Missing anti-missile device?? opps dropped it on the UK

Well well, lol Seems the US have lost a anti-missile device which was dropped by a plane by mistake over the UK

They are warning anyone who may come across it..

1, DO NOT use your mobile near it!

2, Stay away from it and alert police

An Air Force spokesman said: "Officials urge anyone finding objects with government markings to please report the find to their local constabulary.

This thing can give of heat of about 3,000 degrees,

The plane, a transport aircraft, is based at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk

So if you happen to come across it.. Please report it to the police ASAP



news.sky.com...



[edit on 11-3-2008 by asala]

Wow I'm not sure how this thing could fall out of a plane. unless the darn thing was falling apart in mid air.

Well here is what it probably looks like incase your interested.

www.fas.org...

Lol did we lose three weeks??
Haha you`re gonna say april fool in a minute are`nt you?
What do you mean no?Joking apart though this is very important and scary
I mean how can you just lose a missile and not know where it is?
Thanks for alerting us.

reply to post by tracey ace


its not a missle...its a anti-missle device or chaffe dispenser.

reply to post by CaptGizmo


Cheers for that.
The pic on the sky news page was misleading.I dare say though that im not the only one that would have been keeping an eye out for something resembling a missile lol.