North County residents may hear loud booms coming from Camp Pendleton Wednesday as Marines train with powerful explosives designed to clear land mines.
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The training involving the detonation of 1,750 pounds of linked C-4 explosives is scheduled to continue daily through Friday, according to Pendleton’s public affairs office.
Also on Friday, Marines are scheduled to conduct mortar fire training from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“Depending on atmospheric conditions, the sound of the explosions may be amplified and heard up to 50 miles away,” base officials said in a statement.
— City News Service
Marines Warn of Noise from Explosives Training was last modified: April 30th, 2014 by
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