The Houthi movement on Thursday threatened to attack oil facilities\nand vital infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. The threat was issued in\nresponse to the potential involvement of Riyadh in attacks against\nYemen.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll Saudi oil facilities and vital installations will be targets of\nour missiles and drones if Riyadh becomes involved\u201d in attacks against\nYemen, said Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi in a speech broadcast by\nthe group\u2019s television channel, Al-Masirah.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe equation is (\u2026) an airport answered by an airport, a port\nanswered by a port, and a blockade answered by a blockade,\u201d he\ndeclared.<\/p>\n
The Houthi group fired missiles into Saudi territory on Monday\nfollowing an attack by Yemeni government forces on Sanaa airport, which\nshattered a calm that had lasted for years. Although the Houthis accused\nRiyadh of carrying out the attack on the airport, Riyadh declined to\ncomment on the allegation.<\/p>\n
In his weekly speech, al-Houthi stressed that \u201csurrender is not an\noption in Yemen,\u201d warning that if Saudi Arabia moved towards a\nfull-scale escalation, Yemen would respond in kind.<\/p>\n
He claimed that Saudi Arabia bombed Sanaa International Airport\nbecause it refused to lift the blockade on Yemen, and that Riyadh was\nangered by Sanaa\u2019s response to the attack, although that response itself\nwas limited. \u201cThe true equation is Sanaa International Airport answered\nby an airport in Riyadh,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Military Watch reported that the Royal Saudi Air Force\nlaunched a failed cruise missile strike against Sanaa International\nAirport in Yemen. However, its primary objective \u2014 disabling the\nairport\u2019s runway \u2014 was not achieved as a number of British-made Storm\nShadow cruise missiles missed their targets.<\/p>\n
Around ten Storm Shadow missiles were fired from long range by Saudi\nEurofighter aircraft in an effort to render the runway unusable, but the\nstrike was reported to have failed to inflict damage severe enough to\nhalt airport operations. The operation represents a significant setback\nfor the European air-launched cruise missile class.<\/p>\n
The Storm Shadow was developed jointly by the United Kingdom and\nFrance and is designed to penetrate heavily defended airspace before\nprecisely striking high-value targets. Equipped with the BROACH tandem\nwarhead, specifically intended to destroy reinforced infrastructure, the\nmissile has been widely promoted for attacks on bunkers, command centres\nand airfield facilities.<\/p>\n
A coordinated strike involving around ten missiles would expend\nprecision-guided munitions worth roughly 20 million US dollars. These\nmissiles have been used extensively in the fighting in Ukraine, albeit\nwith mixed results, as Russian electronic warfare systems are reported\nto have achieved significant success against them.<\/p>\n
The reported launch profile is also significant. Rather than\napproaching the target, the attacking aircraft reportedly remained at\nmaximum stand-off range before releasing their missiles. Such tactics\nminimise the risk to the attacking aircraft, but may also reflect\nconcerns about the threat posed by Yemen\u2019s air defence systems.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/houthis-threaten-to-strike-saudi-arabias-vital-infrastructure-1784245887", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }