"One to get ready. Two for the show...."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has deployed jeep-mounted Stinger anti-aircraft missiles around the nation's capital in an increased alert against possible terrorist attack, defense officials said on

The defense officials, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters that heat-seeking Stinger missiles -- weapons that can be fired from the shoulder -- had been deployed in mobile "Avenger" systems on jeeps also carrying firing and guidance units. Each is operated by a two-member crew.