This is an arrow with an extra flared tip. Fire and the arrow are among the most significant for the development of any civilization since ancient times. Fire arrows were one of the earliest forms of weaponized gunpowder, being used from the 9th century onward. Although the fire arrow is most commonly associated with its rocket mechanism, it originally consisted of a pouch of gunpowder attached to an arrow. This type of fire arrow served the function of an incendiary and was launched using a bow or crossbow. The fire arrow was constructed and used in a way that behind the arrow head wrap up some gunpowder with two or three layers of soft paper, and bind it to the arrow shaft in a lump shaped like a pomegranate. Cover it with a piece of hemp cloth tightly tied, and sealed fast with molten pine resin. Light the fuse and then shoot it off from a bow. The fire arrows were first reported to have been used by the Southern Wu in 904 during the siege of Yuzhang in China.