Discover the top 7 most powerful and advanced close-in weapon systems (CIWS) that are shaping modern naval defense! From the ...

New year and new Navy gatling guns for USA and China. April 7, 2017 December 25, 2014 by Brian Wang. The Phalanx, or CIWS, is an area weapon engineered to use a high rate of fire and ammunition to ...

In modern naval warfare, protecting ships from incoming threats such as missiles, aircraft, and enemy projectiles is a top ...

Navy Arms MH-60S Helicopter with Gatling Gun. Published December 18, 2013. ... The system has been in service since 2009 and 2010. However, the Navy is now working on technical improvements.

Shockingly, there are some instances where the US Navy's Phalanx Close-In Weapons System's (CIWS) red hot wall of 20mm tungsten isn't enough to neutralize ...

The granddaddy of Close In Weapon Systems, the AK-630 was first tested in the mid 1960s and took almost a decade to become operational. In its original form, this turreted cannon system gets its ...

LIG Nex1 Completes Construction of CIWS-II Assembly and Test Facilities Optimized for Development and Mass Production at Gumi ...

The M134 GAU-17 “Vulcan” cannon is a six-barreled, air cooled, medium machine gun used primarily as a fire suppression weapon in aircraft for the U.S. military. The so-called “Gatling ...

The last line of defense is the venerable Phalanx 20 mm radar-guided Gatling gun (or CIWS, Close-In Weapons System), ... (particularly U.S. Navy destroyers which haven't previously had RAM ...

It is the Navy's Laser Weapons System (LaWS), a laser mounted on a ship that is so strong it can ignite a drone, sending it crashing and burning to earth in mere moments.