From the first rockets used to fire arrows to modern computer-controlled cruise missiles and wire-guided High Explosive Anti-Tank Missiles, twelve dioramic scenes reveal how rockets and missiles have gradually become the primary weapons of mechanized warfare.

Includes index.

Rockets & missiles -- The first rockets -- WWII rocket launchers -- WWII shoulder launchers -- Air-to-surface -- Early guided missiles -- Air-to-air -- Anti-tank -- Surface-to-air -- Anti-ship -- Mobile ballistic -- Cruise missiles -- Anti-ballistic missiles -- Missile specs.