It had broken the record for the longest precision-guided cannon shot in history
The supergun will be able to strike enemy targets from outside their range
It uses a prototype shell which can course correct using GPS and laser tech
A supergun being trialled by the US military has successfully fired an artillery shell to hit a precise target at a distance of more than 43 miles (70 kilometres) away.
Breaking the record for the longest precision-guided cannon shot in history, the extended-range cannon artillery system was tested at a firing range in Arizona.
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The weapon has now achieved its designed range following a successful shot over a distance of 40 miles (65 kilometres) back in the March of this year.
Assassination of scientists
Sri Lanka Guardian
9:12 AM
John F Kennedy thought of ending the Chinese nuclear weapons programme by attacking the Chinese nuclear weapons complex at Lop Nor but desisted for fear of Russian reaction. Later Russia considered doing the same and so informed Washington but the US was discouraging because by then it had begun to perceive a nuclear China’s utility in containing the Soviet Union.
by Bharat Karnad
Having mulled the assassination of the nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh near the town of Absard northeast of Tehran on Nov 27, it is clear it was an event that was foretold.
The Death of a Scientist(s) Assassination of scientists
Having mulled the assassination of the nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh near the town of Absard northeast of Tehran on Nov 27, it is clear it was an event that was foretold.
On September 9, 2019 the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu briefed the home and international media about how the Iranians had experimented on prototype nuclear weapons at a site in Abadeh, not far from the uranium centrifuge enrichment complex in Natanz, and how on realizing that the site was compromised Tehran proceeded to cover up its tracks by demolishing this facility. Probably because it feared attracting an US or joint US-Israeli aerial/remote strike under cover of the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action) prohibitions.