Aberdeen Proving Ground 1954

Variable geometry supersonic wind tunnel, 280mm cannon muzzle velocity measurement, finned AT round in-flight photography, etc.

[video=youtube;zvZPX6JqqBI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvZPX6JqqBI[/video]

Every time I drive south, I want to make a side trip to the museum there...

Went there as a kid. Today, my company does contracting there, although I am not at that location.

In the aftermath of the anthrax attacks of 2001, I worked with government agencies there (and elsewhere) on a biological defense system. It was called ABATS, for Automated Biological Agent Testing System. Cool stuff. Won an award.

www.ecbc.army.mil/ps/features/ECBC_abats.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15853454
https://www.researchgate.net/public...ng_for_biological_weapons_in_homeland_defense

It was during a time when not many civilians were allowed on base. Project went on for a while. On the day we were awarded some sort of medallion in a ceremony, it happened to be the morning they announced the capture of Saddam Hussein. Made for an interesting introductory speech by the commander.

Marc