The U.K. Navy has six of the Type 45 Daring-class destroyer in its service. There were original plans for 12, but that was ...

April 12, 2006: The Phalanx anti-missile system is being replaced by SeaRAM. What's interesting about this is that SeaRAM is basically the Phalanx system, with the 20mm gun replaced with a box of ...

The Phalanx CIWS is a 20mm radar- and imaging-guided chaingun designed to automatically detect, track and destroy incoming missiles and close-in aircraft. The Block 1B version of the system can ...

C-RAM uses high explosive 20mm shells, that detonate near the target, spraying it with fragments. By the time these fragments reach the ground, they are generally too small to injure anyone. At least ...

The 20mm, six-barrel Phalanx gun system and its search and track radars are trailer-mounted to allow movement to key military sites. Figure 1 shows the basic layout.

The last line of defense is the venerable Phalanx 20 mm radar-guided Gatling gun (or CIWS, Close-In Weapons System), which takes on threats inside two miles. View full post on Youtube ...

This being a test, the plane makes it through without being lit up by 20 mm ammo. In 1996, the Japanese destroyer Yugiri accidentally shot down a U.S. Navy jet with its Phalanx system.

The military MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System tracked the aircraft with its powerful six-barrel 20mm cannon as crew members shouted 'no, no, no' as if it was a misbehaving dog.

Wasp Class: Manufacturer: Ingalls Shipbuilding Service: USN, USMC Armament: 2x RAM launchers; 2x NATO Sea Sparrow launchers; 3x 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts; 4x .50 cal. machine guns; 4x 25 mm Mk 38 ...

The guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam fires a Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) during a live-fire exercise, Philippine Sea, on June 6, 2022. Santiago Navarro/U.S. Navy. CNN — ...