{"id":53543,"date":"2018-11-29T22:11:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T22:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/29\/officials-showcase-more-weapons-they-say-link-iran-to-terror-across-the-region\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:39:59","slug":"officials-showcase-more-weapons-they-say-link-iran-to-terror-across-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/11\/29\/officials-showcase-more-weapons-they-say-link-iran-to-terror-across-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials showcase more weapons they say link Iran to terror across the region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2013 In a cordoned-off section of a nondescript hangar at a sliver of a military base that overlooks the Potomac River sits a growing pile of physical evidence of the scale and reach of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/11\/29\/iran-adds-2-mini-submarines-to-naval-fleet\/\" target=_blank> Iranian-supplied weapons<\/a> used to further proxy wars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/11\/05\/war-situation-arises-as-us-sanctions-resume-iran-president-says\/\" target=_blank>against the United States<\/a> and its allies in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials first publicly revealed the room\u2019s contents a year ago when U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley showcased what she called \u201cconcrete evidence\u201d that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/09\/26\/iran-claims-us-wants-to-overthrow-its-government-as-bolton-threatens-hell-to-pay\/\" target=_blank>Iran <\/a>is supplying weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen\u2019s war with a Saudi-led coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Housed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, home of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the weapons, recovered and on loan from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan, have been seen by more than 1,000 visitors and representatives of nearly 70 nations, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/27\/iran-says-it-doesnt-want-war-with-the-us\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18269685131176.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Iran says it doesn\u2019t want war with the US<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday his country doesn\u2019t want a war with the United States and believes America will \u201csooner or later\u201d support the Iran nuclear agreement again following the Trump administration\u2019s withdrawal.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The centerpiece of the evidence last year was debris from a short-range missile fired by Houthis in Yemen at a civilian airport in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A year later, in the same week that the U.S. Senate voted 63-37 to advance steps to withdraw U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition\u2019s fighting in Yemen, U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook took the stage that Haley occupied during her remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hook, who is also a senior policy adviser to the Secretary of State, said that since last year more weapons with clear markers that Iran manufactures and supplies a host of weaponry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The adviser brushed off questions regarding the timing of the display but did say that \u201cabandoning Yemen right now would do immense damage\u201d to both U.S. national security and the security of the nation\u2019s allies in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He called the items proof of Iran\u2019s \u201crelentless commitment\u201d to put more weapons in the hands of its proxies and that it is an \u201coutlaw regime exporting arms as it pleases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weapons ranged from grenades and rifles to the Qiam missile, capable of striking at nearly 1,000 kilometers or more than 600 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A missile not on display but of keen interest to leadership is a medium-range missile tested in 2015 that can carry a 500kg payload and reach distances of more than 1,200 miles, Hook said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That puts Middle Eastern allies and some European capitals at risk of a strike, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are one missile attack away from a regional conflict,\u201d Hook said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A shorter-range but troublesome weapon came in the form of computer software and hardware recovered in the Red Sea, a frequently complicated sea lane that presents a host of maritime strategic challenges for shipping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On display at the event was video showing footage from the Saudi Navy HMS Al Maddinah, a 133-meter, 2,610-ton frigate as it was hit by a semi-autonomous explosive boat that killed two crew members and injured three more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The small boat used in the attack was piloted by a human driver before that person set way points and tracking software and left the boat, leaving the camera to guide the boat into the devastating collision with the Al Maddinah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon spokeswoman Navy Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich pointed out various ways in which items were linked to Iran, which included manufacturing methods and designs identical to other Iranian-made defense items, Farsi writing on pieces of equipment, methods of using serial numbers, Iranian company logos imprinted on circuit cards and machined parts and even \u201cMade in Iran\u201d on certain pieces in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Medium- to longer-range drones on display were recovered in Yemen with 300-kilometer, one-way ranges and a more sophisticated drone that officials said was launched from Iran into Afghanistan and conducted aerial reconnaissance over four coalition and U.S. facilities, as it was capable of a one-way 1,200-kilometer flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While some of the missiles were slightly upgraded versions of older surface-to-air missile technology, the weapons that cause the most concern and often the most lives were decidedly low-tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those included knock-off AK-47s, sniper rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and anti-tank missiles with designs that mimic outdated Russian, Chinese and U.S. weapons small arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it is weapons such as these that can be most easily smuggled and used, such as in attacks on diplomatic sites in Baghdad and Basra, Iraq earlier this year by militant Shia groups officials say were supplied by Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials closed consulate offices after rocket attacks targeted the consulate in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hook pointed to those attacks when replying to questions of the U.S. conducting military strikes if the newly re-instituted sanctions don\u2019t have the desired effect of reducing Iranian proxy and instability aims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While officials prefer to use diplomatic tools such as sanctions and 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