Conflict catalog

1994 Yemeni Civil War: Weapons and Equipment

Short civil war after Yemeni unification. This catalog is present because import workflows supplied source-backed North Yemeni F-5 combat-use evidence.

The 1994 Yemeni Civil War was fought between northern government forces and southern secessionist forces after Yemen's post-unification political crisis escalated into open warfare.

This catalog tracks weapon systems directly documented in 1994 Yemeni Civil War use.

Entries should be limited to systems with direct conflict-use sourcing.

3 weapon systems

Conflict Actors

North Yemen / South Yemen

North Yemen

2 weapon systems in this catalog
  • North Yemen

South Yemen

1 weapon system in this catalog
  • South Yemen

Context

Status
Published catalog
Domains
land, air

Weapons

1994 Yemeni Civil War Weapon Systems

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / Tiger II, Supersonic light fighter aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsNorthrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / Tiger IISupersonic light fighter aircraftSide: North YemenRole: Air-to-air fighterBuilt: Northrop Corporation / United StatesThe Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / Tiger II is a lightweight supersonic fighter family developed by Northrop for export customers, low operating cost, and easy support. The later F-5E/F Tiger II and F-5N/F adversary aircraft kept the design relevant through radar, structural, avionics, and training-role upgrades, while combat use spans Vietnam, Iran, Yemen, North Africa, and other source-limited air-war records.

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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Tochka-U, Road-mobile tactical ballistic missile system, ArtilleryArtilleryTochka-URoad-mobile tactical ballistic missile systemSide: North YemenRole: Short-range ballistic missile strikesBuilt: Kolomna Machine Building Design Bureau (KBM) / Soviet Union / RussiaTochka-U is the upgraded 9K79-1/OTR-21 short-range tactical ballistic missile system, carried on a wheeled transporter-erector-launcher and designed for battlefield strikes with high-explosive or cluster warheads. Its public combat record spans post-Soviet, Middle Eastern, and South Caucasus wars, from Russian use in Chechnya and Georgia to Houthi launches in Yemen and documented Russian and Ukrainian Tochka-U use in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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R-17 Scud-B ballistic missile, Short-range ballistic missile, MunitionsMunitionsR-17 Scud-B ballistic missileShort-range ballistic missileSide: South YemenRole: Scud-B strikes against SanaaBuilt: Votkinsk Machine Building Plant / Soviet UnionThe R-17 Elbrus, known to NATO as the SS-1C Scud-B, is a Soviet road-mobile, liquid-fueled short-range ballistic missile built for deep strikes with conventional, chemical, or nuclear payloads. Its combat record spans Egyptian launches in 1973, Iranian and Iraqi city strikes in the 1980-1988 war, Libyan missile attempts in 1986 and 2011, South Yemeni strikes in 1994, Armenian strikes on Ganja in 2020, and Houthi-aligned use of inherited Yemeni stocks, illustrating the lasting political and civilian risk of older inaccurate ballistic missiles.