This another one of those “Nothing to see here, everything is normal” stories. From the UPI:

Some residents in Jersey City, N.J., found a rocket launcher in a yard, but police determined it was no threat because it is no longer operable.

However, it was still a mystery how the launcher ended up where it did, The Jersey Journal reported Sunday.

Police described the launcher as a 20-year-old military training device that was used to train troops on firing sequence and aiming. Once fired, police said, the rocket launcher cannot be reloaded and is often discarded.

The original story noted that the house was right along the flight line where planes fly low on take off and landing. I trust that government and law enforcement to always be honest so I am suurrrreee they would tell people whether or not the launcher really worked.

[tags]rocket launcher, New Jersey, Terrorism[/tags]