Houthi ballistic missile attack on Asir · 8 February 2016
Saudi Air Defense destroys a ballistic missile launched from Yemeni territory
الدفاع الجوي السعودي يدمر صاروخاً بالستياً أطلق من الأراضي اليمنية (machine translation)
- Date
- 8 February 2016 · 29 Rabi' al-Thani 1437 AH
- Place
- Asir
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (4 reports in all)
- Saudi Air Defense destroys a ballistic missile launched from Yemeni territoryالدفاع الجوي السعودي يدمر صاروخاً بالستياً أطلق من الأراضي اليمنية (machine translation)
“The command of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced in a statement that the Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercepted at dawn today (Monday) a ballistic missile that was launched from Yemeni territory toward the Asir region, where it was destroyed in the air without any damage,…”
- Coalition Command: Destruction of a missile launched from Yemen toward Asir. Al-Ekhbariyaقيادة التحالف: تدمير صاروخ أطلق من اليمن تجاه #عسير. #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Coalition command: destruction of a missile launched from Yemen toward Asir. Al-Ekhbariya https://t.co/SVlPKWaDD7 https://t.co/2CUVjCioDW”
- Saudi Arabia intercepts a Houthi missile and destroys its platformالسعودية تعترض صاروخا للحوثيين وتدمّر منصته (machine translation)
“The command of the Arab Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen said in a statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency that air defense forces intercepted the missile and it was destroyed without any damage. The statement indicated that the air forces promptly destroyed the launch platform…”