Al- Thawra Net
President Mahdi Al-Mashat stressed that these systems will change the course of the battle with the US-Saudi aggression.
The move came during The move comes during the inauguration of the Martyr Abdulaziz Muharram Exhibition for Air Defences.
President Al-Mashat has inaugurated the exhibition of the martyr Abdulaziz Muharram for air defenses, on Sunday morning, unveiling four new air defense systems, Thaqib-1, Thaqib-2, Thaqib-3 and Fatir-1, which were developed with purely Yemeni expertise.
“The new defense systems will change the course of the battle with aggression, and will provide a start to more sophisticated and effective defense systems in countering enemy air targets,” Al-Mashat said.
The President praised the efforts of the Ministry of Defense leadership and the chairmanship of the General Staff in various fields, including the development and modernization of the military industries system in line with the requirements of the battle of confrontation and deterring the forces of aggression.
He pointed out that this qualitative achievement came as the Leader of the Revolution Sayyed Abdulmalik Al-Houthi has promised in strengthening and developing defense capabilities, confirming that 2020 will be a year for air defense.
The President stressed that this achievement would represent a qualitative addition to the construction and modernization of defense capabilities.
He also affirmed that the political and military leadership would provide all support for the development and modernization of the defense system to achieve a balance of deterrence with the enemy.
Details and features of the new air defense systems will be revealed in a news supplement this afternoon.
