Shooting 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS weapon system Royal Netherlands Navy

Royal Netherlands Navy Navy base Den Helder The Goalkeeper is a Dutch close-in weapon system (CIWS) introduced in 1979 and in use as of 2017. It is an autonomous and completely automatic weapon system for short-range defence of ships against highly maneuverable missiles, aircraft and fast maneuvering surface vessels. The Gatling gun in it is also used by the A-10 Thunderbolt II. Goalkeeper has two radar sub-systems, one to find threats and another to track and engage them, which operate together to ident
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