Sailors from Weapons and Combat Syatems Departments test the ship’s Close In Weapons System (CIWS) and Mk38 machine guns ...

The Navy destroyer Gravely used its Close-In Weapons System to take out a Houthi missile that got within a nautical mile of the warship on Tuesday, a senior defense official has confirmed. The ship is ...

There's certainly an argument that giving a computer too much control over any aspect of our lives is a dangerous thing. One day, they're developing the CPUs of other computers, and the next, they ...

From automated cannons that literally shred their target to pieces, to extremely agile missile systems, Close-In Weapon Systems are a vessel's last line of defense against anything hostile above the ...

U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) conducts a live-fire exercise of the Mark 15 Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) and the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile System Mod 15 (ESSM) on ...

The Mk 15 Phalanx close-in weapon system. South Korea is looking to procure between two and six units of the weapon system, subject to US approval. (US Navy) The South Korean government has raised a ...

The Phalanx CIWS has been in service with the Navy since the 1970s, and has received significant technological upgrades since then to improve its detection and target acquisition capabilities. The US ...

TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa is pictured in late February with a new gun system installed in the place of its usual aft gun turret. While the whole gun turret and the associated radar and other sensor ...

The U.S. Navy is pursuing a massive, fleet-wide upgrade of its shipboard defensive weapon designed to intercept and destroy approaching or nearby threats, the Phalanx Close in Weapons System, service ...

Here's some serious Friday gun-porn for you. It's a close up picture of the ten-barreled Gatling gun Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) installed on China's nearly complete aircraft carrier Shi Lang ...