2020, year of weapons development, advancement of strategic ’balanced deterrence’

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Yemeni Defense Minister, Major General Mohammed Nasser Al-Atefi, confirmed on Sunday, that the year 2020 is the year of Air Defenses and Yemen's Sky is no longer available.

This came during the inaugurating of Martyr Abdulaziz Muharram exhibition for Air Defense system missiles.

The Minister of Defense also confirmed that "2020 is the year of great victories, God willing, and the year of development and upgrading strategic weapons for balanced deterrence."

The Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman, Brigadier Yahya Sarie, assured the Yemeni people that "the armed forces will do their utmost to defend this country, its dignity and sovereignty."

Yemeni President Mahdi Al-Mashat unveiled, Sunday, four new Air Defense systems, Thaqib-1, Thaqib-2, Thaqib-3 and Fatir-1, which were developed with purely Yemeni expertise.

“The new defense systems will change the course of the battle with the US-Saudi aggression, and will provide a start to more sophisticated and effective defense systems in countering enemy air targets,” Al-Mashat said. The President praised the efforts of the Ministry of Defense leadership and the chairmanship of the General Staff in various fields, including the development and modernization of the military industries system in line with the requirements of the battle of confrontation and deterring the forces of aggression.

He pointed out that this qualitative achievement came as the Leader of the Revolution, Sayyed Abdulmalik Al-Houthi, has promised in strengthening and developing defense capabilities, confirming that 2020 will be a year for air defense.

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