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Police discover 'missile' is really a carrying case
By Times Wires
Published August 22, 2007
ORLANDO - A drab, olive-colored tube traded in at a gun exchange and described by police as a surface-to-air missile launcher is a carrying case for an anti-tank weapon, an expert said. John McGrath, an investigator for Raytheon Corp., used a serial number to identify the 4-foot-long tube as a 32-year-old fiberglass carrying case for a TOW missile and its launcher. The acronym stands for Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided missile. "They're pretty available on the Internet," he said. The Ocoee man who turned it in Friday thought it was a bazooka. Police later described it as a surface-to-air missile launcher and a rocket launcher.
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by DONALD
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08/23/07 10:28 PM
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Here we go again. Big story by government of missle launcher.OOPS! Little story, government was wrong. Remember the cell phone purchases in Ohio.On national news.What were the outcomes. Dismissals. Not reported. Governemnt propogates fear again.
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by tiffany
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08/22/07 12:31 PM
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i think this is a really good story!!!! its sad though but i like it!!!!!!!!!
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