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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 CIWS aboard the former USS Elrod (FFG-55) in 2019.
Phalanx prototype on the fantail of USS King in 1973
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
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 track
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
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
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The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the German, Japanese, Greek, Turkish, South Korean, Saudi Arabian, Egyptian, Mexican, UAE
Phalanx CIWS
…counter rocket, artillery and mortar attacks during the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The U.S. Navy also fields the SeaRAM system, which pairs the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile with sensors based on the Phalanx. The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) was developed as the last line of automated weapons defense (terminal…
A RIM-116 being launched from USS New Orleans in 2013
A RIM-116 being launched from USS New Orleans in 2013
Sailors handle the rolling airframe missile system aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.
Sailors handle the rolling airframe missile system aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt launches a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM).
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt launches a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM).
USS America (LHA 6) launching a RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
USS America (LHA 6) launching a RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile