The state-of-the-art Phalanx CIWS is a great example of this. In military history, a phalanx was the term for a tightly-packed infantry formation, in which each member was able to protect the ...

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 ...