Point defense

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Point defense refers to weapons systems designed to intercept incoming ordinance.

Real-life Point Defense Systems

  • Goalkeeper Close in Weapons System (CIWS)
  • Phalanx system

Point Defense in Science Fiction

  • In Stargate, Tau'ri spacecraft are equiped with point defense systems, at first being armed with CIWS Systems, but latter switched to Railguns.
  • In the latest incarnation Battlestar Galactica, the Galactica is equipped with a large arsenal of point defense weaponry.
  • The interceptors used by EarthForce ships in Babylon 5 are a type of point defense weapon.