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

by Chris Eger

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.

20mm
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
amphibious landing dock ship
CIWS
Commander Fleet Activities Japan
Gun Bazaar
LSD 42
M61 Vulcan
Military
optest
US Navy
USS Germantown
USS Germantown (LSD 42)

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20mm 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit amphibious landing dock ship CIWS Commander Fleet Activities Japan Gun Bazaar LSD 42 M61 Vulcan Military optest US Navy USS Germantown USS Germantown (LSD 42)