The Phalanx CIWS has been in service with the Navy since the 1970s, and has received significant technological upgrades since then to improve its detection and target acquisition capabilities. The US ...

There's certainly an argument that giving a computer too much control over any aspect of our lives is a dangerous thing. One day, they're developing the CPUs of other computers, and the next, they ...

A US warship’s destruction of an incoming Houthi missile in the Red Sea this week marks the first use in this conflict of an advanced weapons system dubbed the Navy’s “last line of defense.” The ...

The HMS Queen Elizabeth has successfully conducted its first-ever test-firing of the Phalanx CIWS, a critical last line of ...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore how the U.S. Navy defends its warships and aircraft carriers against ...

Raytheon Technologies Corp.’s RTX business segment, Missiles and Defense, recently clinched a modification contract for MK 15 close-in weapon system (CIWS). The award has been provided by the Naval ...

The Mk 15 Phalanx close-in weapon system. South Korea is looking to procure between two and six units of the weapon system, subject to US approval. (US Navy) The South Korean government has raised a ...

FILE - A 20mm Phalanx CIWS weapons defense cannon is mounted on the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely on March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/John C. Clark, File) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi ...

A 20mm Phalanx CIWS weapons defense cannon is mounted on the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely in March. The U.S. military said Sunday, it shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired toward a ...

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