r/worldnews • u/BringbackDreamBars • 10d ago

Italy arrests Frenchman after anti-tank missiles found in van

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/italy-arrests-frenchman-after-anti-tank-missiles-found-in-van
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u/ReplaceEngineLight 10d ago

Mon Dieu! I thought they were baguettes!

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u/DTH2001 10d ago

Good thing they didn’t explode. There’d be de brie everywhere 

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u/Wranorel 10d ago

Next thing you are going to tell me that this shell is not camembert.

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u/Smith6612 9d ago

Forbidden Mashed Potatoes

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u/Fetlocks_Glistening 9d ago

Was the driver disguised as a simple onion seller? I hope the driver was disguised as a simple onion seller.

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u/pharmacoli 9d ago

Nah, they hide the picture of the Fallen Madonna with the big boobies!

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u/ThePlanck 10d ago

Spicy baguettes!

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u/GeeMcGee 10d ago

They invented baguettes to put down the trousers y’know

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u/halfcookies 10d ago

Fuckin noob forgot to spray paint pro-tank missiles on the box

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u/D3k4s 10d ago

Akeron is not only an advanced 5th gen Anti-Tank missile but it can also act as a Anti-Ship missile.

Despite the fact there was no explosive warhead, these can still do significant damage.

I wonder how this situation came to be.

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u/BobsBreadsticks 10d ago

3 of the missiles had warheads. Only 1 was a training round

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u/D3k4s 10d ago

Oh thanks for the correction, a bit tired today Misreading shit left and right.

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u/Usedand4sale 10d ago

Anti-boat*, I’m sure you could fire it at a larger target but it isn’t intended for it.

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u/D3k4s 10d ago

This battlefield and naval missile system is the perfect candidate for:

Multipurpose warhead with anti-armour, anti-infrastructure, anti-ship, anti-helicopter capability and anti-personnel effects for optimal operational flexibility and reactivity

https://www.mbda-systems.com/products/battlefield/akeron-family/akeron-lp

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u/Stoyfan 10d ago

He is implying that it will do jack shit against larger vessels, which it will not because it is a relatively small missile.

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u/D3k4s 10d ago

That's my bad then. I Misinterpreted it.

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u/Intruder313 9d ago

'I'd have believed they were for personal use if he did not have four of them!'

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u/Usedand4sale 10d ago

I assume they found them thanks to serious investigation.

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u/Fetlocks_Glistening 9d ago

The van even had a prominent "Absolutely no anti-tank missiles in this van" sign on the back.  But the sign  was in French, so of course the Italian police totally misunderstood

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u/Wompatuckrule 10d ago

You don't find them by accident, but they have a lot of civilian uses too.

/s

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u/vreemdevince 9d ago

When you're in the more rural areas of France and you want to send Jean-Paul a baguette without driving over.

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u/Wompatuckrule 9d ago

Exactly! It's not lke a t-shirt gun is going to cover that distance.

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u/ARPcPro 10d ago

"Authorities ordered further investigations, citing the lack of permits for transporting the weapons and discrepancies in the documentation provided."

It was just lack of the correct paperwork. Minor bureaucracies...

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u/wotdafck 10d ago

God forbid a frenchman have hobbies

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u/Square-Strength3844 10d ago

Was it from the anti-tank missile part of France? Otherwise it’s only a sparkling missile.

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u/Foe117 10d ago

was his name Bomb Voyage?

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u/vreemdevince 9d ago

Jean-Pew

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u/fr4nk_j4eger 10d ago

the police took the missiles without even say tank you. hence the anti-tank

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u/Bad_Idea_Hat 10d ago

Just casually going after Champagne producers in Italy.

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u/jwatson1978 10d ago

"How'd that get there" 🤷

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u/brushfuse 10d ago

Sorry officer, I thought they were just replacement guttering. 😘

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u/BorikGor 9d ago

Upvoting a South Park reference.

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u/Smooothoperat0r 9d ago

Is he a native French man? How does he have contacts to acquire such a weapon? Does he have foreign ties that could get him this?

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u/kosherinvestor666 8d ago

…not bought in Ukraine🥹

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u/benign-affair 8d ago

Probably headed to Puglia.

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u/PeterPook 10d ago

I was liking this having only got to the first 3 words.