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<div class="gmail-inner-article-top"><h1 class="gmail-">Yemen shows off hypersonic missile in Arab Sea op</h1><p class="gmail-">Sanaa is known for its local production of missiles, for which it has obtained significant expertise from Iran
</p><div class="gmail-another-name"><p><a href="https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9" style="color:rgb(164,4,4)">News Desk</a></p></div><div class="gmail-another-name" style="margin-top:16px"><p><span>JUN 27, 2024 - </span><font size="1"><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/yemen-shows-off-hypersonic-missile-in-arab-sea-op">https://thecradle.co/articles/yemen-shows-off-hypersonic-missile-in-arab-sea-op</a></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-img"><img src="http://thecradle-main.oss-eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com/public/articles/14e89140-3466-11ef-bdc9-00163e02c055.webp" alt="" width="394" height="212" style="margin-right: 0px;"><span><font size="1">(Photo credit: Yemen Military Media)</font></span></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-content"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-8 gmail-col-sm-7"><div class="gmail-article-content"><span><p>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. </p><div class="gmail-twitter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"></div> <p>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.</p><p>The video and pictures released by Sanaa’s forces on Wednesday show the missile in use against the Israeli ship, the MSC Sarah. </p><p>The Yemeni army announced its attack on the MSC Sarah on 25 June. </p><p>“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. </p><p>“The missile is
distinguished by its ability to hit targets accurately and over long
distances, as this operation demonstrated.” </p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>However, Iranian expertise
has played a significant role in the production of Yemen’s anti-ship
ballistic missiles, according to a 29 May <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/25158">report</a> from <i>Tasnim</i> news agency. </p><p><i>Tasnim</i>
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.</p></span></div></div></div></div>
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