Posts Tagged ‘Weapons and Equipment’

Rocket Launcher Found In Apartment – Houston

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Click2Houston reports a that a rocket launcher was discovered in a Houston apartment by police responding to a disturbance call. A woman called police on Monday and said a man was forcing his way into her apartment. When officers went inside, they found something that made them concerned enough to call the bomb squad.

The police found an AT-4 shoulder-mounted rocket launcher, which is capable of shooting a missile almost 1,000 feet through tanks and buildings. Oscar Saldivar of Top Brass Military and Tactical said that it grants infantrymen the benefit with a light-weight weapon that can easily stop armored vehicles along with primary battle tanks and fortifications.

The woman told the police that the rocket launcher was owned by Nabilaye I. Yansane, a man whom she had permitted to keep items at her home. Yansane has been arrested for criminal trespassing, and was jailed for three days.

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Two Arabs Killed In North Waziristan Drone Strike

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Two Arab nationals were killed in a missile strike on a car by US drones in Spalga village in North Waziristan on Tuesday morning. An interesting aspect of this story is the number of other drones that were reported flying in the area at the time. This has raised speculation that the men in the vehicle were HVT’s (high value targets), or other HVT’s are may be in the area.

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Airborne Laser Could Save Us From Terrorist EMP Scenario

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Perhaps one of the most frightening terrorist-attack scenarios is one wherein a nuclear-tipped missile is launched by terrorists from a seemingly harmless cargo ship somewhere off the coast of the United States.

In such an attack, the missile could be hurtling skyward almost before our current missile-defense system had time to blink.

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