Valuable military device almost stolen

upi ^ | 6/3/07 | upi

[Flavius]

ORLANDO, Fla., June 3 (UPI) -- The display and controls of an Apache helicopter were almost stolen last week after burglars broke into a Lockheed Martin facility in Orlando, Fla.

The system, a Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center, was later found in some bushes near the facility, The Orlando Sentinel reported. A TEDAC has a small screen and a joystick used to find targets and aim weaponry. newspaper said.

[Flavius]

oh like make it look like a burglary right, just happens to be i guess ied countermeasure

now who would want that...

[BenLurkin]

Could have been stolen, documented and returned.

[Cindy]

ping

[Flavius]

i hear Chinese make good copies of everything

[MacDorcha]

sounds like someone was on a “learning field trip”

[ChessExpert]

I’m sure Lockheed Martin has a diverse workforce. It might include a few people named Mohamed.

[VeniVidiVici]

At one time this facility was out in the boondocks. Over the years suburbia has crept ever closer.

There are some not so good neighborhoods near there. Shame their security seems so second-rate.