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The Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen announced on July 26 that they had shot down an Akıncı combat drone belonging to the Saudi military.
In a brief statement, Houthi spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the drone was shot down by the group with a “suitable weapon” while it was conducting “hostile actions” over the northern province of al-Jawf.
“The Armed Forces affirm that they will confront any attempt to violate the country’s sovereignty, and that they possess the capabilities and resources to do so, by the grace of God,” he added.
The Akıncı is produced by Turkey’s drone giant Baykar. It has an operational range of 7,500 kilometers, an endurance of 25 hours, and a service ceiling of over 12 kilometers. The drone, which costs around $30 million, was developed to carry out strategic missions, including reconnaissance, surveillance, and precision strikes.
In 2023, Saudi Arabia signed a $3 billion deal with Baykar — the largest defense export contract in Turkey’s history — to purchase an undisclosed number of Akıncı drones.
This was the first time the Houthis have managed to shoot down an Akıncı, and interestingly, the drone was targeted amid clashes between the group and tribes believed to be backed by Saudi Arabia in al-Jawf.
Tensions have been mounting in Yemen since the Houthis said on July 20 that they were imposing a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia in response to its siege on Yemen. Three days later, the group fired on two Saudi oil tankers, setting one ablaze. And overnight into July 25, the two sides exchanged strikes, with the Houthis hitting a large refinery in the southern Saudi province of Jizan.
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irgc=🫡🇮🇷immortals🇮🇷🫡
selling it to the saudis is like selling it to isreal. so much for turkeys pretense to care about the palestinians and criticise isreal.
turkish drones in yemen ? how do you spell proxy
turkey. the cowards the crypto jews, the traitors.
turks the shity pigs. they’d like to be european, but physionomy tells us different. turkey is sewerage colector of europe, landfill, dump yard, stinking shithole.
once, the center of world trade falls to control by others. a cuck
businesses business charlie
good! i hate erdogan.
give that man a coconut! now take out a few mad turks as well!
enquanto a arábia saudita permanece em silêncio e tenta limitar a circulação de imagens dos ataques dentro do reino, as plataformas de mídia social estão divulgando imagens recentes, incluindo filmagens de satélite e imagens vazadas, que documentam a continuidade da queima de instalações.
os políticos acreditam que a incapacidade de controlar os incêndios nas instalações da aramco até o terceiro dia indica a gravidade da escalada, salientando que a continuação da abordagem de escalada da arábia saudita encontrará amplas respostas iemenitas que agravarão os efeitos sobre a economia saudita.
fonte: almasirah do yemen
caia do céi drone maldito, turquia de erdogan seja explodida. totalmente a favor de israel ao participar de ataque ao yemen erdogan precisa morrer
o país, e que ninguém ousou levantar a cabeça ou sequer olhar para o muro da embaixada saudita em sana’a, seja para protestar ou para se manter neutro. ele destaca que jamais se esperou que o iêmen tivesse homens capazes de atacar profundamente seu território e incendiar suas instalações e reservas de petróleo com força, audácia e desafio. ele acredita que o país está em estado de choque e que demorará a despertar.
fonte almasirah do yemen
the saudi admin are asking for a hiding for nothing. they don’t have the tech and the usadmin/nato cannot protect them, per the arrangement. the saudi admin need to decide whether they want to align with the west or the east. the western cabal will ensure that the saudi admin don’t have it both ways. there is no longer any advantage dealing with western cabals. all the progress is happening in the east as the western cabals squabble and talk of war.
western gov’ts are now regimes marching their countries to ruin.
just a little boy never grow up but has access to trained killers
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