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Navy/USMC

Navy’s Phalanx Cited In U.N. Report Critical Of Autonomous Targeting

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

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Navy’s Phalanx Cited In U.N. Report Critical Of Autonomous Targeting

A United Nations report calling for a moratorium on autonomous weapons systems that emerged Thursday cites the Navy’s Phalanx Gatling gun for ship defense as a system that should receive greater scrutiny because of its ability to automatically fire on perceived threats. The Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CWIS) is deployed on most Navy surface combatants and is designed to automatically detect, track and fire on anti-ship missiles or surface threats. The draft U.N. report submitted in early April and posted…

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