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Word: urania (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...torpedo. Five or seven rocket installations in the tail keep the projectile going, outer rockets firing in pairs after a large central one has burned out. It is guided to its target by radio, and causes a tremendous explosion when it hits. The rocket gun even has a name: Urania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Rocket or Racket? | 1/17/1944 | See Source »

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