Fortunately, the warship's Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) was able to destroy the missile in flight. It was a close call, but it was also a far more cost-effective means of destroying the ...
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The Drone Killers: Skynex, CWIS and Skyranger
Skyranger – A mobile anti-aircraft system mounted on armored vehicles, designed to counter drone swarms, helicopters, and low ...
The US Navy's Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Carney fires a missile at a Houthi threat in October 2023. Also visible in the foreground is a Phalanx CIWS. USN The Navy's main Fiscal Year 2025 ...
The United States military’s Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) was employed just a year ago to counter a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile that came within a mile of the United States Navy’s ...
The CIWS-II developed in Korea is known to have ... and threatened to launch a large-scale artillery provocation through missiles and long-range artillery. ※ 'Your report becomes news' [Kakao ...
The MK-15 Phalanx CIWS provides ships of the U.S. Navy with an inner layer point defense capability against Anti Ship Missiles, aircraft, and littoral warfare threats that have penetrated other ...