“Popular Mechanics” wrote about the space cannon: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a18187/here-is-the-soviet-unions-secret-space-cannon/
The soviets equipped the almaz with an anti aircraft cannon to see if it was possible to use it as a anti sattlelite weapon. They only fired it once, remotely when the station was unmanned in case it would shake it apart
The cannon was for testing whether such weapons would work in space. It was a NR-23 automatic rapid-fire cannon with 23 × 115 mm projectiles, the ordinary weapon of the soviet fighter jets of the 1960s (e.g. the MIG-17)..
I wonder what the recoil of that cannon would do to the spacecraft. And who or what were they going to shoot? A US satellite? Orbiting spacecraft must travel very fast just to maintain their orbits. Or were they expecting aliens? I doubt any aliens capable of reaching Earth orbit would not worry too much about such a primitive weapon. That may be why we do not get alien visitors – no intelligent life here.
Templo S.U.D. almost 6 years ago
If Ms. Simms actually committed a crime, what was it for?
therese_callahan2002 almost 6 years ago
They forgot to mention that “I Will Always Love You” was originally recorded by Dolly Parton.
mudleg almost 6 years ago
“Popular Mechanics” wrote about the space cannon: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a18187/here-is-the-soviet-unions-secret-space-cannon/
Space_cat almost 6 years ago
The soviets equipped the almaz with an anti aircraft cannon to see if it was possible to use it as a anti sattlelite weapon. They only fired it once, remotely when the station was unmanned in case it would shake it apart
khmo almost 6 years ago
Never heard of this Soviet station, When was this?
Huckleberry Hiroshima almost 6 years ago
And the charges were dropped due to lack of everything.
joeatwork212 almost 6 years ago
Considering Newton’s third law, a true cannon would not be a good idea in space as a means for defense. Why did they have one?
J Short almost 6 years ago
Proving once again Sadaam was an evil man.
J Short almost 6 years ago
Edie robbed 2 banks to get the ball rolling.
Spock almost 6 years ago
The cannon was for testing whether such weapons would work in space. It was a NR-23 automatic rapid-fire cannon with 23 × 115 mm projectiles, the ordinary weapon of the soviet fighter jets of the 1960s (e.g. the MIG-17)..
ChessPirate almost 6 years ago
When they tried the “Good Cop/Bad Cop” thing on her, she crossed another one off, two men fighting over her…
Thorby almost 6 years ago
A cannon, huh? Well, a .50-caliber Browning machine gun WILL fire in space…
finnygirl Premium Member almost 6 years ago
More on Saddam’s song, from mentalfloss.com: Saddam Hussein Will Always Love You© INA/Handout/Reuters/CorbisIraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s selection of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” for his sham campaign in 2002 is perhaps the most wonderful, if nonsensical, choice of a campaign song in political history. Syrian pop star Mayyada Bselees’ Arabic cover of the soaring love ballad (written and originally performed by Dolly Parton) was broadcast on dawn-to-dusk radio spots from Baghdad to Basra endorsing the mustachioed autocrat—just before the U.S.-led bombing campaign began in 2003.
T- Mak almost 6 years ago
I wonder what the recoil of that cannon would do to the spacecraft. And who or what were they going to shoot? A US satellite? Orbiting spacecraft must travel very fast just to maintain their orbits. Or were they expecting aliens? I doubt any aliens capable of reaching Earth orbit would not worry too much about such a primitive weapon. That may be why we do not get alien visitors – no intelligent life here.