About the book: 2003 / Here is a book telling about one of the main achievements of the 20th century - cosmonautics, which the whole world considers a symbol of the last century. However, astronautics has become not only the field of modern scientific research and technological achievements, but also the battlefield for space between the two world superpowers - the USSR and the USA. The arms race and the Cold War pushed scientists of opposing systems to create ever new fantastic projects that were ahead of reality. This volume is dedicated to the missile systems of the pre-space era. The book contains a large amount of illustrative material and will be of interest to both specialists and history buffs.