Photo: A V-1 pilotless flying bomb on its launching platform, circa 1944. The background has been retouched by German censors. (Getty Images) Throughout the war, the Nazis were secretly developing ...

The notorious German Operation Eisbär is underway. Many dozens of V-1 cruise missiles fall on the civilian infrastructure of British cities everyday. Just one missile is enough to destroy a massive ...

Pulse jet engines are not a new technology. Indeed, the earliest cruise missile design, the V-1 flying bomb used during World War II, was powered by a pulse jet. Known as the "buzz bomb" for its ...