The Yemeni army’s air defenses have shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle “CH-4 ” belonging to Saudi-led aggression coalition forces over Marib province , Yemen’s military spokesman said on Friday.
According to the Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e, the coalition drone was downed by a surface-to-air missile, while it was carrying out hostilities over the airspace of Medghal district .
He noted that the details and type of the missile have not been publicly disclosed as of yet.
The CH-4 is a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
It is equipped with a semi-retractable electro-optic turret and synthetic aperture radar/ Also, the CH-4 has four underwing pylons, able to mount up to 345kg of stores.
Chinese-made armed UAV can carry up to 770 pounds of munitions, including the AR-1 laser-guided air-to-surface missile, TG-100 laser, inertial or FT-9 50kg GPS-guided bomb, and the HJ-10 anti-tank missile.
It is specifically designed for high-altitude missions over land and sea and can fire its weapon from up to 5,000 meters.
