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The V-1 was not a rocket; it was a “flying bomb” powered by a jet engine, what we would today call a “cruise missile”, except cruise missiles tend to have guidance systems. The V-2 was the rocket.

If you’re going to count the rockets in the Gaza conflict (which are predominantly fired by Hamas and PIJ against Israel) or the rockets being used in Ukraine, those aren’t nearly as sophisticated as even the V-2. Those systems are more analogous to the Soviet “Katyusha”. There were different Katyusha variants, but one of the most common was the BM-13, which could fire a salvo of 24 rockets from a truck before being reloaded. Thousands of Katyushas were produced, so I’m pretty sure they account for hundreds of thousands of rockets overall. Very similar to the Katyusha rocket (in fact, basically the exact same rocket for the Soviets at the time) are the rockets fired by airplanes and later helicopters at ground targets, so you could add those in as well.

And if you want to get downright pedantic and count every type of rocket, there are also various shoulder launched rocket launchers like the RPG which are extremely common. Guided missiles are also technically rockets. So the actual numbers are much, much, much higher than you think.




And one day at an amateur high powered rocketry launch and you'll get 100(s?) of launch(es).




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