No, because I was specifically talking about the interplay between defensive systems and offensive weapons.
A plate carrier will not stop that kind of damage. It is designed for a different era of warfare, after all. That's what I'm trying to say, with high tech ships not necessarily being 'better'. High tech ships would be designed to deal with the weapons around at their inception, and may not necessarily be prepared to deal with a more 'barbaric' weapon system.
Actually I think I am on the same page as you on this, just posted the video for giggles...^^
Regarding the analogy I gave, I was also thinking about the interplay between shields and kinetic projectiles from a different tech era. I used the bodkin arrow instead of a one-and-a-half sword for 2 reasons.
1. Its a projectile made to defeat mail armor.
2. Its far more efficient in its role than the sword ever was (swords were considered secondary weapons at the time, and were definitely not as suitable as other contemporary weapons at thrusting/piercing against mail, like lances/halberds or bodkin arrows. I could go on as I love the subject - and own a good Brescia Spadona replica that was put to the test against arrows to prove that point - but we are getting off topic). C:
To get back to the analogy. The three longbowmen represent a ship that has a good amount of armor (three bodies) and shoots slow projectiles that were made to defeat the armor of that time. The marine represents a ship with worse armor (one body), a better shield (bulletproof vest) and a fast weapon made for the modern battlefield.
The bodkin arrow was never produced to defeat bulletproof type IIIa ceramic plate armor. But a shot from one or two can definitely break the plate just by force, making the third arrow lethal.
So..in retrospect. There is no reason why dumbfire artillery cannot be lethal to a top notch defense system.
To give another analogy. Take a Ticonderoga AEGIS cruiser and pit it against a WWI super-dreadnought like the Queen Elizabeth at a range of 20k yards.
I don't know about you, but I consider this a hard fight for the both of them...^^
ps: sorry for my bad english, and salutations from sunny Greece...C: