Base to blast old munitions

More than a hundred 105 mm rounds will be detonated at Camp Edwards next week. CAMP EDWARDS — It promises to be an explosive three days at Camp Edwards next week. Starting Tuesday, the base is planning to detonate more than 100 unexploded munitions found on Camp Edwards ranges over the summer, Ben Gregson, project manager for the Army's Impact Area Groundwater Study Program, said Wednesday night. SET for destruction In a sweep of the Cape base's J-1 Range for unexploded ordnance, the following items were found: Source: Impact Area Groundwater Study Program The unexploded munitions, mostly 105 mm rounds used as anti-tank rounds, were fired by defense contractors testing weapons at the base. They were collected over the summer by a robotics team out of the Air Force Research Laboratory using remote-controlled Bobcats and... [read full story]