How Rockets Went Ballistic
The world's first rocket-powered ballistic missile:
Germany's terrifying V-2
Rocket-powered weapons have been around for centuries. But it took a global space race to make them truly terrifying. Here's how rockets of mass destruction came to be.
Rocket tech goes back to ancient China, where people began experimenting with gunpowder more than a thousand years ago. By medieval times, the Chinese had developed rockets--basically, bamboo tubes filled with gunpowder and strapped to arrow shafts. The technology spread far and wide, but it couldn't compete with another new technology: guns, which were more accurate and more powerful.
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