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  1. AAR Galileo

    Space When the Soviet put a cannon on their space station

    It's a story that few people know about, but in 1974-75, the soviet tested a canon to defend their space station in orbit. They launch Saliout 3 equipped with a 23mm canon (see photo) and tested it in space. The model was a R-23M. they fired around 50 shots to test the canon and the thrusters...
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