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Gerald Bull - super gun engineer, mysteriously murdered (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 7 months ago by Boozilla@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

It was clearly that shifty s.o.b behind him

[–] ezmac@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What’s a super gun?

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Can launch very heavy objects to very high altitudes. Some engineers would like to use them for assisting payloads into orbit.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Mysteriously murdered? he pissed off so many different countries the only mystery is how he lived as long as he did before Saddam's people / Mossad / Iran / Turkey / US intelligence assassinated him.