Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore how the U.S. Navy defends its warships and aircraft carriers against modern aerial and surface threats. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel ...
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Inside the Phalanx CIWS: How the US Navy’s Auto-Cannon Defends Against Missile Swarms
The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System is the final shield between a warship and an incoming missile. Built around the legendary M61 Vulcan rotary cannon, it fires tungsten or depleted uranium ...
The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since. With the final retirement of the United States Navy’s Iowa-class battleships in the ...
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