How Houthi Missiles Are Made: Iranian Designs and Global Components

A scene reshapes the face of shadow wars. Shocking facts are revealed about Houthi missiles and how they are made, and who is behind this precise operation.

If the question is simply how the Houthis produce their missiles, the answer is certainly not Iran alone, but a highly complex network. This reality became clear on the twenty-fifth of June 2025. That day, the Yemeni National Resistance carried out an exceptional interception operation of a vessel loaded with a shipment described as

the largest and fastest exposure of networks enhancing military capabilities. The seized equipment was examined by Conflict Armament Research investigators during conflicts.

The investigators dismantled and examined over 800 missile components. The surprise was that the equipment did not arrive as complete missiles, but as assembly kits designed for local assembly inside Yemen.

Analysis of this shipment revealed a precise color-coding system to guide technicians on how to assemble them, as the labels Blue labels identify ballistic missile systems used for surface-to-surface strikes. such as the 351 missile, known to the Houthis as the Quds missile. Meanwhile, equipment bearing

green labels is for air defense systems and missiles, such as the 358 model, known to the Houthis as Saqr missiles. Gold labels identify components of anti-ship cruise missiles such as Qadir, in addition to maritime vehicles and underwater torpedoes. The major surprise revealed by the technical analysis showed that the firepower

of these missiles relies almost entirely on commercial technologies. that cross borders. Only five percent of the traceable components are directly manufactured locally in Iran, while the remaining 95 percent come from precision electronics, integrated circuits and motors designed and produced by companies spread across 16

countries and territories, including Germany, Switzerland, the United States, Japan and the Netherlands.

This equipment is distributed across vital components, including navigation systems and data processing units, guidance motors, and possibly agricultural equipment and others. This equipment takes short, active smuggling routes to assembly workshops. In the final analysis, Houthi missiles follow a

hybrid model, with the design, technology, and operating manual coming from Iran, while electronic components are purchased from global markets through covert networks for final assembly locally inside Yemen.