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GERMANS' NEW WEAPON TO BE USED AGAINST ENGLAND LONDON. Nov. 2. German scientists have completed a new series of experiments on " V II.", and are now .satisfied that it can be used on a fairly large scale against England, says the ' (Mail's.' Stockholm correspondent, quoting an authority " who is in a position to know what progress the Germans have made." " V II." is a fairly flat projectile. The first types carried about a ton of explosive, but larger weapons have been designed. " V II." is propelled by petrol or some other liquid. The projectiles shoot up for distances from 15 to 50 miles into the stratosphere. After Teaching the maximum height they begin to glide back, hitting the ground at 800 to 1,000 miles an hour. If one lands in the area where you are standing you do not hear it coming, because it, travels faster than sound. The projectile looks like a comet when falling n.t night-time. The projectiles can be fired at England from bases in Germany, Holland, Norway, and Denmark.
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Evening Star, Issue 25323, 3 November 1944, Page 3
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