Anti-ship missile saturation attack is one important campaign mode in the high-tech sea battle. Aimed at the absence of systematic research on the anti-ship missile saturation attack problem currently, this paper expatiated the meaning of saturation attack, analysed the deficiency of saturation attack problem study based on the current research status quo. Then it established the research framework on the saturation attack problem, and also, explained the study contents for each module under the research framework, which gave the direction and basis for future systematic research on the problem. In the end, it put forward the future research emphases for the problem.