Tag: ciws
C-RAM – Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar / Test Fire
Soldiers conduct weapons testing with a C-RAM – Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar weapon system as part of live fire exercise that takes place on Fort Sill, Oklahoma in preparation for unit deployment. The Counter…
Loading 20mm Tungsten Ammo into Phalanx CIWS’ Magazine Drum
U.S. Navy sailors reload 20mm tungsten ammunition into the magazine drum of a Phalanx Closed-in Weapons System (Phalanx CIWS) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). Phalanx CIWS is a close-in weapon…
RIMPAC – World’s Largest International Maritime Exercise
The Rim of the Pacific Exercise, is the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise. RIMPAC is held biennially during June and July of even-numbered years from Honolulu, Hawaii. It is hosted and administered by the…
C-RAM – Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar System [Testing & Training]
Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar, abbreviated C-RAM or Counter-RAM, is a set of systems used to detect and/or destroy incoming artillery, rockets and mortar rounds in the air before they hit their ground targets, or…
SeaRAM Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile Defense System
The SeaRAM integrates two Fleet proven systems: the Block 1B Phalanx CIWS and the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile. The SeaRAM combines the Phalanx CIWS Block 1B search-and-track radar and Electro Optic sensor, along with its…
