Well they do call them drop tanks.

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A Harrier has lost an external fuel tank  whilst on a mission over Devon.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4587796.stm

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News is filtering slowy at the moment; first the Liverpool radio caller and now this.

I was wondering how close it was to the cyclist...

"It missed me by inches!"

Normally translates as it landed in the field a couple of hundred feet away, and I rode over for a look...