UPDATED *AGAIN* 11:08 AM EDT -- Houthis Fire Ballistic Missile at Tel Aviv; Flew UNDETECTED for 1800km - HIT TARGET

Source: Hal Turner

Houthis in Yemen fired a new, undetectable, ballistic missile at Israel, hitting a power plant near Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv.  The missile flew 1800km, was airborne for 15 minutes, flew through Saudi Air Space UNDETECTED, actively evaded Israeli jamming and other defenses, including fighter jets,  and struck the power plant it was aimed at.

The distance traveled and the time in the air indicate the missile was flying at an AVERAGE of 7,200 kph.

At about 6:30 AM local time today,  (GMT +3:00), Sunday . . .

a ballistic missile launched by Yemen's Ansarullah movement impacted in Tel Aviv. The target appeared to be the 'Gezer' power plant, 6 kilometers from Ben Gurion airport.  That plant is shown on the scalable map below:

Uncontrollable flames and dark smoke rage at the fuel-operated power plant.

Israelis are  in an emotional meltdown, panicking that this missile flew about almost 2,000km for about 15 mins, from Yemen to heart of Israel, evading all country's defense systems, fighter jets, jamming systems, and over airspace of allied Arab countries like Saudi Arabia without being detected by the Saudis or shot down.

Reportedly several interceptors were launched at the missile by Israel's Hetz defense system, but all of them failed. In addition, Over 20 air defense missiles from Israel's ‘Arrow’ and ‘David’s Sling’ systems were fired, but they failed to intercept the Yemeni missile targeting Tel Aviv.”  Worse, the missile passed (at least) two American destroyers and a French frigate operating in the Red Sea.

Local Israeli media reports say that around 2 million Israelis sought shelter. The extent of damage and the specific type of missile used remain unknown.

Ansarullah released a statement "Yemen warns Israel and Western enemies of more "Unexpected surprises" in coming days."

The attack is part of Yemen actions to punish Israel for the ongoing Genocide in the Gaza Strip, in which at least thirty-eight-0thousands Gaza men, women, and children, have been slaughtered.

UPDATE 10:53 AM EDT --

Netanyahu threatens to exact heavy price after Houthis in Yemen claim responsibility for missile fired at Israel this morning,  IDF is likely updating target list in Yemen at this time.

UPDATE 11:08 AM EDT --

The Houthis likely employed the “Qadr F” variant of Iran’s 20-year-old Qadr-110 or Ghadr-110 medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile.

The missile successfully evaded interception attempts from multiple defense platforms, including the USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112), USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121), and FS Chevalier Paul (D-621), which may have deployed the RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3). Additionally, it bypassed Israel's Iron Dome, Arrow-2, and Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile systems.

Why a single 20-year-old Iranian Ghadr-110 (F variant) Missile Wasn't Intercepted  Submunition Release Tactic: 

The Ghadr-110 F variant, despite being a 20-year-old missile technology, uses a clever strategy to defeat modern missile defenses. Right after its boost phase, it releases submunitions in space, making it incredibly difficult for defense systems to target.  

SM-3 Limitations: The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) ship-based surface-to-air missile is one of the few systems capable of intercepting missiles at such high altitudes, but the Ghadr’s early submunition release was designed to outsmart it. SM-3 is optimized for hitting single, intact warheads, not a cloud of smaller submunitions scattered over a wide area.  

Arrow 2 and 3 Response: The Arrow-3 likely fired at the empty booster, mistaking it for the main threat. Meanwhile, Arrow-2 may have targeted the submunitions, but dealing with so many dispersed warheads is a challenge even for advanced systems.  

Iron Dome's Role: The Iron Dome probably tried to intercept the submunitions, but its focus is on stopping single, direct threats. The dispersed nature of the submunitions, spread across a wide area, made it nearly impossible for Iron Dome to handle.

HAL TURNER REMARKS:

This is amazingly clever missile technology.  Clearly the Iranians, Russians, and perhaps North Koreans, have been actively studying our war-making all over the world, for many years.

They seem to have designed a simple solution to get around, or to confuse, our so-called "Smart weapons."   

Folks, if it wasn't clear before today, it should be clear now:  WE CANNOT DEFEND OURSELVES from these new technologies.

Worse, you've got to know that if these technologies were employed by Iran on 20-year-old missiles, then whatever they -- and the Russians -- have TODAY is even more slick.

If we keep fooling around with Ukraine we could be in for a massive butt-kicking by the Russians.

UPDATE 12:35 PM EDT --

Last night, the world changed. Yemen just entered confirmed S-tier missile tech used in combat. Yemen successfully used a hypersonic missile against one of the most heavily defended airspaces in the world: Tel Aviv.

Yemen could have hundreds of them.

NOTHING in Israel is safe.