Retired Col. Seth Krummrich, vice president of Global Guardian, joins ABC News Live to discuss the ongoing conflict with Iran ...

The Phalanx CIWS is a rapid-fire, computer-controlled, radar-guided weapon system designed as the last line of defence for sea- going vessels against incoming threats.

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 ...

Essentially, the Phalanx is a very sophisticated Gatling gun or cannon. An M61 Vulcan autocannon, to be precise, is equipped with Ku-band radar, sensors, and a computer connected to its prominent ...

The Phalanx CIWS, which can fire up to 4,500 rounds per minute, has been protecting ship platforms for decades. The weapon is currently on Navy cruisers, destroyers, aircraft carriers and ...

November 10, 2012: The British Royal Navy ordered another five American Phalanx CIWS (Close In Weapons Systems) for their warships. These are mounted on ships to shoot down incoming missiles or hit ...

The U.S. Navy's answer: the Phalanx CIWS, or close-in weapon system. The Phalanx consists of a M61 Vulcan gatling gun—the same gun used on the F-15C Eagle and F/A-18 Super Hornet—along with a ...

A US warship’s destruction of an incoming Houthi missile in the Red Sea this week marks the first use in this conflict of an advanced weapons system dubbed the Navy’s “last line of defense.” ...

Raytheon Company is being awarded a $15 million modification to a previously awarded contract to provide an increase in option exercise for engineering and technical services in support of the MK15 ...

The Phalanx CIWS, pronounced “sea-whiz”, was originally developed in the late 1960s as a terminal defense against anti-ship missiles (AShMs). It is essentially a self-targeting Gatling gun.

A Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) fires during a live fire exercise onboard amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in 2016. U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jesse Monford ...