It seems like something out of science fiction, but it's fact: America's new military laser is showing it can shoot down ...

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 ...

The destroyer used its Phalanx Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) to take out the incoming missile! Based on the 20mm M61 Vulcan autocannon, the Phalanx can fire 20x102mm rounds at an extremely high ...

The weapon has replaced one of Pebble’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 ...

However, the three original 20 mm Mk 15 Block 1B Phalanx close-in weapon systems, the torpedo defense systems and 7.62 mm M134 machine guns were removed from the ship. The vessel becomes the ...

A kinetic means of interception would be something like launching a surface-to-air missile at the drone, hitting it with the ship's close-in weapons system, or blasting it out of the sky with ...

There is provision for the installation of two close-in weapons systems such as the Raytheon Phalanx. In an “intensive attack” a single Type 45 could simultaneously track, engage and destroy ...

In contrast an incoming missile is spotted by radar and these missiles have been shot down by the 20mm autocannon of the Phalanx system. Other nations have weapons similar to Phalanx. The Navy has ...

This 60-kW directed-energy weapon, was installed on the Preble in 2022, replacing one of its two Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWS). This laser weapon system is designed to defend against ...