V2 Rocket
In the 1940s, a German team under Wernher von Braun developed the V-2
rocket, the first long-range guided missile. There were four different
kinds of V-2: (V-2A) Air-to-air; (V-2AS) Air-to-Surface; (V-2SSA)
surface-to-air; and (V-2 SS) surface-to-surface. The Russians were the
first to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (an expanded V2) in
1958, and the first to use submarines to launch ballistic missiles.
Today, V-2-type missiles can be launched from aircraft, surface ships,
submarines, or (banned by a U.S.-Russia treaty) the ground. Guided
missiles with warheads have become a key strategic weapon of
modern warfare