Confidential UN Brief Reveals No Missiles Sent to Houthis by Iran - Reports

[El Sidd]

You have to ask the providers, aka NK and Russia. But the fact is, Houthis haven't been provided with ballistic missiles by Iran or other countries in recent years. All these are Yemeni army inventory.

Yes

Exactly

Blame North Korea and Russia. Suddenly you have become an American.

I like the merry-go-round too

 

[Muhammed45]

You have to ask the providers, aka NK and Russia. But the fact is, Houthis haven't been provided with ballistic missiles by Iran or other countries in recent years. All these are Yemeni army inventory.

Not Russia but Soviet made missiles.
@war&peace Bro, they have increased the range by reducing the warhead weight. It's called Borkan-2, can do search about it.

The irony, USA's most advanced patriot-pac-3 has failed to intercept them. This failure is being blamed on Iran, nothing new.

Moreover Yemen is not a village, they have stockpiles full of Soviet-Chinese made missiles. They have industries, universities, army etc. Houthi cover is something stupid that undermines the role of Yemeni army during the war.

 

[Hack-Hook]

The Yemeni missiles and Iranian missiles are identical. Only names have been changed, to protect the not so innocent.

The US Air Force says the ballistic missile that targeted Saudi Arabia was Iranian
Nov. 10, 2017
(AP) — The ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels that targeted the Saudi capital was from Iran and bore "Iranian markings," the top U.S. Air Force official in the Mideast said Friday.

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, who oversees the Air Forces Central Command in Qatar, made the comments at a news conference in Dubai.

Harrigian said authorities were investigating how the missile was smuggled into Yemen amid a Saudi-led coalition controlling the country's airspace, ports and borders.

After the Nov. 4 strike near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry said investigators examining the remains of the rocket found evidence proving "the role of Iranian regime in manufacturing them." It did not elaborate, though it also mentioned it found similar evidence after a July 22 missile launch. French President Emmanuel Macron similarly this week described the missile as "obviously" Iranian.

Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in a statement Tuesday that the July launch involved an Iranian Qiam-1, a liquid-fueled, short-range Scud missile variant. Iran used a Qiam-1 in combat for the first time in June when it targeted Islamic State group militants in Syria over twin militant attacks in Tehran.

Harrigian declined to offer any specifics on what type of missile they believed it was.

http://www.businessinsider.com/usaf...hat-targeted-saudi-arabia-was-iranian-2017-11

What is Iranian equalant of Burkan-2 missile?

I wonder why people forget its not only Houthis who fight KSA but also real Yemen army is fighting alongside them,and by no standard Yemen army is a ragtag militia .

 

[AmirPatriot]

The Yemeni missiles and Iranian missiles are identical.

You really don't know what you're talking about.

 

[raptor22]

Yes

Exactly

Blame North Korea and Russia. Suddenly you have become an American.

I like the merry-go-round too

The one who claims should provide evidence, so far Saudis failed.

 

[El Sidd]

The one who claims should provide evidence, so far Saudis failed.

It's a missile. It's traceable just like paternity issues.

 

[raptor22]

It's a missile. It's traceable just like paternity issues.

These are words not evidence, Saudis have not provided any evidence to back their claims and now even UN denied their allegation.
On the contrary , what they showed is completely different by debris of Yemeni missile fired at Riyadh or footage of missile launched by Yemeni army, they are lying.

 

[El Sidd]

These are words not evidence, Saudis have not provided any evidence to back their claims and now even UN denied their allegation.
On the contrary , what they showed is completely different by debris of Yemeni missile fired at Riyadh or footage of missile launched by Yemeni army, they are lying.

So everyone lies and betrays but no the Persian innocents.

Ok... Sounds legit.

I believe you

 

[raptor22]

So everyone lies and betrays but no the Persian innocents.

Ok... Sounds legit.

I believe you

Instead of talking prove it.

 

[El Sidd]

Instead of talking prove it.

I don't have to prove anything.

I just like Pakistan is.

Neutral

 

[Arminkh]

The Yemeni missiles and Iranian missiles are identical. Only names have been changed, to protect the not so innocent.

The US Air Force says the ballistic missile that targeted Saudi Arabia was Iranian
Nov. 10, 2017
(AP) — The ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels that targeted the Saudi capital was from Iran and bore "Iranian markings," the top U.S. Air Force official in the Mideast said Friday.

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, who oversees the Air Forces Central Command in Qatar, made the comments at a news conference in Dubai.

Harrigian said authorities were investigating how the missile was smuggled into Yemen amid a Saudi-led coalition controlling the country's airspace, ports and borders.

After the Nov. 4 strike near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry said investigators examining the remains of the rocket found evidence proving "the role of Iranian regime in manufacturing them." It did not elaborate, though it also mentioned it found similar evidence after a July 22 missile launch. French President Emmanuel Macron similarly this week described the missile as "obviously" Iranian.

Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in a statement Tuesday that the July launch involved an Iranian Qiam-1, a liquid-fueled, short-range Scud missile variant. Iran used a Qiam-1 in combat for the first time in June when it targeted Islamic State group militants in Syria over twin militant attacks in Tehran.

Harrigian declined to offer any specifics on what type of missile they believed it was.

http://www.businessinsider.com/usaf...hat-targeted-saudi-arabia-was-iranian-2017-11

The thing all of you are missing is: Iran doesn't need any confrontation with KSA. On the contrary KSA really needs a war with Iran since it has lost every single proxy war with Iran.

Why would Iran give Yemen missiles with "Made in Iran" marks all over it? If Iran is so smart that can smuggle something as large as ballistic missiles to Yemen despite KSA, Emirate and USA blockades, then don't you think they could also do something about shape and size of the missile and delete anything that could be traced back to Iran?

KSA, US and France were quick to blame it on Iran. It is the easiest thing to do. But where is the evidence? Show us the parts that "bore Iranian markings", shouldn't be that hard.

Let's hope this is all a game to drive the petroleum price up.

 

[Hack-Hook]

So everyone lies and betrays but no the Persian innocents.

Ok... Sounds legit.

I believe you

Evidence point us to the liars.

 

[Khafee]

What is Iranian equalant of Burkan-2 missile?

Qiam

 

[usmankhan9]

So everyone lies and betrays but no the Persian innocents.

I don't have to prove anything.

I just like Pakistan is.

Neutral

Persian innocents? it clearly shows that you're not at all neutral and by just repeating but not backing it all up with prove is not going to help you're case

May be India supplied, but than who is firing them?

Indian submarines... crawling from Iran to wherever is the answer.

Are u joking or what where is your common sense? its a complex matter which needs understanding and research not your hateful comments. That anti Iranian stance won't help u with viewing it from a neutral prospective.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Qiam

Are you kidding me
please tell me what similarity you see in these pictures
Qiam-1

Burkan-2

now let look at specification
Missile----------------------------Qiqm-1----------------------------------- Burkan-2
Range----------------------------750km------------------------------------1000km
Design------------------------Finless missile-----------------------------Finned Misseile
Guidance---------------INS and terminally Guided----------------INS inaccurate can miss even towns

The Burk
an
-
2 appears to use a new type of warhead section that is locally fabricated. Both Iran
and North Korea have displayed Scud derivatives with shuttlecock
-
shaped warheads, but none of
these match the Yemeni version. The range of the Burkan missiles also appe
ars to have been
extended by a reduction in the weight of their warheads. It can be problematic to take too much
mass from the nose of a ballistic missile as this shifts the missile's centre of gravity in relation to its
centre of pressure, making it less
stable in flight. This was a problem for Iraq's Al Hussein missiles,
which tended to break up on re
-
entry, creating multiple targets for US Patriot batteries to engage
during the 1990
-
91 Gulf War.
Yemen's rebels may be experiencing similar problems. The f
irst two Burkan
-
2 missiles may have
come down in the desert on their way to Riyadh, which would explain why there were no
corroborating reports of those attacks. The coalition statement regarding the third Burkan
-
2 attack
certainly raised questions about t
he accuracy of the missile. It seems unlikely that the rebels would
have deliberately targeted the remote town of Al
-
Rayn as implied; if Riyadh was the intended
target as stated by the rebels, then the missile was significantly off course and came down wel
l
short of the Saudi capital.

http://www.janes.com/images/assets/330/72330/Yemeni_rebels_enhance_ballistic_missile_campaign.pdf