Designed to hit transonic speeds in under a minute, the Soviet BI rocket fighter was a daring leap into future warfare. But ...

U.S. military intelligence raced to capture Nazi Germany's secret weapons and rocket scientists during the last days of World War II. One of those secret weapons, the Messerschmidt Me 262 Schwalbe ...

Since World War II, ... The classic Katyusha 132mm rocket was the M-13: derived from the RS-132 aircraft-launched rocket, it was almost 3 feet long, weighed 93 pounds, ...

Then, late in World War II, ... much smaller and lighter than traditional rocket powered aircraft like the 50 foot long X-15, a vehicle that itself achieved speeds of Mach 6.7. ...