Conflict Armament Research

They're not just, quote-unquote, smuggling it in.

Ansarallah is trying to build its own version of Iran's Kaibar Shikhan ballistic missile using Chinese-made parts, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing a new study by the arms tracing group Conflict Armament Research, CAR.

The findings are based on two shipments seized by Yemen's Saudi-backed government with information gathered in July.

According to the report, they contain custom machine fuselage sections and flight fins, heat shields and parts of a solid-fuel rocket motor, testing and diagnostic tools, shipping documents tied to some of the material to an unnamed Chinese precision metal manufacturer.

Um, worthy news reporting Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen are attempting to manufacture advanced ballistic missiles using Chinese-supplied components, potentially giving the group the ability to strike targets throughout Israel and Saudi Arabia, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

The findings detailed in an investigation by the Conflict Armament Research reveals that the Houthis are working to produce their own version of Iran's precision-guided missile capable of traveling approximately 1,200 miles.

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Our next story comes from i24NEWS, and it's reporting on findings from Conflict Armament Research that were reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, and it changes the picture of what we're dealing with in Yemen.

The Houthis, they are no longer simply receiving missiles from Iran.

In fact, they are attempting to manufacture their own advanced medium-range ballistic missiles, specifically a version of Iran's missile with a range of up to roughly 1,200 miles.

Shipping documents, they identified a Chinese precision metal producer as the supplier.

Beijing, well, they say it's respecting the United Nations arm embargo on the Houthis.

Fabian Hines, he's a senior analyst at Conflict Armament Research.

He said the Houthi weapons facilities are so well camouflaged that it is not clear how far production has actually progressed.

Experts say Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels are working on a new medium-range ballistic missile system using Chinese parts.

A report by the Conflict Armament Research released Wednesday says that this development could help them target Saudi Arabia and Israel more precisely.

The report says the Houthis have acquired parts from a Chinese supplier to create a version of Iran's Khibar-2 missile.

The Houthis have been using advanced weaponry.

Houthis fired a hundred and eighty shells towards residential neighborhoods in, during the same period, spreading fear and panic among residents, damaging several homes and killing five.

The Conflict Armament Research Group published a report showing that Houthi drone and missile systems contain foreign components, including electronic integrated circuits manufactured in Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, and the United States.

The report also found Iranian-made missile and UAV components, but only about five percent.

CAR field investigators documented more than eight hundred missile and UAV components in the June 2025 Al-Shirwa seizure.

Meanwhile, Houthi militants are attempting to produce their own advanced medium-range ballistic missiles using Chinese-delivered parts, according to a new report.

The Houthis shipped in from a Chinese supplier a range of components needed to make a version of one of Iran's most powerful weapons, uh, said the report from Conflict Armament Research, a group that works in conflict zones and reports on the use of weapons and their supply chains.

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