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Barq 2
The Barq 2 (برق 2) is a Yemeni/Houthi (Ansar Allah [أنصار الله]), medium-range, rail-launched, radar-guided, surface-to-air missile (SAM). Lineage The Barq 2 would seem to be a renamed Iranian missile, likely the Taer 2 (طائر ۲), also seen a Ta'er 2, which is thought to have been developed for the Iranian ‘Sevom Khorad’ (سوم خرداد) ADS. The Taer 2 SAM, and hence Barq 2, are likely based on the Soviet Union, later Russian Federation, deve...
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