The men of the rear ranks raised their sarissas so as to provide protection from aerial missiles.

The ship was lost, sunk by aerial missile bombardment."

While working with the Dayton-Wright Company he developed the "Bug" aerial torpedo, considered the world's first aerial missile.

The "Bug" is considered the first aerial missile, and lessons learned from the "Bug" led to development of the first guided missiles, as well as radio-controlled drones.

Ali Ismail Abbas (born 1991) is an Iraqi man who drew a lot of media attention after being severely injured in a night-time aerial missile attack near Baghdad during the United States' 2003 invasion of Iraq.