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jakeXT

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Fri Feb 14, 2014, 04:25 PM Feb 2014

US army builds fake city to shoot at during training

The American army has built an entire fake city including a school, a mosque and a football stadium

The US army has built a fake city designed to be used during combat training exercises.

The 300 acre 'town' includes a five story embassy, a bank, a school, an underground subway and train station, a mosque, a football stadium, and a helicopter landing zone.

Located in Virginia, the realistic subway station comes complete with subway carriages and the train station has real train carriages.

The subway carriages even carry the same logo as the carriages in Washington DC

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10634411/US-army-builds-fake-city-to-shoot-at-during-training.html

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US army builds fake city to shoot at during training (Original Post) jakeXT Feb 2014 OP
Did they name it Fallujah and will they use depleted uranium shells ? dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #1
Nothing new. This MOUT training area is at Ft. Hood. rdharma Feb 2014 #2
Had one in Duckhunter935 Feb 2014 #3
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