Paragraph on “Rockets” complete paragraph for Class 9, Class 10, Class 11 and Class 12
Rockets
It is the age of the rockets today and it all began way back in China about 800 years ago, the Chinese used them initially as fireworks and then for war. Rockets first came to Europe and India in the middle of the thirteenth century. They were primarily used for war as a replacement for burning arrows, or for signalling.
In the beginning of the nineteenth century a contingent of army soldiers was attacked with rockets in India and a British officer carried the idea back with him. Rockets were then used against Napoleon in Europe and even in the Battle of Baltimore Harbour. Development in rocketry continued and the Germans used the `V-2′ rockets with a devastating effect in the World War-II. Subsequent developments led to the making of medium and long range missiles with various types of war heads and the use rockets for space exploration.