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Zilzal -1 Missile Hits Gatherings of Coalition’s Forces in Al-Dhalea

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YemenExtra

SH.A.

The military media of the Yemen army distributed footage showing rocketry forces of the army firing a missile, Zilzal -1, at gatherings of coalition-backed militias in Damt front of Dhalea province.

As well as they released a missile of ” Zilzal-1″ type on a store of munitions and weapons of American-Saudi aggression’s mercenaries western al-Nar mountain off Jizan.

The Yemeni army possesses Scud missiles, shorter-range Tochka and anti-ship missiles, and unguided Grad and Katyusha rockets, it has even manufactured smaller home-made rockets with names like “Borkan”,” Badr” ,“Qaher” and “Al Sammad”.

Yemen’s army has also produced four domestically-manufactured drones — the Qasef-1 (Striker-1), the Hudhud-1 (Hoopoe-1), the Raqib (Observer), and the Rased (Surveyor) — all of which perform a variety of tasks, including aerial surveillance, battlefield observation, and geophysical surveying.

Living under the constant threat of airstrikes as well as a crippling blockade by the Saudi coalition has forced Yemenis to build its burgeoning domestic military capability, as hope wanes that the Saudi-led attacks, which have killed and injured thousands of civilians since the coalition began its war in March 2015.