Airborne Assault Ancient Discoveries : Season 6 Episode 1
TV-PG History 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: November 5th, 2009 @ 10:00 PM EST on History
Assault from the air didn't begin with the era of the airplane. The kite bomb was a medieval siege weapon that dropped bombs from a kite over cities. Ancient bouncing bombs that actually skipped across water terrorized shipping in Turkey in 1453. Ancient China's whistling arrows, the world's earliest rocket-powered explosive missile, and the earliest known successful parachute, are also examined.