Can CIWS be used to shoot down seagulls and other vermin birds?

does organic matter give off a radar siginture?

>>34083177
Jiffy pop sure does.

>>34083185
pop corn UFOs.
anywho, i think we are going to give a bored sailor bad ideas.

>>34082970
>Can they?

Yes

>Is it worth it?

Debatable.

>>34083355
i NEED to see a green text about this, pop corn just is not enough

>>34083177
attach FLIR and gib ~10 million USD to definitely figure out the heat signature of common birds. Then watch it shoot sailors

>>34082970
the radar on that thing can kill birds nignog

>>34083395
>Microwaving birds
>Microwaveable popcorn UFOs
Radar is AWESOME!

>>34082970
Cant it be reffited to shoot birdshot and be remote controlled?

>>34083512
Who needs birdshot when you have 20mm HE shells?

>>34083185
>>34083337

That was the metal plate the popcorn was in.

>>34083528
They're not HE, dumbass. Naval CIWS is tungsten darts.
>>34082970
A Phalanx could track birds but it'd a really terrible idea for many, many reasons. There's guidelines for what it considers targets. Generally it's above/below a certain size, above a certain speed, and if it has a heading towards the vessel or system. You could theoretically adjust those to target birds, but I sure as hell wouldn't let it auto engage. That's asking for it to mow down anything that moves on your ship.

>>34083395
sweet so let's just HERF the birds, saves ammo

>>34085108
> That's asking for it to mow down anything that moves on your ship.
You say this like it is a bad thing. IMO the US Navy should kill everything within a 20 mile radius of their fleets.

>>34083177
Not really, but if you jack the power up enough you can microwave it at range

>>34086431
Hilarious for Robocop reenactments!

>>34083389
ciws has a FLIR

>>34085108
Well shit, we would need to equip it with airburst rounds instead of tungsten penistraitors

>>34086431
This includes your own sailors, your RaDARs, and any pennants of flags.
>>34086815
Well at like 75 rounds a second, I think you'd be fine.

>>34085108
>That's asking for it to mow down anything that moves on your ship.
wait nigga the system is so dumb you can't set a minimum distance for tracking from the ship?

>>34088011
You gotta remember it's a Close In Weapon System. I's designed to shoot shit heading towards it at like mach 4. A harpoon at mach 1, will cover horizon to ship in 60 seconds. It obviously has limit where it will stop engaging before it hits the ship.

>>34083389
it already kill sailors - multiple friendly casualties including a bridge officer on the bridge of a friendly ship.

>>34082970
Yes but CIWS has software filters specific for the type of environment and threats. It's looking for specific anti-ship threats like missiles and aircraft, filters out the rest.

CRAM on the other hand, absolutely could under certain situations once you give the order on the FAAD

>>34089843
>It obviously has limit where it will stop engaging before it hits the ship.
then it will not shoot the crew either.