Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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The Phalanx close-in weapon system stopped a Houthi cruise missile that was within seconds of impacting U.S. Navy ship USS Gravely, saving more than 300 sailors onboard. Raytheon employees working on the Phalanx program share what that first-ever at-sea engagement meant to them.

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