guykay Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) In barbados on business & had the chance to visit the HARP gun there. It was a 16. Inch naval gum modified by the late Gerald Bull to launch projectiles into low earth orbit. Project was cancelled by NASA in 1967, but gun & what looks like spare barrel was left in place near the airport. Edited March 24, 2013 by guykay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john fox Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 stop teasing us, we want the pictures :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_HARP http://www.astronautix.com/articles/abroject.htm http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=mcafee&va=harp+gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guykay Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 (edited) HARP gun pictures 16 inch gun Spare barrel Writing on spare barrel reads 16# NAVAL GUN Various other naval guns on the site Edited March 31, 2013 by guykay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guykay Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 HARP gun pictures16 inch gun Spare barrel Writing on spare barrel reads 16# NAVAL GUN Various other naval guns on the site In order to see the gun you have to enter the barbados military training units shooting range. The military seem pretty cool about this, but you do have to ask them & we were escorted down to the guns by a friendly squaddie who had quite a bit of local knowledge of the gear. Apparently when the gun was fired half the island could feel the vibration. When buildings started cracking the project lost its popularity with the locals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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