Suddenly, a Jumbotron parked to the left fires into action with an Air Force promotional film. As it passes the bleachers' range of view, perhaps half a mile or so away, a small cluster of white dots emerges from just below its tail, like white Tic-Tacs spilling out across a table surface. They drift through the air, falling further apart, hitting the ground with a flash of light and bushy brown smoke. Truly interactive battlespace picture. There is nothing secret in this.
Cars routinely pull off the highway to watch the pyrotechnics.
Even so, this is only the perimeter of the range, and most of what is inside remains open to speculation. You can fight the battle without ever firing a shot. It's the greatest video game in the world. As the bus completes a turn just inside the gate, the driver bottoms out on a roadside gully, the bus lodging onto the sand like a beached whale. We are stranded inside of a restricted area.