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 | | Rockets are used to accelerate, change orbits, de-orbit for landing, for the whole landing if there is no atmosphere, e.g., for landing on the Moon, and sometimes to soften a hard parachute landing immediately before touchdown (see Soyuz spacecraft). |
 | | Rockets must be used when there is no other substance (land, water, or air) or force (gravity, magnetism, light) that a vehicle may employ for propulsion, such as in space. |
 | | Rockets became extremely important militarily in the form of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) when it was realised that nuclear weapons carried on a rocket vehicle were essentially not defensible against once launched, and they became the delivery platform of choice for these weapons. |
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