Antiaircraft guns (also known as “flak guns”) have been the been the ... recourse anti-air weapon (somewhat akin to the Phalanx CIWS, albeit with nowhere near the impressive buzzsaw-like ...

The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) was deployed by Navy destroyer the USS Gravely Tuesday night against what US officials said was a cruise missile that got as near as 1 mile to the ship ...