Doomsday Gun

1994 · Film · 120 min

Directed by Robert Young

Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable of shooting at ranges more than 100 miles). When an operational plan by the CIA to export sanctioned arms to apartheid-South Africa through him was exposed, the CIA denied all knowledge and he went to jail. He was later released, and moved to Belgium to start a subsidiary, of which a major project was to help Saddam Hussein build a new supergun capable of firing over 500 miles.

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PositivebrandonmencMar 18, 2016

There was a great HBO movie from 1994 called "Doomsday Gun" about this.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109650

PositiveencodererMay 23, 2012

I remember LOVING the "Doomsday Gun" movie when I was a kid. It was one of those that was on TV late at night and I watched it secretly long after I was supposed to be in bed.

Though you don't even need to look at what he did for Iraq, right? His first project launched projectiles into space for the DoD iirc.

PositivebrandonmencMar 18, 2016
There was a great HBO movie from 1994 called "Doomsday Gun" about this.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109650
PositiveencodererMay 23, 2012
I remember LOVING the "Doomsday Gun" movie when I was a kid. It was one of those that was on TV late at night and I watched it secretly long after I was supposed to be in bed.
Though you don't even need to look at what he did for Iraq, right? His first project launched projectiles into space for the DoD iirc.