Specs of Yemeni Army weapons showcased in Sanaa parade: Exclusive

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The Yemeni Armed Forces organized a military parade on Thursday in the country's capital, which saw the Sanaa forces showcasing their latest weapons and equipment developed at home.

What are the specifications of the weapons showcased by the Yemeni Armed Forces during their military parade in Sanaa?

Al Mayadeen's sources shed the light on the specifications of the homemade weapons exhibited by the Yemeni army on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the September 21 revolution in the Al-Sabeen Square, Sanaa.

The military parade saw the army showcasing advanced weapons spanning everything, from dozens of advanced missile systems, naval weapons, and air defenses made by the Military Industrialization Authority.

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Naval weapons

Aasef-1 boat

- A homemade speedboat

- Can reach very high speeds and has excellent maneuverability

- Can carry medium machine guns (MMG) and light machine guns (LMG), such as a 14.5-caliber machine gun and a multiple rockets launcher of caliber 107, as well as four fully-equipped soldiers.

- Is used in raiding fixed and moving naval targets

Aasef-2 boat

- A homemade electronic speedboat

- Is used in diverse reconnaissance and intelligence operations and carries several electronic warfare, monitoring, and radio-jamming weapons

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Aasef-3 boat

- A homemade speedboat

- Can reach very high speeds (one of the fastest in the Yemeni army's arsenal) and has excellent maneuverability

- Can carry heavy machines guns and air defense weapons, such as autocannons and ZU-23, as well as six fully-equipped soldiers

- Is used to intercept moving naval targets and raid ships

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Mallah boat

- A homemade speedboat

- Can reach very high speeds and has excellent maneuverability

- Can carry MMGs, such as a 12.7 caliber machine gun, a 14.5 caliber machine gun, and an RPG tube

Toufan-1 boat

- A homemade unmanned surface vehicle

- Can carry a warhead of up to 150 kg

- Is characterized by its small size, high speed, and ability to evade detection by enemy radar systems

- Can reach speeds as high as 35 nautical miles an hour 

- Is used to target mobile and fixed naval targets at close ranges

Toufan-2 boat

- A homemade unmanned surface vehicle

- Can carry a payload of up to 400 kg of explosives

- Is characterized by its high speed and ability to evade detection by enemy radar systems

- Can reach speeds as high as 41 nautical miles an hour 

- Is used to target mobile and fixed naval targets at medium ranges

Toufan-3 boat

- A homemade unmanned surface vehicle

- Can carry a payload of up to 500 kg of explosives

- Is characterized by its agility, high speed, and ability to evade detection by enemy radar systems

- Can reach speeds as high as 52 nautical miles an hour

- Is used to target mobile and fixed naval targets at long ranges

Missiles

Red sea missile

- A coast-to-sea ballistic missile

- Has a medium range

- Uses radar and heat-seeking systems

- Has high speed

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Moheet missile

- A coast-to-sea ballistic missile

- Designed for naval targets

- Has a medium range

- Uses solid and liquid fuel

- All-weather operating

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Aasef missile

- A coast-to-sea ballistic missile

- 400 km range

- 10 m in length

- 0.7 m in diameter

- Uses solid fuel

- Carries a payload of 550 kg of explosives

- Has an autonomous guidance system

- Fully made by the Yemeni military-industrial committee

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Ballistic and winged missiles

Badr-2 missile

- A surface-to-surface ballistic missile 

- Has a short range

- A precision missile

- Uses solid fuel

Badr-3 missile

- A surface-to-surface ballistic missile 

- Has a medium range

- A precision missile

- Uses solid fuel

Hatem missile

- A surface-to-surface ballistic missile 

- Has a long range

- A precision missile

- Uses solid fuel

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Quds-3 missile

- A surface-to-surface missile 

- Has a long range

- A precision missile

- Uses liquid fuel

- Undetectable by enemy radars

Falaq missile

- A surface-to-surface ballistic missile 

- Has a long range

- Uses liquid fuel

- A precision missile

- Carries multiple warheads

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Me'raj missile

- A surface-to-air ballistic missile 

- Uses solid fuel

- A precision missile

- Uses radar and heat-seeking systems

- Characterized by its high maneuverability and is not affected by heat and radar jamming

Air defense

Saqr missile

- 2 m in length

- 150 mm in diameter

- Has a max speed of 200 m/s

- 58 kg in weight

- Has a kill radius of 30 m

- Has a maximum, range of 100 km

- Can reach 28,000 feet in altitude

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Sadeq system

- Detection and tracking system

- Has a range of 40 km

Haidar system

- Detection and tracking system

- Has a range of 50 km

P-19 radar

- A Russian-made missile-detection system

- Has a detection range of 200 km

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Vehicles

Hani

- Length: 520 cm 

- Width: 170 cm

- Height: 275 cm

- Net weight: 4.2 tons

- Crew: 6 fully-equipped soldiers

- 4500 CC engine

- Petrol engine

- Max speed: 120 km/h

- Chassis: high-strength steel armor

- Glass: armored

- 360-degree rotating firing platform

- 12.7 caliber weapons

- Equipped with a gyroscope, which makes it flexible when moving, speeding, and engaging 

- Can be used on offense and defense

- Total weight: 4.5 tons

- The manufacturers studied previous models of armored vehicles and specified their weak points to bolster those exact same areas on the new armored vehicles

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)

Khatef-2 drone

- Length: 1.6 m

- Wingspan: 1 m

- Diameter: 11 cm

- Range: over 35 km

- Equipped with a sensor for fixed and mobile targets

- Carries out offensive tactical missions and used against hostile vehicles and armored vehicles

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Mersad-2 drone

- A quadcopter reconnaissance aircraft

During the military parade, Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree warned the Saudi-led coalition of aggression against any escalation and missing out on the chance for a ceasefire, stressing that "the situation in Yemen before the parade is not as it was before it."

Yemen commemorates eighth anniversary of the September 21 revolution

In early September, the Yemeni Armed Forces held The Promise of the Hereafter military parade in Al-Hudaydah, which saw the participation of various units of the Yemeni army, such as the coast guard, the navy, the air force, the air defense force, and several elite forces, sources told Al Mayadeen.

A few days after The Promise of the Hereafter military parade, the Ministry of Interior Affairs held a massive military parade in the capital Sanaa to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the country's September 21 revolution against the Saudi-backed regime.

Under the supervision of the leader of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, units from various divisions of the Yemeni Army, most notably the Ground Force and the Air Defense, showcased their achievements.

Advanced weapons were put on display during the parade, including locally made armored vehicle “Bas 2”, missiles, armored vehicles, rifles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and air defense missile systems.

The military parade was attended by 20,000 security personnel from the Ministry of Interior's security units.