Guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) seized 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 from a stateless vessel transiting the North Arabian Sea in May.
In February, guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) seized a cache of weapons off the coast of Somalia, including thousands of AK-47 assault rifles, light machine guns, heavy sniper rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and crew served weapons. The inventory also included barrels, stocks, optical scopes and weapon systems.
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet
PC 5 (Five Boat) was our sister boat. I was on Six Boat (Sirocco) for three years. Loved every second of it. We were still SPEC OPS then. Did some interesting things...
That's a lotta crap the dhow is carrying. And we ask our guys to touch it?
Are you sure? Wouldn't AOC and the White House rather bring them to the USA as special refugees?
Nice overhead shot of the dhow.
in accordance with customary international law in the North Arabian Sea, Dec. 20.
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search conducted by embarked U.S. Coast Guard personnel.
***Coast Guard? Isn’t their bailiwick supposed to be the US Coasts?
I wonder if they will be resold through Atlanta Cutlery? The sale could offset the budget deficit.
As I mentioned in another thread, why not handcuff the smugglers to the boat and scuttle it.
Wow. Hopefully those go into the CMP.
That’s my Amazon Shipment you A-holes! Give that back!
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Just sell the AK-47s and ammo to gun stores all over Florida and other free states.
> stateless fishing vessel ... North Arabian Sea ... illicit weapons and ammunition
Illicit how? How does the US Navy have jurisdiction there?
Here’s sumthin I just learned about the Coast Guard:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard
Unlike the other branches of the United States Armed Forces, which are prevented from acting in a law enforcement capacity by 18 U.S.C. § 1385, the Posse Comitatus Act, and Department of Defense policy, the Coast Guard is exempt from and not subject to the restrictions of the Posse Comitatus Act.[41]
Every sailor involved in this immoral theft should be drummed out of the service and made to pay restitution to the owners. THIS is the kind of crap that makes other countries hate America. THIS is the kind of crap that the out-of-control US government has been doing for decades, to their own citizens and others.