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The masters of pike warfare in this period were the Swiss, who were employed as fighters by various European monarchs. The contract also includes further work on the future local area air defence system and on future components of the SPEAR programme. Chiron's wedding-gift to Peleus when he married the nymph Thetis in classical Greek mythology, was an ashen spear as the nature of ashwood with its straight grain made it an ideal choice of wood for a spear. Some Mao from this era are heavily decorated as is evidenced by a Warring States period Mao from the Ba Shu area.

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During this period, a clear difference remained between spears designed to be thrown and those designed to be used in hand-to-hand combat. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. The black oxide coating helps the spear maintain its integrity and helps it last for years of hard use.It was a trials fit on Typhoon, but there was nothing on there we wouldn’t foresee taking forward into a real fit. After forty years of working in housing and homelessness when I retired five years ago, I wanted to use my experience and skills to support local organisations dedicated to homelessness. This further enriched MBDA’s range of technologies and products, consolidating the Group’s world-leading position in the industry. One of the gymnastic exercises performed by the ancient Greeks was the throwing of a spear, referred to as ἀκυντισμός.

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One theory for the Quaternary extinction event was that most of these animals were hunted to extinction by humans with spears. The pike phalanx, supported by peltasts and cavalry, became the dominant mode of warfare among the Greeks from the late 4th century onward [16] until Greek military systems were supplanted by the Roman legions. In 2022, the MoD released the 2021 Equipment Plan, in which it described a delay to the In-Service Date of the F-35B to 2025 instead of 2023.

This javelin was the weapon of choice during the Fulani jihad as well as during the Mahdist War in Sudan. Access to housing is a fundamental right and ending homelessness within our communities must be our topmost priority. SPEAR Cap 3 will provide the capability to destroy/defeat a wide range of targets at range, including mobile and relocatable targets, in all weathers, day and night, in all environments under tight rules of engagement. This survival spear has tons of useful applications such as camp duty, survival situation and just plain fun! Tactical spears are extremely durable and usually designed with a nylon-fiberglass handle with a stainless steel blade that can cut!

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MBDA would be the lead industrial representative with other partners including Thales, Roxel and Qinetiq. Some spears are blade-heavy and have longer cutting surfaces, while others are more designed for throwing and have a more streamlined design.Then came Sir Carados of the dolorous tower, and Sir Turquine, knights of the castle, and there encountered with them Sir Percivale de Galis and Sir Lamorak de Galis, that were two brethren, and there encountered Sir Percivale with Sir Carados, and either brake their spears unto their hands, and then Sir Turquine with Sir Lamorak, and either of them smote down other, horse and all, to the earth, and either parties rescued other and horsed them again.

SPEAR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

The hoplite phalanx dominated warfare among the Greek City States from the 7th into the 4th century BC.People still hunt with hunting spears and there’s an entire skillset devoted to spear hunting various animals. In other air interdiction missions against lesser capability air defences, it will be used to destroy the full gamut of likely targets on the ground and with some secondary capability against smaller targets at sea or in the littoral. Spears can be divided into two broad categories: those designed for thrusting as a melee weapon (usually referred to as lances or pikes) and those designed for throwing as a ranged weapon (usually referred to as darts or javelins). As the buffalo got close to the cliff, other members of the tribe would jump out from behind rocks or trees and scare the buffalo over the cliff.