Why the US Navy Keeps a Gun That FAILS at Mach 5

Описание: Why does the US Navy still use the Phalanx CIWS if it structurally fails against modern Mach 5 hypersonic missiles? During the 1991 Gulf War, a friendly fire incident involving the USS Missouri proved this autonomous system could act like a "blind madman". Today, physics dictates that a 4,500 RPM gun cannot stop a Mach 5 threat without creating a deadly kinetic trap of burning debris that will still shred a $13 billion aircraft carrier.

But naval warfare is about economics. In the Red Sea Crisis, the US Navy is fighting swarms of $20,000 suicide drones. Firing a $4.27 million SM-6 missile or a $2 million ESSM at a cheap plastic drone is an economic defeat that quickly bankrupts the fleet.

Discover how the Phalanx Block 1B upgrade, featuring FLIR thermal sensors and hit-to-kill Tungsten rounds, transformed this Cold War relic into the fleet's ultimate economic guardian. For just $13,800 a burst, the Phalanx CIWS clears the sky so the high-tech AEGIS system doesn't waste its most expensive interceptors.


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Timestamps:
0:00 USS Missouri & The Phalanx Friendly Fire
3:57 Mach 5 Missiles & The Kinetic Trap
7:49 Red Sea Drone Swarms vs US Navy Fleet
10:24 Block 1B FLIR, C-RAM & Tungsten Ammo
13:42 The 20-Second Flaw & Naval Lasers Endgame