Kortik CIWS

The Kortik <a href="/facts/Close-in_weapon_system/dWyqWpBF">close-in weapon system</a> (CIWS) is a modern naval air defence gun-missile system deployed by the <a href="/facts/Russian_Navy/6LA3GgUY">Russian Navy</a>. Its export version is known as Kashtan (<a href="/facts/Russian_language/ETXrTgHV">Russian</a>: Каштан, English: <a href="/facts/Chestnut/pjwAmCsR">Chestnut</a>), with the NATO designation CADS-N-1 Kashtan.
The Kortik is found on the Russian aircraft carrier <a href="/facts/Russian_aircraft_carrier_Admiral_Kuznetsov/SyTcBRan">Admiral Kuznetsov</a>, the <a href="/facts/Kirov-class_battlecruiser/0jIK9JLu">Kirov-class</a> <a href="/facts/Battlecruiser/jMqN0GHa">battlecruiser</a>, the <a href="/facts/Neustrashimy-class_frigate/pe9zQ7q3">Neustrashimy-class</a> <a href="/facts/Frigate/U4g4RMM4">frigate</a>, as well as the <a href="/facts/People%2527s_Liberation_Army_Navy/TUDdhVYC">People's Liberation Army Navy</a> <a href="/facts/Sovremenny_class_destroyer/TW4ysMjT">Sovremenny-class</a> destroyers, and other modern designs. Typically deployed as a combined gun and missile system, it provides defence against <a href="/facts/Anti-ship_missile/f6MbP8Ab">anti-ship missiles</a>, <a href="/facts/Anti-radiation_missile/4B5p21Xt">anti-radar missiles</a> and guided bombs. The system can also be employed against fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft or even surface vessels such as fast attack boats or targets on shore.
The Kortik will be replaced in Russian Navy service by the <a href="/facts/Pantsir-M/ChWg6my4">Pantsir-M</a> CIWS, which uses similar rotary cannons but different missile and radar systems.

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Kortik CIWS