| 21. | Protesters have taken to invading Navy land to prevent sorties to drop inert bombs of up to 1, 000 pounds.
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| 22. | "We don't know what's in the barrels, but until we do, they shouldn't be disturbed by either live or inert bombs,"
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| 23. | The guided missile destroyer USS Mitscher also was to participate, along with a squadron of F-14s and F-18s dropping inert bombs.
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| 24. | The agreement cut back Navy exercises to 90 days a year, down from about 180, and limited ammunition to inert bombs.
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| 25. | Meanwhile, however, the Navy can resume exercises using inert bombs-- something Rossello and other island leaders had vowed would never occur.
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| 26. | They said they succeeded in stopping fighter jets from dropping inert bombs Tuesday and Wednesday, an account the Navy only partially corroborated.
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| 27. | And fighter jets launched from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S . Truman dropped 25-pound ( 11-kilogram ) inert bombs, she said.
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| 28. | Since then, protesters have taken to invading Navy land to prevent planes from dropping inert bombs of up to 1, 000 pounds.
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| 29. | On Monday, protesters waved Puerto Rican flags and shouted " Navy get out ! " as fighter jets dropped inert bombs over Vieques.
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| 30. | But since an errant bomb killed a civilian worker in April 1999, only inert bombs have been used on the Navy training range.
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