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Fuzed rockets and Britain's aerial mine programme

Britain's aerial mine programme provides a brief example of unguided rockets intended to disrupt aircraft formations.

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Question

Did anyone try fuzed rockets to break up aircraft formations?

Short answer

Britain's rocket and aerial mine programme is identified as an example, without further explanation of how it worked.

Notes

Britain's rocket and aerial mine programme is the example offered for disrupting aircraft formations with unguided fuzed rockets. Its technical workings are left unexplained.