verboten

Actually, Houthis are smarter than sand niggers:

The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point: The Houthi War Machine (2018)

I think the drones and missiles are actually produced domestically: The Houthis got a head start with help from Iran, but now they can only smuggle small amounts of material because they are surrounded and have no ports left. They have the capital with the industrial base and the gold to buy technology. They have missiles and drones that are similar to Iranian ones, but they are modified (e.g. for having lesser payload but longer range).

South Front: Missiles And Drones: A Close Look At Houthis’ New Weapons

They know that they can only stop the war if they bring it to Saudi Arabia, so they are desperate to develop and produce missiles. The drones and missiles have to be small so they can get transported in pieces without getting spotted by the SA air force, and that makes them small enough to even get smuggled deep into SA before used. The alternative, that Iran can send dozens of drones and cruise missiles over the gulf and deep into enemy territory completely undetected, is quite frightening. Is the Patriot system really that bad?

The Houthis use drones (used to crash into the radar of the Patriot systems) and their cruse missiles (for the final blow) almost every day, hitting airports, military bases and oil infrastructure deep in Saudi territory, so there is no reason not to believe them.

And don't mix the Houthis with Saudi Arabians, better not to underestimate them: Houthis climbing the mountains like goats, goat fuckers running . Practiced in the use of ATGMs and IEDs . Sometimes, they get Abrams with Konkurs ATGMs, but sometimes the tank crew just runs away . High morale .

ardvarcus

I don't know who is building these missiles and drones for the Arabs, but there is no way the Arabs are building them, because they are total fuckups who couldn't build a sand castle without help.

Wynterwhisper

Russia. I'm pretty sure Putin openly offered to sell to Iran. Chuckling ensued.

derram

https://unvis.it/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-aramco-houthis/yemen-houthi-drones-missiles-defy-years-of-saudi-air-strikes-idUSKBN1W22F4 :

2019-09-17 | Yemen Houthi drones, missiles defy years of Saudi air strikes - Reuters

'The moment was a celebration of sorts for Yemen’s Houthi fighters. '

'They also took over large swathes of Yemen’s conventional military, including Scud missiles, when they seized the capital in late 2014. '

'The Houthis’ growing military clout has checked Saudi ambitions in Yemen. '

'The U.N. says the Houthis’ arsenal now also includes anti-ship cruise missiles, waterborne improvised explosive devices, ballistic and cruise missiles and rockets. '

'Despite years of air strikes against them, the militia now boast drones and missiles able to reach deep into Saudi Arabia, the result of an armament campaign pursued and expanded energetically since Yemen’s war began four years ago. '


This has been an automated message.

RexYehudi

Missiles and drone aircraft are seen on display at an exhibition at an unidentified location in Yemen in this undated handout photo released by the Houthi Media Office on September 17, 2019. Houthi Media Office ..