Profile
- Type
- Anti-ship cruise missile
- Conflict side
- Houthi-aligned forces
- Origin
- Iran
- Service note
- 2010s-present
Artillery
Ghader anti-ship cruise missile
The Ghader, also reported as Qader, is Iran's 200-kilometre C-802-derived anti-ship cruise missile. In the Yemen Civil War, Houthi forces' anti-shipping arsenal included Iranian-supplied Nour and Ghadar missiles used to threaten Red Sea shipping.
- Conflict side
- Houthi-aligned forces
- Built by
- Iranian defense industry
- Built in
- Iran
Service History
- In service
- In Iranian service since 2011; supplied to Houthi-aligned forces during the Yemen Civil War.
- Used by
- Iranian naval forces, Houthi forces
- Wars
- Yemen Civil War
Production History
- Designer
- Iranian defense industry
- Designed
- 2011
- Built by
- Iranian defense industry
- Built in
- Iran
- Produced
- 2011-present
- Variants
- Qader
Specifications
- Launch platform
- Coastal batteries, ship launchers, and air-launched derivatives in Iranian service.
- Range
- About 200 km.
- Guidance
- Active radar seeker with reported infrared guidance.
- Propulsion
- Turbojet.
Conflict Usage
- Yemen Civil War
- Side: Houthi-aligned forcesRole: Coastal anti-ship strike
Fielded by Houthi forces in the Yemen Civil War after Iran supplied the Nour and Ghadar anti-ship missile family from 2015 onward.
Ghader anti-ship cruise missile Images
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Iran Watch anti-ship cruise missiles articlePublisher: Iran Watch | Note: Supports Ghader background and specs as an Iranian C-802-derived anti-ship cruise missile with a reported 200 km range and turbojet/radar-seeker guidance. | Accessed: 2026-06-20CTC Houthi war effort articlePublisher: Combating Terrorism Center at West Point | Note: Supports Yemen Civil War: Ghadar anti-ship cruise missiles fielded by Houthi forces after Iran supplied the Nour and Ghadar family beginning in 2015. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons Ghader parade photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for Ghader missile in 2013 parade.jpg, a Fars News image licensed CC BY 4.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons ONI coastal-defense mapPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for Iranian coastal defense cruise missile ranges in 2017.png, an ONI map in the public domain. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons Qader launcher photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for Firing Qader Missile from a truck launcher (1).jpg, a YPA photo licensed CC BY 4.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-20