An Inexpensive Solution for Quickly Launching Military Satellites Into Space

National Defense Magazine ^ | 3/1/2012 | William I. Oberholtzer

[Hegemony Cricket]

I stumbled a little over the phrase “one of three unique guns”...

[U-238]

THe HARP gun in Barbados is still there

[gaijin]

Had it not been for political infighting and inter-service rivalries, Bull would have, undoubtedly, been successful

Didn't a national actor in the Middle-East known for success in sanctioning external threats shoot Bull in the head..?

[U-238]

Yes. Mossad. The Israelis even warned Bull not to proceed to the project in Iraq.

[BobL]

“The brainchild of Jerry Bull (of “Iranian Super Gun” fame)”

Actually, it was the Iraqi Super Gun. But even so, Mr. Bull is an ABSOLUTE LEGEND in the world of artillery. If we are fortunate enough to have a product of his, it makes me feel much better regarding the overall defense of this country. This many was super-human.

[U-238]

He did design the G5 towed howitzer for South Africa.

[Rebelbase]

[gaijin]

Yeah, I was sure that gun was Iraqi, yep.

[U-238]

Bull was inspired from the movie “From Earth To the Moon”

[RitchieAprile]

so it has been theorized. but no proof exists of exactly which actor it was. maybe the mossad delegated the hit to a subcontractor.

[U-238]

There was the “Baby Babylon” it was a 350mm gun.Then there was “Big Babylon”. The complete device weighed about 2,100 tonnes.

[Deaf Smith]

Jerry Bull was revisiting the Paris Gun?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Gun

[U-238]

The gun would have offered greater ranges than the Scud variants then used by the Iraqis, and its projectiles would have been more difficult to intercept

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

The cool thing about this super-gun is that there were two or three separate detonations of explosives as the projectile proceeded up the barrel.

And then, the inventor kept all of the important technical information in his head, which ultimately backfired on him.

[U-238]

I am sure he inspired of the “Paris Gun”. His artillery would have made the “Paris Gun” look like a toy.

[U-238]

I am sure he inspired by the “Paris Gun”. His artillery would have made the “Paris Gun” look like a toy.

[Western Phil]

Does it show up on Google Earth?

[U-238]

It would have been similar in concept to the V-3 Pressure pump.

[U-238]

13°4’38”N 59°28’31”W