Monday 9 April 2012

USS Enterprise air-defence systems armed for final deployment

In preparation for its 22nd and final deployment in the US Navy's (USN's) 5th and 6th fleet areas of responsibility, the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) conducted an ammunition upload for shipboard defence systems between March 15 and March 17.

The carrier is armed with two Phalanx close-in weapons systems (CIWS), two NATO SeaSparrow missile systems and two Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launchers
[first posted to
http://jmr.janes.com - 27 March 2012]

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