(U.S. Central Command) On Feb. 9, 2020, the USS Normandy boarded a dhow in accordance with international law and discovered a large cache of weapons. The weapons seized include 150 'Dehlavieh' anti-tank guided missiles, which are Iranian copies of the Russian Kornet. Other weapons included three Iranian surface-to-air missiles, Iranian thermal imaging weapon scopes, and Iranian components for unmanned aerial and surface vessels, as well as other advanced weapons parts. Many of these weapons are identical to the advanced weapon components seized by the USS Forrest Sherman in the Arabian Sea on Nov. 25, 2019. Those weapons were of Iranian origin and assessed to be destined for the Houthis in Yemen, in violation of a UN Security Council resolution that prohibits the transfer of weapons to the Houthis.
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