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Missile / precision strike · Coastal and ship-launched anti-ship missiles

Iranian anti-ship missile families

The shore- and craft-launched anti-ship missiles — Chinese C-802 derivatives produced domestically, joined by an anti-ship ballistic missile — that give Iran's coast a reach across the whole strait, and whose Houthi derivatives have been fired at merchant ships in the Red Sea.

Noor / Qader lineageChina, IranChinese C-802 acquired in the 1990s; domestic derivatives and an anti-ship ballistic missile from the 2010s

Status as of
2026-09
Last reviewed
2026-09-09

AssessmentModerate confidence

Recognition context, not a stat sheet. The catalogue covers major publicly documented systems relevant to the conflicts Vigil covers — not an exhaustive order of battle. No quantities, availability or current allocations are recorded.

The recordWhat this system is, where it comes from, who operates it and which of Vigil’s modules it is relevant to — with the evidence each of those rests on.

FieldedEvidence: Documented
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Record

FamilyNoor / Qader lineage
VariantsNoor (C-802 derivative); Qader; Nasr; Khalij Fars (anti-ship ballistic); Zafar; Abu Mahdi
OriginChina, Iran
EraChinese C-802 acquired in the 1990s; domestic derivatives and an anti-ship ballistic missile from the 2010s
Appears inIran–Gulf 2026 war · Red Sea campaign

Conflict relevance

This is the catalogue's single record for this system. It is relevant to the module below; each module's Force Atlas shows how it is used there.

Iran–Gulf · Force Atlas

Operators

Iran and the Gulf · Primary operatorAnsar Allah (Houthi movement) · Secondary operator

Iran and the Gulf: Shore batteries and craft of both Iranian navies, with the Guard Navy's coastal units the principal holders. · Ansar Allah (Houthi movement): Derivatives are widely reported in the Houthi coastal force and were used against shipping from 2023; the extent of supply as against local assembly is disputed.

Battlefield role

Sea denial from the coast: holding the strait and the Gulf's approaches at risk without needing a fleet to do it.

Strengths

Coastal launchers along a shore that overlooks every lane in the strait, domestic production, and a family that has been diversified into ship-launched and ballistic variants.

Limitations

Fixed and mobile coastal sites are targetable, and were among the classes of target United States strikes in 2026 are reported to have concentrated on; the missiles have been used far more often as a threat priced by insurers than as weapons fired. Sites, numbers and coverage are not recorded.

Campaign relevance

Derived: a participant organisation in these campaigns carries a typed equipment association with this system. That is not the same as documented use of the system in the campaign itself.

Documented conflict use

The 2006 hit on an Israeli corvette by Hezbollah with a C-802 derivative is the family's documented combat use; Houthi anti-ship launches against merchant shipping from late 2023 are the most recent.

Branch & service operators

Reported & historical formation associations

  • Houthi naval and coastal forces Reported · moderate confidence

    Anti-ship missiles of Iranian lineage are widely reported in the movement's hands; the extent of supply as against local assembly is disputed and the edge is graded reported.

PartialConfidence: ModerateSources: IISS Military Balance↗ · Congressional Research Service — Iran, the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz · Iranian armed-forces institutional referenceMethodologyCorrections

Assessed as of2026-09Last reviewed2026-09-09