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Phalanx CIWS: 75 Bullets Per Second, Zero Reaction Time
« on: Thursday, Oct 23, 2025 02:56 am »
Phalanx CIWS: 75 Bullets Per Second, Zero Reaction Time

If a missile gets within a mile of a U.S. warship, there’s no time to think—only to shoot. Enter the Phalanx CIWS, a fully autonomous close-in weapon system that fires 75 tungsten rounds per second to shred threats in midair. But even that isn’t enough against the most dangerous attacker of all: submarines. In this video, we follow how one Swedish sub “sank” an American supercarrier, and what it reveals about the Navy’s layered defenses, from sonar-equipped destroyers to airborne radar networks.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/phalanx-ciws-75-bullets-per-second-zero-reaction-time/vi-AA1NmslB?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=68fa047f169448e0aee3ae4f615fe739&ei=92
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