US Warship in Arabian Sea Seizes Suspected Iranian Weapons
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by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
A US Navy vessel in the Arabian Sea, July 19, 2019. Photo: Justin D. Rankin / US Navy / Handout via Reuters / File.
A US Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian “design and manufacture,” including more than 150 anti-tank guided missiles and three Iranian surface-to-air missiles, the US military said on Thursday.
In a statement, the US military said the USS Normandy boarded a dhow in the Arabian Sea on Sunday.
“The weapons seized include 150 ‘Dehlavieh’ anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), which are Iranian-manufactured copies of Russian Kornet ATGMs,” the statement said.
“Other weapons components seized aboard the dhow were of Iranian design and manufacture and included three Iranian surface-to-air missiles, Iranian thermal imaging weapon scopes, and Iranian components for unmanned aerial and surface vessels” it added.
It did not say what kind of surface-to-air missiles were seized.
