"It is the largest telephoto lens ever produced for civilian photographic purposes"

I remember an article somewhere about 2-3 years ago about the below-linked lens (which is bigger than the above but probably not used by civilians) and that it was being sold by the Chinese government who didnt want / need it any more.  Anyway - rumours abound around it but what i heard was that they didnt provide any test photos because they didnt want to reveal what it was used for....

[http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/huge-5200mm-can.html

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