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Originally Posted by HoratioNelson
Oh, and don't go with Phalanx CIWS. The best modern CIWS gun is, in my humble opinion, the Oerlikon Millenium 35mm. 1000 rounds/minute firing rate, air burst munitions to fill the air with a veritable wall of flak and is the only modern CIWS gun that can keep out targets at ranges exceeding 1.2km. I put a combination of RAM launchers and Millenium guns on my ship, would that be a good defensive screen HistoricalDavid?
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For point defence against a few low-flying sea-skimmers, probably, but I'm not sure they have the elevation to take on pop-up-manoeuvering missiles, and I'd want to kill the missiles further out with longer-ranged missiles like ESSM (which was specified, but in small numbers) and SM, etc.
PS they would have the elevation but you'd probably end up with bits of missile falling on you since they're so short-ranged. I'd like something with longer-reach personally.