US showed seizure of Iranian ship allegedly with a load of weapons

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The Ticonderoga-class USS Normandy (CG-60) missile cruiser intercepted a coaster (dhow type) in the Arabian Sea over the weekend, carrying a stash with weapons Arsenal of Iranian production.

As indicated, "in accordance with international law", an American warship conducted an operation to ensure maritime security, as reported by the US Central Command.



Allegedly on board were: 150 Dehlavieh anti-tank missiles, “which are the Iranian version of the Russian Cornets,” three land-to-air missiles launched by Tehran, thermal imagers, components for manned and unmanned aerial and sea-based means.

It is stated that many of the munitions seized are similar to those found last November under similar circumstances with the USS Forrest Sherman destroyer (DDG-98). Then it was noted that the cargo was destined for the Yemenite Hussites. A similar conclusion was made in this case.

According to the US military, Tehran did not have the right to do this, since a UN Security Council resolution prohibits "the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of weapons to the Hussites."

However, the presented video can hardly be called evidence of the transportation of illegal goods. It only recorded a collision of two boats, on one of which was a group of people, presumably military. It is possible that after that the phones “sat down” right away.



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  1. +4
    15 February 2020 03: 25
    And why the Iranians do not carry on their military vehicles? Accompanied by.
    Here we have - there are vessels contracted by the military, and there are vessels of the WSS (auxiliary vessels of the harbor), which, like with a "civilian" crew, but under a specific flag.
    All sorts of suppliers, scouts, transports.
    Relatively speaking, the Liberian steamboat deformed the MoD, loaded with weapons and taken to Syria, and his enemies slowed down and arrested him.
    But if this is a ship under the flag of the WASH, then try to detain him, he can shoot.
    1. +9
      15 February 2020 05: 21
      It looks like some kind of production. It is too risky to carry weapons on such a scow as far as from Iran to the Houthi zone of operation in Yemen. And because of the control by the forces of "anti-pirates", and the presence of the same Somali pirates, and the possible bad weather that could sink ... what
      1. +2
        15 February 2020 17: 18
        Quote: bessmertniy
        Sounds like some kind of posing

        And note - the boat does not belong to Iran, because if they said that they had captured the Iranian boat, Iran has denied this. An anonymous boat turned out.
        The fleet needs regular victories. And if there are no victories, they must be invented.
        laughing
    2. +5
      15 February 2020 06: 19
      On February 26, 2018, Russia blocked an anti-Iranian resolution on Yemen.
      "We barely fought back then."
      That is why they cannot use WASH.
      They do everything in the old fashioned way, "on boats".
      It touched that the team tried to raise the sail seconds before the assault.
    3. -1
      15 February 2020 21: 24
      Quote: Victor_B
      And why the Iranians do not carry on their military vehicles? Accompanied by.

      Because:
      since the UN Security Council resolution prohibits the “direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of weapons to the Hussites."

      The Iranians are forced to "act on the sly." Well, sometimes they come across, like this time.
  2. +9
    15 February 2020 03: 37
    the video presented can hardly be called evidence of the transportation of illegal goods
    For some reason, Americans always have problems with evidence. But they do not really bother with this. It is said luminevo, it means luminevo. Remember the fuzzy video in which the Iranian military allegedly put magnetic mines on tankers. There were many questions, but Iran’s accusations remained.
    1. +6
      15 February 2020 04: 03
      video from the registrar or what? it looks funny ... the crew of the pelvis in a heap with their hands up ... some kind of shmurden from the amerikosov is another, apparently after the shelling of the base, nick woke up the urge to "exploits".
      1. +4
        15 February 2020 09: 52
        Quote: Dead Day
        video from the registrar or what?

        Let it be, in modern registrars, the quality is excellent.
    2. -9
      15 February 2020 06: 14
      Quote: rotmistr60
      For some reason, Americans always have problems with evidence.
      Only for a certain category of citizens who declare anything to be fake and photoshop, and do not worry at all about the reasons for doing this - they only need a feeling of deep inner conviction.
  3. +6
    15 February 2020 04: 13
    This video looks like some kind of fake. There, in my opinion, the pirates were intercepted, and the ship looks like a big scow, where are there so many weapons to hide?
    1. +6
      15 February 2020 05: 09
      Most likely it happens at night and was shot through a night vision device, and therefore the picture is like that.
  4. +7
    15 February 2020 05: 19
    Orders to the entire crew of the cruiser! Commander, his title is Super Admiral! wassat Hollywood is OBLIGED to shoot a tragedy, preferably a whole series, so karotenko, about 300 episodes, about this "feat", a cruiser! wassat At the end of the operation, put the ship on a paste of pure gold, add this "feat" to the biblical description, as the 9th wonder of the world! !! lol
    1. +6
      15 February 2020 06: 08
      laughing Hollywood sucks, Soyuzmultfilm steers only the Iranians of this cartoon didn’t see the campaign, otherwise they would have shown their mother to the Yankees bully ...
      1. +1
        15 February 2020 07: 15
        DEDPIHTO - here the Yankees are now stealing our cartoon, rewriting the credits, and voicing it in its own way as it was with our science fiction films in the USSR!
    2. 0
      15 February 2020 09: 54
      Quote: Thrifty
      Orders to the entire crew of the cruiser!

      Why does this "cruiser" have such a rusty deck? Disorder laughing
    3. +3
      15 February 2020 10: 01
      The pedestal .. so, by the way .. and secondly, the crew of "Peter the Great", too, should have been given orders in due time .. And the commander the title of super-admiral .. By your logic .. Or have you already forgotten how heroically our atomic cruiser chasing Somali pirates in junks? And what stories were shown on TV about the feat of our sailors? It's a thankless thing, of course, - to chase the troughs on cruisers .. Regardless of the country under whose flag the battleship goes .. not the horse feed ..)
  5. +3
    15 February 2020 06: 35
    For the third time, the US military has discovered the same "cache" in three different locations. What the whole world knows about it, except the Americans ..
  6. -10
    15 February 2020 06: 45
    Quote: Vyacheslav Viktorovich
    Quote: rotmistr60
    For some reason, Americans always have problems with evidence.
    Only for a certain category of citizens who declare anything to be fake and photoshop, and do not worry at all about the reasons for doing this - they only need a feeling of deep inner conviction.

    it makes no sense to explain to them here, this site is not for smart people, just understand, it's like arguing with Solovyov on his channel, you will simply be hushed up and that's all, truth is not needed here, a special "truth" is needed here
    1. +2
      15 February 2020 07: 45
      Quote: Vasily Ponomarev
      this site is not for smart people

      That's right, go away! Moreover, a simple review of your comments suggests one thing - Uncle Sam’s ears grow even in the opposite place from his head!
  7. 0
    15 February 2020 07: 10
    Apparently this is the Daw (such a ship) from Iran to Yemen, far away.
  8. +3
    15 February 2020 07: 29
    I also found truth-seekers, who would have mumbled, but kept silent the stripes.
    1. +5
      15 February 2020 07: 59
      Quote: Ros 56
      I also found truth-seekers, who would have mumbled, but kept silent the stripes.

      And the United States is still afraid of Iran .. After the assassination of the general, even about the shot down Boeing (substituted) was forgotten by all the "world media" .. As if on command!
      1. -2
        15 February 2020 12: 08
        You surely noticed that we were muridat with a Malaysian Boeing for 5 years, and here about the plane shot down in Iran, silence.
  9. +2
    15 February 2020 12: 38
    Quote: bessmertniy
    It looks like some kind of production. It is too risky to carry weapons on such a scow as far as from Iran to the Houthi zone of operation in Yemen. And because of the control by the forces of "anti-pirates", and the presence of the same Somali pirates, and the possible bad weather that could sink ... what

    Just on such a scandal and the easiest to smuggle. There are a lot of them. You can slip through. And the distance is about 1,5 thousand kilometers.

    Quote: Gado
    This video looks like some kind of fake. There, in my opinion, the pirates were intercepted, and the ship looks like a big scow, where are there so many weapons to hide?

    The displacement of the vessel is from 300 to 500 tons. It’s not so small ... Moreover, ATGMs in containers will not take up much space

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