Suburban AMRAAM SAM missile launcher with 50 pound warhead called "reassuring" by military spokesman.

Last month I noticed an ominous looking weapon system close to my neighbourhood in Bethesda. I was dropping off my 13 year-old daughter at a girlfriend’s house and I noticed what looked like a Patriot Missile system right off the Clara Barton Parkway. I thought President Bush might be going the extra mile to protect my family from those nasty terrorists who are apparently now plotting to attack my neighborhood, but I vowed to investigate what these guys were doing.

The Mystery Missiles of Washington DC