Phalanx have been created, revived, experimented on, weaponised, invariably turning against those who try to use them and infecting them in the process. Halfway Borg, halfway Alien xenomorph, you ...

Powers of X #2 deepens that connection and, in a way, inverts it. The Phalanx, as introduced in the “Phalanx Covenant,” is a cybernetic alien race.

For now, though, computer-controlled systems are of enormous value, especially in the world's armed forces. The state-of-the-art Phalanx CIWS is a great example of this.

Seen in the video is an MK-15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS), fondly known as "sea-wiz," deployed on what seems to be the U.S. Navy's Harpers Ferry-class or Whidbey Island-class dock ...