R.I.P. Scout26
The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) seized an illicit shipment of weapons from a stateless dhow in international waters of the North Arabian Sea on May 6-7, 2021.USS Monterey and its embarked U.S. Coast Guard Advanced Interdiction Team (AIT) discovered the illicit cargo during a routine flag verification boarding conducted in international water in accordance with customary international law.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 grenades launchers. Other weapon components included advanced optical sights.
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2600834/uss-monterey-seizes-illicit-weapons-in-the-north-arabian-sea/Nice collection. Any guesses as to how long it took to lay them all out for the photo? Not my area of expertise, but I'm guessing the weapons were on their way from Iran to Yemen. Now all of them will probably be destroyed. Pity they couldn't at least sell the SVDs Nakhjir 3s through the CMP or some such.
I mean I had all sorts of hiding places on a ship and we really don't do customs inspections.
Is there anyway to find out where this arsenal will be off-loaded? Asking for a friend.
I didn't know that USN ships were carrying detachments of puddle pirates around. Let's have a toast to inter-service cooperation.
An SVD would be legal even here in Connecticut, if I could somehow secure one.