Yemen's Ansar Allah unveils its rocket power

[Gufi]

Ansar Allah, the Yemeni Zaidi group that a coalition of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia is currently trying to defeat, has unveiled 'homemade' rockets for the first time as well as a BM-27 Uragan multiple rocket launcher (MRL) under its control.

The Piercing Star (Al-Najim al-Thaqib) rockets were seen for the first time in footage broadcast on 26 May by Al-Masirah, a television news station that supports Ansar Allah.

Al-Masirah reported that the Piercing Star 1 is 3 m long, has a range of 45 km and a 50 kg payload. The larger Piercing Star 2 is 5 m long, has a range of 75 km and a 75 kg payload. Both types have fixed stabilisation fins and are launched from rails rather than tubes.

Al-Masirah showed the two types being fired from both static and mobile launchers, including one where the rails were attached to the bed of a dump truck. It claimed both types were being used against military targets inside Saudi Arabia.

On the same day, Al-Masirah also showed footage of a 220 mm BM-27 Uragan with an Ansar Allah banner on its cab firing four rockets. The BM-27, which is the largest calibre MRL in service with the Yemeni military, has a range of 34-36 km and can use a variety of warheads, including anti-tank submunitions that can be dispersed over a large area.

Pro-Ansar Allah sources are claiming that the Saudi provinces of Jizan and Najran are being hit hard by the group's retaliatory rocket attacks, but the Saudi authorities are covering up the damage being inflicted.

 

[Gufi]

Yemen's Ansar Allah unveils its rocket power - IHS Jane's 360

 

[Falcon29]

50kg payload my butt, no way more than 20kg. Probably homemade 'warhead' of metal scraps.

 

[Gufi]

50kg payload my butt, no way more than 20kg. Probably homemade 'warhead' of metal scraps.

The issue is not the warhead or its strength but is Saudi being bombarded and is unable to react.....

but the Saudi authorities are covering up the damage being inflicted.

 

[Falcon29]

The issue is not the warhead or its strength but is Saudi being bombarded and is unable to react.....

They are rarely bombarded and these launchers are easy targets for Air Force.

 

[The SiLent crY]

50kg payload my butt, no way more than 20kg. Probably homemade 'warhead' of metal scraps.

This is just the beginning , Don't forget that Hezbollah started from simple unguided rockets in 80s .

Unlike Hamas traitors these people deserve our technology and since majority of Iranians from any sect , ethnic and ideology hate Saudi Arabia I believe Saudis will have more fears in the future .

Lets wait for a better future .

 

[azzo]

Saudis will have more fears in the future .

Believe me, young people in Saudi Arabia are dying for a war ,they're even some demands for conscription now.

 

[The SiLent crY]

Believe me, young people in Saudi Arabia are dying for a war ,they're even some demands for inscription now.

So , That's why majority of suicide bombers in Iraq and Syria are from Saudi Arabia !?

 

[IR1907]

^^

 

[azzo]

So , That's why majority of suicide bombers in Iraq and Syria are from Saudi Arabia !?

The majority of ISIS are Iraqis, followed by Tunisians.
And yes, they're dying to go to war with Iran.

 

[Indus Falcon]

Believe me, young people in Saudi Arabia are dying for a war ,they're even some demands for inscription now.

I think you meant conscription.

 

[azzo]

I think you meant conscription.

Fixed

 

[azzo]

Hahahah. Young Saudi's are DYING for poor African hunger babies to come and fight their wars yes?? Yes? Habib?

The government has not yet made a decision to deploy troops, if it did and WE refused then come back to me.

 

[IR1907]

The government has not yet made a decision to deploy troops, if it did and WE refused then come back to me.

So why you dont deploy troops ? Because you know that you cant defeat the Houthis and it will be a long devastating war for your troops, like the Americans in Iraq,Afghanistan

Be honest with yourself Saudi friend.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

So why you dont deploy troops ? Because you know that you cant defeat the Houthis and it will be a long devastating war for your troops, like the Americans in Iraq,Afghanistan

Be honest with yourself Saudi friend.

you are wrong they got cannon fodder from Pakistan willing to go like Jamal Nasir's ill fated foot soldiers he lost 10,000 men and many tens of thousands injured we might loose even more and Nawas sherif and his family will get some super plazas and sky scrapers as a gift