* The U.S. Fifth Fleet discovered the weapons aboard a ship in the northern reaches of the Arabian Sea off Oman and Pakistan
* The Navy found nearly 3,000 Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, a variant of the Kalashnikov, hundreds of other heavy machine guns and sniper rifles
* Dozens of advanced, Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles were also found
* The weapons appeared to be bound for Yemen to support the country's Houthi rebels, Navy officials say
* Navy's initial investigation found the vessel came from Iran. Tehran has previously denied providing rebels with weapons
* This recent seizure appeared to be among the biggest in recent years as the long- running war in Yemen continues
The U.S. Navy has seized an arms shipment of thousands of illicit assault weapons, machines guns and sniper rifles hidden aboard a ship in the Arabian Sea likely headed for Yemen, officials have said.
The U.S. fifth fleet, based in Bahrain, announced on Sunday that the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey discovered the weapons aboard a stateless dhow - a traditional Mideast sailing ship - in an operation that began Thursday in the northern reaches of the Arabian Sea off Oman and Pakistan.
An American defense official said the weapons resembled previous shipments which have been intercepted that were bound for Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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US Navy seizes thousands of weapons in Arabian Sea likely bound for Yemen's Houthi Rebels -- ABC News (Australia)
US Navy seizes thousands of assault weapons from ship allegedly sent by Iran -- NYPost
US navy seizes illegal weapons from dhow in Arabian Sea -- The National
US Navy seizes huge weapons cache in Arabian Sea -- Al Jazeera
3 comments:
Go to hell
The Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles should have enough data form serial numbers or markings to tell when the Russians sold it Iran or maybe a third country. State Department could make use of it, but they are all COVID passports, AGW and other nonsense.
Anon (3:43)
They could make good use of this unfortunately "but they are all COVID passports, AGW, and other nonsense" pretty much nails. Essentially due to ideology and just plain stupidity these people are to incompetent go make use of this.
On another thread I suspected a 6 year survival time for America. Given the idiocy of the leadership class, that assessment doesn't seem unreasonable but things can and do change!!
Now, if thousands of weapons were intercepted, I think it very probable that 10s of thousands have gotten through. Why go to the media? To stupid to even know one is stupid comes to mind.
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