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Camp Ripley has made some changes in
artillery firing after a 102-pound shell landed on a rural Pillager
couple's property.


      No one was hurt. The shell missed Rich and Kathy Nelson's house
on April 7 but damaged some trees.


      The Nelsons weren't home, but a construction crew installing
cabinets was taking a break when the shell flew over the garage.


      Capt. Ross Nieber of Camp Ripley says BAE Systems, a defense
company, was testing weapons that day. The company fired eight
inert rounds, and one of the rounds flew about 800 meters off Camp
Ripley property onto the Nelsons' property.


      Nieber says Camp Ripley temporarily shut down its artillery
firing after the incident. The camp has added a larger buffer to
companies testing weapons and is changing the direction that
weapons are shot.


      Information from: Brainerd Dispatch,
http://www.brainerddispatch.com

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Camp Ripley has made some changes in
artillery firing after a 102-pound shell landed on a rural Pillager
couple's property.


Shell from Camp Ripley lands on couple's property

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