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| Coast Guard Live Ammo Plans on Great Lakes Draw Return Fire |
| 2006-08-31 |
| Posted by:Ulelet Uniting8249 |
| #4 Somebody call Greenpeace. Their zodiacs would make for excellent target training. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-31 15:41 |
| #3 ...and white phosphorous. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-08-31 15:32 |
| #2 The Michigan Environmental Council isn't so sure. If the data aren't available to the public, there is no way to determine whether that claim is accurate, the council said in comments to the Guard. Federal law prohibits hunters from using lead shot because it's toxic to waterfowl, the council said. Not to worry; we use depleted uranium. {giggle} |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-08-31 15:31 |
| #1 Boaters have a sense of divine entitlement and will not obey exclusion zones. I participated in a live fire exercise off of San Nicholas Island in 1985. We were shooting I-Hawk missiles at QF-86 drones carrying electronic warfare equipment. After scrubbing testing three days in a row because pleasure yachts/fishing boats refused to exit the danger zone (even after helicopters flew next to the boats and warned them with bullhorns), the grizzled Marine Gunnery Sergeant in charge of range safety sighted down the line at a very large and expensive yacht and pronounced it outside of the exclusion zone. To his surprise, the EW equipment worked as advertised and the missile warhead detonated directly over the boat. All that could be seen in the films of the test were flaming debris falling from the sky onto two giant roostertails as the boat exited the area at warp speed. We had no difficulty in clearing the area for the following day's testing. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-08-31 14:15 |