The video shows a US Navy illegal arms haul so large that rifles, machine guns and RPGs covered the deck of a guided-missile cruiser.

• The US Navy shared a video of the seized weapons placed on the deck of a guided missile cruiser.

• The navy said the weapons were found hidden on a ship and were destined for Yemen.

• It said assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles and grenade launchers were included.

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The US Navy has seized an illegal weapons shipment so large it covered much of the deck of a guided-missile cruiser.

The Navy said Sunday it found the cargo hidden on a ship in the Arabian Sea in an operation that began Thursday.

The US Navy's Fifth Fleet shared a video from the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey, which shows weapons covering much of the deck:

To give an idea of ​​scale, the Monterey is about 55 feet wide, according to an online Pentagon database.

The images show up to 12 weapons comfortably spaced from barrel to barrel.

The Fifth Fleet said in a statement that the transport included “dozens of advanced Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, thousands of Chinese Type 56 assault rifles and hundreds of PKM machine guns, sniper rifles and launchers.” rocket-propelled grenades. components included advanced optical sights.

The navy said the weapons were destined for Yemen, but did not say where they came from.

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