Not What You Think Official on MSN
Phalanx CIWS: 75 Bullets Per Second, Zero Reaction Time
If a missile gets within a mile of a U.S. warship, there’s no time to think—only to shoot. Enter the Phalanx CIWS, a fully autonomous close-in weapon system that fires 75 tungsten rounds per second to ...
Navy Lookout on MSN
Phalanx Weapon System in Action Onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth
Watch the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) in action aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth, demonstrating its rapid-fire capability to defend the Royal Navy’s flagship from airborne and surface threats.
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon a $279.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide functional management support for the Land-based Phalanx Weapon System. Work locations and funding will be ...
The National Interest on MSN
Operation Desert Storm Was the Battleship’s Swan Song
Many experts wrote off the battleship before 1991—but that year, they proved key to ensuring America’s decisive, rapid victory over Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi Army.
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