Man With 'Improvised Explosive Device' Threatens Kitsap Navy Base

BANGOR, WA - The Navy's Bangor Trident Base on the Kitsap Peninsula was locked down Thursday morning after a man pulled up to the gate claiming to have an improvised explosive device, also called an IED.

The man was arrested at the scene, and Washington State Patrol found "suspicious items" in the man's SUV.

"This morning at 9 a.m., a black SUV entered the Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Trident vehicle inspection gate. A male driver claimed to have an Improvised Explosive Device on his body and in his vehicle. The driver was apprehended," the Navy said in a statement about the incident.

The Bangor base houses submarines for the Pacific Fleet and is only one of two Trident submarine bases in the U.S. The base is home to submarines armed with nuclear weapons.

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