Atomic Cannon
Freedom Park
Henry Drive
Junction City, KS 66441In the frenzy of the post WWII nuclear buildup, someone (obviously not a rocket scientist) though up the idea of shooting nuclear weapons from a cannon. In a move I don't understand, the US Army actually built a few. It was tested once at the nuclear test range in Nevada. Soon after the test, the cannon concept was abandoned.
I would have loved to have seen the operations manual:
'After launching nuclear projectile, RUN LIKE HELL AS FAST AS YOU CAN IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.'
cannon in full view (& myself) by hummeline, on Flickr.
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