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Vice Adm. Kevin Donegan, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (middle) and Maj. Gen. Khaled Abdullah, commander, Kuwait Naval Forces (right) meet with French service members during International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) 16, April 14, 2016. IMCMEX 16 is a multilateral exercise using all aspects of defensive maritime warfare including mine countermeasures, maritime security operations and maritime infrastructure protection to demonstrate the global resolve to maintain freedom of navigation and the free flow of maritime commerce throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Blake Midnight/Released)

A US Navy commander: Houthi in possession of weapons they did not have before Saudi Arabia started a war on Yemen

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A US Navy commander, Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan, says the military power of the Houthi, Ansar Allah movement, in Yemen has increased.

Houthi fighters are now in possession of weapons they did not have before Saudi Arabia started a war on their country, told Reuters earlier this week

Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan, a commander of US Naval Forces Central Command “These weapons didn’t exist… before the war. There was no explosive boat that existed in the Yemeni inventory.”

He also said that the ballistic missiles fired into Saudi Arabia had several times the range of missiles the Yemenis had before the Saudi war started.

A senior Emirati official echoed Donegan’s comments, saying, “We are seeing UAVs, anti-tank and anti-ship missiles, as well as land and sea mines.”

Yemeni force has improved ballistic missiles in retaliation for Saudi war against Yemen, which lift more than 1000 dead according to united Nations.

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