Phalanx (disambiguation)

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The phalanx is a rectangular mass military formation.

Phalanx may also refer to:

Military

• Phalanx CIWS, a U.S. Navy defense system to protect against an anti-ship missile
• Royal Phalanx, a special military unit formed of veterans of the Greek War of Independence

Politics

• North American Phalanx, a utopian community in New Jersey, organized on proto-communist Fourierist principles, or its journal The Phalanx
• The Spanish Falange
• The Lebanese Kataeb Party

Places

• Phalanx, New Jersey, an unincorporated area within Colts Neck Township, New Jersey
• Phalanx, Ohio, an unincorporated community

Arts and literature

• Phalanx (art group), an artistic movement formed in Munich in 1901
• Phalanx (comics), a species of villainous mechanical aliens in Marvel Comics, most recently appearing in Annihilation: Conquest
• The Phalanx, a Fourierist journal
• Phalanx, the name of the false zombie proof drug in the novel by Max Brooks, World War Z
• The Phalanx Nations, a terrorist organization in the young adult novel, The Prophet of Yonwood
• Phalanx, a Warhammer 40,000 novel currently being published in serialized form in the monthly publication Hammer and Bolter

Music

• Phalanx (album), a 1983 live album by Australian surf rock band, Australian Crawl
• Phalanx, a trance music group formed by Dennis Gertner, DJ Manian, and Manuel Schleis
• Phalanx (band), a jazz music group

Medicine

• Phalanx bone, the bones that form fingers and toes

Computers

• The fictional secret anti-alien invasion force the player commands in the fanmade UFO: Alien Invasion game, an open-source project in the X-COM tradition.
• Phalanx (video game), a Super NES and Game Boy Advance video game
• The 13th Colossus from the video game Shadow of the Colossus
• The first Demon (boss) in the PS3 game Demon's Souls
• The nemesis of the protagonist in the Super NES game Demon's Crest
• A Cabal enemy type from the video game Destiny

Other uses

• Phalanstère, a building layout developed by utopian socialist Charles Fourier
• Phalanx (horse), American Champion racehorse
• The falanges (legions of spirits) of the Brazilian Umbanda religion
• Phalanx Family Ties, a street family in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit