Al- Thawra Net
Yemen’s Army Spokesman Yahya Sare’e has revealed on Saturday of new air defense systems to deter Saudi-led aggression coalition combat jets.
Speaking at a press conference in the capital city of Sana’a on Saturday, the spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e, identified the mobile systems as Fater-1 and Thaqib-1).
He added that the Fater-1 long-range missile defense system entered service back in 2017, and carried out its first operation against the Saudi-led military coalition on October 27 that year.
Sare’e further noted that the system is capable of intercepting and targeting American F-15 and F-16 fighter aircraft, French Dassault Mirage 2000 fourth-generation jet fighters as well as Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighters.
“Fater-1 has succeeded in thwarting many hostile air raids in addition to landing operations in [the northwestern] Hajjah province. An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down this June, while it was conducting a sortie over [the western province of] Hodeidah, with a missile from this system. Another aircraft of the same type was targeted in the skies over Dhamar province earlier this month,” the confirmed.
Sare’e went on to say that the Thaqib-1 missile system became operational in October 2017, and succeeded in downing an MQ-9 Reaper drone one month after entering service.
He said the system had intercepted Saudi-led Apache attack helicopters south of Hodeidahj on September 6, 2018, forcing the aircraft to stop flying over the region for several months.
Saree highlighted that the Thaqib-1 missile system has succeeded in confronting a number of Saudi-led reconnaissance aircraft, warplanes and Apache helicopters, stressing that it is now in use in a number of Yemeni regions.
