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Originally Posted by glatt
Holy shit! And you hiked there?!
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The bombing range is fenced off and is monitored to prevent anyone from being injured. The bombs they drop aren't "fully loaded", either -- they're just enough to make a visible impact. Why there is a bombing range in the middle of a national forest, I have no idea. You can see the range from the air,
here. I don't know how much noise the range really creates, as I did catch the rumble of two jets and the orange glow of their engines one night while enjoying dinner at a Juniper Springs site, but have never heard the "thud" of targets being hit.
Serial killers and
crazy bears make more of a camping issue than navy bombers. The bombing range has been hotly debated and many groups want it removed, but that is highly unlikely under the current administration. Hell,
almost 1,000 acres of ONF have been earmarked for sale by our wonderful president.
