US Navy seizes massive shipment of weapons in Arabian Sea

A video released by the Navy onboard the USS Monterey showed a massive cache of arms seized from a stateless vessel in the Arabian Sea.
A US Navy personnel mans a heavy machine gun as he watches a Riverine Command Boat (C) cruising past the USS Ponci in the Arabian Sea, on the first day of the the biggest mine countermeasures exercise in the Arabian Gulf, May 13, 2013.
A US Navy personnel mans a heavy machine gun as he watches a Riverine Command Boat (C) cruising past the USS Ponci in the Arabian Sea, on the first day of the the biggest mine countermeasures exercise in the Arabian Gulf, May 13, 2013. - Marwan Naamani/AFP via Getty Images
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The US Navy has released a video of a massive cache of rifles, machine guns and anti-tank rockets seized aboard a boat in the Arabian Sea last week.

The USS Monterey halted a stateless dhow ship last Thursday before discovering dozens of Russian-made guided anti-tank missiles, thousands of Chinese-made AK-47-style rifles, as well as hundreds of machine guns, anti-materiel rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPGs).

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