In Wednesday's news conference, al Malki said that the missiles were Ya Ali missiles — the same type of weapon that Saudi Arabia said was used in the attacks on Abha airport in June.
But as Hinz noted on Twitter, the wreckage al-Malki presented actually matches the components of a Quds 1, including the type of engine used — a Czech-designed TJ100.
However, Hinz notes, Iran appears to be manufacturing replicas of the TJ-100, too, for use in its drone program. Iran could potentially be furnishing a component, or an entire missile, for use by its Houthi proxies — or the appearance of such a use, Hinz claims.
So the missile debris presented today almost certainly belongs to Quds 1 cruise missiles. The engine matches the Quds 1's Czech-designed TJ-100 engine pretty well ( rear cover might have been changed on one of them) pic.twitter.com/ddxzwwNpCI
— Fabian Hinz (@fab_hinz)
September 18, 2019
rear fuselage matches pretty well too pic.twitter.com/AwbGpEoYMo
— Fabian Hinz (@fab_hinz)
September 18, 2019