Up close on the RIM-116 RAM Launcher. Its Rolling Airframe Missile technology uses a unique spin for stability and evasive maneuvers. Is this US Navy system still the best CIWS globally? 🇺🇸 . . #military #usa #Warship #NavalTech #DefenseSystem #CloseInDefense #USMilitary #ShipLife | Military Addict

Raytheon - Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) & SeaRAM Anti-Ship Missile Defense System The Phalanx CIWS advanced radar-controlled gun system provides superior defense against close-in air and surface threats. The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System is a rapid-fire, computer-controlled, radar-guided gun system designed to defeat anti-ship missiles and other close-in air and surface threats. A self-contained package, Phalanx automatically carries out functions usually performed by multiple systems

The SeaRAM blends the Phalanx CIWS mount with RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles, swapping a 20mm gatling gun for an 11-cell missile launcher to give ships longer reach and greater effectiveness against supersonic, sea-skimming threats. Mounted on LCS, destroyers, and carriers, SeaRAM acts as a last-ditch guided-missile layer that bridges gun CIWS and longer-range missile defenses. Is missiles-over-bullets the future of ship self-defense? #SeaRAM #Phalanx #CIWS #RIM116 #NavalDefense #ShipDefense

USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) Armament: 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 cannons 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile 6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) M2HB machine guns | Richard LeBel

🚨#ICYMI: USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) Conducts SeaRAM Missile Test (🎥Video and 📰press release below⬇️) On July 16, 2020, the Navy successfully conducted a SeaRAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) firing event onboard the USS Indianapolis (LCS 17), scoring a mission success against its intended aerial drone target. This test firing was the first ever full-up demonstration of SeaRAM capability aboard the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Structural test firing was successfully completed on this