Javelin (disambiguation)

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A Javelin is a light spear intended for throwing. It is commonly known from the modern athletic discipline, the Javelin throw.

Javelin may also refer to:

Transportation

Aviation

• ATG Javelin, an American-Israeli civil jet aircraft, under development
• Gloster Javelin a British "all-weather" jet interceptor aircraft, 1951–1968
• Javelin, American aircraft company, selling plans for the Javelin Wichawk kit-plane
• Javelin (rocket), a former American sounding rocket
• Napier Javelin a British, piston, aircraft engine

Maritime

• HMS Javelin, a World War 2, Royal Navy destroyer
• Javelin dinghy, one of several types of racing dinghy:
  • Javelin dinghy (US)
  • Javelin dinghy (Europe)
  • Javelin dinghy (NZ)
• SS Empire Javelin a British World War 2 Infantry Landing Ship

Rail

• Javelin (train); the Olympic Javelin, a high speed shuttle service in London for the 2012 Summer Olympics
  • British Rail Class 395 the trains used, sometimes referred to as the "Javelin class"

Road

• AMC Javelin, an American automobile
• Dennis Javelin, a British motorcoach
• Jowett Javelin, a British automobile
• JBA Javelin, a kit-car manufactured by JBA Cars

Technology

• BlackBerry Curve 8900, or Javelin, a BlackBerry Curve phone
• PRISM (chipset), or PRISM Javelin, a wireless chipset made by Intersil Corporation
• Javelin Software, software company

Military

• FGM-148 Javelin, an American anti-tank missile
• Javelin surface-to-air missile, a British Army portable missile

Music

• The Javelins, a band fronted by Ian Gillan
• Javelin (band), a two-man pop band started in 2005
• Javelin (Torke), a 1994 composition by American composer Michael Torke.

Fiction

• Javelin (DC Comics), a DC Comics supervillain
• Javelin (Marvel Comics), a character in Rom Spaceknight, a comic book series published by Marvel Comics
• Javelin, a fictional robot from the Custom Robo series

Zoology

• Javelin (fish), Caelorinchus australis, a fish found around Australia and New Zealand
• Thorntooth grenadier, Javelin, a name for the fish Lepidorhynchus denticulatus, found around Australia and New Zealand
• Javelin Frog, Australian species of frog

Other

• Javelin argument, a logical argument supporting the infinite size of the universe
• Javelin, a musical composition, by Michael Torke

See also

• Pilum, a heavy javelin used as a thrown weapon in the Roman legions