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Close-in weapon system
Phalanx CIWS is a close-in weapon system originating in United States. It was built by General Dynamics.
United StatesClose-in weapon system
United States
1980–present
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Cold War Persian Gulf War Yemeni Civil War Red Sea crisis
General Dynamics
1969
General Dynamics
5 × Block 1B £8.56M each to UK 9 × Block 1B US$13.66M each for SK 13 × Mk 15 Block 1B Baseline 2 for TW, total cost: US$416M with 260,000 × Mk 244 Mod 0 armor-piercing bullet. 8 sets are for upgrading the current Block 0 to MK15 Phalanx Block 1B Baseline 2.
1978
3
12,500 lb (5,700 kg)
59.8 in (1,520 mm) L76 gun (Block 0 & 1):
15.5 ft (4.7 m)
20×102 mm tungsten armor-piercing discarding sabot (CIWS) or high-explosive incendiary tracer (C-RAM)
20 mm (0.79 in)
6-barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist, 9 grooves)
Block 0: −10°/+80° Block 1: −20°/+80° Block 1B: −25°/+85°
150° from either side of centerline
4,500 rounds/minute (75 rounds/second)
3,600 ft/s (1,100 m/s)
1,625 yd (1,486 m) max. effective range
6,000 yd (5,500 m)
1× 20 mm M61A2 Vulcan 6-barreled Gatling cannon
12,500 lb (5,700 kg), later models 13,600 lb (6,200 kg)
1000 rounds
1,550 rounds
Ku band
$12 Million
2.
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Phalanx CIWS equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Mexico
Morocco
PortugalReported count for Phalanx Mk15. Service scope: Portuguese Navy ships; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 3. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Thailand
Türkiye United StatesMorocco, Portugal, Thailand, Türkiye, United States
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