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 ...
Tarawa Class: Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Service: USN, USMC Armament: 2x RAM launchers; 2x Phalanx 20 mm CIWS mount ... Assault Ships are the U.S. Navy’s largest of all amphibious warfare ...
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 centerpiece of the French Navy, the Charles de Gaulle is the country ... rolling airframe missiles, phalanx CIWS, and fifty-caliber turrets. Nuclear-powered, the Nimitz has been sailing ...