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Ballistic Missile Components, Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Components, Warhead

Ballistic and anti-ship cruise missile components · At sea: Arabian Sea · January 11, 2024

1. Charging documentAt sea: Arabian Sea · January 11, 2024

   Ballistic Missile Components, Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Components, Warhead

   Maker or origin, in the source's words

   Iran

   Iranian-made advanced conventional weaponry

   Weapon system

   Ballistic and anti-ship cruise missile components

   Recovered

   Unflagged dhow boarded off the coast of Somalia

   Documented by

   U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, Press release 25-584, press release, para. 3

   Read the passage

   During a search of the dhow, the U.S. boarding team located and seized Iranian-made advanced conventional weaponry, including ballistic missile components, anti-ship cruise missile components, and a warhead.

   U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, "Federal Jury Convicts Pakistani Weapons Smuggler of Transporting Iranian Advanced Conventional Weapons Destined for the Houthis in Yemen," press release 25-584, June 5, 2025, press release, para. 3. Trial evidence, as summarized by DOJ after a jury verdict. Copy read from www.justice.gov on 2026-10-17; sha256 2eb569972aa7.

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