Q&A · 4:10:40-4:12:06

Preventing launches of a hypothetical nuclear V-2

The proposed defence concentrates on destroying production and launch facilities before nuclear V-2 rockets can fire.

Question

How would the Allies respond if Germany could launch nuclear warheads in V-2 rockets?

Short answer

They would attack production facilities and hunt launchers with available bombers and fighters, while pushing the launch threat farther away.

Notes

The response would focus on stopping launches because V-2 rockets were especially difficult to stop in flight. Bombing would target production facilities, while Mosquitoes, Mustangs and other available aircraft hunted launchers. Meteors are also suggested for front-line operations in late 1944 instead of remaining mainly on training and V-1 patrols. The scenario assumes that Germany has already overcome the uranium-supply and fission-research obstacles discussed at the end of the exchange.