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| Missile in truck set for UK |
| 2006-06-02 |
| A 15FT long anti-aircraft missile has been found on an England-bound lorry at Calais. Anti-terror police were last night inspecting the 1œ-ton weapon after the shock discovery — described as “very worrying” by a terror expert. The driver — an Italian in his 40s — was being quizzed by French security services last night. He has told them the delivery was “authorised” by an agent in London. But French authorities have invoked emergency powers drawn up to deal with the threat of terrorist attack. Cops last night refused to reveal the type and make of unarmed missile “for security reasons”. It was found on Monday night during a random check on Dover-bound lorries approaching Calais. The area was evacuated for an hour. A French police spokesman said: “We’ve never made a discovery like it. Our immediate priority was the safety of the public because we didn’t know if the missile was armed, or operational. It may be that it had been ordered legitimately by an agent in Britain, but we couldn’t take risks. It could have fallen into the wrong hands.” World expert on terrorism, Prof Paul Wilkinson, said: “It seems extraordinary that a missile was found on a London- bound lorry. It’s a very worrying development. We know al-Qaeda has shown an interest in targeting civil aircraft.” |
| Posted by:Howard UK |
| #14 Estes experimental model #3 Now available with the Ultra-Hyper-Super-Duper-Turbo-Disco F Series Booster Engine. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-06-02 19:50 |
| #13 Estes experimental model #3 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-02 16:50 |
| #12 An SA-3 is about 23 feet long. The only missile I know that's 15 feet long is the SA-6. I don't see how it could be used without the launcher and supporting radar. The SA-8 is about 12 feet in length. Of course, some of the multiple-launch Soviet-era rockets were around 15 feet, so it could have been one of those. They're unguided, so it wouldn't be much use against an aircraft. It could be used against an AIRFIELD or other stationary target, however. Can you imagine the uproar if one of those struck Buckingham or Windsor? We wouldn't have to worry about nuking Saudi Arabia - the Brits would do it first. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-06-02 15:47 |
| #11 SA-2 or 3 would be my guess. |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-06-02 14:58 |
| #10 Maybe an SA-3 or some other ancient Soviet system, taken from an ancient base in East Germany as a souvenir? |
| Posted by: WhitecollarRedneck 2006-06-02 12:40 |
| #9 Must be hunting the Scottish elk. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-02 12:06 |
| #8 15 feet long is a full blown Surface to Air Missile, not a shoulder fired model. Perhaps some one needed a conversation piece for his front lawn. |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-06-02 11:44 |
| #7 Damn! The've discovered my Uranium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator! |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-06-02 09:25 |
| #6 15 ft. long? Hell.... A Roland? Rapier? What's the Russ equvalent? |
| Posted by: 6 2006-06-02 08:56 |
| #5 Mebbe someone wanted to hunt an infidel pigeon? Yeah, thats the story, pigeon hunting... |
| Posted by: DanNY 2006-06-02 08:04 |
| #4 Testing, testing, 1...2..3...Testing. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-06-02 07:45 |
| #3 *yawn* Just another boring story about the RoP. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-06-02 07:18 |
| #2 bet #2. a nuke will have to go off in Londonistan or the souks of Frogistan before the peasants revolt. |
| Posted by: RD 2006-06-02 06:07 |
| #1 Anyone taking bets on the type and original source? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-06-02 05:13 |