Rocket launcher siezed in Newark airport flight path

[ThePresence]

Oh no.
I fly in and out of there all the time.

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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.

Its very powerful warheads can penetrate through well over a foot of armor, however each launcher can only be used once. The device found on Besai's lawn was said to have been used previously and deemed inoperable.

Investigators are now trying to determine when and even where the launcher had been fired.

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

Residents along Nelson Street were alarmed by the discovery.

Besai's neighbor, Joe Quinn, tells CBS 2 HD he was outside of his home when he noticed Besai pointing at the device from her front porch. When he walked over to see what the fuss was about, he was just as shocked to see weapon, said to be about three or four feet long and weighing about 15 pounds.

"She's pointing that there's something in the front," he told CBS 2 HD. "I said, 'Let me come down and take a look,' and I saw a little soldier on it and I said, 'Whoa, that's a missile launcher or something!'"

Quinn says he originally thought the launcher was just a pipe, but after noticing the picture of the soldier -- which he described as a soldier kneeling, holding the launcher -- he realized it looked similar to a missile launcher he'd seen on television. "I got scared myself," he says. "It looked like a bazooka, and right away you think what does somebody want with something like that?"

Jersey City Police removed the launcher, and the incident is now being investigated by the Joint Terrorism Task Force and the FBI.

Sources say Besai is not involved in the investigation as a suspect. "I don't think it was hers, they're nice people," Quinn said.

Stay with wcbstv.com and CBS 2 HD for more on this developing story.

 

[Safeway]

So it looks like terrorists are stepping up the assault on freedom?

 

[Turin39789]

note to self - do not go to Jersey.



Oh wait, I already had that one written down

 

[SVT Cobra]

SF's sometimes do training in that area. Me thinks someone is getting yelled at right now for leaving something behind.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
SF's sometimes do training in that area. Me thinks someone is getting yelled at right now for leaving something behind.

SF do not train on people's lawn with rocket launchers.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
SF's sometimes do training in that area. Me thinks someone is getting yelled at right now for leaving something behind.

SF do not train on people's lawn with rocket launchers.

yea but WTF would someone intending to use it just leave it on someone's lawn? You'd think they would at least leave it in the bushes.

 

[SoulAssassin]

oh that's where I left it...

 

[Yreka]

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
SF's sometimes do training in that area. Me thinks someone is getting yelled at right now for leaving something behind.

SF do not train on people's lawn with rocket launchers.

yea but WTF would someone intending to use it just leave it on someone's lawn? You'd think they would at least leave it in the bushes.

Makes you wonder.. Maybe they are just trying to see how the Law Enforcement deals with the situation... Maybe they are just trying to scare people. Maybe its a proverbial "horse head" message.

 

[lanielf]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin
oh that's where I left it...

We better go get it back Salam !

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Probably just an airsoft or paintball thing that some kids lost

It looks like a rocket launcher I see in the movies!!!!! People are idiots

 

[Kelvrick]

I'm curious as to whether its the older more primative RPG type launcher or the more advanced stinger as pictured in the article.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Maybe it's the Bush administration reminding you to vote Republican.

terra terra 9/11 saddam 9/11 saddam.

 

[ElFenix]

who the hell leaves a rocket launcher sitting on someone's lawn?

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
who the hell leaves a rocket launcher sitting on someone's lawn?

:whistles and walks the other way;

 

[meltdown75]

lightning bolt, lightning bolt

this calls for level orange terrrrist warnins

 

[glenn beck]

Originally posted by: Yreka

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
SF's sometimes do training in that area. Me thinks someone is getting yelled at right now for leaving something behind.

SF do not train on people's lawn with rocket launchers.

yea but WTF would someone intending to use it just leave it on someone's lawn? You'd think they would at least leave it in the bushes.

Makes you wonder.. Maybe they are just trying to see how the Law Enforcement deals with the situation... Maybe they are just trying to scare people. Maybe its a proverbial "horse head" message.

 

[Narmer]

Would anyone be surprised if the government put a military rocket launcher with the picture of a soldierthere as a way to generate news. There's no doubt that all the markers have been scratched off, I bet. This story has our government fingerprint all over it.

 

[ElFenix]

and all this happening with dick cheney about to be president

:shiver;

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Narmer
Would anyone be surprised if the government put a military rocket launcher there as a way to generate news. There's no doubt that all the markers have been scratched off, I bet. This story has our government fingerprint all over it.

:roll:

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Narmer
Would anyone be surprised if the government put a military rocket launcher with the picture of a soldierthere as a way to generate news. There's no doubt that all the markers have been scratched off, I bet. This story has our government fingerprint all over it.

No way, the OP planted the RPG just so he could start this thread!!

 

[Narmer]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Narmer
Would anyone be surprised if the government put a military rocket launcher there as a way to generate news. There's no doubt that all the markers have been scratched off, I bet. This story has our government fingerprint all over it.

:roll:

Roll your eyes all you want but this shit is fishy. Think about it, you think a terrorist will just leave a rocket launcher around? Are soldiers allowed to take such equipment home? Come on, man. I know you're smarter than that.

EDIT: Occam's razor.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Narmer
Would anyone be surprised if the government put a military rocket launcher there as a way to generate news. There's no doubt that all the markers have been scratched off, I bet. This story has our government fingerprint all over it.

:roll:

There are civilian rocket launchers?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Narmer

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Narmer
Would anyone be surprised if the government put a military rocket launcher there as a way to generate news. There's no doubt that all the markers have been scratched off, I bet. This story has our government fingerprint all over it.

:roll:

Roll your eyes all you want but this shit is fishy. Think about it, you think a terrorist will just leave a rocket launcher around? Are soldiers allowed to take such equipment home? Come on, man. I know you're smarter than that.

EDIT: Occam's razor.

Nah man, it was Fox News who planted it there. Slow news day, terrorism scares have died down...


I think you need to apply Occam's razor to your own theory.

 

[Narmer]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Narmer

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Narmer
Would anyone be surprised if the government put a military rocket launcher there as a way to generate news. There's no doubt that all the markers have been scratched off, I bet. This story has our government fingerprint all over it.

:roll:

Roll your eyes all you want but this shit is fishy. Think about it, you think a terrorist will just leave a rocket launcher around? Are soldiers allowed to take such equipment home? Come on, man. I know you're smarter than that.

EDIT: Occam's razor.

Nah man, it was Fox News who planted it there. Slow news day, terrorism scares have died down...


I think you need to apply Occam's razor to your own theory.

OK then. Let's say it's either a conspiracy to blow up a plane or a conspiracy to generate news about terrorism. Now, either somebody from the gov't had possession of this or a terrorist did. If it's the latter, would they just leave it in an area that they know it's going to be found and has a picture of a soldier on it? Seriously. Or could it be that it was planted. Let me guess, it wasn't loaded, right?

 

[Tobolo]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
I'm curious as to whether its the older more primative RPG type launcher or the more advanced stinger as pictured in the article.

Correct me if I am wrong, but they both can shoot a plane down right?