Misfired Artillery Shell Crashes into girls bed

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (AP) -- A piece of artillery that was apparently misfired by the military crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home miles away Friday and injured a young girl's cat, which had to be euthanized, officials said.

No people were injured when the two-pound piece hit the Jefferson Township home about two-and-a- half miles from the Picatinny Arsenal and landed in the girl's bed, said Peter Rowland, arsenal spokesman. She wasn't home, but her cat was sleeping on the bed.

The homeowner told authorities she heard a loud noise around 2:40 p.m. and found the 6-by-4-inch object.

Picatinny officials told The Star-Ledger of Newark they were investigating. The base had been conducting tests Friday, and it wasn't immediately clear what type of artillery hit the home.

Picatinny is the site of the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, whose mission is to conduct research, development and engineering for weapons systems.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/12/artillery.cat.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Lawlz, saw it on News 12 New Jersey... Crazy drunken FA guys are up at 3 in the morning putting sabots downrange at people's houses...

Idk, think they should go back to doing what they do best... Chilling in Kuwait with basic cable... Heard that cat had to get put down on the news, though, stupid FA.

lol i dont noe who the FA are but i agree that they are retarted to fire artillery at houses.

FA = Field Artilliary, the army's own air force.