Vulnerable Munitions? Artillery stored onU.S. Forest Service Land

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Report Warns of Vulnerable Munitions
Washington Post ^ | August 9, 2006 | by Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers


Federal investigators are concerned that terrorists could arm themselves with howitzers, recoilless rifles and explosives stashed on Forest Service land.

The weapons and munitions are stored in 335 sites nationwide, including in California and other Western states, where managers of ski resorts and federal land use them to blast boulders and prevent avalanches.

The problem isn't necessarily broken locks or open doors. The physical security of the Forest Service's munitions magazines was described as "generally" sufficient. Bureaucratically, though, it's been a different story, according to a report by investigators with the Agriculture Department's Office of Inspector General.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080801082.html