“The air defenses shot down a Chinese-made CH-4 combat drone with an undisclosed surface-to-air missile as it was on a reconnaissance mission over Al-Marazeeq district,” Armed Forces Spokesman Yahya Sare’e stated.
The CH-4 drone has a 3,500- to 5,000-kilometer range and a 30- to 40-hour endurance. It is capable of carrying six missiles and a payload of up to 250 to 345 kilograms.
The unmanned aerial vehicle can fire air-to-ground missiles from an altitude of 5,000 meters, enabling it to stay outside of the effective range of most anti-aircraft systems.
The development came only a day after the military media released video footage of the wreckage of a Chinese-made Chengdu Wing Loong II drone overrated by the Saudi military.
Yemeni air defense shot down the spy drone over Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Najran, which lies close to the border with Yemen with a surface-to-air missile in May.