Editing Phalanx CIWS (section)

=== Iraqi missile attack in 1991 Gulf War ===
On 25 February 1991, during the first [[Gulf War]], the Phalanx-equipped [[frigate]] {{USS|Jarrett|FFG-33|6}} was a few miles from the U.S. Navy [[battleship]] {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}} and the [[Royal Navy]] destroyer {{HMS|Gloucester|D96|6}}. An Iraqi missile battery fired two [[Silkworm missiles|Silkworm anti-ship missiles]] (often referred to as the ''Seersucker''); ''Missouri'' responded by firing its [[Mark 36 SRBOC|SRBOC]] [[chaff (radar countermeasure)|chaff countermeasures]]. The Phalanx system on ''Jarrett'', operating in automatic target-acquisition mode, fixed on ''Missouri''{{'}}s chaff and fired a burst of rounds, of which four hit ''Missouri'',  {{convert|2|to|3|nmi|km|0}} from ''Jarrett'' at the time. There were no injuries on ''Missouri'', and the Iraqi missiles were destroyed by [[Sea Dart missile]]s fired by ''Gloucester''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/du_ii/du_ii_tabh.htm |title=Tab-H Friendly-fire Incidents |publisher=Gulflink.osd.mil |access-date=2010-04-13 |archive-date=2013-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601053948/http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/du_ii/du_ii_tabh.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>