Editing Kite (section)

===Military applications===
Kites have been used for [[military]] purposes in the past, such as signaling, delivery of [[ammunition]], and for [[observation]], both by lifting an observer above the field of battle and by using [[kite aerial photography]].

Kites were first used in warfare by the Chinese.<ref name="Murphy">[https://books.google.com/books?id=jFMQBAAAQBAJ&dq=kite+gunpowder&pg=PP7 Military Aircraft, Origins to 1918: An Illustrated History of Their Impact], Justin D. Murphy, page 2</ref> During the [[Song dynasty]] the ''Fire Crow'', a kite carrying incendiary powder, a fuse, and a burning stick of incense was developed as a weapon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lvLUAAAAMAAJ&q=incendiary+kite|title=China Reconstructs|date=15 December 1984|publisher=China Reconstructs|access-date=15 December 2021|via=Google Books}}</ref>

According to ''[[Samguk Sagi]]'', in 647 [[Kim Yu-sin]], a Korean general of [[Silla]] rallied his troops to defeat rebels by using flaming kites which also frightened the enemy.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XJGZAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Kim+Yu-sin%22+kite History of Science in Korea], Sang-un Chŏn, page 181</ref>

Russian chronicles mention Prince [[Oleg of Novgorod]] use of kites during the siege of [[Constantinople]] in 906: "and he crafted horses and men of paper, armed and gilded, and lifted them into the air over the city; the Greeks saw them and feared them".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sporteology.net/kites-flying-history/|title=Kites- The History Attached With It|date=2017-12-03|website=Sporteology|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>

[[Walter de Milemete]]'s 1326 ''De nobilitatibus, sapientiis, et prudentiis regum'' treatise depicts a group of knights flying kite laden with a black-powder filled firebomb over the wall of city.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/takingflightinve0000hall/page/10 <!-- quote=kite. --> Taking Flight: Inventing the Aerial Age, from Antiquity Through the First World War], Richard Hallion, pages 9-10</ref>

Kites were also used by [[Admiral Yi]] of the [[Joseon Dynasty]] (1392{{ndash}}1910) of Korea. During the [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)]], Admiral Yi commanded his navy using kites. His kites had specific markings directing his fleet to perform various orders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chosunpass.culturecontent.com/sub.asp?mode=3&t1=9&m1=4&c1=pc17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212939/http://chosunpass.culturecontent.com/sub.asp?mode=3&t1=9&m1=4&c1=pc17 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |title=신호연신호 개요 (Summary of sending a signal with a kite) |publisher=Korea Culture & Contents Agency |language=ko |access-date=July 30, 2009 |quote=<!-- 특히, 조선시대 임진왜란 때에는 충무공 이순신 장군이 충무공전술비연을 제작하여 섬과 섬, 섬과 육지 등을 서로 연락하는 통신수단 및 작전을 지시하는 전술신호와 암호 수단으로 사용한 예 --> }}</ref>

[[File:Cody manlifter.jpg|thumb|upright|One of Cody's "manlifter" kites in 1908]]

In the modern era the British Army used kites to haul human lookouts into the air for observation purposes, using the kites developed by [[Samuel Franklin Cody]].  Barrage kites were used to protect shipping during the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze26db3/Miscellaneous/Warkites.htm |title=Kites On The Winds of War |author=M. Robinson |publisher=Members.bellatlantic.net |access-date=2012-10-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121223847/http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze26db3/Miscellaneous/Warkites.htm |archive-date=2012-01-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Saul |first=Trevor |url=http://www.sole.org.uk/saulkite.htm |title=Henry C Sauls Barrage Kite |publisher=Soul Search |date=August 2004 |access-date=2012-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523063728/http://www.sole.org.uk/saulkite.htm |archive-date=2013-05-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kites were also used for anti-aircraft target practice.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Grahame, Arthur |url=http://www.rexresearch.com/garbrkit/garbrkit.htm |title=Target Kite Imitates Plane's Flight |magazine=Popular Science |date=May 1945 |access-date=2012-10-03}}</ref>
Kites and [[kytoon]]s were used for lofting communications antenna.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldkitemuseum.com/exhibits.html |title=World Kite Museum |publisher=World Kite Museum |access-date=2012-10-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406033715/http://www.worldkitemuseum.com/exhibits.html |archive-date=2009-04-06 }}</ref> [[Submarines]] lofted observers in rotary kites.<ref>[[Focke Achgelis Fa 330]]</ref>

Palestinians from the [[Gaza Strip]] have flown [[firebomb kite]]s over the [[Israel–Gaza barrier]], setting fires on the Israeli side of the border,<ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/gazans-fly-firebomb-laden-kites-into-israel-setting-several-blazes-1.6007090 Gazans Fly Firebombs Tied to Kites Into Israel, Sparking Several Blazes], Haaretz, 16 April 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.jns.org/gazans-use-kites-to-set-fire-to-fields-forests-in-israel/ Gazans use kites to set fire to fields, forests in Israel], JNS, 17 April 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/flaming-kite-from-gaza-sets-israeli-warehouse-ablaze/ Flaming kite from Gaza sets Israeli warehouse ablaze], Times of Israel, 21 April 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5240207,00.html Continuing kite threat puts Israeli farmers on edge], YNET, 24 April 2018</ref> hundreds of [[dunams]] of Israeli crop fields were burned by firebomb kites launched from Gaza, with an estimated economic loss of several millions of [[Israeli new shekel|shekels]].<ref>[http://reshet.tv/item/news/politics/security/newsitem-709266/ Kite Terrorism: Compensation to Victims] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502211142/http://reshet.tv/item/news/politics/security/newsitem-709266/ |date=2018-05-02 }}, Hadashot, 2 May 2018</ref>