The English lobbed exploding rockets at Napoleon at Waterloo, and they also used
them against the Americans in the War of 1812. (When the British warship Erebus
bombarded Fort McHenry during that war, the nightlong barrage of rocket-propelled
bombs provided "the rockets red glare" mentioned by Francis Scott Key in The
Star Spangled Banner.) (excerpt from space.com)
They were used for military bombardment. In the Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key mentions "The Rockets red glare. The bombs bursting in air". Those were Congreve rockets.
Francis Scott Key wrote this song while being held captive by the British in Baltimore Harbor while he was overlooking the battle of the British and Fort Henry. When the rockets red glare and the smoke lifted Mr. Keys saw the flag was still there.
The flame thrower was considered a new weapons, though it can trace its roots to ancient Greece. The V-2 Rockets were new, but rockets have been used for centuries prior to that, just nothing on that large a scale. The Bazooka was new, but it was based on rockets and mortars. The Atomic Bomb was the biggest change and its development dominated world history for the next 50 years.
At various times they all used rockets, however the Katyusha rockets used by the USSR were popular, common and effective.
If you mean the Houston Rockets basketball team, definetly Yao Ming.
Rockets Red Glare ended in 2003.
Rockets Red Glare was created in 1999.
A rockets red glare? But what this has to do with cattle I don't know.
Father Murphy - 1981 The Rockets' Red Glare 2-12 is rated/received certificates of: USA:G
The English lobbed exploding rockets at Napoleon at Waterloo, and they also used them against the Americans in the War of 1812. (When the British warship Erebus bombarded Fort McHenry during that war, the nightlong barrage of rocket-propelled bombs provided "the rockets red glare" mentioned by Francis Scott Key in The Star Spangled Banner.)
And the Rockets' Dead Glare was created on 1993-03-17.
American Revolution
Mortimer W. Lawrence has written: 'The rockets' red glare'
The English lobbed exploding rockets at Napoleon at Waterloo, and they also used them against the Americans in the War of 1812. (When the British warship Erebus bombarded Fort McHenry during that war, the nightlong barrage of rocket-propelled bombs provided "the rockets red glare" mentioned by Francis Scott Key in The Star Spangled Banner.)
The English lobbed exploding rockets at Napoleon at Waterloo, and they also used them against the Americans in the War of 1812. (When the British warship Erebus bombarded Fort McHenry during that war, the nightlong barrage of rocket-propelled bombs provided "the rockets red glare" mentioned by Francis Scott Key in The Star Spangled Banner.)
The light from the red glare you would be able to see it.
The light from the red glare you would be able to see it.