SKY SWEEPER WEAPON
TESTS IN UNITED STATES ANSWER TO FAST-FLYING AIRCRAFT WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. The Secretary for the Army, Mr Gordon Gray, has asked the House Military Appropriations Committee for 4,518,500 dollars to continue the test of a “ sky sweener,” a top secret anti-aircraft gun which the army says can hit aeroplanes of supersonic speed either by night or day. Mr Gray described the weapon as “ our best answer to the threat posed by aircraft at short and medium ranges.” The gun, which is of 77mm, is said to have radar-directed fire control and proximity-fused ammunition. Mr Gray said the army was now placing emphasis on tanks, their guns and ammunition, anti-aircraft missiles and guns, guided missiles, and medical research in psychiatry, radiation injury and preventive medicine.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27317, 17 February 1950, Page 5
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