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The Saudi Arabian Armed Forces (SAAF) has targeted positions and fortifications of the Houthis (Ansar Allah) in the area of Almalaheeth in the northern Yemeni province of Sadaa with Russian-made TOS-1A thermobaric rocket launchers.
On February 4, Saudi military blogger Sulaiman al-Doosari shared footage of the intense rocket attack that was carried out by the SAAF’s 18th Brigade.
راجمات اللواء الثامن عشر اثناء دك اذناب
الحوثيين قبالة #الخوبة في #الملاحيط.الموقع تحول الى جحيم كامل براجمات اللهب
من نوع TOS-A1 ، تمت ابادة جميع الحوثيين
بعد استهدافهم بالصواريخ 🇸🇦🏴☠️#صعدة pic.twitter.com/FhUgE2JFoK— SulaimanAldoosari (@SAUDI_POWER0) February 4, 2022
The TOS-1A, which is based on the T-72 battle tank chassis, launches 220mm thermobaric rockets with a unique fuel air explosives warhead and a range of up to six kilometers. The systems is mainly used against military personnel, equipment and buildings, including fortified constructions, such as trenches, tunnels and caves.
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Russia delivered an unknown number of TOS-1A systems to Saudi Arabia in 2019 under an arms deal that was signed two years earlier. The SAAF has been using the systems to destroy Houthi fortifications along the Kingdom’s border, ever since.
To this day, the Houthis control a long strip of the Yemeni border with Saudi Arabia. Houthi fighters conducted two successful operations near the border of the Kingdom in December and January, despite the SAAF heavy presence.
