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Originally Posted by Defender968
If they were using actual blanks in their 240's I'd completely agree with you, that could and would cause panic, but this whole issue the best I can tell was caused by some idiot listening to a channel he didn't understand and when the coastie said bang, bang, bang, shots fired he reported it as fact without confirming his story. There was no reason for panic; this was simply a person who was out of his/her lane. Now should they have conducted said exercise around 0900 on Sep 11, probably not, but they shouldn't get hung out for a scare that the media caused IMO. The O-1 or E-6 in charge should probably get a stern lecture on his decision making process and that should be the end of it IMHO.
Just my .02
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This is typical of the reporting on the "Communist News Network"........ 
Big Teddy 
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