[News] Yemen shows off hypersonic missile in Arab Sea op

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 Yemen shows off hypersonic missile in Arab Sea op

Sanaa is known for its local production of missiles, for which it has
obtained significant expertise from Iran

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

JUN 27, 2024 -
https://thecradle.co/articles/yemen-shows-off-hypersonic-missile-in-arab-sea-op
(Photo credit: Yemen Military Media)

Yemen’s Armed Forces released footage on 26 June of the new hypersonic
ballistic missile that was used to target an Israeli ship in the Arab Sea a
day earlier.

The Hatem-2 hypersonic ballistic missile is equipped with an intelligent
control system and has significant maneuverability, according to the Yemeni
army’s military media page. The locally-made Yemeni missile runs on solid
fuel and boasts several different types with differing ranges.

The video and pictures released by Sanaa’s forces on Wednesday show the
missile in use against the Israeli ship, the MSC Sarah.

The Yemeni army announced its attack on the MSC Sarah on 25 June.

“The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out an effective
military operation targeting the Israeli ship (MSC SARAH V) in the Arabian
Sea. The hit was accurate and direct … We announce that this operation was
carried out with a new ballistic missile that entered service after the
successful completion of trial operations,” Yemeni army spokesman Yahya
Saree said in a statement.

“The missile is distinguished by its ability to hit targets accurately and
over long distances, as this operation demonstrated.”

The armed forces of Yemen’s Sanaa government – which is militarily aligned
with the Ansarallah resistance movement – are known to locally produce
weapons. Sanaa’s Armed Forces are also still in possession of weapons
stockpiles from the Soviet era.

Washington and other western nations accuse Iran of smuggling weapons to
Ansarallah in Yemen. Yemen has been under a tight Saudi-led blockade for
nearly 10 years, making the import of arms into the country extremely
difficult.

However, Iranian expertise has played a significant role in the production
of Yemen’s anti-ship ballistic missiles, according to a 29 May report
<https://thecradle.co/articles-id/25158> from *Tasnim* news agency.

*Tasnim* says that the Yemeni Muhit missile – revealed in a military parade
in the capital, Sanaa, in September last year – is directly modeled after
the Iranian Qadr missile, Tehran’s first locally manufactured anti-ship
ballistic missile, which was developed over 10 years ago by late Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Brigadier General Hassan
Tehrani-Moqaddam.
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