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Yemeni ballistic missile pounds Saudi National Guards camp
2018-07-15
[PRESSTV] Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from the Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
Ansarullah movement and those from Popular Committees, have fired a domestically designed and developed ballistic missile at a military camp in Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
’s southern border region of Najran
a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. It is the capital of Najran Province and a favored target of Houthirocket forces....
in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s campaign against the impoverished country.

Yemen's official Saba news agency, citing an unnamed military official, said the short-range missile was launched at Saudi National Guards camp on Saturday, adding that the projectile hit its designated target with great precision.

There were no immediate reports of possible casualties or the extent of damage.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter wished he had a cup of coffee. Even instant would do...
the so-called military coalition led by Saudi Arabia against Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
claimed in a statement, carried by the kingdom's official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), that the coalition had intercepted the Yemeni missile, which had been fired from the northern province of Sa’ada.

Riyadh frequently reports intercepting missiles fired from Yemen, but various reports have pointed out that US-made Patriot interceptors often fail.
Posted by:Fred

#3  What makes a missile ballistic? I'm guessing it has to be aimable.
Posted by: jpal   2018-07-15 21:26  

#2  Then why is it labeled in Farsi? Every development & design is domestic - to some place.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2018-07-15 10:53  

#1   have fired a domestically designed and developed ballistic missile at a military camp in Soddy Arabia

Uh huh. Then why is it labeled in Farsi?
Posted by: Frank G   2018-07-15 09:01  

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