Defense Industry Daily has a nice profile of the Phalanx CIWS manned by Air Defense soldiers in Iraq for the C-RAM mission there:
This is DID’s Spotlight article offering updated, in-depth coverage of the Phalanx CIWS. It describes ongoing deployment and research projects within the Phalanx family of weapons, the new land-based system’s new technologies and roles, and international contracts from FY 2005 onward. Israel is now considering the land-based 20mm version as part of its defenses against Hamas’ shelling of its civilian population, but several obstacles remain…
- The Phalanx Platform: Competition, Upgrades & Developments [updated]
- Land-Based Phalanx: C-RAM
- Phalanx Contracts and Key Events, FY 2005-Present [updated]
- Additional Readings
4:12 pm on May 5th, 2009 1
[...] if the Israelis are trying to send a message by trying to upgrade their Air Defense Systems plus adding increased C-RAM capability as [...]