Mashat Warns New Hardware to Change Balance of Power

Local Editor

The President of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council (SPC) Mahdi al-Mashat warned Sunday that the next phase of engagement with the Saudi-led military coalition against Sana’a will be “full of surprises”.

Mashat’s made his remarks during the unveiling ceremony of new domestically-built military hardware in the Yemeni capital Sana’a.

The SPC chief emphasized that “the new weapons will make a profound difference in the balance of power.”

The exhibition dubbed Martyr Saleh al-Samad – in reference to the late president of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council, who was killed in a Saudi airstrike in the western province of Hodeida in April 2018 – showcased ballistic and winged missiles in addition to unmanned aerial vehicles including Quds-1 winged missile, the high-altitude Sammad-1 (Invincible-1) reconnaissance drone, long-endurance Sammad-3 (Invincible-3) unmanned aerial vehicle as well as Qasef-2k (Striker-2k) combat drone.

Source: Yemenwatch.net