Houthi official slams US-made THAAD as missile breaches Israeli defences

A senior Houthi official has mocked the United States' advanced Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system after another missile from Yemen breached Israeli airspace, calling it a glaring failure of American military technology.

Nasruddin Amer, a leading figure in the Houthi media authority, declared that each day of Israel's aggression against Gaza sees the evolution of Yemeni weaponry and exposes "more failures for the Zionists and Americans."

Writing on X, Amer highlighted that hypersonic missiles remain beyond the reach of Israel’s defence systems, urging the country to cease its war on Gaza.

The missile, reportedly intercepted only partially after bypassing Israel’s primary defence mechanisms, underscores the shortcomings of the much-touted THAAD system. This comes after the Israeli military deployed the American-made defence system for the first time last week, following repeated failures by its domestic systems to neutralise Yemeni missiles.