Fatir-1, illustrative image, source: the Houthis media wing
The Houthis announced late on March 14 that the Yemeni Air Defense Force had targeted three warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition over the northern Yemeni province of al-Jawf.
Brig. Gen. Yahya Sari, a spokesman for the Yemeni group, said air defense fire forced the warplanes, an F-15 and two F-16s, to abort their missions and withdrew from Yemen’s airspace.
“They [the warplanes] were forced out of the [Yemeni] airspace before they could conduct any aggression,” the spokesman said.
Saudi Arabia is the only member of the coalition that operates F-15s. F-16s are operated by several members, including the UAE.
According to Brig. Gen. Sari, the three coalition warplanes were targeted with a “Fatir-1” air-defense system. The Fatir-1 is a is a locally-upgraded Soviet-made SA-6 “Gainful” system that was revealed in August of 2019.
The SA-6 system has a range of 25 km and engagement altitude of up to 8 km with its standard armament, the 9M336 missile, guided by semi-active radar homing. However, the Houthis’ Fatir-1 is supposedly “heat-guided” with a range of 22 km only.
Last month, the Houthis shot down a Saudi Torido IDS warplane over al-Jawf with an anti-aircraft missile, successfully demonstrating their growing air-defense capabilities.
The Yemeni group announced previously that 2020 will be the “year of air-defense” vowing to hinder Saudi-led coalition aerial operations. The group presented several air-defense systems earlier this year.
ghost of the soviet union getting revenge on US and its allies hahahaha :))))
From the grave with hate’s breath I still spit at thee!!!
Soviets hated each other more than they hated the West
That would be the nwo khazar socialists hatred for christian orthodox,yeah! Good thing stalin sorted them out back then,but if he didn’t,nazi victory for sure!
Now it’s the khazar capitalists that run Moscow. They have a little puppet that plays thaugh guy for them. Russian like thaugh guys.
Yes that is probably what the ghost of soviet union is saying
I think there have been two or three companies of US/UK troops just sent to Yemen….they must realize limits of KSA forces.
The Pentagon have always known the limits of the KSA forces.
The limits of KSA forces are created on purpose. Makes the Al Saud family feel safe from long standing Arab tradition of military coups with the added “benefit” of making them totally dependent on US “aid and friendship” LOL. Also don’t forget that Saudi eastern European neighbors to the NW would have a really hard time dealing with an Arab military with virtually unlimited access to money and up to date hardware that actually knew how to use it.
Well, even according to Americunt senator Lindsey Graham, “the Saudi military can not fight its way out of a paper bag”.
Targeting planes without taking them down shouldn’t make news
Whehe. Saudiciaisis will cry and rage ;)
This lil war is a big fiasco for saudis. Peasants in pajamas and flip flops mop the floor with the Saudis whom have state of the art weapons. Same as in Nam…
I reckon it’s far worse than Nam, from the US/Saudi perspective.
The whole Saudi army is pretty third-rate, unlike USARV or Marines.
To be fair, they are not only farmers but also herdsmen with whom the well-funded Saudi forces have to deal, there may even be some coffee shop workers from the cities and the odd bank teller.
There is a difference.. One is an invader.. The others are defending their homes and families.. One has no reason to die for the whims of someone.. For the other its a life and death situation.
This is good to hear hopefully next time we hear they shot them down.
That’s right brothers, just keep up that great work you do. Filthy Wahhabi cowards needs to be taught a lesson.
Now the king told the Boggie men you have to let that raga drop, the oil down on the desert way has been SHAKEN TO THE TOP! SHAREEF DON’T LIKE IT, ROCK THE CASBAH ROCK THE CASBAH… Just try it, you Wahhabi filth.
Size of an army does not wins battle and if its wahhabis army then its only complete rout is for these insane coward Alsaud scums
Desert goats with sandals that chew Khat, fight other coward desert goats that just run and leave everythng behind the moment they are being shot at. Such a comedy, no one does it better than the Arabs that’s for sure.
at least they fight whereas the squatters just attack and kill palestinian women and kids after having starved them to a point close to death – truly remarkable that the world hasn’t decided to close down the jews once and for all long ago.
there is nothing to be gained by responding to a primitive rascist….marshmellow Zion possesses the ego of an insecure 8 yr girl
…………Go wash your mouth out with Buck shot.
And if I don’t want to? you ape.
Who do you think these saudi back fighters learned to run away from? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MxFsCr71u5w
They were chasing away your Pali roaches brothers, when they were got attacked with stones, Hell, they should have sprayed those Palis on full automatic, taking them down.
????https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=di8x-lvEar8
Then you cry their children die? any child or a man that poses a threat to IDF troops needs to be neutralized. You Arabs have no honour, using civilians as human shields and then cry to the world. We saw how brave you are when we came for you both in Gaza and Lebanon, you ran away like cowards. Let me say it clearly to you Arab, we are ready to face you anytime you want, just don’t bring in kids.
Yes you guys are very ready ??? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5HxEA2HdFpo
What a fake translation rofl, it’s not even about the border. That soldier had personal issues and he wanted to go home to fix his problems, but the base commander didn’t let him leave since he didn’t have confirmation. He screams “Let go of my hand it’s painful” and you translate it “I don’t want to die”. Again Arabs are liars and have no honour.
arab are liars and have no honor says the Jew ???? remember this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N-n_kuTHb4c
So? the soldiers did leave the base to re-organize and came back to it after few hours to be prepared to any full scale war vs Hezbollah. I don’t deny it, it was the smart thing to do. You were lucky Hezbollah shot the missile and missed, dead IDF troops liek in 2006 would bring destruction upon Lebanon again.
??????who are you lying too ???? jews believe their own lies ????btw this video was shot the next day after the attack???? you dumb ass Jew
No it wasn’t, it was before their attack and then they tried to hit some IDF patrol at the border and failed. Just like they failed here: https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/IDF-completes-destruction-of-flagship-Hezbollah-tunnel-591129
Your so dumb the report filmed it the next day and she even said in the video that I sent to you it’s literally the first 4 seconds refresh your memory again https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N-n_kuTHb4c
Liar, she says “It seems that this military base has been abandoned following yesterday’s attack on it” – that base WAS NEVER ATTACKED. They only attacked a patrol with ATGM and missed.
Bingo “Following YESTERDAY’S attack” No one said they attack the base you said they left for a few hours to reorganize but she clearly showed you it wasn’t a few hours it was a whole entire day and they still weren’t back to the base. ???? your so dumb Jew
I believe a zero word coming from an Arab reporter, but sure if it makes you feel good why not.
Btw Hezbollah warned of the attack and you guys still weren’t ready ya okay you can’t convince any with that lie not even your own people your nothing but a Israeli troll paid to spread propaganda https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zUoWklJ7x4U
Nasrallah knows very well what it means a full scale war against Israel, something you seem to underestimate. He probably hoped the ATGM would miss too, otherwise the IDF would have been in Beirut by now.
???? if the jews were to attempt another war with Hezbollah they would be back to their homes in Europe now ????
And they are more than a match for you toilet paper users.
Oh no, we are so scared :-(
excellent—upsetting for amerikan/saudi/israeli fascists…..