For more than forty years, the Phalanx has been the last line of defense on American warships. In January 2024 it saved USS Gravely from a Houthi cruise missile less than a mile out. Now the Navy is taking it off its destroyers and replacing it with the Rolling Airframe Missile — while signing a new $247 million Phalanx contract. Here is why both are true. 0:00 The gun the Navy is removing 0:27 The night of USS Gravely 1:15 What the Phalanx is 1:43 How it fights, second by second 2:49 Forty years at sea 3:25 USS Stark: the night it stayed silent 3:59 Why replace it 4:39 The Rolling Airframe Missile 5:24 Phalanx out, RAM in 6:28 Why the Navy keeps paying for the gun 7:17 The destroyer of the next few years 7:40 Gun or missile?
Source: The US Navy Is Removing Its Most Famous Gun From Its Destroyers
