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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Not only did shrapnel fall on I5 generally...

It hit and damaged JD Vance's security detail motorcade.

Like, either this was a stupendous coincidence that a shell went bad and purely accidentally just happened to detonate just so as to literally rain on Vance's motorcade...

... or... this was a kind of not so subtle fuck you buddy from at least one Marine.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/politics/shell-interstate-5-marines-california.html

A 155-millimeter shell fired during a live-fire demonstration for the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday prematurely detonated, dropping fragments of the shell on a California Highway Patrol vehicle and motorcycle that were part of Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail, according to a patrol report.

Yep, thats right, it gets even clownier with more detail.

EDIT:

Ok, this gets even more deepfried clownicized.

So....from seeing more articles with more pictures, I think what happened is this:

Marines do a mock amphib landing on a beach to the west of I5.

From there, they set up mobile 155mm cannons, on the beach... and aim their shots at some part of Camp Pendleton that I guess was cleared off as a ... firing range? Howitzer absorbant sponge zone?

So... yeah, fired from a beach, up and over a cliff, over I5, headed something like east, to land inside some part of Pendleton.

....Does... Pendleton have a preexisting artillery range?

[–] RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

…Does… Pendleton have a preexisting artillery range?

Pendleton covers almost 200 square miles and has ranges for just about every ground-based weapon the USMC uses.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Ok, thanks for that, did not know.