Editorial Reviews - Cruise Missiles by Country From the Publisher Chapters: Cruise Missiles of Brazil, Cruise Missiles of France, Cruise Missiles of Germany, Cruise Missiles of India, Cruise Missiles of Israel, Cruise Missiles of Pakistan, Cruise Missiles of Sweden, Cruise Missiles of the People's Republic of China, Cruise Missiles of the Republic of China, Cruise Missiles of the Soviet Union, Cruise Missiles of the United Kingdom, Cruise Missiles of the United States, Modern Russian Cruise Missiles, V-1 Flying Bomb, Bgm-109 Tomahawk, Mbda Apache, Republic-Ford Jb-2, Hongniao Missile, Babur Cruise Missile, Storm Shadow, Changfeng Missile, Supersonic Low Altitude Missile, Ugm-89 Perseus, Dh-10, Kh-35, Taurus Kepd 350, Ra'ad Alcm, Delilah Missile, R-27 Zyb, Ub.109t, Low Cost Autonomous Attack System, Affordable Weapon System, Nirbhay Missile, Hsiung Feng Iie, Rattlrs, Surveilling Miniature Attack Cruise Missile, Avmt-300, Low Cost Miniature Cruise Missile, Agm-159 Jassm. Excerpt: The Fieseler Fi 103, better known as the V-1 'Buzz Bomb', (German: , retaliation weapon), also colloquially known in Britain as the 'Doodlebug', was an early pulse jet-powered example of what would later be called a cruise missile. The V-1 was developed at Peenemünde Airfield by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. The first of the so-called Vergeltungswaffen series designed for terror bombing of London, the V-1 was fired from "ski" launch sites along the French (Pas-de-Calais) and Dutch coasts. The first V-1 was launched at London on 13 June 1944, one week after (and prompted by) the successful Allied landing in Europe. At its peak, over a hundred V-1s a day were fired at southeast England, 9,521 in total, decreasing in number as sites were overrun until October 1944, when the last V-1 site in range of Britain was overrun by Alli... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=32821 Synopsis Chapters: Cruise Missiles of Brazil, Cruise Missiles of France, Cru