🇸🇦🇾🇪 Saudi Arabia's multibillion-dollar air defenses got outplayed by Houthi drones, and Riyadh is now investigating how missiles flew 620 miles to hit its airport The Houthis sent drones in first to soak up the defenses, then cruise and ballistic missiles poured through the gap toward King Khalid International, all with no early warning, according to two regional officials cited by the AP. Some of those warheads can change direction mid-flight, which is exactly the kind of trick that gives Patriot interceptors trouble. America should be paying close attention, since those same Patriots guard US troops and Gulf oil fields, and drones-first salvos are straight out of Iran's playbook. If a militia in Yemen can beat Patriots with cheap drones and swerving warheads, the answer is more layers built for cheap threats, like lasers, guns and counter-drone systems, because firing a $4 million interceptor at every drone is a race America can't win. Source: Associated Press / Writer: Daniel