Rafael's Typhoon remote weapon station can carry a range of weapons. Mini-Typhoon installations can use a 12.7 mm or 7.62 mm gun or a 40 mm grenade launcher, while the larger system is associated here with a 30 mm Bushmaster. Several navies use the family, and the assessment is favourable about its usefulness. The reservation concerns its role: a remote weapon station should not automatically be credited with the same defence as a dedicated close-in weapon system.
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Typhoon weapon stations and the limits of the CIWS label
Typhoon's range of weapon options leads to a caution about treating a remote weapon station as a dedicated close-in defence system.