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 ...

The CIWS equipped on the USS George H.W. Bush ... an aircraft carrier will also commonly be equipped with some advanced missiles, with the Sea Sparrow being one example. While a sparrow may ...

China set off some alarm bells in New Zealand and Australia in February, as the nation participated in live-fire testing in a location much closer than before.

But it remains unclear what the weapon’s purpose would be. The United States military’s Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) was employed just a year ago to counter a Houthi anti-ship cruise ...

Standard Missile (SM-2MR); Vertical Launch ASROC missiles; Tomahawk; 6x MK-46 torpedoes; Close In Weapon System; 5-inch Mk45 Gun; Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Propulsion: 4x General Electric LM ...

Current defense systems fire interceptor missiles at incoming fire; the Navy's computer-controlled Phalanx CIWS system sprays armor-piercing or high-explosive incendiary rounds into the sky to ...

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 ...

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 weapon has replaced one of Preble's pair of Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) just in front of the bridge. Beyond its high-energy blasting abilities, the weapon is also a "dazzler" to ...