Goalkeeper CIWS
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The Goalkeeper CIWS is a Dutch close-in weapon system introduced in 1979. It is an autonomous and completely automatic weapon system for short-range defence of ships against highly maneuverable missil
A Goalkeeper CIWS on a British Invincible-class aircraft carrier firing at a target
Goalkeeper system control console, on display at Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower
A target hit by the Goalkeeper. This target was hit six times in a one-second burst of 70 rounds.
Goalkeeper firing.
Phalanx CIWS
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The Phalanx CIWS is an automated gun-based "Close-In Weapon System" to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats. It was designed an
Phalanx CIWS aboard the former USS Elrod (FFG-55) in 2019.
Phalanx prototype on the fantail of USS King in 1973
The ex-USNS Saturn during a sinking exercise, hit by rounds fired from the Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS onboard USS Mitscher
A technician checks the radar transmitter and microwave assemblies of a Phalanx CIWS; also visible (top left) is the search radar, with vertical tracking radar below it