Iranian warships to get indigenous CIWS

A senior Iranian Navy officer said the country’s warships will soon be defended by an indigenous close-in weapon system (CIWS).

Phalanx CIWS test fire - 081107-N-5416W-003
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class William Weinert/Released [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The system will use a locally-developed Gatling gun dubbed Moharram.