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Kashtan CIWS. A close-in weapon system (CIWS / ˈ s iː w ɪ z / SEE-wiz) [1] is a point-defense weapon system for detecting and destroying short-range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft which have penetrated the outer defenses, typically mounted on a naval ship. Nearly all classes of larger modern warships are equipped with some kind of CIWS ...
The Phalanx CIWS (SEE-wiz) is an automated gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats. It was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division , [ 3 ] later a part of Raytheon .
On station Informative call unit/aircraft has reached assigned station. Opening Increasing in range. Oranges Weather. Out (direction) Informative call indicating a turn to a cold aspect relative to the threat; opposite of in. Outlaw Informative call that a bogey has met point of origin criteria.
Redesignated 10th Combat Weather Squadron on 1 April 1996; inactivated 16 May 2014 [2] 11th Weather Squadron: 12th Weather Squadron: 13th Expeditionary Combat Weather Squadron: Redesignated from 13th Weather Squadron and reactivated in 2021. [1] 13th Weather Squadron: Inactivated in 1951. [1] 14th Weather Squadron: Asheville, North Carolina ...
A US warship’s destruction of an incoming Houthi missile in the Red Sea this week marks the first use in this conflict of an advanced weapons system dubbed the Navy’s “last line of defense.”
There is also a manual operation mode as a back-up. [1] [2] 150 (2 x 75) rounds are carried on the mounting with dual feed system. The mount can traverse 360° when EO sights elevate between -30° and +80° and gun elevate between -20° and +70°. The system can be used during day and night under various weather. [1] [2]
[4] [5] It is a CIWS variant of KORKUT Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. [6] [7] Each GOKDENIZ platform carries a variant of Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon, manufactured under licence by MKEK. [7] The CIWS system, sensors and electronics manufactured by Aselsan. The CIWS can fire up to 1100 rounds a minute up to an effective range of 4 km. [4] [7]
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