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The US Navy said on Tuesday it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizers aboard a ship bound for Yemen from Iran.
The US Coast Guard ship USCGC John Scheuerman and guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans stopped a traditional wooden sailing vessel known as a dhow in the Gulf of Oman on November 8, the Navy said.
During the search, sailors discovered bags of ammonium perchlorate hidden inside what initially appeared to be a shipment of 100 tons of urea.
Urea is identified as a fertilizer and also can be used to manufacture explosives.
The Navy said the amount of ammonium perchlorate discovered could fuel more than a dozen medium-range ballistic missiles.
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