Iranian Naval Ballistic Missile’s Technology at Disposal of Yemen

Inspired by Iran, the Yemeni military forces have obtained the technology to manufacture anti-ship ballistic missiles.

Iran’s first homegrown naval ballistic missile, called ‘Qadr’, was developed by late Iranian commander Brigadier General Hassan Tehrani-Moqaddam more than a decade ago.

Iran’s technical know-how to produce such anti-ship missiles is now at the disposal of the Yemeni military forces.

Patterned after the Iranian missile, Yemen’s ‘Muhit’ (Ocean) missile is capable of detonating naval targets.

The Yemeni Army has been in possession of surface-to-air missiles for many years. After the invasion of Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition in March 2015, the Yemeni forces converted the SAMs into surface-to-surface missiles, known as Qaher-2 and Qaher-2M, which carried out many successful operations against hostile targets...[TASNIM]