{"id":198779,"date":"2019-12-03T14:13:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T14:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=198779"},"modified":"2019-12-07T06:47:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T06:47:24","slug":"houthis-down-saudi-combat-drone-over-yemen-evidence-of-advanced-air-defenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=198779","title":{"rendered":"Houthi\u2019s Down Saudi Combat Drone Over Yemen, Evidence of Advanced Air Defenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">South Front \u2013 via Veterans Today Dec 2, 2019<\/h1>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f1TFAYABCNo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_end\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>The Houthis announced late on November 30 that their Air Defense Force had shot down an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) of the Saudi-led coalition over the northwestern Yemeni province of Hajjah.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A spokesman for the Yemeni group said that the UCAV, a Chinese-made Wing Loong, was downed while it was carrying out \u201chostile acts\u201d over the district of Hayran in northern Hajjah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cThe hostilE warplane was targeted with a ground-to-air missile that will be revealed later,\u201d Brig. Gen. Yahya Sari said, adding that a video of the operation will be released soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Developed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, Wing Loong has a maximum range of 4,000 km and an endurance of up to 20 hours. The UCAV can be armed with air-to-surface laser-guided missiles and other types of munitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ji2fMbaVfCU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Earlier this week, the Houthis\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/southfront.org\/in-video-houthis-shot-down-saudi-apache-attack-helicopter-over-northern-yemen\/\">shot down<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0a Saudi AH-64 Apache attack helicopter over northern Yemen. The helicopter\u2019s pilot and gunner were\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/southfront.org\/houthis-release-video-of-new-air-defense-system-downing-saudi-apache-helicopter\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>both killed<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0in the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Houthis are apparently working to further develop their air-defense capabilities, in terms of quality and quantity. The Yemen group had warned that 2020 would be the year of \u201cair-defense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2019\/12\/02\/547474\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, the Houthis also shot down a Saudi AH-64 Apache attack helicopter over northern Yemen. 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