<P> The first rockets may have appeared as early as the 10th century Song dynasty China, however more solid documentary evidence does not appear until the 13th century . The technology probably spread across Eurasia in the wake of the Mongol invasions of the mid-13th century . Usage of rockets as weapons prior to modern rocketry is attested in China, Korea, India, and Europe . One of the first recorded rocket launchers is the "wasp nest" fire arrow launcher produced by the Ming dynasty in 1380 . In Europe rockets were also used in the same year at the Battle of Chioggia . The Joseon kingdom of Korea made use of a type of mobile multiple rocket launcher known as the "Munjong Hwacha" by 1451 . Iron cased rockets, known as Mysorean rockets, were developed in Kingdom of Mysore by the late 15th century and were later copied by the British . The later models and improvements were known as the Congreve rocket and used in the Napoleonic Wars . </P> <P> Use of liquid propellants instead of gunpowder greatly improved the effectiveness of rocket artillery in World War I, and opened up the possibility of manned spaceflight after 1918 . </P>

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