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Ballistic Missile Engines
Qiam ballistic missile · At sea: Arabian Sea · January 11, 2024
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Seized itemAt sea: Arabian Sea · January 11, 2024
Ballistic Missile Engines
Maker or origin, in the source's wordsIranIranian Qiam engines
Seized Qiam missile engine with turbopumps. Photo: U.S. Central Command, via Defense Intelligence Agency, Seized At Sea (2024), p. 7. - Weapon system
- Qiam ballistic missile
- Recovered
- Dhow raided near the coast of Somalia
- Documented by
- U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA_F_255LQ_A, p. 7
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Iranian Qiam engines seized from an Iranian smuggler on 11 January near the coast of Somalia are consistent with Houthi Burkan-2H engines recovered from a 2017 Houthi attack in Saudi Arabia.
Defense Intelligence Agency, Seized At Sea: Iranian Weapons Smuggled to the Houthis (Washington, DC: DIA, April 2024), p. 7. U.S. government assessment. Copy read from www.govinfo.gov on 2026-10-17; sha256 27f0ea0e5c80.