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Arabia
Soddys intercept Houthi missile fired on Makkah
2016-10-28
[Al Arabiya] The Arab Coalition fighting in Yemen said on Thursday that it has intercepted a ballistic missile that hit 65km away from Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah, saying it was fired by militias in Yemen.

The missile was fired from Saada province towards Makkah, the coalition said. No damage has been reported.
Posted by:badanov

#5  Why did they bother? Just blame it on another stampede.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2016-10-28 16:49  

#4  O Lord guide with your hand the missiles aimed at satans Rock.,thanks for wymens, beer and dawg's, amen.

And Ferrari, re-amen.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-10-28 11:43  

#3  possibly they meant that the missile was closely observed by Soddie aircraft so it was a visual 'interception'.
Posted by: lord garth   2016-10-28 09:31  

#2  Deflection. Probably not in this case, but with anti-ballistic intercepts, its basic Newtonian physics. If you don't get a destruction, you might still get a deflection to alter impact location.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-10-28 07:58  

#1  If it hit, how can it be called "intercepted"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-10-28 03:39  

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