This is bizarre...woman finds rocket launcher on lawn...

[CoffeeCat]

Has anyone else heard anything about this disturbing story? I
accidentally stumbled upon it tonight and I was surprised that
this was not more prominent in the headlines.

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_201113005.html

Jersey City Woman Finds Missile Launcher On Lawn
Officials: Launcher, Good For One Use Only, Had Already Been Fired

(CBS) JERSEY CITY A Jersey City woman made what to her and her neighbors was a shocking discovery Friday 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 a.m. when she spotted the launcher on her front lawn.

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 its very powerful warheads can penetrate through more than a foot of armor.

(more at link)

[Adsos Letter]

1. I am curious...

as to whether that launcher held a charge or was just an empty tube. Those type are one-shot, throw-away weapons. I would bet it was an empty tube, but nothing surprises me anymore...

[Maddy McCall]

3. From the linked article.

Each launcher can be used only once, however, and the device found on Besai's lawn was said to have been used previously. It was deemed inoperable and not a threat before it was turned over U.S. Army officials at the New Jersey's Fort Monmouth.

[Adsos Letter]

5. Thanks for

...doing my homework for me Maddy... :blush: Next time I will actually read the article...

:D

[Maddy McCall]

9. LOL.

No prob. I actually was curious about that, myself.

:hi:

[progressoid]

2. Yep...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2924542

[JeffR]

4. Hmm... If I had a rocket launcher...

"some son-of-a-bitch would die..."

[EFerrari]

6. If I had one, I wouldn't leave it on your lawn. Rust and all.

:wtf:

[JeffR]

12. Just to be on the safe side, I'm going to check the front yard

as soon as I get up!

[EFerrari]

14. Me, too and I don't even have one!

:think:

[Adsos Letter]

7. Hey JeffR...

:hi:

Think of the movie "Falling Down"... :D

[JeffR]

11. Ya know, I have days where I feel like I understand where

the lead character was coming from, though I'm as leftist as they come. Good thing for everyone that I don't like guns, I guess.;-)

[Adsos Letter]

13. Oh, I've had those days...

...but jail always seemed so...inconvenient...to my lifestyle.

:D

[soothsayer]

16. hey, bruce cockburn! good pull.

[madokie]

17. easy now

you don't want to wind us as the shrubs roomie do you, down at the cross bar hotel ;-)

[petronius]

8. This isn't the first time this has happened

Someone probably brought home a souvenir from somewhere and discarded it, or else maybe these things can be purchased somewhere. I've seen inactive ordnance-type things at military surplus stores (for the military-chic home-decorator); perhaps you can get expended rocket launchers the same way...

[CoffeeCat]

10. I first read this article...

...on a Homeland Security Department page...

How I read the article...was that it HAD been launched and that this
woman's house was near a major airport---where planes were taking
off and landing all of the time.

I thought they were saying that the launcher had been used, and that
it was likely used to attempt to shoot down an airliner. After reading
both articles, it appears that the CBS story appeared first and Homeland
Security spiced it up a bit...to make it more frightening.

Here is the link to the article from the HS Dept:
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/

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. She immediately called police.

Sources tell CBS 2 HD that the missile launcher appears similar to the kind that is capable of taking down an aircraft and that Besai’s house is located along flight path for Newark Liberty International Airport.

Besai’s neighbor, Joe Quinn, saw her pointing at the equipment from her front porch. When he walked over to see what the fuss was, he was just as shocked to see the six-foot-long weapon.

[Downtown Hound]

15. I was wondering where I left that!

Just kidding Agent Mike.