Yemeni Conflict: News #2

miketheterrible wrote:There is word that a Yemeni BM hit Riyadh

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-ballistic-missile-strikes-riyadh-saudi-arabia/

My guess that is the works of Republican Guards.

miketheterrible wrote:There is word that a Yemeni BM hit Riyadh

Fakenews

Do not believe in everything you hear.

By the way, Riyadh is well over 800 km away from Houthi positions.

TheArmenian wrote:

miketheterrible wrote:There is word that a Yemeni BM hit Riyadh

Fakenews

Do not believe in everything you hear.

By the way, Riyadh is well over 800 km away from Houthi positions.

Shahab-1 has the range, but as sure as hell it wasn't homemade or launched by Houthis.

Confusion reigns after reported missile attack on Saudi capital


Confusion reigned over reports in local Yemeni media about a ballistic missile being fired on the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on Sunday. Adding to the confusion are reports that the missile was fired by the Yemeni Army, which is being supported by Saudi Armed Forces in their battle against rebels.

MN News reported that the missile used in the attack was a surface-to-surface missile called "Borkan," a variant of the Russian Scud missile. The target of the attack was a military base in Mazahimiyah, 60km from Riyadh.Yemen operates Scud-B (300 km) and Scud-C (600 km) missiles.

There have not been any comments from Saudi officials, apart from locals, reportedly taking to Twitter.

What is this, a game? High precision missile fired by highly accurate targeting system / Houthi man.

calm wrote:What is this, a game? High precision missile fired by highly accurate targeting system / Houthi man.

OG-7 right in the money, wow. Jesus they have AGW's.

One Bradley was IED'd by the KitKhatters after attack of outpost.

Houthis Trolling KSA

when you just need a lighter to defeat the Saudi army

So, it was a remote controlled boat, not a missile.

A top US Navy official is reporting that a Houthi vessel responsible for an attack on the Saudi frigate Al Madinah in late January was actually the work of a drone boat filled with explosives, instead of a suicide bomber, as previously reported.

Vice Adm. Kevin Donegan, who heads the US Naval Forces Central Command and commands the US Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain, told Defense News, "Our assessment is that it was an unmanned, remote-controlled boat of some kind."

Donegan said that this is the first recorded use of this kind of weapon, and indicates foreign aid to the Houthis, a Yemeni armed political opposition faction with longstanding claims to the territory. The commander is worried, "first that it is in the hands of someone like the Houthis. That’s not an easy thing to develop. There have been many terrorist groups that have tried to develop that, it’s not something that was just invented by the Houthis. There’s clearly support there coming from others, so that’s problematic."

He added, "The second is the explosive boat piece — you don’t need suicide attackers to do a suicide-like attack. There are certain terrorists that do things and they get martyrs to go and do it. But there are many others that don’t want to martyr themselves in making attacks like that and that’s pretty much where the Houthis are. So it makes that kind of weaponry, which would normally take someone suicidal to use, now able to be used by someone who’s not going to martyr themselves."

Donegan believes that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is involved in the attack on the vessel, though he does not necessarily think Tehran built the weapon. Cameras on the ship’s hangar deck captured the attack, showing a small boat ramming the rear of the frigate and exploding.

https://sputniknews.com/military/201702221050925596-saudi-frigate-hit-by-drone/

JohninMK wrote:So, it was a remote controlled boat, not a missile.

A top US Navy official is reporting that a Houthi vessel responsible for an attack on the Saudi frigate Al Madinah in late January was actually the work of a drone boat filled with explosives, instead of a suicide bomber, as previously reported.

Vice Adm. Kevin Donegan, who heads the US Naval Forces Central Command and commands the US Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain, told Defense News, "Our assessment is that it was an unmanned, remote-controlled boat of some kind."

Donegan said that this is the first recorded use of this kind of weapon, and indicates foreign aid to the Houthis, a Yemeni armed political opposition faction with longstanding claims to the territory. The commander is worried, "first that it is in the hands of someone like the Houthis. That’s not an easy thing to develop. There have been many terrorist groups that have tried to develop that, it’s not something that was just invented by the Houthis. There’s clearly support there coming from others, so that’s problematic."

He added, "The second is the explosive boat piece — you don’t need suicide attackers to do a suicide-like attack. There are certain terrorists that do things and they get martyrs to go and do it. But there are many others that don’t want to martyr themselves in making attacks like that and that’s pretty much where the Houthis are. So it makes that kind of weaponry, which would normally take someone suicidal to use, now able to be used by someone who’s not going to martyr themselves."

Donegan believes that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is involved in the attack on the vessel, though he does not necessarily think Tehran built the weapon. Cameras on the ship’s hangar deck captured the attack, showing a small boat ramming the rear of the frigate and exploding.

https://sputniknews.com/military/201702221050925596-saudi-frigate-hit-by-drone/

I saw that. Surprising.

Houthis UAVs

JohninMK wrote:So, it was a remote controlled boat, not a missile.

A top US Navy official is reporting that a Houthi vessel responsible for an attack on the Saudi frigate Al Madinah in late January was actually the work of a drone boat filled with explosives, instead of a suicide bomber, as previously reported.

Vice Adm. Kevin Donegan, who heads the US Naval Forces Central Command and commands the US Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain, told Defense News, "Our assessment is that it was an unmanned, remote-controlled boat of some kind."

Donegan said that this is the first recorded use of this kind of weapon, and indicates foreign aid to the Houthis, a Yemeni armed political opposition faction with longstanding claims to the territory. The commander is worried, "first that it is in the hands of someone like the Houthis. That’s not an easy thing to develop. There have been many terrorist groups that have tried to develop that, it’s not something that was just invented by the Houthis. There’s clearly support there coming from others, so that’s problematic."

He added, "The second is the explosive boat piece — you don’t need suicide attackers to do a suicide-like attack. There are certain terrorists that do things and they get martyrs to go and do it. But there are many others that don’t want to martyr themselves in making attacks like that and that’s pretty much where the Houthis are. So it makes that kind of weaponry, which would normally take someone suicidal to use, now able to be used by someone who’s not going to martyr themselves."

Donegan believes that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is involved in the attack on the vessel, though he does not necessarily think Tehran built the weapon. Cameras on the ship’s hangar deck captured the attack, showing a small boat ramming the rear of the frigate and exploding.

https://sputniknews.com/military/201702221050925596-saudi-frigate-hit-by-drone/

No it isn't the first recorded use of this kind of weapon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FL-boat
The German Linse of World War 2 is another example, using radio control.

I am not saying that it wasn't a remote controlled boat, but whenever the US govt releases a statement, I always wonder what the angle is.
The last paragraph in the article sort of gives the reasons away...

Huh....Flip-flop with a M47 DRAGON (probably reverse engineered Iranian version SAEGHE)

TheArmenian wrote:Huh....Flip-flop with a M47 DRAGON (probably reverse engineered Iranian version SAEGHE)

This is one is a captured M47. The Saegheh has two yellow stripes and is in bright green livery (see ISF use). This has the brown band for HEAT tpical of US M47.

The launch of the Burkan 2 rocket by Yemeni Houthis ​​against King Salman Air Base in the Saudi capital Riyadh



Sources confirmed that yesterday launched Iranian ballistic missile Ghader [Burkan 2] with high accuracy hit the target at the King Salman Air Base near the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.

This is the second missile strike on the base for the last 6 months. The strike was caused a day after the air force of the KSA attacked a Somali ship near the coast of Yemen, killing at least 42 people.

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2501107.html

Yemeni resistance force fire Burkan-2 ballistic missile at Saudi base in Riyadh 18-3-2017 مقاومت یمن

مقاومت یمن شلیک یک موشک بالستیک «برکان ۲»، پایگاه هوایی «ملک‌سلمان» در ریاض
ارتش یمن از شلیک یک موشک به پایگاه هوایی «ملک‌سلمان»‌ خبر داد
یک منبع نظامی یمنی اعلام کرد نیروی موشکی ارتش این کشور توانست با شلیک موشک بالستیک «برکان ۲»، پایگاه هوایی «ملک‌سلمان» در ریاض را هدف قرار دهد.
به گزارش شبکه المسیره یمن، نیروی موشکی ارتش یمن اعلام کرد که روز شنبه (امروز) یک موشک از نوع »برکان 2» را به سمت این پایگاه شلیک کرده است.

ارتش یمن از اصابت دقیق این موشک به این پایگاه هوایی خبر داده که در داخل شهر ریاض قرار دارد. عربستان سعودی هنوز به این حمله موشکی واکنشی نشان نداده است
http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13951228001117

Yemeni resistance msissile force launched Borkan-2 MRBM ballistic missile at  King Salman Air Base in the Saudi capital Riyadh 18-3-2017

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – The Yemeni military fired a long-range ballistic missile towards the King Salman Airbase near Riyadh City on Saturday, marking the second time in six months that this site has been targeted.
Speaking to a Yemeni Republican Guard officer, Al-Masdar News has learned that the long-range missile did in fact hit the Saudi military installation near Riyadh; however, no details were given regarding the extent of the damage.
The Yemeni missile strike came just 24 hours after the Saudi Air Force attacked a Somali refugee boat off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 42 people in the process
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/yemeni-long-range-missile-hit-saudi-military-base-near-riyadh-army/

Hey KoTeMoRe, this is a bit old but don't tell me this isn't as spectacular as it gets:

... I'm not even trying to make sense how a Saudi Nat Guard Lav 2 90 gets overrun and captured like that.

KoTeMoRe wrote:... I'm not even trying to make sense how a Saudi Nat Guard Lav 2 90 gets overrun and captured like that.

So many unused shells, made for a spectacular firecracker. Surprised that those 90mm shells weren't even used to protect that outpost.

magnumcromagnon wrote:Hey KoTeMoRe, this is a bit old but don't tell me this isn't as spectacular as it gets:

nice loot from the camp too - the Saudi forces must be hopeless. Just goes to show that you can spend any amount of coin on goods but that doesn't necessarily equate to making you a strong foe. good grief. any pics from the recent missile strike?

crod wrote:

magnumcromagnon wrote:Hey KoTeMoRe, this is a bit old but don't tell me this isn't as spectacular as it gets:

nice loot from the camp too - the Saudi forces must be hopeless. Just goes to show that you can spend any amount of coin on goods but that doesn't necessarily equate to making you a strong foe. good grief. any pics from the recent missile strike?

I think the main problem with Saudi forces are:

1.) They over spend on equipment, and probably under spend on drills and exercises, to the point that the Saudi govt. is one of the greatest employers of mercenaries in the world. They're over-reliant on the gear to save the day, and not the actual operators.

2.) Their military expenditure is designed solely for earning brownie points and political favors, so they buy from every where but specifically focus on private MIC (who are notorious for nickel and dimeing and bribe lobbyism), so in turn they have no real military doctrine except for just buying what ever gear looks coolest in brochures and video promos, and haphazardly put it together and try to make it work.....with 'fine' end results. But the real question is, with Saudi's overwhelmingly superiority in ELINT and SIGINT, how are their guys constantly being surprised and ambushed by Houthis? Is Saudi HUMINT so bad that it completely overshadows their ELINT/SIGINT superiority?



....KoTeMoRe, you wanna chime in?

The biggest issue is this.

Saudis can spend and spend and spend and bury the Houthis in spending.
It will maybe not win them the war but it would make it a very dicey situation for our second most favourite guys in the Insurrectional Division.

If only it was possible to flood the Houthis with ATGMs and AA missiles, then the number of expensive firecrackers would increase exponentially, the Saudis seem worse than the SAA.

Saudi forces shoot down 4 Houthi ballistic missiles


Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces intercepted four ballistic missiles launched by Houthi insurgents in Yemen toward the Saudi cities of Khamis Mushayt and Abha early Tuesday, the Saudi-led Arab Coalition said.
In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, the Coalition command said the missiles were shot down and destroyed at 6:30 a.m. without causing any damage.

A short video shared on social media showed Saudi Patriot missiles intercepting the Houthi missiles.

As a further counter-measure, Coalition air forces immediately targeted the launching sites in Yemen, the statement said.

It said the continued targeting by Houthi insurgents of Saudi cities with ballistic missiles “is the largest evidence of continuing smuggling of weapons to Yemen by all ways and means, especially from the port of Hodeidah.”

Coalition forces and the US Navy have separately intercepted Iranian weapons being sent to Houthis in the past two years.