably doesn't look like what you expect. There is no need to reach the incoming missile spot on. The goal is to explode in its vicinity preferably slightly in front of it. Incoming missiles are fast enough that impacting either debris or the explosion shockwave will disable them if they are close in a radius which is not that small.
Saturation attack is indeed a tactic used. The idea is to time your attack for missiles to arrive on your target at the same time independantly of when they are launched and of their trajectories.
Also, a missile hit for anti-missile defense probably doesn't look like what you expect. There is no need to reach the incoming missile spot on. The goal is to explode in its vicinity preferably slightly in front of it. Incoming missiles are fast enough that impacting either debris or the explosion shockwave will disable them if they are close in a radius which is not that small.