Darts are missile weapons, designed to fly such that a sharp, often weighted point will strike first. They can be distinguished from javelins by fletching (i.e., feathers on the tail) and a shaft that is shorter and/or more flexible, and from arrows by the fact that they are not of the right length to use with a normal bow.
The term has been used to describe an extremely wide variety of projectiles, from heavy spear-like ammunition for siege engines or atlatls to tiny poisoned needles for use in blowguns.
Plumbatae or martiobarbuli
Plumbatae or martiobarbuli were lead-weighted darts carried by infantrymen in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The first examples seem to have been carried by the Ancient Greeks from about 500 B.C. onwards, but the best-known users were the late Roman and Byzantine armies. The best written source for these tactical weapons is Vegetius's treatise known as De Re Militari (1.17):
Prehistory
Some of the earliest evidence of advanced tool use includes remnants of an early type of dart, which can be considered the ancestor of arrows as well as bows (see Operation). Reconstructions of this system have a range of over one hundred metres (yards) and can penetrate several centimetres of oak. This technology was used worldwide from the Upper Palaeolithic (late Solutrean, c. 18,000-16,000 BC) until the development of archery made it obsolete (see Replacement).
Though he was off watch and asleep during the 89-second-long incident when Gloucester’s Sea Dart shot down a Silkworm fired at the battleship USS Missouri (the first-ever missile-versus-missile ...
It was the return leg of a fact-finding mission by the AugustaSports Council’s executive board ...USC GamecocksSports ... Chicks might dig 70-yard missiles, yet coaches have as much love for punts that stick like lawn darts inside of the 5-yard line ... ....
He mentions that technical analysis suggests that Kinzhal lacks the agility and maneuverability expected of hypersonic weapons, likening it to a “giant lawn dart” with explosives rather than a sophisticated missile.
Guardian reporters in Jerusalem witnessed dozens of missiles darting through the sky towards the country’s coastal cities ...Around180 ballistic missiles were launched, just hours after the US warned that Iran was preparing an imminent attack.
A day later, Nabil Qaouk, a key figure in Hezbollah’s central council, was killed in another air attack ... But in the hilly terrain of southern Lebanon it can dart in and out of cover and wreak havoc with its armour-penetrating missiles ... .
Tel Aviv... The crisis comes nearly four months after both Iran and Israel directly involved in a fire exchange for the first time with Iran opening the attack, darting nearly 300 drones and missiles to Israel.
This was a strip of wood maybe three feet long, with a groove hollowed out the length of the strip, and a notch at the back to place the end of a dart or missile, much like an arrow, but heavier.
One of them had what looked like an arrow or a dart stuck in its back ... A Denver Police Department spokesperson also told FOX31 that shooting an arrow or dart at an animal would, at minimum, "fall under unlawful throwing of projectiles and missiles."
During the Gulf War, the Type 42 destroyerHMS Gloucester used Sea Dart missiles to destroy an Iraqi silkworm anti-ship missile that was targeting an American warship ... It is not immediately clear what type of missile the Houthis used on Wednesday.
Supporters of your football club are angry. And if they are not, it is only a matter of time ... “BASTARD!” they bawl; at the award of a throw-in ... Maybe it is ... One cannot be misty-eyed about a period when golf balls and darts were common terrace missiles ... .
While other potential White House aspirants are quietly laying the groundwork for the future, the second-term governor has been more of an attention-seeking missile - darting across the country and ...
By Nick Thomas... Adorned with glowing orange beaks, feet and matching eye rings, these miniature black and white feathered missiles can dart through the air at more than 50 mph, making it tricky to capture sharp images in flight ... ....
In just a week, Russia has fired more than 125 missiles and drones at the Odesa region, hitting the historic city center that had been largely spared since the beginning of the war ... missile attacks.
They get as close as they dare and then fire missiles, including long-range missiles recently provided by Britain and France, at fuel and ammunition depots and other military targets before darting away.
Aiken Standard
23 Nov 2024
Aiken Standard
23 Nov 2024