Al-Thawra Net
The Yemeni Air Force and Air Defense on Tuesday announced the introduction of a new locally developed system of surface-to-air missile system to the battlefield.
In a statement, the Yemeni Air Force confirmed that the new missile system has already downed Tornado combat aircraft of enemy Saudi-led aggression coalition while it was flying over Sa’ada province and hit another enemy F-15 plane over the capital Sana’a.
Despite that the Yemeni Air Defense unit has been targeted in attempts to get it out of service, the unit has regained its capabilities gradually and it became now able to attack enemy aerial weapons,” read the statement.
The Yemeni Air Force and Air Defense Unit vowed to keep developing the air defense arsenal to defend the homeland against any foreign aggression, the statement added.
