[frithguild]

Crap Won’t it shoot?

[Phlyer]

Won’t it shoot?

It shoots fine. Phalanx CIWS is a great weapon system. It's just kinda bulky. And heavy. And draggy (if used on an aircraft). And you need several of them to get full coverage. This is the current US solution to what the poster recommended. I don't really think that an active shoot-down defense even if you allowed 'bulkier, non-stealth systems' is the way for aircraft to go.