Zipp0 1 #1 July 20, 2007 http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_201113005.html Not sure why the biggies haven't pick up on this yet..... -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #2 July 20, 2007 Quotehttp://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_201113005.html Not sure why the biggies haven't pick up on this yet..... You can buy spent AT-4s in surplus stores all over the country. Like LAWs they are a one use weapon and cant be reloaded. bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zipp0 1 #3 July 20, 2007 Quote Quote http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_201113005.html Not sure why the biggies haven't pick up on this yet..... You can buy spent AT-4s in surplus stores all over the country. Like LAWs they are a one use weapon and cant be reloaded. And grenades too. But why are the Feds quiet and why would someone leave a spent AT-4 on someone's lawn in NJ? Maybe Vinny was trying to take out his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend's Camaro? -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #4 July 20, 2007 Quote Quote Quote http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_201113005.html Not sure why the biggies haven't pick up on this yet..... You can buy spent AT-4s in surplus stores all over the country. Like LAWs they are a one use weapon and cant be reloaded. And grenades too. But why are the Feds quiet and why would someone leave a spent AT-4 on someone's lawn in NJ? Maybe Vinny was trying to take out his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend's Camaro? My guess...after looking at the homeowners name, some asshole is trying to make a point or create an incident. bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 898 #5 July 20, 2007 a day after finding a Patriot missle in a Tampa junkyard..it wasn't dangerous though...it only had the guidance system and the rocket motor...no warhead not like the guidance system or motor are of any value I'm sure... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #6 July 20, 2007 Quote a day after finding a Ptriot missle in a Tampa junkyard..it wasn't dangerous though...it only had the guidance system and the rocket motor...no warhead Villarreal said the missile is considered harmless, surplus garbage with little value and no classified parts. "If it was something that could have harmed somebody, I guarantee we'd be tracing where it came from," he said. "It's just useless junk." Come on...you can do better than that. bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #7 July 20, 2007 QuoteNot sure why the biggies haven't pick up on this yet..... My guess is that this is a harmless Army surplus souvenir, and the fact that it was found at a house on the approach path to an airport is just coincidental. It's the media trying to sensationalize something that's really nothing. You can buy surplus bazooka tubes too, but they are "de-mil'd", or de-militarized. That means that something has been cut out to render it unusable. I'll bet this find is something similar. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #8 July 20, 2007 Quote My guess...after looking at the homeowners name, some asshole is trying to make a point or create an incident. Yup. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #9 July 20, 2007 We need background checks, registration, and a waiting period before people can buy used LAW tubes. The same restrictions should also apply to the purchase of ABS sewer tubing, because it is just as useful as a weapon. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #10 July 20, 2007 >It's the media trying to sensationalize something that's really nothing. Sounds like the authorities are the ones "sensationalizing" it! They were investigating it because it was "located along a flight path for Newark Liberty International Airport." I am glad this person called the cops, and it's good that they determined that it had already been fired. I agree that in the end it turned out to be nothing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #11 July 21, 2007 It's extremely unlikely that a live round was ever in that AT-4 (FAS.org) after it left the military. Once spent, it's just a novelty. A scary one to the ignorant, to be sure, but harmless. As was remarked above, one can build a scary-assed military-looking thing with just some PVC tubing, olive drab spray paint, etc. Even in the highly unlikely event that a live round was actually in it, an AT-4 isn't made for shooting at airplanes, so the shooter would have to be very, very lucky to hit anything moving so fast. The shooter would have to be right below the final by the fence to even have a chance. The AT-4 fires a HEAT (High-Energy Anti-Tank) round which is designed to penetrate thick armor. If it were fired at a plane, it would most likely pass right through. In short, a poor weapon for the Islamo-Fascist Whacko's target of choice - the commercial airliner. mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #12 July 21, 2007 There would be enough resistance to detonate, if it hit...we ARE, as you said, talking about an unguided missile.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkhayes 348 #13 July 21, 2007 no big news, I used to have a missile launcher tube (spent) years ago as a souvenir. My uncle was a huge gun collector. He used to own a Bren http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bren which was completely PROHIBITED in Canada, but after the 1970's legislation came through, he buried or stashed it somewhere. Talk about weapons of mass destruction laying around.... After he died, we had no luck in finding it. Took a metal detector to the house, the yard, all his hangouts, etc - never did find that thing. It should be in a museum somewhere. TK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #14 July 21, 2007 QuoteThere would be enough resistance to detonate, if it hit...we ARE, as you said, talking about an unguided missile. Maybe, but I tend to doubt it, what with it being a high-impact fuze. Would probably just go through like tinfoil. But it is designed to go off on impact... mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #15 July 21, 2007 QuoteQuoteThere would be enough resistance to detonate, if it hit...we ARE, as you said, talking about an unguided missile. Maybe, but I tend to doubt it, what with it being a high-impact fuze. Would probably just go through like tinfoil. But it is designed to go off on impact... mh . On armored vehicles. bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
