The Rise Of Rockets in Recent Conflicts

Firepower is delivered by three means essentially – aircraft, guns and rockets/missiles. The most noticeable thing has been that the use of rockets in recent conflicts has gone up significantly. Rockets and missiles of various variety have been used for many purposes including coercion, as a tool of power and conveying nuclear ambiguity. This is besides employing them in conventional wars. I have also analysed the Indian options . This analysis covers the entire range.