Attack From Above

S1, E2: For thousands of years, humans have rained fire from the skies upon their enemies. Aerial attacks have been key to waging successful military campaigns, but which ones over the history of warfare have been the most effective? Through spectacular experiments, weapons experts detail how army commanders launched air strikes against their enemies long before airplanes were invented, how incendiary arrows stay ablaze while soaring through the air, and how rockets were invented. See how the aerial bomb has become the standard—and most devastating—form of attack from above.