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There will also be a free and open public festival at the Parcel V-1 lot near the Leaderbank Pavilion in the Seaport.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
17 June 2026 The dumpsite was found to be home to warheads from V-1 flying bombs, the cruise missile used by Nazi Germany in late World War II.—New Atlas,
25 Sep. 2025 Over the next five years at MIT, more than 100 radar systems were developed to counteract the threat of German U-boats and V-1 flying bombs.—
L. Rafael Reif,
Foreign Affairs,
6 May 2025 More recently, the BBC reported in 2020 that the Islamic State was attempting to develop pulse jet drones modeled after the V-1 missile.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
Word History
Etymology
German, abbreviation for Vergeltungswaffe 1, literally, reprisal weapon 1