Ancient Discoveries S6E1: Airborne Assault
- Aired: 2009-11-05
- Time: 22:00:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
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Overview
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.