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Report claims Yemen's Houthis have a hypersonic missile, possibly raising stakes in Red Sea crisis (apnews.com)
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[–] PanArab@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The USSR wasn’t perfect and there were some mistakes that they have done, such as supporting Israel early on. But one lasting good thing it did was help People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) develop their missile program. We are seeing the lasting legacies of this now.

An interesting source on this: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP06T00412R000200350001-0.pdf