Phalanx CIWS - Wikipedia
The Phalanx CIWS (SEE-wiz) 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 and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division, [3] later a part of Raytheon.
Close-in weapon system - Wikipedia
A close-in weapon system (CIWS / ˈsiːwɪz / SEE-wiz) [1] is a point-defense weapon system for detecting and destroying short-range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft which have penetrated the outer defenses, typically mounted on a naval ship. Nearly all classes of larger modern warships are equipped with some kind of CIWS device.
Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) - United States Navy
2021年9月20日 · Fast-reaction, detect-through-engage, radar guided, 20-millimeter gun weapon system. MK 15 Phalanx CIWS provides ships of the U.S. Navy with an inner layer point defense capability against...
20 mm Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) - NavWeaps
Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS - usually pronounced "see-whiz") are designed to engage anti-ship cruise missiles and fixed-wing aircraft at short range. Phalanx is the most numerous CIWS in the world and has been exported to many other countries.
Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) - Navy Ship Defense
The Phalanx CIWS defends navy ships against a variety of anti-ship threats, such as anti-ship missiles and aircraft, small high-speed surface craft, helicopters and surface mines. Phalanx is the only deployed CIWS capable of autonomous search, detection, evaluation, tracking, engagement and kill-assessment functions.
Phalanx Weapon System | Raytheon - RTX
At sea, navies use the Phalanx weapon system to defeat anti-ship missiles and close-in threats that have pierced other lines of defense. On land, the U.S. Army uses it to detect and counter rocket, artillery and mortar systems.
MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) - Federation of …
2003年1月9日 · The MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS - pronounced "sea-whiz") is a fast-reaction, rapid-fire 20-millimeter gun system that provides US Navy ships with a terminal defense against anti-ship missiles that have penetrated other fleet defenses.
R2D2 with Attitude: The Story of the Phalanx Close-In Weapons
Phalanx has been nicknamed "R2D2" by people in the U.S. Navy after the famous android from the movie "Star Wars." Royal Navy sailors call them "Daleks" after the aliens in the long-running "Doctor Who" television series.
MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) - GlobalSecurity.org
2011年7月7日 · The MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS - pronounced "sea-whiz") is a fast-reaction, rapid-fire 20-millimeter gun system that provides US Navy ships with a terminal defense against...
the Phalanx close-in weapon system in focus - Navy Lookout
2020年8月10日 · Here we look at the history, design and capabilities of this system. Development of the Vulcan Phalanx began in the 1960s as the US Navy woke up to the threat of the sea-skimmers after the destruction of Israeli destroyer Eilat by Russian-made Styx missiles in 1967.