ABSTRACT
Tizard’s ‘Ad Hoc’ Committee observed that ‘the rocket will remain a very difficult form of bombardment to counter’. The JTWC, in considering the implications of Tizard’s report in July 1946, concluded: ‘It is…of importance, in view of the difficulty of intercepting rockets, that no potential enemy should possess bases within 400 miles of ours…’1 This drew directly on recent wartime experience, V-2 attacks having ceased only when they were pushed back out of range of the UK. The JTWC’s report also stated that the development of ‘guided anti-aircraft projectiles’ should be accorded a high priority.
