Florida airport is evacuated after live French S-530 air-to-air MISSILE is found in a shipping container - and Air Force bomb squad are called to remove it

The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | Aug 18 2020 | James Gordon

[Mopp4]

How did he know it was live ?

[Army Air Corps]

A bit late for the 4th of July.

[crz]

This thing is about 12 ft long and pretty heavy.

I am eager to hear the explanation for this discovery.

[RitchieAprile]

laugh if you want but french missiles sunk a bunch of royal navy warships back in the falklands dustup.

[crz]

They aint got the method to launch it unless they have a large plane.

Of course, then there is always Soros.

That thing is pretty big.

[grey_whiskers]

ROFL! (Reminds me of the joke about the Leclerc having 5 gears for reverse)

[Robert A Cook PE]

My thought as well - But ANY helicopter or light plane than can “carry” it externally could, with time and some care and an “adapter kit” carry it aloft and (eventually) shoot the thing.

Very difficult to make work the first time, unless the methods and “testing” have been done overseas on a similar airplane or helicopter using an identical missile.

Drones are too small. So far, too small.

(Could Laz hit anything with it?)

[null and void]

I don't know about you, but if I opened a shipping container and saw it, I'd assume it was live and call in those more skilled in the art to verify.

Unless it was painted blue, then I'd still call in those more qualified to verify it's a dummy.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

If it was a surface to air I would be a tad bit more concerned but still..

NASAMS is AMRAAM on a truck.

[Rad_J]

Was it a mostly peaceful missile?

[Zathras]

Hey, these things happen everyday...in the movies.

[null and void]

(Could Laz hit anything with it?)

It's long. It's hard. So I'd have to say 'Yes'.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I don't think this is as nefarious as it appears. The company that the shipping container belonged to has this on their website:

Draken is experienced in providing ship services and missile defense support for Naval and land-based assets. Establishing and executing accurate missile profiles to challenge fleet and ground missile defense crews can be accomplished with any of Draken’s 80+ aircraft. With over 30 supersonic assets that can saturate a training event, to our highly capable Electronic Warfare equipped aircraft, Draken is able to provide the needed support for missile defense. Simulating threats to both land and sea based assets, Draken aircraft can be equipped with GFE or commercial pods to accommodate the most discerning customer.

So clearly they're in the missile and missile defense business.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Put it in a Ryder truck and park under approach to Reagan National. You don’t need 50 miles range to hit something that isn’t shooting back.

[crz]

No..you have to do better than that.

I really dont want to get into that but..

Why? Because I believe they will get a few and actually try it. They dont need any ideas.

[volunbeer]

Thanks. I still think it is fair to say that something in the shipping got screwed up though.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks RACPE.

[GreenLanternCorps]

https://instantrimshot.com/

[crz]

Its abt 12 feet long and over 600 pounds.

Would take a pretty big plane to get it up and the launching system would have to be added to the total weight.

Where the hells the air force guys who know something more about this thing?

[Rebelbase]

~groan~