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\nUSS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) in pursuit.<\/p>\n
\nUSS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) in pursuit.<\/p>\n
Joint Army, Navy, and Coast Guard team doing good work off the coast of Somalia. Piracy seems to have been made an unattractive proposition lately; fortunately enterprising Sammies can fall back on arms smuggling. Up to now, that is.<\/p>\n
Gun Bunny sends.<\/p>\n
Diana Stancy Correll<\/strong><\/p>\n The guided-missile destroyer Winston Churchill seized thousands of illicit weapons \u2014 including AK-47 assault rifles and heavy sniper rifles \u2014 from two dhows off the coast of Somalia last week.<\/p>\n The Churchill\u2019s Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure team and embarked joint service Advanced Interdiction Team detected the weapons during a flag verification boarding and the weapons were subsequently seized from the stateless dhows during maritime security operations from Feb. 11-12.<\/p>\n \u201cThis joint team [Army, Navy and Coast Guard] on board Churchill came together to successfully execute this operation over the course of two days in the Indian Ocean. These operations prevent nefarious actors from illegally spreading their lethal aid,\u201d Cmdr. Timothy Shanley, commanding officer of Churchill, said in a Navy news release.<\/p>\n In addition to AK-47 assault rifles and heavy sniper rifles, the tranche of weapons included light machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, crew served weapons, along with barrels, stocks, optical scopes and weapon systems. It\u2019s unclear where the weapons came from.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Nefarious? Mmmm-Kay. BZ to Churchill crew and guests. Read the rest of the article here: Air Force Times<\/a>
\nThanks, Gun Bunny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"