silence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agoMilitary Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday | Rounds were fired on Friday across Interstate 5 as part of a test run for Saturday’s event at Camp Pendletonwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkMilitary Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday | Rounds were fired on Friday across Interstate 5 as part of a test run for Saturday’s event at Camp Pendletonwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-219 days agoArtillery shells very enormously in cost, between about $800for something basic to $68,000 for one with a guidance system. I’ve got no clue which one they’re firing.
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoThey would be using inert training rounds for this. They’re filled with concrete instead of explosives. Not as expensive as live rounds but still.
Artillery shells very enormously in cost, between about $800for something basic to $68,000 for one with a guidance system. I’ve got no clue which one they’re firing.
They would be using inert training rounds for this. They’re filled with concrete instead of explosives. Not as expensive as live rounds but still.