A [[mecha]] from the [[MACROSS]] series. It first appeared in the [[Choujikuu Yousai Macross]] TV anime [[science fiction]] series from 1982.

The [b]SDR-04-Mk XII Phalanx Space Defense Robot[/b] [[destroid]] is a main battle robot system (mecha) created by the [[U.N. Spacy]] to fight the [[Zentradi]]. It was the final destroid developed during Space War I and it was designed to act as a fleet defense mecha.

Armed with dozens of missiles in two large cylindrical launchers, the Phalanx made an excellent semi-mobile [[missile]] based battery. Some variants also featured defensive armaments such as a head mounted [[gatling gun]]. 

During the last battles of Space War I against the Zentradi [[alien]] fleets, the Phalanx units were repainted and refitted to fire long-range "reaction" ([[radiation symbol|nuclear]]) warheads for use against the enemy alien [[space]] warships.

In [[real life]] the Phalanx was designed by [[Miyatake Kazutaka]] in the early 80s.
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