posted by Chris @ 6/20/2005 02:19:00 PM  
4,500 Shots - One Kill!

Sailors know it as R2-D2, CIWS (pronounced SeaWiz - Close In Weapons System) and Phalanx. Perhaps the Army will come up with its own name for the Navy's badass gatling gun once it's deployed to Iraq to guard Army bases against enemy mortars and rockets.

But what goes up must come down. The wall of depleted uranium spit out by the Phalanx, if aimed upward, will come down somewhere, possibly injuring or killing Iraqi civilians and U.S. troops.

Here at MilitarySpot.com, we have a better idea. Aim the beast directly at the insurgents. Let a suicide bomber try to drive up to a base armed with a Phalanx! The vehicle would be shredded in seconds.

Better yet, put a few Phalanxes on guard duty like in the movie Aliens 2, where the Marines set up automated machine guns to combat the aliens. Or put one on a tracked vehicle and drive it down Main Street in Fallujah. Now that's what I'm talking about!

Ever been on a ship with a Phalanx firing? I have. It shoots out so much so fast that it sounds like it's burping, and it rattles the entire ship.

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