http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...MN5C10LJ34.DTL
Gotta love Darwinism:
Bombing ranges have become prime hunting grounds for "scrappers," who are motivated by soaring commodity prices to take greater risks in their quest for brass, copper and aluminum. The scavenging causes headaches for the military, which cannot patrol every inch of the remote bases where spent ammunition, shrapnel and unexploded ordnance are easy to find.
In May 2007, two scrappers suspects removed a Vietnam-era missile from the Twentynine Palms base. It later exploded in their home in Barstow (San Bernardino County), killing both men and destroying the apartment.
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