It had broken the record for the longest precision-guided cannon shot in history
The supergun will be able to strike enemy targets from outside their range
It uses a prototype shell which can course correct using GPS and laser tech
A supergun being trialled by the US military has successfully fired an artillery shell to hit a precise target at a distance of more than 43 miles (70 kilometres) away.
Breaking the record for the longest precision-guided cannon shot in history, the extended-range cannon artillery system was tested at a firing range in Arizona.
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The weapon has now achieved its designed range following a successful shot over a distance of 40 miles (65 kilometres) back in the March of this year.
Our Crisis Christmas
Father Christmas hands out toys and games to evacuee children in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire in December 1941.
Photo by Richard Stone, courtesy the Imperial War Museums.
Kriss Kringle, in his many magical guises, will need to put in some serious overtime tonight to spread cheer across a globe that has not seen such widespread desperation in generations.
From kindergartners whose schooling has been disrupted to elders who have spent months in prison-like isolation, nobody is likely to forget this holiday season. Oldsters might compare this Christmas Eve to the ones they experienced during World War II, and especially the singularly nightmarish December of 1941. The rest of us, from graying baby boomers to their grandchildren, may come to know this as the Crisis Christmas.
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73-year-old Brian Norris from Colyton is the founder of Living Memories.
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With millions of elderly and vulnerable people facing more time stuck inside and with limited social contact until the Covid vaccination programme is completed, a new online service from an East Devon not-for-profit social enterprise is offering them a valuable ‘lockdown lifeline’.
Living Memories C.I.C. is now streaming its huge collection of archive films and newsreels from the 1930s to the 1970s – capturing everyday life at home and work as well as important national events.
The old films are not just entertaining and absorbing; they spark memories and encourage elderly people, including those with dementia, to reminisce with families, friends and carers.
At Christmas 1939, Britons had been able to maintain a semblance of normality. The blackout prevented displays of lighted Christmas trees in front windows, but there was no rationing and Britain’s key ally, France, remained unconquered behind the allegedly impregnable Maginot Line.
Following the fall of France, the evacuation at Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Christmas 1940 was much bleaker – the first real wartime Christmas. It took place in the middle of the Blitz. In December, the Luftwaffe attacked Southampton, Bristol, Sheffield and Leicester. Manchester took heavy pounding on the night of December 22/23 and again on Christmas Eve. Rationing was beginning to bite hard as the German occupation of Europe and blockade by U-boats cut off important sources of supply.