"How is the Phalanx operator supposed to know which are the bad guys and which are the good guys with 100% accuracy? "
Excellent point ... since the system would have to be on automatic, the tour plane operater would have to contact the statue defence to turn it off ... and then really, really hope that it gets done by that National Guardsman who was dragged in for a tour of sitting there.
Wouldn't it be exciting knowing that the guns were tracking you on your flight, ready to blast you should wind shear drop you a hundred feet or so ?
I have heard that the radars that they use can fry you. I have also heard that is how the AWAC's defend themselves.
How many Phalanx systems would it take to defend Miss Liberty? Would they have to remove her crown and mount one up there?
I have a picture in my head of a couple of Phalanx systems guarding Miss liberty and people with rockets up in the Crown. It is just sad.