The MK-15 Phalanx CIWS provides ships of the U.S. Navy with an inner layer point defense ... Phalanx is the only deployed close-in weapon system capable of autonomously performing its own search ...
The US Navy equips all its surface combat ships with a powerful gun called the Phalanx. This is what it looks like in action. Produced by Eames Yates, Original Reporting by Jeremy Bender.
In comparison, the maximum firing rate of the US military’s most powerful Phalanx system is only 4,500 rounds per minute. Refilling ammunition for a weapon that consumes millions of bullets per ...