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Old 09-17-2015, 17:55   #1
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Robots clear vegetation, search for unexploded ordnance as Fort Bragg builds aerial g

Robots clear vegetation, search for unexploded ordnance as Fort Bragg builds aerial gunnery range

http://www.fayobserver.com/military/...b198f497b.html

"Unmanned construction equipment maneuvered through an impact area at Fort Bragg to chop down vegetation, while treading carefully for unexploded ordnance left behind after years of live-fire training exercises.

It's the first phase of a $40 million project to build an aerial gunnery range at Fort Bragg just south of drop zones Sicily, Normandy, Salerno and Holland. The range, which could take six years to complete, will provide rotary wing aircraft bombing and target practice for aviators...."

Well, that's interesting - but two years to place targets?
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Old 09-18-2015, 04:53   #2
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Old 09-18-2015, 05:18   #3
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why are they clearing ordinance if they are going to drop more ordinance there?
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Old 09-18-2015, 05:27   #4
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/\ /\ Maybe the blast will send UXO into McDougal Downs...

Who knows, but hey, I'm sure some politico is getting kick back from somewhere...
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/\ /\ Maybe the blast will send UXO into McDougal Downs...

Who knows, but hey, I'm sure some politico is getting kick back from somewhere...
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