Posted on 09/01/2021 11:04:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin
“I think that’s why the V2 scared the top US military and science heads so much- it only made sense if you were going to top it with a nuke.”
A nuke or some other WMD - biological, chemical or radiological. The V3 was a rocket-assisted cannon that was never completed, and it was rumored that some kind of radiological ‘dirty bomb’ was going to be the V4.
Peenemunde has be closed for some time. Then there’s the little matter of launching a large ballistic rocket from within German borders. That might make the neighbors a bit nervous. I guess they could ask the French for their launch facilities in Guyana?
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