Houthi forces appear to have targeted a collection of heavy construction equipment belonging to Yemen’s Aden-based government troops with antitank guided missiles. Video released by Houthi military media shows multiple strikes slamming into excavators, loaders, and other machinery positioned in a rocky mountainous quarry. Large smoke plumes and fiery explosions erupt across the rugged terrain as the missiles find their marks, leaving the equipment engulfed in thick black clouds.

The footage captures the precision and impact of the attack in clear detail, with successive hits lighting up the hillside and scattering debris. The choice of targets suggests an effort to disrupt earth-moving and logistical operations rather than direct troop concentrations. Questions are already emerging about how the Houthis located the equipment, the type of antitank system used, and whether similar strikes on heavy machinery will become a recurring tactic in the ongoing fighting.