Keywords: US Navy 030131-N-9593M-001 Five hundred rounds are shot from the barrel of a Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) mount.jpg en At sea aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 -- One of the ship s Phalanx MK-15 Close In Weapons Systems CIWS fires a high-speed computer controlled radar guided 20 mm Gatling gun during a training exercise Phalanx is capable of firing 4 500 rounds per minute and provides ships of the U S Navy with a last-chance defense against anti-ship missiles and littoral warfare threats that have penetrated other fleet defenses Phalanx automatically detects tracks and engages anti-air warfare threats such as anti-ship missiles and aircraft Abraham Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing One Four CVW-14 are conducting flight operations in the Seventh Fleet Area of Responsibility AOR U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Third Class Philip A McDaniel RELEASED 030131-N-9593M-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 4384 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Third Class Philip A McDaniel PD-USGov-Military-Navy Phalanx CIWS firing Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 |