Iranian-Adapted Missile May Have Downed Saudi UAV

Israeli sources say Houthi rebels in Yemen have downed a Chinese-made UAV operated by Saudi Arabia using an air-to-air missile adapted by the Iranians to be fired from the ground. At first it seemed that the Wing Loong 2 UAV was downed by a shoulder-fired missile, which are frequently used by the...
Arie Egozi

Arie was born in Israel and served in the Israeli Defense Forces. He graduated from Tel Aviv University with a degree in political science and journalism. Later, he worked as a defense correspondent for Israel’s largest daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronot. He is the editor-in-chief of the Israeli homeland security website I-HLS.

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