It was one of the largest projects in the history of mankind. The Third Reich’s bomb-proof factory ... Gigantic underground plants would have kept the supply chain running for the Wehrmacht. Armaments minister Albert Speer had devised the monstrous plan for his Fuhrer. Today only a few may set foot in the remnants of the mammoth project. Hundreds of thousands of slave-labourers hollowed out entire mountains essential to the war effort. The Reich Underground: Terror from Below, Discovery 2004
Everywhere in the Third Reich the underground construction work was given the highest priority. ibid.
It was mostly slave labourers who had to do the dirty work in the tunnels under in-human conditions. ibid.
Inside the mountain the Nazis planned to build a total of thirty kilometres of passageways. By the end of the war almost half this distance had been blasted through the rock. ibid.
The production seldom ran smoothly. ibid.
The prime target of the destructive weapon was London. On September 7th 1944 the first V2 struck at the heart of the British capital. ibid.
Did Churchill know more about Hitler’s plans for the V3 than is known today? ibid.
An alpine fortress stretching into northern Austria … Fear of wonder-weapons was understandable. Nazi Underworld: Nazi Gold, National Geographic 2013
The old mining tunnels were ideal places to build weapons. ibid.
The world’s first long-range ballistic missile ... More than a thousand V2s were fired at Britain … Killed almost three thousand people. ibid.
The V2 turned out to be extremely unreliable. It was Speer’s greatest flop. As useless as the monumental buildings in Berlin and Nuremberg. Hitler’s Henchmen: Speer the Architect
V2 missiles weren’t the only super-weapon Hitler had pointing at Britain: in great secrecy, three hundred metres below ground ... the finishing touches to another more fearsome threat ... A superbomb built on three levels. What the Dumbusters Did Next, Channel 5 2014
America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States. Rudy Giuliani
As a part of that $48.1 billion increase in the $400 billion defense request that came from the President, there inside was money for the Crusader missile. Cynthia McKinney
Prominently featured in my dissent is mention of the Carlyle Group and its relationship to the Defender missile. Cynthia McKinney
In September 1962 the deployment was completed; most of the missiles were ready for launch. The Cuba Libre Story s1e6: Of Soviets & Saviors, Netflix 2015
The Cuban missile crisis lasted 13 days. The Cuba Libre Story s1e7: Secrets & Sacrifices
For Hitler more often than not it was a case of style over substance. But when it comes to arming yourself in a major world conflict that might not be the way to go. So when it comes to weapons of war it pays to choose wisely. How the Nazis Lost the War II: Wonder(less) Weapons
Forget reality, for the Nazis it was all about appearances. ibid.
These wonder-weapons were trumpeted as shock-n-awe super-weapons that would turn the tide of the war and save the Reich. ibid.
The V1, however, was very unreliable and remained wildly inaccurate throughout its deployment … But there was no defence against the more advanced version, the V2, an early ballistic missile. ibid.
The Nazis wasted their time on a number of other futile wonder-weapon missiles and projectiles. ibid.
The Condor has given its name to a new weapon of mass terror – a missile being developed by Argentina in a secret hilltop bunker. But the Condor will fly not only in South American skies but over the deserts of the Middle East where Egypt and Iraq are Argentina’s collaborators in the project. Panorama: The Condor Conspiracy, BBC 1989