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Solid-fuel rocket
A
solid-fuel rocket
or
solid rocket
is a
rocket
with a
rocket engine
that uses
solid propellant
s (
fuel
/
oxidizer
). The earliest rockets were solid-fuel rockets powered by
gunpowder
; they were used in warfare by the
Chinese
,
Indians
,
Mongols
and
Persians
, as early as the 13th century.
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