A U.S. Navy Destroyer is built for eliminating threats to itself or its fleet and it has a variety of weapons to do so.

The guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam fires a Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) during a live-fire exercise, Philippine Sea, on June 6, 2022.

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A Houthi missile attack aimed at a US destroyer got so close to the USS Gravely that it triggered its Close-In Weapons System, known as a last-line of defense, American officials said.

The Raytheon Systems Company (previously the Hughes Missile Systems Company) was contracted to develop the CIWS. The company describes it as a "last line of defense," and from the beginning of ...

A Houthi missile recently put a US destroyer's close-in weapons system to the test, a report said. A warship's CIWS is usually considered its last line of defense and is for close-range intercepts.

The Gravely shot down the missile using its Close-In Weapon System, or CIWS -- a gatling gun system that is one of this ship's last lines of defense.

Much remains unclear regarding why Gravely had to use its CIWS, and why other systems didn’t take the missile out. The missile’s flight profile, perhaps it was a “sea-skimmer,” may have ...

The guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam fires a Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) during a live-fire exercise, Philippine Sea, on June 6, 2022.

The guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam fires a Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) during a live-fire exercise, Philippine Sea, on June 6, 2022. Santiago Navarro/U.S. Navy CNN — ...