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Reports revisit whether the Soviet Union fired a cannon from a secretive space station

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Accounts say the Soviet Union mounted a rapid-fire cannon aboard a secretive military space station during the Cold War. The report raises a historical question about whether the weapon was actually fired in orbit; the article’s framing does not establish that it was.

Discovered 2026-10-09T08:06:19.237129-07:00 | 2026-10-09T08:06:19.237129-07:00

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  • The account concerns a reported weapon aboard a military space station, an early example of the intersection between orbital operations and military capability.
  • Whether the cannon was fired remains unresolved in the available reporting, making the distinction between deployment and actual use central to the story.

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