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Cruise Missile Parts (Stabilizer Fin, Booster, Air-Intake Cabin, Nose Cone)

Noor-family anti-ship cruise missile · At sea: Arabian Sea · January 11, 2024

  1. Seized itemAt sea: Arabian Sea · January 11, 2024

    Cruise Missile Parts (Stabilizer Fin, Booster, Air-Intake Cabin, Nose Cone)

    Maker or origin, in the source's words
    The passage names no maker
    Seized missile parts laid out: nose cone, air intake, booster, fins
    Seized missile parts laid out: nose cone, air intake, booster, fins. Photo: U.S. Central Command, via Defense Intelligence Agency, Seized At Sea (2024), p. 5.
    Weapon system
    Noor-family anti-ship cruise missile
    Recovered
    Dhow raided near the coast of Somalia
    Documented by
    U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA_F_255LQ_A, p. 5
    Read the passage
    Cruise missile parts interdicted on 11 Janurary en route from Iran to the Houthis match those of the Noor family of missiles

    Defense Intelligence Agency, Seized At Sea: Iranian Weapons Smuggled to the Houthis (Washington, DC: DIA, April 2024), p. 5. U.S. government assessment. Copy read from www.govinfo.gov on 2026-10-17; sha256 27f0ea0e5c80.

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