3257 x 4587 px | 27,6 x 38,8 cm | 10,9 x 15,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
15 aprile 2023
Ubicazione:
Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airfield, Duxford, Cambridge, CB22 4QR
Altre informazioni:
Project Babylon was a space gun project commissioned by then Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. It involved building a series of "superguns". The design was based on research from the 1960s Project HARP led by the Canadian artillery expert Gerald Bull. There were most likely four different devices in the program. The project began in 1988; it was halted in 1990 after Bull was assassinated, and parts of the superguns were seized in transit around Europe. The components that remained in Iraq were destroyed by the United Nations after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. The metal tubes for the barrels and gun cradles were purchased from firms in the United Kingdom, including Sheffield Forgemasters of South Yorkshire
