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Here’s What to Know About the USS Gerald R. Ford’s Arctic Mission

In the run-up to the exercises, it was feared that one Russian hypersonic-capable Yasen-class submarine came within firing ...
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Phalanx CIWS: 75 Bullets Per Second, Zero Reaction Time

If a missile gets within a mile of a U.S. warship, there’s no time to think—only to shoot. Enter the Phalanx CIWS, a fully autonomous close-in weapon system that fires 75 tungsten rounds per second to ...