V2

the v-2 was a rocket developed by the germans during wwii.

it was an unmanned, ballistic missile guided by an advanced gyroscopic system that sent signals to aerodynamic steering tabs on the fins and vanes in the exhaust. the v2 carried an explosive warhead (amatol fp60/40) weighing approximately 738 kg (1 ton) that was capable of flattening a city block. it was first fired operationally on sept. 8, 1944 against paris then london.
the a4/v2 rocket had an operational range of 234 miles.
noun (abbreviation): a sub-orbital, intermediate range ballistic missile carrying an explosive warhead, officially known (in german) as “vergeltungswaffe 2” (eng. trans: “vengeance weapon 2”), deployed by n-z- germany against britain and other allied european nations beginning in september of 1944, and continuing until the cessation of its production in march, 1945.
“the v-2 was h-tler’s last hope to stave off defeat, but his scientists were unable to develop a nuclear warhead which could be delivered to london, or multiple rocket staqes which could have placed washington, d.c. within reach of the weapon.”
adjective, abbreviation:

an abbreviation of “version 2.0,” it is a naming convention most often employed ironically by programmers to denote shipping commercial software packages more accurately described by “v1” or even “beta.”
“as usual, v2 was what version 1 should’ve been.”

“personally, i’m going to wait for v2 – i don’t enjoy beta testing.”
(v-{subscript}2)

universally known as a peace sign thrown up and to the right.

a symbol of representation among the peers to to leave the thought in there minds……”oh sh-t its that v2 chick…….what now….”
v2
for example prince turned himself into a symbol…..get the picture
short range ballistic missile. developed in germany by von braun.

first operational liquid fuel rocket. developed by germany in a huge development program as large in proportion to the german gross national product as the manahattan atom bomb project was in america.

after the war captured german v-2’s were launched by the british, americans, and russians. personnel and technology from the v-2 formed the basis for subsequent rocketry developments throughout the world.
“london got bombed by v2’s”
1) short for “version two;” used in reference to electronic data; includes software, web sites, etc.
2) recently: a synonym for redux; anything that is supposedly better than its predecessor.
“meet my son, kevin v2.”
vengeance 2, the rocket developed by the german military during world war two. due to the fact it cost the same to luanch 20 v1’s as it did one v2, they were muched feared, especially in london which was a primary target for attack. at one point, the entire population of london was considered to be evacuated. for the sake of avoiding panic, churchill kept what the public knew to a minimum. the v2 was eventually decided to be equipped with more dangerous materials, namely, nuclear. by the time this was possible, allied forces had pushed forward into germany and the remaining luanch sites were out of the maximum range for the v2, deeming it useless.
the v2 was a vain effort by germany to prolong inevitable defeat by a few months.

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