{"id":13121,"date":"2016-03-14T08:43:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T13:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=13121"},"modified":"2016-03-14T08:43:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T13:43:55","slug":"bomb-sniffing-dog-discovers-two-hellfire-missiles-bound-for-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/14\/bomb-sniffing-dog-discovers-two-hellfire-missiles-bound-for-portland\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb Sniffing Dog Discovers Two Hellfire Missiles Bound for Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>With a name like &#8220;Air Serbia&#8217;, it has to be trustworthy, Right? Right?? -SF<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13122\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/serbia.jpg\" alt=\"serbia\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><br \/>\nBELGRADE, Serbia \u2014 Serbia&#8217;s authorities are investigating reports that a cargo package bound for Portland contained two missiles with explosive warheads on a passenger flight from Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>N1 television said the package with two guided armor-piercing missiles was discovered Saturday by a sniffer dog after an Air Serbia flight from Beirut landed at a Belgrade airport.<\/p>\n<p>Serbian media say documents listed the final destination for the AGM-114 Hellfire missiles as Portland. The American-made projectiles can be fired from air, sea or ground platforms against multiple targets.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian state news agency Tanjug reported that the missiles had been packed in wooden coffins and unloaded at the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, where they were inspected by bomb-sniffing dogs.<\/p>\n<p>This type of missile was originally designed to be fired from a helicopter and was named Helicopter Launched, Fire and Forget Missile &#8212; later shortened to Hellfire.<\/p>\n<p>The AGM-114 model is manufactured by Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrup Grumman. It weighs about 100 pounds and costs about $110,000 apiece. Most models use laser to home in on their targets, although one version of the AGM-114 relies on radar.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI in Portland said it is looking into the reports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t have any information on that yet,&#8221; Jennifer Adams, an FBI spokeswoman, said Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>N1 reported Sunday that Air Serbia is helping in the investigation. The Serbian flag carrier says &#8220;security and safety are the main priorities for Air Serbia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the Original Article at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/today\/index.ssf\/2016\/03\/bomb-sniffing_dog_discovers_2.html\">Oregon Live<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a name like &#8220;Air Serbia&#8217;, it has to be trustworthy, Right? Right?? -SF BELGRADE, Serbia \u2014 Serbia&#8217;s authorities are investigating reports that a cargo package bound for Portland contained two missiles with explosive warheads on a passenger flight from Lebanon. N1 television said the package with two guided armor-piercing missiles was discovered Saturday by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[74],"tags":[10202,3555,10244],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}