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Raytheon tests new electric gun for CIWS (VIDEO)

Defense contractor Raytheon is testing a modified version of their Phalanx Close-In Weapon System that will let soldiers and sailors fire at varying rates, using less ammunition.

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20mm CIWS does the best it can to shoot down incoming Harrier (VIDEOS)

Designed as a last-ditch defense against incoming threats, the close-in weapons system (CIWS) mounts a radar, 20mm gun and control system. And the Navy has to test them somehow.

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