The weapons seizure so big it covered the rear deck of a 567-foot US warship

[underpants]

A joint US Navy and Coast Guard team seized thousands of illicit weapons last week after stopping a small ship in the North Arabian Sea, the Navy said in a statement.

The cruiser USS Monterey stopped the stateless dhow on May 6 during a routine operation to verify its registry, the Navy said.

A US Coast Guard Advanced Interdiction Team deployed on the Navy ship then boarded the dhow and found the weapons stash.

"The cache of weapons included dozens of advanced Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, thousands of Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, and hundreds of PKM machine guns, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Other weapon components included advanced optical sights," the Navy statement said.

The origin and destination of the weapons is under investigation but previous arms shipments confiscated by the US Navy under similar circumstances were bound for Houthi rebels in Yemen, Lt. Cmdr. Pete Pagano, a spokesperson for the Navy's Fifth Fleet told CNN in an email Monday.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/middleeast/us-navy-seizes-weapons-arabian-sea-intl-hnk-scli-ml/index.html

[rampartc]

1. so what now? we give this stuff to the saudis to continue killing yemeni?

i like that there is a un arms embargo, but shouldn't that cover the saudi and emeri as well?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. How now, stateless dhow?

How did that thing not sink under the weight of all those weapons?

[Old Crank]

6. Buoyancy

Is a powerful force.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Well, yeah, but what I'm getting at is, how big was that dhow?

I have this image in my mind of a dhow as being something that is not that big.

Them's a lot of weapons.

Thanks, and good morning.

[hack89]

10. Modern dhows can be pretty large

I have seen them over 200 feet with a crew of 20. Now that most use engines instead of sails, they have grown larger as trade in the region has increased.

[Old Crank]

17. Hard to say.

Can't tell if it is the Dhow in the foreground which might be able to hold that weaponry but there looks like some ship at the stern of our warship that is a good size.

[Old Crank]

3. We give them to Turkey

They will give them to their proxies in Lybia.

[Goonch]

4. ;-{)

[quakerboy]

5. How dare other countrys be selling arms for conflicts

Thats our gig, dagnabit.

[Harker]

8. But those are 'illicit' weapons. n/t

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. +1

[smb]

9. Is This The Centerfold Pic Of This Month's NRA Newsletter? nt

[WHITT]

11. Too Bad Nobody Was Intercepting

all the shipments between Donnie and MBS, AKA Mr. Bone Saw.

[kirkuchiyo]

12. Coming soon to a gun show near you... nt

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. Damn, I was hoping that had been confiscated from right wing nuts in 'Merica

Obvious because that would never happen here where we've had 192 mass killings this year.

[Glaisne]

15. A US Coast Guard Advanced Interdiction Team deployed on the Navy ship

Sounds like a plot for a TV show.

[LymphocyteLover]

16. Destroy them all. Few things more evil in this world than weapons of war being used to

sow strife in poor areas of the world (including our country).

[ironflange]

18. Right

Dump the whole lot into the sea.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

19. It's fine display of weaponry, artistically laid in neat patterns on the deck.

I'm guessing it's much like the war on drugs. Show off the take from successful raids, while 80% gets through.

I'd bet there are many more dhow-loads getting into Yemen, to support both sides of a proxy conflict.

Many hours of work by the crew went into arranging the weapons "just so". Much like lining up the condiments and such in the mess hall (been there).

The war continues.