Devices Found in Missiles, Yemen Drones Link Iran to Attacks

A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi’s oil industry and those in the arsenal of Yemen’s Houthi rebels match components.
Devices Found in Missiles, Yemen Drones Link Iran to Attacks
In this February 2017 photograph provided by Conflict Armament Research, a gyroscope recovered from a Qasef-1 drone is displayed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Conflict Armament Research via AP
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry and those in the arsenal of Yemen’s Houthi rebels match components recovered in downed Iranian drones in Afghanistan and Iraq, two reports say.

These gyroscopes have only been found inside drones manufactured by Iran, Conflict Armament Research said in a report released on Wednesday. That follows a recently released report from the United Nations saying its experts saw a similar gyroscope from an Iranian drone obtained by the U.S. military in Afghanistan, as well as in weapons shipments seized in the Arabian Sea bound for Yemen.