A video has recently emerged showing what, at first glance, seems to be a Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System, or CIWS, in someone's garage. On closer inspection, it turns out the Phalanx is actually ...

Raytheon Technologies Corp.’s RTX business segment, Missiles and Defense, recently clinched a modification contract for MK 15 close-in weapon system (CIWS). The award has been provided by the Naval ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (UPI) --A request from Saudi Arabia to procure MK 15 Phalanx Close-in Weapons System upgrade kits from the United States has been approved by the State Department. The five kits -- ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 4, 2013) A pre-aim calibration fire of a MK 15 Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS) is conducted aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- When tactical missiles are fired at close range the best U.S. weapon to shoot them down may be a good old-fashioned machine gun. Except there is nothing old-fashioned about ...

Hat Yai Flooding Catastrophe a Massive Blow to Thailand’s PM Anutin Taiwan’s navy will receive 13 sets of Phalanx close-in weapons systems as part of a larger U.S. arms package. Taiwan has accepted a ...