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Navy Seizes AK-47s from Iran Bound for Yemen
Posted on 1/10/23 at 11:40 am
Posted on 1/10/23 at 11:40 am
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The U.S. Navy accused Iran of smuggling weapons and war supplies for at least the third time in recent months, following the seizure of more than 2,000 rifles from a fishing vessel transiting the Gulf of Oman.
A boarding crew from Navy patrol coastal ship USS Chinook intercepted the vessel carrying 2,116 AK-47 rifles on Jan. 6 along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen, Naval Forces Central Command said in a statement Tuesday.
“This shipment is part of a continued pattern of destabilizing activity from Iran,” Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of NAVCENT and the 5th Fleet, said in the statement.
The Navy detained six Yemeni citizens, whose repatriations are in progress, the NAVCENT statement said.
A boarding team from the patrol coastal ship USS Chinook approaches a fishing vessel in international waters of the Gulf of Oman, Jan. 6, 2023. U.S. naval forces seized 2,116 AK-47 assault rifles from a fishing vessel on a route from Iran to Yemen. (U.S. Navy)
Thousands of AK-47 assault rifles sit on the flight deck of the destroyer USS The Sullivans during an inventory process in the Gulf of Oman, Jan. 7, 2023. U.S. naval forces seized 2,116 AK-47s from a fishing vessel headed along a route from Iran to Yemen. (U.S. Navy)
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Posted on 1/10/23 at 11:41 am to blueridgeTiger
have to ask John Kerry's permisso
Posted on 1/10/23 at 11:41 am to blueridgeTiger
I’ll take some of those if they are needing a new home.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 11:45 am to blueridgeTiger
Those are interesting rifles. They look kind of like Krinkovs, but with a bulged front trunion.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 11:55 am to USMEagles
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Those are interesting rifles. They look kind of like Krinkovs, but with a bulged front trunion.
Russian VEPR rifles routed through Iran.
This post was edited on 1/10/23 at 11:56 am
Posted on 1/10/23 at 11:59 am to blueridgeTiger
Let’s leave them in Pakistan for their “gender programs” the US taxpayers are funding on behalf of those in DC.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:00 pm to blueridgeTiger
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“This shipment is part of a continued pattern of destabilizing activity from Iran,
I find that the height of hypocrisy coming from the USA
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:01 pm to blueridgeTiger
Only the US can funnel weapons to proxy wars in the Middle East, damnit!
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:01 pm to blueridgeTiger
surely our government, in support of the second amendment, will auction those off to good law-abiding citizens
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:03 pm to TexasTiger13
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I’ll take some of those if they are needing a new home.
I'd meet them out in the GOM and take some off their hands if they can get a load over here.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:14 pm to blueridgeTiger
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A boarding crew from Navy patrol coastal ship USS Chinook intercepted the vessel carrying 2,116 AK-47 rifle
I wonder how many get lost to a handful of sailors?
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:19 pm to Tantal
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:22 pm to USMEagles
Can I have one?
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:36 pm to Tantal
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Russian VEPR rifles routed through Iran.
Aren't those generally marketed to civilians?
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:51 pm to USMEagles
They could have just gone to Afghanistan and got all the M4s and Apaches they needed.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:53 pm to USMEagles
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Aren't those generally marketed to civilians?
Yeah, but it wouldn't be hard to drill the 3rd hole and install a FA FCG. They're the only ones I know of that use the 1.3mm receiver and RPK trunnions.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 1:43 pm to Tantal
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Yeah, but it wouldn't be hard to drill the 3rd hole and install a FA FCG. They're the only ones I know of that use the 1.3mm receiver and RPK trunnions.
Never heard of a 1.3mm receiver. Zastava and maybe Norinco use a 1.5mm one. I really dislike the way that makes the rifle look... just more primitive or something.
This post was edited on 1/10/23 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 1/10/23 at 1:45 pm to blueridgeTiger
We'll give them Billions of dollars, let them be free to develop a nuclear weapons program, but by golly, then are not allowed to send Ak's anywhere.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 1:47 pm to blueridgeTiger
Ban assault rifles!
Posted on 1/10/23 at 2:17 pm to blueridgeTiger
How many billions have we given to the Saudis to ruthlessly murder Yemeni civilians?
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