>>>>The FBI said Monday that it found no credible threat in an online rumor regarding rocket launchers and Tinker Air Force Base.
"The FBI is aware of the alleged incident. We have conducted a thorough investigation and have found no credible threat," FBI officials said via a press release.
Well, I'm at a loss here.
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=rocket%20launcher%20found%20on%20railroad%20tracks
The above led to the below post.
Didn't we hear at one time that the launchers are for sale on E-Bay??
There have been other launchers found here in the states, but today, I am not up to googles, so have fun.
I would say that the FBI, has a plan and front page news is not part of it.
How is Frankie?
granny
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Rocket launcher found near Atlanta rail-transit station
MARK NIESSE
Associated Press
ATLANTA - A military rocket launcher was found
Tuesday near a rail-transit
station, but the FBI said it looks to be a less-powerful
model commonly used
to train soldiers and would be unable to bring down an
aircraft or destroy a
train.
The M136 AT4 launcher is used by the Army to destroy
light tanks. It will be
examined further to be sure it is only a training model,
said FBI spokesman
Steve Lazarus.
"If it is indeed a training device, it's something you can
buy at any gun
store," he said.
Lazarus said there was no cause for public alarm and
the city's rail-transit
system was not interrupted by the discovery.
The shoulder-held launcher was found around 2 p.m.
by transit employees who
were making a routine inspection of tracks near the
Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA
station just west of Atlanta, said Gene Wilson, MARTA
police chief.
The empty launcher had been fired at one time, but
investigators had not
determined when or how it was used, he said.
"It kind of looks like mini bazooka," he said.
Wilson said the launcher was Army green and had
military markings on it. He
said he could not elaborate.
The launcher, which was about three feet tall and six
inches wide, was found
on an embankment next to a railroad track parallel to
the city's east-west
rail-transit line.
There was no immediate indication of how it got there.
The FBI and police
were searching the area to make sure there were no
similar devices.
The site where the launcher was found is about eight
miles northwest of the
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.