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Misfired Artillery Crashes into New Jersey Home
1010Wins ^
| Saturday, 12 April 2008 8:25AM
Posted on 04/12/2008 12:33:55 PM PDT by Calpernia
Jefferson Township, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- A piece of artillery that was apparently misfired by the military crashed through the roof of a home miles away Friday and injured a young girl's cat, which had to be euthanized, officials said.
No people were injured when the 2-pound piece hit the Jefferson Township home about 2 1/2 miles from the Picatinny Arsenal and landed in the girl's bed, said Peter Rowland, arsenal spokesman. She wasn't home, but her cat was sleeping on the bed.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: artillery; gramsci; jeffersontownship; newjersey; picatinnyarsenal
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:33:55 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
To: Coleus; LonePalm; Cagey; Tired of Taxes; pandoraou812; frithguild
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:35:06 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:35:45 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: Calpernia
Fore!!! Oops, our bad!
At least no one was hurt (save the kitty of course).
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:35:51 PM PDT
by
infantrywhooah
(Hold your nose and vote in November. Even McCain is better than the alternatives)
To: infantrywhooah
The artillery crashing into the child’s bed sent chills down my spine.
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:37:00 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: All
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:37:26 PM PDT
by
Poetgal26
(God bless the US Military and our vets! (RIP Sgt Matthew Maupin))
To: Calpernia
I might be going out on a limb here, but I'd say somebody is in a bit of trouble over this incident.
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:39:22 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
To: Calpernia
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:39:48 PM PDT
by
Jagman
(Liberalism is a "progressive" disease)
To: Calpernia
Wait till I tell this story to my cats.....they are going to freak out.
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:41:21 PM PDT
by
Normal4me
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
You have to admit hitting a sleeping cat in a house from 2 1/2 miles away is no easy feat to be sure! ;-)
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
I might be going out on a limb here, but I'd say somebody is in a bit of trouble over this incident. Ya think?
My gun club is actually just a few miles from McGuire AFB. (another part of the Ft. Dix military complex.) We've actually agreed not to allow anyone to fire a .50BMG because we did the math and if you fired directly over the last berm at the rifle range it would come down in the AFB and still be delivering enough energy to kill someone.
Now it seems the actual concern is that they might return fire.
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:44:12 PM PDT
by
tcostell
(MOLON LABE - http://freenj.blogspot.com - RadioFree NJ)
To: Calpernia
A piece of artillery that was apparently misfired by the military Very weird story. Here is an example of an "artillery piece" that weighs almost 8 tons:
Perhaps the writer means a projectile, or a projectile fragment, hit the cat. The M198 pictured above can send a 95-pound HE projectile almost 14 miles downrange.
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:45:08 PM PDT
by
FoxInSocks
(B. Hussein Obama: The Paucity of Hope)
To: Calpernia
Was it a politician’s home?
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:46:00 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
To: tcostell
>>>Now it seems the actual concern is that they might return fire.
LOL!
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:46:25 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: wastedyears
If it was, their aim was really way off.
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:47:26 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: FoxInSocks
The article says that the “projectile” was 6 x 4 inches, and weighed 2 pounds.
I’d like to know what kind of “artillery” fires something that size and weight”?
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:49:22 PM PDT
by
jimtorr
To: Calpernia
Well the cat had already used up 8 of the 9 lives available, so it obviously had an exciting life.
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:49:31 PM PDT
by
LZ_Bayonet
(There's Always Something.............And there's always something worse!)
To: Calpernia
WHOA! This is not good.
Let the cat jokes begin!
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:51:26 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(Obama is a totalitarian nutcase.)
To: jimtorr
Just guessing, but, a two-pounder?
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:52:35 PM PDT
by
Jagman
(Liberalism is a "progressive" disease)
To: Normal4me
Methinks when an artillery round lands on a sleeping cat, that uses up all nine lives instantly.
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:53:36 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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