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  2. History of rockets - Wikipedia

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    Rockets became extremely important militarily as modern intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) when it was realized that nuclear weapons carried on a rocket vehicle were essentially impossible for existing defense systems to stop once launched, and launch vehicles such as the R-7, Atlas, and Titan became delivery platforms for these ...

  3. Rocket (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    Katyusha rocket launcher, one of the earliest modern rocket-artillery weapons. In military terminology, a rocket is a self-propelled, unguided or guided, weapon-system powered by a rocket engine. Though used primarily as medium- and long-range artillery systems, historically rockets have also seen considerable use as air-to-surface weapons ...

  4. Rocket artillery - Wikipedia

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    Rocket artillery is much more mobile and can change position easily. This "shoot-and-scoot" ability makes the platform difficult to target. A rocket artillery piece could, conceivably, fire on the move. Rocket systems produce a significant amount of backblast, however, which imposes its own restrictions. Launchers may be sighted by the firing ...

  5. Timeline of rocket and missile technology - Wikipedia

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    The rocket also carried an additional satellite payload called "Humanity Star", a 1-meter-wide (3 ft) carbon fiber sphere made up of 65 panels that reflect the Sun's light. [35] 2020 - The SpaceX Dragon 2 launches on the Falcon 9 rocket whilst carrying crew, marking the first time astronauts have been sent to space via a private company.

  6. Shoulder-fired missile - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of a fire arrow rocket launcher as depicted in the 11th century book Wujing Zongyao. The launcher is constructed using basketry. Rocket-based weapons have a long history, from the black powder fire arrows used by the ancient Chinese to the Congreve rocket referenced in "The Star-Spangled Banner," the national anthem of the ...

  7. List of rocket launchers - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of rocket launchers. Note, rocket launchers are different from recoilless rifles, recoilless guns, grenade launchers or anti-tank guided missiles.

  8. List of rocket artillery - Wikipedia

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    Type 81 multiple rocket launcher People's Republic of China: 122 40 Type 90 multiple rocket launcher People's Republic of China: 122 40 HM 20 Iran: 122 40 BM-21/9K51 Grad Soviet Union: 1963 - 126 40 Kung Feng III Republic of China: 1973 - 126 40 Kung Feng IV Republic of China: 1973 - 127 32 Astros SS-30 Brazil: 1983 - 128 M71 rocket Yugoslavia ...

  9. Category:Rocket weapons - Wikipedia

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    Rocket weapons of the United States (5 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Rocket weapons" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.