Two weapons trucks vanish

DALLAS - Two trucks carrying missiles, machineguns and mortars for the US military disappeared in Texas on Thursday, officials…

DALLAS - Two trucks carrying missiles, machineguns and mortars for the US military disappeared in Texas on Thursday, officials said.

One truck was carrying four unarmed missiles when it vanished near Dallas. A second truck had a 1,270kg cargo of machineguns and mortars when it disappeared west of Austin. An FBI agent said the missiles were not equipped with war heads so posed no immediate safety risk.

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