Did American Missile
Defense Fail in Saudi Arabia?
By MAX FISHER, ERIC SCHMITT, AUDREY CARLSEN and MALACHY BROWNE DEC. 4, 2017
The official story was clear: Saudi forces shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebel group last month at Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh. It was a victory for the Saudis and for the United States, which supplied the Patriot missile defense system.
“Our system knocked the missile out of the air,†President Trump said the next day from Air Force One en route to Japan, one of the 14 countries that use the system. “That’s how good we are. Nobody makes what we make, and now we’re selling it all over the world.â€
But an analysis of photos and videos of the strike posted to social media suggests that story may be wrong.
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/04/world/middleeast/saudi-missile-defense.html
We'll have to see, not my area of expertise and I don't necessarily agree with the article.
