So, if i want to place ONE big unit on one JP then it will be better to use CIWS. Time to cancel some research projects and start with gauss. Thanks
The place I end up using ciws systems is on commercial ships that might end up in a combat zone as ciws does not make the ship military. Even a couple of ciws on a forward area supply ship (mix of fuel and maintenance) makes it much harder to kill and therefore much more surviveable in combat areas. The other place is on high value targets that would otherwise not have any point defense. A carrier is a good example here as I am unlikely to put beam weapons and fire control and power plant on them, but a couple of ciws does make sense here to help when it is the target of an enemy salvo.
There is a place for the ciws, I just think it is not the primary point defense of the fleet. Emphisis on Fleet ships. On ships that are going to operate solo, or are particularily high value without having other defenses then ciws are very important.
Brian