CIWS - Last Resort

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

 

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/02/02/middleeast/phalanx-gun-last-line-of-defense-us-navy-intl-hnk-ml/index.html

[Texas Joker]

That's why r2d2 is there isn't it?

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

15 minutes ago, Texas Joker said:

That's why r2d2 is there isn't it?

If my memory has not turned entirely to sawdust (insert innocent expression here), I believe CWIS have been painted to look like the famous R2D2 and Minions both.
Either way ... gotta love it when a plan comes together ... tested in battle, success!

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Sounds like a high speed Warthog but softer.

 

 

[Chief Rick]

1 hour ago, Texas Joker said:

That's why r2d2 is there isn't it?

Yes - but then the mass propagandists couldn't sensationalize the headline.

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

[Sedalia Dave]

When first installed on ships CWIS stood for

 

 Christ

It

Won't

Shoot