TRTWorld  September 11, 2026

A cell in northern Yemen used Anthropic’s Claude to develop guidance software for rocket and other missile programmes, while attempting to conceal its goals and the intended use of the software.

A “cell of threat actors” based in northern Yemen secretly used Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence system to help develop a guided rocket and other advanced weapons, according to a report by the AI company.

While the Anthropic report did not explicitly name the Houthis, northern Yemen is under the control of the Iran-aligned group.

The group used Claude Code to develop software responsible for guiding and stabilising flying vehicles, while attempting to conceal the purpose of its work from Anthropic, the company said in a September 2026 report on detecting and countering AI misuse.

Anthropic said the actors were working on three weapons programmes: a guided rocket using “a phone-class flight computer” and final-phase homing guidance; “a multi-stage ballistic missile” with a stated range goal of more than 2,000 kilometres; and a missile programme known as the “R2000” set, which included a hypersonic glide vehicle variant.

They used Claude Code “in place of human software engineers” to work on guidance, navigation and control software, according to the report.

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