V-weapons vast majority aimed at London; 2,515 reached the city, killing 6,184 civilians and injuring 17,981. Croydon to the south, on the flight path of the V1s suffered severely taking 142 hits. V-2 rocket launching sites were set up by the Germans around The Hague in the Netherlands on 6 September 1944. The first was launched from here against London on 8 September 1944 and took an estimated 5 minutes to fly the 200 miles from the Hague to London where it struck at 6.43pm on 8 September on Chiswick causing thirteen casualties. As the V2 explosions came without warning, the
Te-1 rocket propelled mine earlier from its anchorage like the one with directional capability but without the rocket motor. The area control of both type, of course, is much less than the one with rocket motor, but still larger than the Specialized-1, which could only travel in straight line. Te-1 rocket propelled mine The Chinese Specialized-1 (特-1, or Te-1) rocket propelled mine project was started by the 710th Research Institute in 1981, and completed by 1987 after more than 100 major design changes. Specialized-1 is planted by surface ships in up to of water. The maximum speed of the mine is greater than 50