@LifeoftheMind:
The second best way is to shoot from where the enemy is aiming at and intercept the incoming weapon coming straight at you as far from you as possible.

Thank you, sir. That is what I suspected. This means that our “magic Navy” isn’t so magical after all. We still need Patriots AND Phalanx CIWS guns on the ground AT THE TARGETS to stop incoming nasties.

So, build more faster smaller boats to transport more, more, more anti-missile systems, right? On the ground, right? Manned by Marines, sure, but on the damned ground; around the last defensive perimeter. Hmmmm.