British navy reveals Iranian missiles seized in Gulf of Oman
The United States and United Kingdom touted a small win for regional security cooperation ahead of President Joe Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia next week.
A British warship seized shipments of Iranian cruise and surface-to-air missiles in the Gulf of Oman for the first time earlier this year, the UK Defense Ministry revealed today.
The HMS Montrose seized one shipment from smugglers on Jan. 28 and a second on Feb. 25, both in international waters off the coast of Iran.
The operations were carried out in the early morning hours after the crew of a Wildcat helicopter assigned to the Montrose spotted speedboats departing the Iranian coast with “suspicious cargo on deck,” according to the UK Defense Ministry.
During the February seizure, the Montrose had support from the USS Gridley, an accompanying US Navy destroyer and its MH-60 Seahawk helicopter crew.
