The second within hours …Yemeni Air Defense Shoots Down Saudi Drone in Al-Jawf

Yemeni Air Defenses of the Army and Popular Committees shot down early Sunday a hostile spy drone run by the US-Saudi aggression while flying in the skies over Al-Jawf governorate.

Armed Forces Spokesman Yahya Sare’e stated that the air defenses shot down a Chinese-made CH-4 combat drone with an undisclosed surface-to-air missile as it was on a reconnaissance mission over Al-Marazeeq district.

Brigadier General Saree reiterated “the assertion that it would not be a “picnic” for anyone to enter the Yemeni airspace because the country’s armed forces protect it.

The CH-4 drone has a 3,500- to 5,000-kilometer range and a 30- to 40-hour endurance. It is capable of carrying six missiles and a payload of up to 250 to 345 kilogram.

The unmanned aerial vehicle can fire air-to-ground missiles from an altitude of 5,000 meters, enabling it to stay outside of the effective range of most anti-aircraft systems.

The development came only a day after the military media released video footage of the wreckage of a Chinese-made Chengdu Wing Loong II drone overrated by the Saudi military.

Yemeni air defense shot down the spy drone over Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Najran, which lies close to the border with Yemen with a surface-to-air missile on May 20.