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Federal investigators are examining what appears to be a military rocket launcher found Friday morning on the front lawn of a Jersey City home that sits directly in the flight path of busy Newark Liberty International Airport, CBS2 News reported.
Jersey City Police removed the launcher, and the incident is now being investigated by the Joint Terrorism Task Force and The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the TV station reported.
A Jersey City woman made a shocking discovery on her lawn this morning when she noticed a military rocket launcher lying in the grass.
Niranjana Besai was leaving her house, located at 88 Nelson Street, to go to work just after 8 this morning when she spotted the launcher on her front lawn. "I read it and it [said] 'missile,'" Besai told CBS 2 HD. "There was little 'missile' [writing] on it."
Originally posted by the_sentinal
anybody wanna guess what this could mean?? just some neighborhood kids playing with some used military surplus probably huh.
Originally posted by Thousand
According to the CBC, the launcher was a single-use, portable system that had already been fired. It was also roughly 20 years old.
Apparently it would be good for training in the use of the weapon (carrying and aiming) but not much else.
[edit on 20/7/2007 by Thousand]
Originally posted by RedGolem
Aecreate,
I remember the TWA flight that they say the fuel tank blew up on, that many other people think was actually shot down. That might have been what you were thinking of.
Originally posted by RedGolem
Aecreate,
I remember the TWA flight that they say the fuel tank blew up on, that many other people think was actually shot down. That might have been what you were thinking of.
Many alternative theories exist as to the cause of this crash, most citing evidence that points to an external missile strike or on-board bomb, either as a terrorist act, or an unintentional shootdown by a U.S. Navy vessel. Most significantly, FAA radar data and a statistically relevant number of eyewitnesses apparently contradict the official NTSB crash scenario.
Originally posted by RedGolem
Sentinal,
I don't know if you were sarcastic with the above statement or not, but it sounds like that may have been exactly what this was. Still this is a good find, thanks for posting it.