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Houthi's launch IRBM at Mecca!
2019-05-20
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Posted by:3dc

#10  Shoot. Mr. Wife takes me away for a few days, and certain people out there start getting overexcited.

Good catch, 3dc. Thank you for being on top of this for us.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-05-20 19:31  

#9  #1 The Saudis are buying several billion dollars of the latest US ABMs. And in numbers to take out a "saturation" attack.

Any Israeli involvement has been "greenwashed" though American companies.
Posted by: The peanut gallery   2019-05-20 13:47  

#8  Missed it by just this much. ----Don Adams
Posted by: AlanC   2019-05-20 11:06  

#7  You guys missed it. Try again and adjust for windage this time!
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-05-20 10:32  

#6  Near Mecca, eh? If one had a submarine with a couple spare cruise missiles and wanted to do a little pot-stirring....
Speaking hypothetically, of course.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-05-20 10:13  

#5  Hajj 2019® is coming up soon.

Wonder if this isn't testing a backdoor method to reduce 'tourists' and thereby cutting into SA's economy and stature.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-05-20 09:32  

#4  Something that should have been done by someone right after 9-11. Suggest operational name, "Doolittle’s Raiders".

Instead of sneaking bin Laden's family out of our country.
Posted by: Woodrow   2019-05-20 07:18  

#3  Richard Aubrey: Saudi Arabian Patriot air defence batteries engaged Iranian-made Houthi ballistic missiles over Jeddah and Taif this morning
Posted by: 3dc   2019-05-20 05:55  

#2  I think they bought the MM23 Hawk systems from Raytheon. They buy from all over actually. Recently bought IRBMs from China.

Posted by: Dron66046   2019-05-20 05:22  

#1  "saudi air defenses"??? Built in the US or in Israel?
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2019-05-20 00:22  

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