Point defense

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.
• In Star Trek (2009), Federation starships can use their phasers for point defense.