Saudi air defense forces shoot down 7 Houthi missiles, one expat killed

[Basel]

Outstanding job by Saudi air defenses and the PAC-III. No worries about one missile that didn't function properly, the rest did a great job and especially at the terminal stage, and just at the outskirts of the capital. That is fantastic work.

I laugh at those who jump on the one failure and sail with it lol. This is war and these things happen, especially with complex systems that are tasked with very difficult duties. Intercepting a ballistic missile in it's terminal phase is anything but easy and you can clearly see several of them taking out the incoming ones. 1 failure out of that batch and the goons are jumping up and down. Ridiculous. Hopefully Saudiya wraps up this effort soon and puts those miserable terrorist scum houthis back into the depths of their caves where they belong and help restore Yemen to the country it deserves to be, far away from the grasp of these thugs and terrorist scum.

Good job Saudiya!

Against BM one failure could cause millions of lives because they are primarily built to deliver WMDs not conventional weapons.

 

[The SC]

Outstanding job by Saudi air defenses and the PAC-III. No worries about one missile that didn't function properly, the rest did a great job and especially at the terminal stage, and just at the outskirts of the capital. That is fantastic work.

I laugh at those who jump on the one failure and sail with it lol. This is war and these things happen, especially with complex systems that are tasked with very difficult duties. Intercepting a ballistic missile in it's terminal phase is anything but easy and you can clearly see several of them taking out the incoming ones. 1 failure out of that batch and the goons are jumping up and down. Ridiculous. Hopefully Saudiya wraps up this effort soon and puts those miserable terrorist scum houthis back into the depths of their caves where they belong and help restore Yemen to the country it deserves to be, far away from the grasp of these thugs and terrorist scum.

Good job Saudiya!

And it was not an interception failure.. all missiles were intercepted.. this was mainly a technical failure of one missile

 

[Ceylal]

And it was not an interception failure.. all missiles were intercepted.. this was mainly a technical failure of one missile

Bullshit! The whole world is saying the opposit But you two nitwits.

 

[Gomig-21]

I see deployment of a Fragmentary Blast variant in the available footage.

The only issue with that is if that was the case -- and you're probably referring to a proximity fuse blast -- is what we're seeing at the very start of the video happened at way too low of an altitude, almost immediately post-launch. I find it hard to believe the missile would detonate right after firing like that. That looks more like a disintegration after some malfunction TBH.

The 2nd and 3rd launch looked perfect. They even followed the exact same course and might've hit the same, single incoming missile, like they're supposed to.

Against BM one failure could cause millions of lives because they are primarily built to deliver WMDs not conventional weapons.

The PAC-3 is really designed to be part of a layered or tiered SAM system that works in tandem with another higher altitude system such as THAAD since its range is only for the terminal phase of incoming ballistic missiles. Until the THAAD comes to Saudi Arabia, this is the way they'll do it (and it seems to be getting the job done despite one or two having issues) and then they'll have a complete intercepting system where they should be able to intercept these at a much higher altitude.

It's also designed to fire a pair of missiles per incoming target. The first one takes out the target and the 2nd destroys the debris for low fallout. You can easily see the 2 missiles that scored hits do exactly that in the video. So they worked perfectly.

1. Once in the vicinity of the target, the missile detonates its proximity fused warhead.

Following is the process a PAC-3 firing battery uses to engage a single tactical ballistic missile with two PAC-3 missiles.

1. A missile is detected by the AN/MPQ-65 radar. The radar reviews the speed, altitude, behavior, and radar cross section of the target. If this data lines up with the discrimination parameters set into the system, the missile is presented on the screen of the operator as a ballistic missile target.
2. In the AN/MSQ-104 Engagement Control Station, the TCO reviews the speed, altitude, and trajectory of the track and then authorizes engagement. Upon authorizing engagement, the TCO instructs his TCA to bring the system's launchers into "operate" mode from "standby" mode. The engagement will take place automatically at the moment the computer defines the parameters that ensure the highest probability of kill.
3. The system computer determines which of the battery's launchers have the highest probability of kill and selects them to fire. Two missiles are launched 4.2 seconds apart in a "ripple".
4. The AN/MPQ-65 radar continues tracking the target and uploads intercept information to the PAC-3 missiles which are now outbound to intercept.
5. Upon reaching its terminal homing phase, the Ka band active radar seeker in the nose of the PAC-3 missile acquires the inbound ballistic missile. This radar selects the radar return most likely to be the warhead of the incoming missile and directs the interceptor towards it.
6. The ACMs (attitude control motors) of the PAC-3 missile fire to precisely align the missile on the interception trajectory.
7. The interceptor flies straight through the warhead of the inbound ballistic missile, detonating it and destroying the missile.
8. The second missile locates any debris which may be a warhead and attacks in a similar manner.

And it was not an interception failure.. all missiles were intercepted.. this was mainly a technical failure of one missile

You're right. My bad. Besides the one that looked like it disintegrated shortly after takeoff, the other one that dramatically changed it's course and came down looked like a number of things could've happened. Either the seeker failed for some strange reason or it could've been something as simple as one of the fins sticking after a spring broke or any of a thousand possible critical parts. The former seems more likely because of the dramatic turn it took and headed for the ground.

 

[The SC]

The only issue with that is if that was the case -- and you're probably referring to a proximity fuse blast -- is what we're seeing at the very start of the video happened at way too low of an altitude, almost immediately post-launch. I find it hard to believe the missile would detonate right after firing like that. That looks more like a disintegration after some malfunction TBH.

The 2nd and 3rd launch looked perfect. They even followed the exact same course and might've hit the same, single incoming missile, like they're supposed to.



The PAC-3 is really designed to be part of a layered or tiered SAM system that works in tandem with another higher altitude system such as THAAD since its range is only for the terminal phase of incoming ballistic missiles. Until the THAAD comes to Saudi Arabia, this is the way they'll do it (and it seems to be getting the job done despite one or two having issues) and then they'll have a complete intercepting system where they should be able to intercept these at a much higher altitude.

It's also designed to fire a pair of missiles per incoming target. The first one takes out the target and the 2nd destroys the debris for low fallout. You can easily see the 2 missiles that scored hits do exactly that in the video. So they worked perfectly.

1. Once in the vicinity of the target, the missile detonates its proximity fused warhead.

Following is the process a PAC-3 firing battery uses to engage a single tactical ballistic missile with two PAC-3 missiles.

1. A missile is detected by the AN/MPQ-65 radar. The radar reviews the speed, altitude, behavior, and radar cross section of the target. If this data lines up with the discrimination parameters set into the system, the missile is presented on the screen of the operator as a ballistic missile target.
2. In the AN/MSQ-104 Engagement Control Station, the TCO reviews the speed, altitude, and trajectory of the track and then authorizes engagement. Upon authorizing engagement, the TCO instructs his TCA to bring the system's launchers into "operate" mode from "standby" mode. The engagement will take place automatically at the moment the computer defines the parameters that ensure the highest probability of kill.
3. The system computer determines which of the battery's launchers have the highest probability of kill and selects them to fire. Two missiles are launched 4.2 seconds apart in a "ripple".
4. The AN/MPQ-65 radar continues tracking the target and uploads intercept information to the PAC-3 missiles which are now outbound to intercept.
5. Upon reaching its terminal homing phase, the Ka band active radar seeker in the nose of the PAC-3 missile acquires the inbound ballistic missile. This radar selects the radar return most likely to be the warhead of the incoming missile and directs the interceptor towards it.
6. The ACMs (attitude control motors) of the PAC-3 missile fire to precisely align the missile on the interception trajectory.
7. The interceptor flies straight through the warhead of the inbound ballistic missile, detonating it and destroying the missile.
8. The second missile locates any debris which may be a warhead and attacks in a similar manner.

You're right. My bad. Besides the one that looked like it disintegrated shortly after takeoff, the other one that dramatically changed it's course and came down looked like a number of things could've happened. Either the seeker failed for some strange reason or it could've been something as simple as one of the fins sticking after a spring broke or any of a thousand possible critical parts. The latter seems more likely because of the dramatic turn it took and headed for the ground.

Point "8." might be the cause of the deviation of the Patriot that hit the ground shortly after launch.. it might have sensed a small burning debris close to the ground and automatically turned towards it!?
Other PAC-3 missiles have both a kinetic head and a proximity fuse that detonates very high explosives.. it is a one shot -one kill missile.. where the kinetic head targets the warhead of the incoming BM then followed by a big explosion that takes care of the rest of the missile and the debris..

 

[Websorber]

Iran rejects Saudi claims on Yemen missiles as ‘unfounded’

ow.ly/8qz130jetdy

 

[Websorber]

Badr 1 Targets Al-Anad Base in Lahj
Site: english.almasirah

 

[Imran Khan]

Badr 1 Targets Al-Anad Base in Lahj
Site: english.almasirah
View attachment 474796

hitting own country with missiles and proud ?

 

[Websorber]

Yemeni popular forces of Ansarullah, for the second night in a row, fired a ballistic missile into Saudi Arabia
From:almasirah

 

[The SC]

Yemeni popular forces of Ansarullah, for the second night in a row, fired a ballistic missile into Saudi Arabia
From:almasirah
View attachment 475429 View attachment 475429

They get all intercepted.. BTW the Houthis are on the brink of collapse..

 

[Websorber]

Badr 1 Targets Jizan Airport
Site: almasirah

 

[Trango Towers]

They get all intercepted.. BTW the Houthis are on the brink of collapse..

Then this is no news

 

[Gomig-21]

BTW the Houthis are on the brink of collapse..

Need to finish them off completely, destroy any will they have left for any type of comeback or resistance. Get them to surrender every single weapon they have and institute a death penalty law for anyone who carries a weapon from here on or accepts any weapon from across the Gulf of Oman. Then the long road to healing will begin and that country can actually prosper very nicely, like it deserves.

 

[Websorber]

Rocketry Force Targets Riyadh.

http://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=1295&cat_id=1

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Rocketry Force Targets Riyadh.

http://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=1295&cat_id=1

Firstly all those useless firecrackers have been dealt with.

Secondly why is this farsi false-flagger troll not banned from this section for spreading Houthi terrorist cult propaganda and spamming this forum with their propaganda webpages and derailing numerous threads?

Take a look at the user history of this tool.

@The Eagle @Zaki @waz