Weekly Debrief: Scientific Scrutiny Hits U.S. Army’s 'Super Gun' Project

The U.S. Army has released only one illustration of the Strategic Long Range Cannon.
Credit: U.S. Army
Somewhere on the sprawling White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, a massive 60-ft. barrel and 96-ton mass of a former U.S. Navy battleship’s 16-in. gun is back in action, but this time as a critical piece of the Army’s future. The Army’s experimental Strategic Long Range Cannon (SLRC) project...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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