Kings Bay and Port Canaveral to be evaluation ports for Coast Guard use of warning ammunition
MIAMI – Coast Guard crews in Kings Bay, Ga. and Port Canaveral, Fla. are adding warning munitions, a less-than-lethal warning tool, to Coast Guard assets conducting vessel escorts in their areas of operation as a test for potential nationwide implementation.
The munitions are being tested as another means to warn non-compliant boaters that they are entering a security zone.
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Coast Guard to employ flashbang munitions as a warning tool in Puget Sound
SEATTLE – The Puget Sound-area Coast Guard will begin employing flashbang munitions as a means to warn non-compliant boaters that they are entering a security zone.
The Coast Guard routinely escorts vessels transiting within Puget Sound, enforcing moving security zones around US Navy ships, Washington State ferries, cruise ships, and tank ships. As a part of enforcing these security zones, the...
