Ballistic missile(1938)

DORNBERGER INITIATES NAZI GERMANY'S ROCKET PROGRAM.

Missile are self guided munitions that travel through the air or other space to their targets.a intercontinental ballistic missile can travel a substantial around the earth to its target. the ballistic missile travels along suborbital trajectory.

The history of rocketry dates back to around 900 but the use of rockets as highly destructive missiles able to carry large payloads of explosives was not feasible until the late 1930 . war has been the catalyst for many invention, both benevolent and destructive. The ballistic missile is intriguing because it can be both of these things it has made possible some of the greatest deeds mankind has ever achieved, and also some of the worst.

German Walter Dornberger (1895-1980) and his team began devolving rockets in 1938, but it was not until 1944 that the first ballistic missile, the Aggregat-4 or V-2 rockets, was ready for use. V-2 were used extensively by the Nazis at the end if world war II, primarily as a terror weapon against  civilian target. They were powerful and imposing 46 feet (14 m) long, able to reach speeds of around 3,500 miles per hour (5,600 kph) and deliver a warhead of around 2,200 pounds (1,000 kg) at a range of 200 miles (320 kg)

Ballistic missile follow a ballistic flight path, determined by the brief internal powered phase of the missiles flight. This is unlike guided missiles, such as cruise missiles, which are essentially unmanned airplane packed with explosives. This meant that the early V-2 s flew inaccurately, so they were of most use in attacking large, city sized targets such as London, Paris, and Antwerp.

The Nazi ballistic missile program has had both a great and a terrible legacy. Ballistic missile such as the V-2 were scaled up to produce intercontinental ballistic missile with a verity of warheads, but also the craft that have carried people into space. Ballistic May have led us to the point of self destruction, but without them man would have never been able to venture beyond our atmosphere.

An intercontinental ballistic missile is a guided ballistic missile that a minimum range of 5,500 km (3,400 mi) primarily designed for nuclear weapon delivery