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 ...
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 ...