Do Small DUCs suck?

[Nethog]

I attacked a Cryslonite planet with a bunch of ships and a Carrier loaded with 44 Small Fighters each configured with 2 Small DUC IIIs. The Cryslonites had around 25 fighters with Small Shard Cannons I. The Cryslonite fighters seem to hit my fighters on average every other shot. My fighters rarely seemed to hit the Cryslonite fighters (the hit chance displayed 1% at 1 square distance). So do Small DUCs have an inherit disadvantage when targeting fighters?

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Nethog