Alexander the Great's vast empire was built upon his keen and continuously changing battle tactics, which depended on the enemy and terrain.

The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) was deployed by Navy destroyer the USS Gravely Tuesday night against what US officials said was a cruise missile that got as near as 1 mile to the ship ...

The state-of-the-art Phalanx CIWS is a great example of this. In military history, a phalanx was the term for a tightly-packed infantry formation, in which each member was able to protect the ...