As World War II neared its end, Japan found itself with ... The Ohka was powered by three Type 4 Mark 1 Model 20 solid-fueled rocket motors, each producing 588 pounds of thrust.

The rocket was introduced by the Germans in 1944 and was 14m long A German V2 rocket from World War II has been found nose down in the mud flats at Harwich Harbour in the east coast of England ...

In many ways, the V-2 rocket was the spark that started the ... most complex piece of hardware produced during the Second World War, it’s interesting to see just how low-tech certain elements ...

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England ...

A previous post discussed the creation of the V-2 rocket, the first man-made object to reach space.Designed and built at the Peenemünde Army Research Center during World War II, the V-2 was ...

The unexploded ordnance, discovered during a site renovation, were described as “practice bombs” that still carry a charge ...

Although the devices found during construction work were practice bombs, they can be harmful. Officials said there could be ...

It is believed the area where the playground was initially built was used as a Home Guard training ground and the bombs were buried at the end of the war.