To: Ouderkirk
How does the Phalanx target inbound sea and air bad guys if there were 50 or 60 coming at once? Closest first? Airborne or sea first? Computers run all of the targeting? Thanks in advance. (Those Phalanx jobs sure beat the old 20mm, 40mm, and quad .50 cals from the few short vieos I have seen).
21 posted on
02/26/2012 7:58:49 PM PST by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it doesn't get any better than that!)
To: bobby.223
An impenetrable wall of metal basically from what I gather.
22 posted on
02/26/2012 8:01:14 PM PST by
Norm Lenhart
(Normie: Wandering Druid, Cult of Palin)
To: bobby.223
I have seen DoD briefings from contractors which adequately assure me that targeting will not be a problem until we run out of ammo.
Cheers!
23 posted on
02/26/2012 8:02:09 PM PST by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: bobby.223
“How does the Phalanx target inbound sea and air bad guys if there were 50 or 60 coming at once?”
It basically gets them all at once. Imagine a solid wall of armor piercing rounds — 4,500 rounds a minute or so. R2-D2 is a nasty little beast.
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