[Menehune56]

The missile, is a C-802 radar-guided anti-shipping missile manufactured in Iran using Chinese technology. Courtesy of the Clinton administration via Loral and Hughes?

[Jeff Head]

Actually, this has got more French technology in it than our own. Most of the missile tech they got through Clinton years went into the improvements of their ICBN force.

[Jeff Head]

The Phalanx, CIWS, when in full auto mode, would be dangerous to friendly aircraft that flew into its engagement envelope. BUt, it can be set to manual mode, or in an eminent danger, friendly aircraft can be warned out of those zones.

It should have been active in manual mode, and the detection, acquisition, and targeting systems for their very advanced Barak missiles should have been on in any case.