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Javelins are small ships, roughly 30 meters long and about 10 cm in diameter at the widest point.
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Javelins are lighter and easier to carry than franciscas.
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Javelins can be thrown from horseback, can be thrown quickly, can be thrown well even with no run-up, have decent range, good accuracy, good penetration and will always land point-first.
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The smaller vessels, can easily handle having .50 cal mounts, maybe some Javelins and the like. that gives te smaller boats serious punch, but the can still do general duties.
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Javelins, remember, started out as spears that were meant to kill people.
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Possibly also sending sophisticated weapons like Stinger antiaircraft missiles and portable antitank ones called Javelins.
Stoking Tensions, Risking Confrontation: A High Stakes US Gamble with Russia 2008
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I hope to God that we have a couple of F-15's escorting our relief flights (loaded w/Stingers and Javelins) and the Russian air force tries to stop us.
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Possibly also sending sophisticated weapons like Stinger antiaircraft missiles and portable antitank ones called Javelins.
Stoking Tensions, Risking Confrontation: A High Stakes US Gamble with Russia 2008
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Javelins of flames shot out from under the neglected pot.
Their Dogs Came With Them Helena María Viramontes 2007
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Javelins thrust, swords flashed upward, bringing down horse and rider, and greatly outnumbered, leaguered on every side, the Gaels had perished among their foes, but at that instant, from the other side the crashing chariots smote the Roman ranks.
People of the Dark Howard, Robert E. 2005
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