Now, how did THOSE get there?

[BrianFromWA]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017059032_apeufinlandmissiles.html

HELSINKI —
Around 160 tons of explosives and 69 surface-to-air missiles have been found by Finnish officials on a cargo ship bearing a British flag and ultimately destined for China, authorities said Wednesday. They said they didn't know the origin of the Patriot missiles or who was supposed to receive them.

The M/S Thor Liberty sailed from the north German port of Emden on Dec. 13 and two days later docked in Kotka, southern Finland, to pick up a cargo of anchor chains, officials said. Its final destination was Shanghai, but it wasn't clear whether that's where the arms shipment was going, officials said.

Detective superintendent Timo Virtanen of the National Bureau of Investigation said dock workers found massive amounts of picric acid - an explosive - and the missiles as they were loading the chains and alerted inspectors.

Some of the explosives were not stored properly, customs spokesman Petri Lounatmaa said, adding that an investigation was launched into a possible breach of Finnish export and weapons trading laws and that the cargo would be impounded if determined to be illegal.

"At this stage we don't know where it was loaded on the ship or if the Thor Liberty planned a drop before its port of destination in China," Lounatmaa told The Associated Press.

Brings up some questions. AFAIK, we (Raytheon, to be specific) are the only manufacturer of Patriot missiles. But they're sold all over the world. Shouldn't be difficult to get a serial number, batch number, parts manifest, etc.

Then again, who's running a container full of Patriot missiles with a bunch of picric acid? And picking up anchor chains on the way to China?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Uh oh!

 

[BrianFromWA]

 

[BrianFromWA]

"no, sir...nothing shady here. Nuh uh."

 

[ABM]

 

[jlprk]

Are those the 69 Patriot missiles I ordered on Amazon? I paid $8 extra for 2-day shipping and I'm still waiting.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

people who make bombs profit off of death, now that china is buying them, maybe they will profit off of their own

 

[MARIS61]

Coincidence?

I don't think so:

http://wonderwall.msn.com/music/adam-lambert-arrested-in-finland-1658818.story

 

[Ed O]

Are those the 69 Patriot missiles I ordered on Amazon? I paid $8 extra for 2-day shipping and I'm still waiting.

That is why you need Amazon Prime, man.

Ed O.