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The U.S. navy said Tuesday it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran, the first-such seizure in that country's yearslong war as a ceasefire there has broken down.
The U.S. Navy found a massive volume of missile fuel and type of explosive material often used in ...
The U.S. Navy says it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran.
The load — enough for a dozen medium-range ballistic missiles — was hidden among bags of fertilizer on a wooden ship called a dhow. It likely was bound for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
The amount of ammonium perchlorate discovered could fuel more than a dozen medium-range ballistic missiles.