COL Ted Mc 1077096 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>From Janes IHS 360<br /><br />Yemeni rebels claim third anti-ship missile attack<br /><br />Ansar Allah, the Yemeni group that ousted the country's president last year, claimed on 26 October that it had sunk a naval vessel off the coast of Taizz province using an anti-ship missile.<br /><br />This was the third time the group claimed to have launched an attack on a naval vessel operated by the Arab coalition that is fighting to reinstall the president. It was also the first such occurrence to be accompanied by footage purportedly showing the targeted warship and the missile being launched.<br /><br />The footage initially aired by Al-Masirah TV, a Yemeni channel that supports Ansar Allah, showed one of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) Baynunah-class corvettes apparently filmed from another vessel. It later released more footage that clearly showed the Egyptian Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Taba (916). Neither vessel was seen being attacked.<br /><br />The extended Al-Masirah package also identified a Baynunah corvette and the Saudi replenishment vessel Yunbou as the targets of the attacks supposedly carried out on 7 and 10 October.<br /><br />EDITORIAL COMMENT:- Normally Janes is pretty good about accuracy, but the caption on the photo completely (well, almost completely) contradicts the article. In any event it really doesn't have anything to do with it since the article makes it pretty clear that no one is "supplying" anything that wasn't already on the ground. 2015-10-30T13:23:16-04:00 COL Ted Mc 1077096

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>From Janes IHS 360<br /><br />Yemeni rebels claim third anti-ship missile attack<br /><br />Ansar Allah, the Yemeni group that ousted the country's president last year, claimed on 26 October that it had sunk a naval vessel off the coast of Taizz province using an anti-ship missile.<br /><br />This was the third time the group claimed to have launched an attack on a naval vessel operated by the Arab coalition that is fighting to reinstall the president. It was also the first such occurrence to be accompanied by footage purportedly showing the targeted warship and the missile being launched.<br /><br />The footage initially aired by Al-Masirah TV, a Yemeni channel that supports Ansar Allah, showed one of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) Baynunah-class corvettes apparently filmed from another vessel. It later released more footage that clearly showed the Egyptian Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Taba (916). Neither vessel was seen being attacked.<br /><br />The extended Al-Masirah package also identified a Baynunah corvette and the Saudi replenishment vessel Yunbou as the targets of the attacks supposedly carried out on 7 and 10 October.<br /><br />EDITORIAL COMMENT:- Normally Janes is pretty good about accuracy, but the caption on the photo completely (well, almost completely) contradicts the article. In any event it really doesn't have anything to do with it since the article makes it pretty clear that no one is "supplying" anything that wasn't already on the ground.

2015-10-30T13:23:16-04:00 2015-10-30T13:23:16-04:00 SCPO David Lockwood 1077122

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>First time I've heard of this group.

2015-10-30T13:36:39-04:00 2015-10-30T13:36:39-04:00 SSG Todd Halverson 1077171

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have heard of the group, but was unaware of their latest attacks.

2015-10-30T13:56:11-04:00 2015-10-30T13:56:11-04:00 LCDR Private RallyPoint Member 1082152

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I agree that Jane's is a normally a reliable source but even the article states the group has claimed to have carried out these attacks. Firing a cruise missile from shore at a moving ship at sea especially in that busy area is not the easiest. You need a way to track and identify your target. I doubt this group posses either and only has the missiles because the stole them. Just my opinion.

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