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  Babylon Gun
The Project Babylon gun would have a barrel 156 meters long with a one meter bore.
On 22 March 1990 Bull was assassinated and the project quickly unravelled.
After the war UN teams destroyed the Baby Babylon 350 mm gun, components of the two Project Babylon 1000 mm guns (44 gun sections, four recoil cylinders), and one tonne of supergun propellant (the Iraqis destroyed the remaining 11 tonnes).
www.astronautix.com /lvs/babongun.htm   (1629 words)

  
  Project Babylon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Project Babylon was a project commissioned by the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War to build a series of superguns, with Gerald Bull supplying the designs for the guns.
The first, "Baby Babylon", was a horizontally-mounted device which was simply a prototype for test purposes, with a bore of 350 mm (almost 14 inches), and a barrel length of 46 metres (about 170 feet).
Finally, in the wake of the Persian Gulf War in 1991, the Iraqis admitted the existence of Project Babylon, and allowed U.N. inspectors to destroy all of the hardware in Iraq as part of the disarmament process after the war.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Project_Babylon   (689 words)

  
 Babylon 5 - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
In the words of its commander, it is humanity's "last, best hope for peace." However, Babylon 5 is the center of political intrigue and conflict, and eventually becomes a pawn in a massive interstellar conflict from which it emerges with a Pyrrhic victory over forces of darkness and chaos.
After the Earth-Minbari War and the comencement of the Babylon Project, the League consisted of the previous worlds underneath a governing council, the Babylon 5 Advisory Council, consisting of the major worlds of Earth, Minbar, Narn, Centauri Prime, and the Vorlon Empire.
The sudden death of Richard Biggs in May 2004 delayed the project because of the emotional impact on everybody involved, and because the script had to be re-written.
open-encyclopedia.com /Babylon_5   (3933 words)

  
 ___the babylon project, uncorporated___
"The Babylon Project, a multi-author, participative art project, is a biting satire of New Age spirituality, conspiracy theories, and the anti-capitalist movement, or something completely different.
The Babylon Project has a long and complicated history, though the Discordians involved in creating this website, some might say quite mistakenly, see it as just one manifestation of the Discordian plot: Operation Mindfuck, originally instigated by Ho Chih Zen, of the Erisian Liberation Front.
The Babylon Project can also be ignored, improved, modified beyond recognition, used as toilet paper, or as a tool for self-expression and liberation as well as, of course, for the overthrow of BABYLON, but only if you’re gullible.
www.babylonproject.org /intro.html   (423 words)

  
 Voltayre's ENCYCLOPEDIA XENOBIOLOGICA: Babylon-class Space Stations
In its aftermath, the Babylon Project was begun in 2249.
Babylon 2 was sabotaged during construction and construction was abandoned.
Babylon 3 was irreparably damaged during mid-construction by an explosion and construction was abandoned.
www.frostjedi.com /vex/html/babylon-class_space_station.htm   (939 words)

  
 EFF: TIA:Babylon
The goal of the Babylon program is to develop rapid, two-way, natural language speech translation interfaces and platforms for the warfighter for use in field environments for force protection, refugee processing, and medical triage.
Babylon will focus on overcoming the many technical and engineering challenges limiting current multilingual translation technology to enable future full-domain, unconstrained dialog translation in multiple environments.
The Babylon seedling project, “RMS,” or Rapid Multilingual Support, was deployed to Afghanistan in the spring of 2002.
www.eff.org /Privacy/TIA/babylon.php   (257 words)

  
 Babylon 5
In 2249 Earth Alliance president Luis Santiago proposed the Babylon Project, aimed at building a space station in neutral terrority that could act as a meeting ground for ambassadors from different worlds, to avoid the sort of misunderstandings that started the Earth-Minbari war and to provide a place for problems to be worked out diplomatically.
The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace: a self-contained world five miles long located in neutral territory, a place of commerce and diplomacy for a quarter of a million humans and aliens, a shining beacon in space, all alone in the night.
Babylon 5 is different from many shows on television, because it is a single five-year story (both in real time and station time, since one season is one year on the show) which has been planned out in advance.
www.cs.brown.edu /people/ssb/personal/b5.html   (2642 words)

  
 The ORB's Babylon 5 Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The idea behind the project was to create a place where humans and aliens could gather and reach peaceful solutions to their disputes.
Babylon 5 is five miles long and located in neutral territory in Grid Epsilon 470/18/22.
Babylon 5 is a place of commerce and diplomacy for 25 million humans and aliens.
home.earthlink.net /~srgeis/B51.HTM   (353 words)

  
 Babylon 5: I’ve Found Her | Project - FAQ - Introduction
Babylon 5 (B5) is an epic science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski (JMS).
SDF was founded in 1998 by Oleg Petrov (IFH Project Leader) and is comprised of voluntary group of people scattered around the globe.
Babylon 5, characters, names, and all related media are trademarks of Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP.
ifh.firstones.com /project/faq   (332 words)

  
 The Babylon Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
It was to be a gigantic space station that would be located in neutral space and its mission was to provide a place where humans and aliens could peacefully would out their differences.
On the 13th of April 2260 Babylon 5 declares independece from Earth Alliance, B5 is now the nerve centre for the coming war against the Shadows and against President Clarke.
Babylon is decommissioned in 2282 and is destoryed.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/532/17243   (318 words)

  
 ... :: My New Babylon
Babylon is the ideal modern metaphor of the utopian city.
Babylon was a city that embodied glamorous life, great art, rich culture and busy commerce yet ultimately, this city was completely destroyed.
Babylon is the symbol of the empowerment of the people.
www.fluxartspace.org /gallery/album72   (756 words)

  
 RPGnet: The Inside Scoop on Gaming
The Earthforce Sourcebook is the first in a line of supplements for The Babylon Project, and will be quickly followed by the Game Resource Kit (which includes a GM screen) and the Earth Colonies Sourcebook.
The Babylon Project is produced and sold in the UK and Europe by Titan Books‹contact Titan Books for information on European release dates.
The Babylon Project is the licensed roleplaying game based on the hit Warner Bros. science-fiction television series BABYLON 5, created by J. Michael Straczynski.
www.rpg.net /news+reviews/press/press.467.html   (350 words)

  
 Rob's Babylon Project Title Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The Babylon Project was a dream given form.
The Babylon Project is produced by WireFrame Productions, Inc. under license from Warner Bros. and is co-published by Chameleon Eclectic Entertainment, Inc.
BABYLON 5 names, characters and all related indicia are trademarks of Warner Bros
lennon.csufresno.edu /~rls16/tbpconv   (194 words)

  
 Babylon 5
Babylon 5 Data Crystal has background information on the show and biographies of the characters.
Babylon 5 History Page has detailed chronologies as well as analyses of all the visions and prophecies in the show.
Babylon 5 Design Competition page is a fan-run competition for people interested in producing B5-related artwork and graphics.
members.aol.com /anthonyho/babylon5.htm   (1166 words)

  
 Project Babylon Supergun / PC-2 - Iraq Special Weapons
While working on the Canadian Velvet Glove missile project, he realized that scientific instruments could also be fired from a gun and survive if put in a proper casing.
Under Project Babylon, Bull extended his HARP gun design to build the barrel in segments, with a total length of 512 feet.
As a component of Project Babylon, Bull built a smaller gun, nick-named Baby Babylon, as a prototype for the larger gun.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/iraq/supergun.htm   (1165 words)

  
 SCIFI.COM | Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
SCIFI.COM sent long-time Babylon 5 fan Sandra Bruckner to the set of Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers during filming in May 2001.
She devised a Minbari alphabet based on a few letters in an early Babylon 5 episode, "A Voice in the Wilderness." She created 26 characters and 10 digits that now comprise signage on all the vessels involved in the project.
He's totally excited about the new project and loves the new cast, saying they bring a new vitality and enthusiasm to the story that he enjoys very much.
www.scifi.com /b5rangers/features/fea_visit.html   (1348 words)

  
 Babylon 5 UK News
The Babylon Project: Crusade is to be shown first in the USA starting 6 January 1999.
Babylon 5 returned to Channel 4 on Sunday 5th April 1998 with a repeat showing of the last Season 4 episode.
JMS will have unprecedented access to the writing process, and perhaps this is why it is being heralded as the first novel to be completely integrated into the B5 storyline.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/brain/b5news.htm   (762 words)

  
 Project Babylon Supergun / PC-2 - Iraq Special Weapons
Early in the war with Iran, the Iraqi government engaged world- renowned artillery expert Gerald V. Bull, whose lifetime obsession was a the construction of a "Supergun," a huge howitzer able to fire satellites into space or launch artillery shells thousands of miles into enemy territory.
Under Project Babylon, Bull extended his HARP gun design to build the barrel in segments, with a total length of 512 feet.
As a component of Project Babylon, Bull built a smaller gun, nick-named Baby Babylon, as a prototype for the larger gun.
www.fas.org /nuke/guide/iraq/other/supergun.htm   (1147 words)

  
 LIPA: Powering Long Island: Combined Cycle Generation: Pinelawn Babylon Project Identification   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The project includes the construction and operation of a General Electric LM 6000 SPRINT combustion turbine generator, a once through steam generator with duct burners, a steam turbine generator, and a two-cell evaporative cooling tower.
State of the art pollution control equipment will be installed, and the project will be located in an industrial area adjacent to a municipal landfill on a 2.3 acre parcel.
The project would be fired primarily with natural gas, with liquid fuel as a back-up.
www.lipower.org /projects/turbines/2004/babylon.html   (168 words)

  
 Table of Contents and Excerpt, Lancaster, Interacting with Babylon 5
For this project, what specific players do to create their own unique performances isn't as important as the analysis of the specific theories explaining how the process of an immersive performance occurs.
Whether the subjectivity of the participants is subsumed into the fantasy project as "conditioned" citizens who vivify the ontological project of another's science fiction and fantasy is open to debate.
As a side note, this project is not a first-person description, but since I have played these games, I do refer to some of my examples directly in the first person.
www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exlanint.html   (4454 words)

  
 Babylon Project:Policies - The Babylon Project
Because this online reference covers a well-defined and limited range (that of the fictional universe of Babylon 5, as has as one of its goals comprehensive coverage of that, we can avail ourselves of the luxury of very high standards for citation.
Any fictional story set in the B5 universe, whether it was originally a television episode, novel, comic, or short story, should be cited with its name in quotation marks and placed within parentheses immediately after the fact drawn from that source.
Babylon 4 was equipped with the larget ion engines ever manufactured by humans.
babylon5.wikicities.com /wiki/Babylon_Project:Policies   (240 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Chronology (USA Version)
Babylon 5 and related concepts are the property of Warner Brothers Domestic Television Distribution and J. Michael Straczynski.
Babylon 4 is brought back from the future to serve as a as a replacement base of operations during a war between Light and Darkness, seeming to appear from out of nowhere ("Babylon Squares", "War Without End", pts 1and2).
The Babylon 5 Treaty, for the mutual defense of B5 is signed by a number of members of the former league of Non-Aligned Worlds.
www.chronology.org /noframes/b-five/chron-usa.html   (17833 words)

  
 Babylon 5 - The Babylon Project
This site was created on the 18th of February '97 to provide all of the information you would ever want to know about the cult TV SCI-FI drama series Babylon 5.
I hope you find all of the information on this site informative and easy to access, please feel free to email me with any questions you have about Babylon 5, Crusade or the site and if there is something that you would like to see here, please email me with your suggestions at: David.Boyd@isnnews.net.
Babylon 5, Crusade, characters, names, and all related indicia are trademarks of Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP.
www.isnnews.net /babylon5   (184 words)

  
 Exports to Iraq: Project Babylon and long range guns: second report of the Trade and Industry Committee, together with ...
This led the companies, which manufactured the tubes, to believe that the government was aware of the project.
This report is the result of an inquiry to attempt to untangle 'an elaborate web of deception created by Iraq to disguise its true intentions' and to find out who knew what and when they knew it.
Finally the Committee warns that Project Babylon raises serious and important questions about the accountability of the intelligence services both to Ministers and to Parliamen.
www.bopcris.ac.uk /bopall/ref23418.html   (307 words)

  
 FirstOnes.com Forums - The Babylon Project Base 3.2 and Raider Wars 2.0 released!
The Babylon Project is a group of dedicated individuals who are trying to bring the essence of Babylon 5 space combat to Freespace 2 engine, an award winning space combat simulation from Volition Incorporated.
The project was started way back in 1999 and has seen three full releases since then, constantly building up in content and quality.
The Babylon Project is based on Freespace 2, so fast paced action is the keyword here.
forums.firstones.com /showthread.php?s=&threadid=8414   (1341 words)

  
 Aldo Moroni Babylon Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Babylon as it will be in 2009 AD 12000 AUC ab urb conditae
They are registered in the projects notes as are the names of these important Citizen Patron Collectors.
The value will increase as the Babylon Project continues to gain a meaningful presence in the international contemporary art dialogue.
www.aldomoroni.com /babylon.htm   (1311 words)

  
 Billboard.com - Biography - Babylon Zoo
Babylon Zoo raised expectations to astronomical heights when their first record, "Spaceman," debuted at number one in England in 1996.
Babylon Zoo was the brainchild of Jas Mann (vocals, producer).
When Babylon Zoo released an album, 1996's The Boy With the X-Ray Eyes, there was disappointingly mild interest; it was a flop, and Babylon Zoo became largely forgotten.
www.billboard.com /bbcom/bio/index.jsp?&pid=146820   (291 words)

  
 Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski told fans on a message board that he's working on a follow-up to the popular SF series, according to a report on the Dark Horizons Web site.
Straczynski remained coy about the project, saying only that he'd have more news next month.
Straczynski added, "The only thing I can say is that phase one of the new project is a go, hence the furious writing schedule at this end of things, which is why I've been silent until deciding to kick up some dust on the political discussion.
www.scifi.com /scifiwire/art-tv.html?2003-12/02/10.45.tv   (266 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - Project Babylon-5 - A873759
This project will focus not only on the story itself but also include a comprehensive description of the various main characters, as well as a synopsis of every season.
Furthermore it will ultimately contain articles that will describe the specific main story-lines as they fade into and out of the series.
If you have further information that you think might be useful in this project, please post it in the conversations below, or contact the Field Researcher running this project (see above).
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A873759   (327 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Wars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Maps of the war, scenarios and expanded ship lists are included, along with new weapons such as the mag gun, guardian array, ion torpedo, matter cannon, and burst beam.
This product will be published between League-1 and Shadow Wars and will include the early (unrefitted) Babylon 5 station, the Streib collector ship, the prototype White Star, the Thunderbolt fighter, and two Raider ships, along with all rules needed to play these vessels.
AOG-BW-109 Ships of Babylon 5 Wars: $35.00 (TBA): This book will give combine all the ships which have been detailed out in the various books into one location, as well as providing some new ships and possibly new races (such as the Streib and Soul Hunters).
www.uncomyngifts.com /Main/Recreation_Room/Babylon-5/Game_Supplies/Babylon5Wars   (2028 words)

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