US warships have defeated dozens of previous Houthi ... would likely hit a warship after being engaged by the Phalanx, he said. The Phalanx has a limited height range, so it may not even be ...

However, the Romans had defeated the phalanx at Cynoscephalae by taking ... with a wall of spearheads that they could not approach. Being 20 ft long the sarissa could kill the bravest soldier ...