military does not provide that type of support to the Saudi-led coalition.' Central Command told The Intercept via email that 't he U.S. drones may also be helping with Saudi munitions targeting,' a spokesperson for U.S. In addition to the U.S., the U.K., and France, the report mentions radar and detection systems from Sweden Austrian Camcopter drones defensive naval rockets from South Korea, Italian warships, and even rocket launcher batteries from Brazil.Īlthough 'the French report suggests that U.S. Overall, the appendix reinforces a point that observers of the war have made since the intervention began: that the military capability of the coalition has been created and sustained almost entirely by the global arms trade. An appendix catalogues the major weapon systems used by the Saudis and Emiratis, but is not a complete list it does not mention munitions, rifles, or several types of armored vehicles spotted by monitoring groups. as well as two types of French naval helicopters. And the coalition blockade, which is aimed at cutting off aid to the Houthi rebels but has also interfered with humanitarian aid shipments, relies on U.S., French, and German models of attack ships. They have lined the Saudi-Yemen border with American Abrams and French AMX 30 tanks, reinforced by at least five types of Western-made artillery guns. The Saudis fly American Apache and Black Hawk helicopters into Yemen from military bases in Saudi Arabia, as well as the French AS-532 Cougar. The Saudi-led bombing campaign in North Yemen primarily relies on three types of aircraft: American F-15s, British EF-2000 Typhoons, and European Tornado fighters. #yemenpapers #publicinterest ĭRM produced the 15-page report for an October meeting of top French officials that included French President Emmanuel Macron, Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly, and Minister of European and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian. An unprecedented leak of secret documents has revealed the massive use of French-made and US-made weapons in the ongoing civil war in Yemen.

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