Houthis used AI platform Claude to develop ballistic missiles
Houthis used AI platform Claude to develop ballistic missiles Submitted by Sean Mathews on Fri, 09/11/2026 - 17:20 Anthropic said its programme was used by a group in northern Yemen to build guidance, control and navigation systems Fighters loyal to the Houthi authorities march during a rally to recruit more fighters, in Sanaa, Yemen, on 10 September 2026 (Mohammed Huwais/AFP) Off A group in…
Anthropic announced that a group in northern Yemen exploited its AI platform Claude to develop guidance, control, and navigation systems for ballistic missiles. The company detailed this in a report on its efforts to curb unlawful uses of Claude across various nations. The northern Yemeni cell engaged in three separate weapons development projects.
This development effort resulted in the creation of a guided rocket using a low-cost smartphone-class flight computer with final-stage homing guidance, a multi-stage ballistic missile with a potential range exceeding 2,000 kilometers, and a multi-variant missile incorporating a hypersonic glide vehicle variant. The group tested-fired a guided rocket, which, according to Anthropic, likely failed and spurred the group to return to Claude for further analysis.
Although the success of the attempted missile development remains unverified, the incident highlights the Houthi group's reliance on domestic resources to bolster their military capabilities.
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