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Honestly, against something like the proposed BB, I'd be more likely to see poorer nations respond with pods of torpedoes in prepositioned areas or something like a fast minelayer.

Proposed defensive system against Directed Energy weapons at sea: Outriggers with super-misters. They just create a huge area of water droplets above the water that dissipate and scatter the energy of laser weapons before they can contact the hull.

At that point, it's Energy vs Energy. Whoever has the most power for their systems will probably win. No metallurgy I know of would be able to deflect/stop a fraction of the kinetic energy delivered in systems we're proposing. You'd have to diverty kinetics to try and intercept incoming fire...

You're not wrong.

Hell, light enough rounds from a powerful Rail Cannon would potentially make ICBMs pointless. Enough velocity and they are effectively LOS capable into high orbits. Could catch ICBMS in the mid-launch before they turn back to Earth. EDIT: Totally divergent from OP so fee free to ignore this...

You'll need a few things. 1. Armor, Defensive Systems that enable the ship to survive massive attack and remain mission capable. 2. LOS weaponry: this means rail/gauss weapons and/or battlefield capable lasers that can drop missiles and aircraft in large numbers from many divergent angles...