Without Conventional Airpower, Yemen’s Houthis Turn To UAS

Samad UAS
Samad UAS are being assembled in Yemen using parts from China and Germany, according to a U.N. report.
Credit: United Nations Security Council Report
The Pentagon’s decision to send fifth-generation fighters to bolster the United Arab Emirates’ defenses highlights the dramatic success of the Houthis’ asymmetric campaign of air strikes using unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Poorly equipped insurgent forces with no airpower in Yemen have been...

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