artillery

In 2002, in perhaps one of the most ignominious episodes, the recycling center was dismantling Navy artillery shells — that were supposedly inert — when one exploded and a chunk of metal launched onto Jordan High’s campus.

Camp Pendleton Marines say they told the state they would fire live artillery rounds over I-5 on Friday and Saturday.

However, state sources told the Los Angeles Times that the messages the Marine Corps sent on Friday actually did not specify that artillery was being fired in a test run on Friday.

It is also a regular point of origin for artillery and short-range drone strikes.

Air force jets dropped 500-pound bombs, while artillery and drones hit insurgent positions outside the town.