The MK-15 Phalanx CIWS provides ships of the U.S. Navy with an inner layer point defense capability against Anti Ship Missiles, aircraft, and littoral warfare threats that have penetrated other ...

They lined up in ranks and locked their shields together with just their spears pointing over the top. This formation was known as a ‘phalanx’. A hoplite had to pay for his armour himself ...

They lined up in ranks and locked their shields together with just their spears pointing over the top. This formation was known as a ‘phalanx’. A hoplite had to pay for his armour himself ...

They fought primarily in a phalanx, a tightly packed shield and spear formation that might be several ranks deep and many soldiers wide. A highly successful 'war machine', the phalanx was used ...