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Turbojet Engine Debris

Noor-family anti-ship cruise missile · At sea: Red Sea · December 11, 2023

  1. Recovered itemAt sea: Red Sea · December 11, 2023

    Turbojet Engine Debris

    Maker or origin, in the source's words
    Iran
    The Iranian Tolu-4 turbojet engine
    Turbojet engine debris from the M/T Strinda attack
    Turbojet engine debris from the M/T Strinda attack. Photo: U.S. Central Command, via Defense Intelligence Agency, Seized At Sea (2024), p. 5.
    Weapon system
    Noor-family anti-ship cruise missile
    Recovered
    Debris from the attack on the M/T Strinda
    Documented by
    U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA_F_255LQ_A, p. 5
    Read the passage
    The Iranian Tolu-4 turbojet engine, used in the Noor ASCM, has unique features—including the compressor stage (5) and stator (6)— that are consistent with engine debris recovered from the 11 December 2023 Houthi attack on the M/T Strinda.

    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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