Who is Gerald Bull. Got me curious.
See post 8 above, for the nutshell version.
Gerald Bull took on a wide array of int’l clients who had artillery needs.
Eventually the Israelis started to dislike it.
Eh....SOMETHING happened to him, and it wasn’t good.
Attempted building a long range cannon for Iraq. Mossad whacked him. It was just like Hitler’s big gun.
There’s a movie about it.
Gerald Bull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull
Gerald Bull was a very brilliant engineer who designed, built and tested artillery for the Canadian, and eventually for the American military. As missile technology improved, his research programmes were cancelled. Seeking money for research, he was hired by Saddam Hussein to build a gun capable of firing shells into Israel. Though warned to stop, he didn’t, and was killed, most likely by Mossad.
Bull was brilliant but like many other prodigies, was extremely naive about other things. While working on military projects, his real desire was to launch satellites (and possibly manned spacecraft) into orbit via guns. He did not understand how such a weapon could endanger peach in the ME, and how Israel would do everything to stop such a development. His naiveté cost him his life.