History A-Level
Missiles
What Missiles means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Missiles
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Systems from V-1 and V-2 to later ballistic and cruise weapons that removed the pilot from the delivery leg.
Topics that use Missiles
- Paper 3, Option 37.1: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality - 5 Air power and nuclear weapons, 1943–91 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Air superiority
- Limited war
- Operation Rolling Thunder
- Counter-measures
- Jet engines
- Operation Linebacker II
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