WW2 Early Ballistic Missile Defence
British Flak vs. V-2 / Aggregat 4
"Engagement of Rockets by Gunfire 1945"
General Frederick Alfred Pile proposed that enough anti-aircraft guns were available to produce a barrage of fire in the V-2's path. Plans were made to protect London and Antwerp.
Sources:
Britain and Ballistic Missile Defense 1943 - 2002 by Jeremy Stocker
"Active Defense"
Page: 20 - 24
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket(Countermeasures - Anti-aircraft gun system)
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/milestone.htm
http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/html/history.html (Missile Defense: The First Sixty Years)
British Flak vs. V-2 / Aggregat 4
"Engagement of Rockets by Gunfire 1945"
General Frederick Alfred Pile proposed that enough anti-aircraft guns were available to produce a barrage of fire in the V-2's path. Plans were made to protect London and Antwerp.
Sources:
Britain and Ballistic Missile Defense 1943 - 2002 by Jeremy Stocker
"Active Defense"
Page: 20 - 24
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket(Countermeasures - Anti-aircraft gun system)
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/milestone.htm
http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/html/history.html (Missile Defense: The First Sixty Years)
Last edited:
