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- proper noun The brand name of a radar-controlled
rapid fire 20mm Gatling-typemachine gun , the PhalanxCIWS (pronounced see-wiz), deployed on U.S. Navy ships as a last line of defense againstantiship cruise missiles .
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Examples
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Phalanx is still attacking, and it is up to Quasar and Moondragon to find a solution to turn the war.
Marvel Sneak Peek: Annihilation Conquest #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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The Vindicators – sidekicks to the most powerful heroes in Paragon City … but when the Freedom Phalanx is not available it’s up to Ms. Liberty and the rag-tag band she has put together to prevent chaos from breaking out in the City of Heroes.
Image Comics for December 2006 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Rhodan had sent in 500 Terran combat robots which were the latest type known as Phalanx-13.
Planet Mechanica Scheer, Karl 1977
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This year's annual report by Israeli State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss contains a sobering description of bureaucratic foot-dragging and what even appears to have been deliberate obstructionism by the Israeli military establishment going back at least five years to prevent the Phalanx, which is built by Raytheon, from being bought by Israel as a possible rival to their own cherished Iron Dome project.
Israel Matzav 2009
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• $12 million for the Laser Phalanx, which is manufactured by workers at
Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2009
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• $12 million for the Laser Phalanx, which is manufactured by workers at
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals 2009
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• $12 million for the Laser Phalanx, which is manufactured by workers at
Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal 2009
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"Phalanx," although to American ears, new in its connection, was expressive, and was also adopted by a number of social experiments just starting, and it was desirable to have them all associated in name as well as in general doctrine.
Brook Farm John Thomas Codman
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Every Saturday night I returned to the "Phalanx," but soon the shoemakers found occupation elsewhere and their seats were empty.
Brook Farm John Thomas Codman
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Von Mackensen's "Phalanx" was advancing two mighty tentacles guided by a master mind, remorselessly probing for the enemy's strongest points.
The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902
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