Reply #31: Feds Seize Missile Launcher In Jersey City [View All]

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Source: CBS

(CBS) JERSEY CITY 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."

She immediately called police.

Sources tell CBS 2 HD that the device is an AT-4 missile launcher that is used to fire against tanks and buildings. The device was first approved by the U.S. Army in 1985 and questions are being raised as to whether the device was stolen from a branch of the military.

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Officials initially expressed concern after discovering that Besai's house is located along a flight path for Newark Liberty International Airport.

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