Gulf War (1991)
In February 1991 during the Gulf War the battleship USS Missouri, escorted by HMS Gloucester (carrying Sea Dart) and the USS Jarrett (equipped with Phalanx CIWS), was engaged by an Iraqi Silkworm missile (also known as a Seersucker). After an unsuccessful response from the Phalanx 20 mm CIWS of Jarrett, which targeted chaff launched by the Missouri rather than the incoming missile, the Silkworm missile was intercepted and destroyed by a Sea Dart fired from Gloucester. This engagement was the first validated, successful engagement of a missile by a missile during combat at sea.
* Britain's Modern Royal Navy, Paul Beaver, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1996 ISBN 1-85260-442-5
* Naval Armament, Doug Richardson, Jane's Publishing, 1981, ISBN 0-531-03738-X
Osea el CIWS fallo desde el USS Jarrett, el Missouri Largo contramedidas El misil siguio y de Puro Culo que el Sea Dart Le pego.....sino....JOOOO Lindo golpe, no lo hundia pero que Golpe que habria sido.
Saludos Nicolas