The British navy seized anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missile assemblies during a raid on a small boat heading from Iran likely to Yemen, authorities said Thursday, the latest such seizure in the Gulf of Oman.
The seizure by the Royal Navy comes after other seizures by French and U.S. forces in the region as western powers increase their pressure on Iran, which is it now enriching uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. It also comes as regional and international powers try to find an end to the yearslong war gripping Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, and as Iran arms Russia in its war on Ukraine.
Sailors found small fins that the U.S. navy identified as jet vanes for medium-range ballistic missiles, as well as devices the navy identified as "impact sensor covers" that go on the tips of those missiles. A United Nations resolution bans arms transfers to Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Tehran long has denied arming the rebels, despite physical evidence, numerous seizures and experts tying the weapons back to Iran.
Vice-Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of the American 5th Fleet, said in a statement that this was the "seventh illegal weapon or drug interdiction in the last three months and yet another example of Iran's increasing malign maritime activity across the region." In that time, the navy said, its sailors and allies have seized more than 5,000 weapons, 1.6 million rounds of ammunition, 30 anti-tank missiles and other weapon components.
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