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As long it is not submersible CIWS can shred pretty much anything to pieces: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-in_weapon_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by llukas 8y ago
As long it is not submersible CIWS can shred pretty much anything to pieces:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-in_weapon_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-in_weapon_system
- dingaling 8y agoAssuming that its radar has not been jammed / duped / EMPed and that the enemy is chivalrous enough not to send an overwhelming number of multi-Mach missiles. The Zumwalt DDG discarded CIWS in favour of missiles.
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- throwaway2048 8y agoCWIS isnt going to hit a hypersonic missile going mach 6
- est 8y agoThose drones will swarm in with volumes. CIWS may be effective taking out dozens of them but what if the came in hundreds or thousands? > the best unclassified study we have suggests that if eight small drones attack an Aegis-equipped destroyer - which has various AA missiles as well as Phalanx - it would get about five of them. However, this is crucially dependent on the exact speed, size and stealthiness of the drones involved > https://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/28669 https://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/28669 CIWS need to find a way to scale. Maybe a grid?