World's Largest Atomic Cannon
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This is the world's largest atomic cannon. You can walk up the hillside and look at it closely. Or write on it. Or throw bottles at it. It seems like that is what a lot of people do.
The Atomic Cannon, an M65-280mm, is 42 feet long and weighs 42,500 lbs. It can throw a shell 20 miles, which would place ground zero southwest and just shy of Abilene (home of the Eisenhower Museum and the Hall of Generals).
www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m65.htm
www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2102
The Atomic Cannon, an M65-280mm, is 42 feet long and weighs 42,500 lbs. It can throw a shell 20 miles, which would place ground zero southwest and just shy of Abilene (home of the Eisenhower Museum and the Hall of Generals).
www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m65.htm
www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2102
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M65_Atomic_Cannon
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Coordinates: 39°2'17"N 96°45'46"W
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