V-2, or Vengeance Weapon 2 (Vergeltungswaffe zwei), was the name Nazi propagandists gave to the first ballistic missile used to strike distant targets. German Army Ordnance had been developing rocketry since the 1930s, aiming to create a long-range missile and exploring the use of rocket-powered aircraft. The liquid-propellant V-2 missile was first flown successfully from Peenemünde, Germany, on the Baltic Sea in October 1942.