Paul J. Adam wrote:

Stealth aircraft aren't generally trying to play Kamikaze into warships
at sea.

True, but I have been thinking more in terms of getting no closer than
is required to identify the target and illuminate it with a laser. For
a ship near to the shore, you could that with a very small UAV, I
think: not easy to knock down, even if you're able to detect it.

Tony Williams
Military gun and ammunition website: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk