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*Before we go any further lets put some myths to bed shall we?
February 24th. Capt. Kaiss (Then CO of Missouri) spotted the missle inbound from astern. (Great Mk1 "eyeball" from the good captain as you noted) However it was not Missouri's job for inbound aquistion) She was ordered to the firing line (her primary mission). The Captain being alert spotted it with the "Mk 1 eyeball" as HMS Glouchester was already tracking for hits with sea darts.Which claimed the kill and further more did her intended job as part of that battlegroup.
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You miss the point by a country mile. HMS Gloucester isn't present in our Iowa vs. Kirov scenario.
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"They never went active"
*Then what you state is untrue unless you were in the CEC when Capt Bulkeley noted just how smoothly the CIWS operators brought up the weapons systems into full auto mode aquisiton and activated chaff decoy launches simultaniously. (As the missle was inbound).
So yes they were very active by the time the missle approached.
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I was clearly talking about the missiles not going active, not the shipboard defenses. The HY-2's
never went active, meaning their seekers never turned on before the one was intercepted by HMS Gloucester and the other malfunctioned and crashed.