Saudi warship hit by a Houthi missile off the coast of Yemen

[Kuwaiti Girl]

^^It's an Iranian-made torpedo. What else do you expect lol?

If it was a suicide attack, the Houthis would have proudly admitted it anyway. Islamic groups take pride in their suicide missions and publicize them for local support.

 

[HAIDER]

http://defense-watch.com/tag/al-madinah/

http://defense-watch.com/2017/02/05...lass-frigate-targeted-houthis-arrives-jeddah/

http://forum . keypublishing . com/showthread.php?122232-Navies-news-from-around-the-world-V&p=2372470#post2372470

https://www.dawn.com/news/1313032/saudi-warship-returns-to-port-after-yemen-rebel-attack

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/224976-saudi-warship-returns-to-port-after-yemen-rebel-attack

Looks like the stern sonar deck and helicopter forward of that were damaged. No real visual evidence of serious structural damage to hull of superstructure.


French Eurocopter AS565 SA Dauphin SAR helicopter


No. Shkval would have been underwater, not at the surface (no wake of the size seen in vid) and MUCH faster (Launch speed: 93 km/h; maximum speed: in excess of 370 km/h). Also, the 210 kg conventional warhead would have torn up the entire stern.

Yes, it Euro copy of Chines helo

 

[Penguin]

Definitely not a Hoot nor a suicide boat. Hoot would tear through the hull and we should be able to see the suicide boat if it was a boat.

It is probably a makeshift sort of weapon that Yemenis came up with. Maybe it was a jetski that was armed with a small payload and its driver jumped out before it hit? Because I don't see any driver either but a Jetski would produce waves like that and its speed would kind of be the same.

It does look a bit like a jet-ski, as far as I can tell (and it's hard to tell!).

A semi-submersible craft could be another possibility (but if so, then that's been supplied by an external power, not an improvised suicide craft.) Iran's semi-submersible looks rather too big in this context.

http://covertshores.blogspot.nl/2010/06/north-korean-semi-submersible-craft.html

Pls also not the Iranian 'not quite suicide attack craft"
"Both the IRGC and the Marine Commandos use jet skis as fast reconnaissance and nuisance craft. However, one of the most inventive uses of jet skis also comes out of Iran. Some explosive boats, which are small speed boats which ram their targets to deliver a large warhead, use a jet ski to allow the pilot to escape. The pilot is sitting on the jet ski at the stern of the explosive boat. Once he has aimed the explosive boat at the target, he locks the steering and pulls a lever to jettison himself off the back of the boat on the jet ski, thus making his escape."
http://www.hisutton.com/Special Forces Jet Skis.html

Yes, it Euro copy of Chines helo

Yes, the Euro original copied by China.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aérospatiale

First flight24 January 1975
Introduction December 1978
AS 365 N2
This version – designated AS365 N2 from the outset – introduced the upgraded 549 kW (737 shp) Arriel 1C2 turboshafts, an uprated gearbox, increased maximum take-off weight of 4,250 kg (9,370 lb), redesigned cabin doors and revised interior, enlarged tail fin with all composite Fenestron. Deliveries of this version started in 1990. Licensed versions were assembled in China as the Z-9 and Z-9A and built in Brazil by Helibras.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_AS365_Dauphin

First flight 1981
Introduction 1994
Harbin Z-9
The first Z-9 flew in 1981, and was built in China from components supplied by Aérospatiale as part of a production patent bought on 15 October 1980. On 16 January 1992, the indigenous variant Z-9B, constructed with 70% Chinese-made parts, flew successfully. The flight test was completed in November 1992 and the design was finalized a month later. Z-9B production began in 1993 and entered PLA service in 1994.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbin_Z-9

 

[Arminkh]

http://defense-watch.com/tag/al-madinah/

http://defense-watch.com/2017/02/05...lass-frigate-targeted-houthis-arrives-jeddah/

http://forum . keypublishing . com/showthread.php?122232-Navies-news-from-around-the-world-V&p=2372470#post2372470

https://www.dawn.com/news/1313032/saudi-warship-returns-to-port-after-yemen-rebel-attack

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/224976-saudi-warship-returns-to-port-after-yemen-rebel-attack

Looks like the stern sonar deck and helicopter forward of that were damaged. No real visual evidence of serious structural damage to hull of superstructure.

I saw these pictures too but this is the starboard side, whatever hit the ship hit it from the port side.

 

[Penguin]

I saw these pictures too but this is the starboard side, whatever hit the ship hit it from the port side.

Nah, coming in from port, whatever it was, it hit the stern not the port side itself. You can actually see the tarpaulins used to cover damaged areas.

 

[Oldman1]

^^It's an Iranian-made torpedo. What else do you expect lol?

If it was a suicide attack, the Houthis would have proudly admitted it anyway. Islamic groups take pride in their suicide missions and publicize them for local support.

If it was an Iranian torpedo, it won't keep the U.S. Navy awake if it does that kind of damage then.

 

[eagle2007]

ALCON,

Just to clarify, when I say it could have been a "suicide boat", I don't actually mean someone was onboard, just that whatever this was, was on a one-way trip.

The video posted on the Hoot/VA-111 just adds evidence that this WASN'T that, look at the incredible speed it moves through the water and how much slower the "bogey" that hit the Saudi vessel is moving. Further, as the video of the Hoot test clearly shows, there is very little surface disturbance. In fact what you see if the video is the "trail" of the super-cavitating torpedo.

A more traditional torpedo would create even less surface disturbance.

The idea of a home-made torpedo isn't that far-fetched. For one, it's construction could have caused it to be overly buoyant, explaining the surface disturbance and our inability to see the "bogey".

That said, the amount of surface disturbance still seems to suggest something the size of a small speed boat (bigger than a jet-ski though).

Quite the mystery.

Haider,

As already pointed out by myself and Penguin, the Chinese Harbin Z-9 is a licensed copy of the French-designed Dauphin 2. The Saudi Dauphins are actually old enough, they were built by Aerospatiale, as Eurocopter didn't exist yet. They were purchased with the Al Madinah-class frigates (originally called F2000 export frigates) back in the 1980s.

 

[Khafee]

End of the BS news. Please see how people lie, to suit their agenda.
@WAJsal @Zaki

The video looks fake.

You rightly said the video looks fake, here is the real version of the incident

Video of the incident:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...ide-gunboat-that-attacked-Saudi-frigate-.html

Al Arabiya News EnglishMonday, 6 February 2017
Text size Saudi frigate in the Red Sea, killing two crew members and wounding three, was carried out by a boat.

Giving the details of the attack on its frigate, Saudi Arabia said on Monday that a “suicide gunboat” belonging to the Iranian-backed Houthis rammed the ship in the Red Sea that was patrolling off the Yemeni port of Hodeida.

The Houthis gave a different version, claiming that the frigate was hit by a rocket they fired, starting a fire on board the ship.

^^It's an Iranian-made torpedo. What else do you expect lol?

If it was a suicide attack, the Houthis would have proudly admitted it anyway. Islamic groups take pride in their suicide missions and publicize them for local support.

Torpedoes travel under water. This is a funny torpedo, traveling on water!

 

[Fawad alam]

The video looks fake.

Yes may be but few days back Saudia accepted to hit by suicide ship attack and 2 sailors killed and it looks similar and sure you can see explosion and smoke is not from the ship but outside the ship.
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1049556/saudi-arabia

 

[Penguin]

You rightly said the video looks fake, here is the real version of the incident

Video of the incident:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...ide-gunboat-that-attacked-Saudi-frigate-.html

You can actually see the explosion didn't destroy the helicopter (the 'red' explosion footage shows it intact).

 

[Khafee]

You can actually see the explosion didn't destroy the helicopter (the 'red' explosion footage shows it intact).

Exactly!

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]

If it was an Iranian torpedo, it won't keep the U.S. Navy awake if it does that kind of damage then.

Well, considering all the sanctions, a crappy torpedo is still better than nothing lol.

 

[Penguin]

Well, considering all the sanctions, a crappy torpedo is still better than nothing lol.

Why would you send out your men into harms way to deliver a crappy torpedo?

 

[Khafee]

Why would you send out your men into harms way to deliver a crappy torpedo?

One that can't even submerge, skims the surface with a huge wake. Hmmmm makes a lot of sense!

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]

Why would you send out your men into harms way to deliver a crappy torpedo?

Because it can still kill enemy combatants? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯