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How ‘safe’ plan to fire munitions over I-5 went off the rails
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How ‘safe’ plan to fire munitions over I-5 went off the rails

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Los Angeles Times

An artillery round exploded over Interstate 5 at Camp Pendleton, cutting short the military's live-fire exercise.

It was supposed to be a boisterous event at Camp Pendleton celebrating 250 years of the U.S. Marine Corps that included a live simulation of a beach assault by sea and air. The plan involved Marines firing high explosive rounds from M777 Howitzers — ... [9343 chars]

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