wc back sir too long. On topic middle east is burning
Thank you sir, sorry due to work I have not been able to give time to the forum. Indeed entire middle east is in a crisis right now. Interestingly a lot of mention of Turkiye and Pakistan what is missing from this list are the Sudanese and Saudi Backed Yemini forces, we already know that both the French and The Hellenic Armed Forces (Greek) have positioned patriot batteries along various parts of KSA.
The Brits and the French are also providing Air Refueling capability to the Saudis with the Brits and Americans providing geo-spatial intelligence for targeting. Not sure what if any difference increased intervention of US via air-strike can add to the current strategy that KSA wants to utilize, based on all available information some of the air-strikes have been effective.
Obviously no amount of batteries will provide a 100% shield against drone and missile strikes, a lot of people forget Saudi's Land mass is greater than Western Europe.
Any singular government would struggle to provide multilayered advanced air defense cover to such a large area so the Saudis are deploying the batteries belonging to them and allied nations on a priority bases to safeguard the most vital infrastructure.
Targeting of civilian infrastructure which has no military presence and military objective is criminal in my book. But this was well expected as this conflict expanded that such attacks would be carried out to tarnish the global image of KSA as a stable business partner.
Of course whilst such attacks are spectacular and grab media attention (exactly what they are designed to do) they achieve no military objectives.
This of course is having massive impact on global fuel supplies and livelihoods. I did mention this in other threads, if people think that the current status quo will be simply accepted as a "norm" is lunacy and you will expect a dramatic action soon.
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