Jul 20, 2007 3:45 pm US/Eastern
Rocket Launcher Found On N.J. Lawn
Device Discovered Under Flight Path To Newark Airport
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBS) ―
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A U.S. Marine fires an AT4 rocket launcher in Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 14, 2004.
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LOCATOR MAP, Jersey City, New Jersey
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A New Jersey woman made a shocking discovery on her lawn this morning when she noticed a military rocket launcher lying in the grass, reports CBS station WCBS-TV in New York.
The inoperable military training device was found on a lawn Friday and given to Army officials at Fort Monmouth, police said.
According to WCBS-TV, the launcher was an AT4 anti-tank missile launcher. According to online information from manufacturer Saab Bofors Dynamics, the weapon is effective against landing craft, aircraft and helicopters.
The device, believed to be about 20 years old, posed no hazard, police said. It may have been used for anti-tank training, police said.
Police and Army officials are investigating to determine how the device was left at the lawn.
Niranjana Besai was leaving her house in Jersey City, N.J., to go to work Friday morning when she saw the launcher on her front lawn and immediately contacted police. Besai's house is located along flight path for Newark Liberty International Airport.
Besai's neighbor, Joe Quinn, saw her pointing at the equipment from her front porch. When he walked over to the 6-foot-long weapon, he was just as shocked.
Quinn told WCBS-TV he originally thought the launcher was just a pipe, but after looking closer, he realized it looked similar to a missile launcher he'd seen on television.
"She's pointing that there's something in the front," he said. "I said, 'Let me come down and take a look,' and I saw a little soldier on it and I said, 'Whoa, that's a missile launcher or something.'"
The incident is now being investigated by the Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The discover of the rocker launcher comes after last month's discovery of men accused of plotting to blow up John F. Kennedy International Airport fuel lines which run through residential neighborhoods in New York. In May, six men were arrested on suspicion of plotting to attack soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J.
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