Saudi Arabia running out of Patriot missiles

[Dariush the Great]

Trump was an honest bastard.

Fyi, Yemen's Ma'rib has an oil field as big as two provinces of Iran. Right or wrong, doesn't really matter at the moment. If USA puts its filthy hands on oil fields of Yemen, then they would be able to compensate all of their economical problems/deficiencies. Free oil as per American analyst quotes, can refill USA's wells of strategic oil reserves that are getting empty at the moment. It will inject a Fresh blood into USA's dead veins.

Helping Saudis is shortsightedness at the very least. Power of al Saud family doesn't stem from people of Arabian peninsula, like M. R. Shah Pahlavi of Iran or Saddam Of Iraq or other dictators, traitors and fifth columns supported by USA. They are doomed to fail.

Yemeni army general once said that we receive help from inside Saudi Arabia and our brothers in Arabian peninsula provided us with exact coordinations of ARAMCO and other important installations of KSA. Yemenis never target civilians of that country unlike what Saudi propaganda machines claimed.

Currently Yemen is surrounded by American, British and French warships. You may wonder, what the hell are they doing along with Yemeni coast lines. Find your answer in Syria and Iraq, USA is there for their resources.

Watching Chinese drones in the hands of Sauds is not something to be happy about. It truly is embarrassing to see Iranian designed missiles targeting Chinese drones. WTF?

P. S. military policy is different from economical doctorine. Countries supply other countries with high tech weapons as per their long term interests not short term. And i don't think that China's long term interests lies within supporting an American stooge in the energy house of Planet earth so called Middle East.

I kinda agree with you. Chinese should be selling their arms to Iran now rather than the Saudis. Disappointing.

 

[Muhammed45]

I kinda agree with you. Chinese should be selling their arms to Iran now rather than the Saudis. Disappointing.

Iran doesn't need CH-4 drones.

 

[Dariush the Great]

Iran doesn't need CH-4 drones.

Not the drones you mentioned. Other hardware.

 

[Tomcats]

They did just that and patriots are on their way. Full stock will be replenished.

Though this got me thinking, in an unlikely scenario where Pakistan 'steps up' and deploys their own or at least helps in creating/augmenting an Air Defense network for Saudi Arabia, how feasible is this and how effective would it be?

 

[Muhammed45]

Though this got me thinking, in an unlikely scenario where Pakistan 'steps up' and deploys their own or at least help in creating an Air Defense network for Saudi Arabia, how feasible is this and how effective?

Pakistan better create an air defence network for itself. What say you?

India armed with S-400 capable of targeting ground based radars and airdefense batteries should be your main Focus.

 

[Abid123]

Though this got me thinking, in an unlikely scenario where Pakistan 'steps up' and deploys their own or at least helps in creating/augmenting an Air Defense network for Saudi Arabia, how feasible is this and how effective would it be?

Why cant we focus on our own military development? We dont need to help Saudi Arabia to create an "Air defense network" They have a multi layered air defense network. They dont need our help. After having inducted HQ-9 our next purchase should be the S-500.

 

[dani191]

this missle is too expensive need mega vatt laser instead

 

[SQ8]

Though this got me thinking, in an unlikely scenario where Pakistan 'steps up' and deploys their own or at least helps in creating/augmenting an Air Defense network for Saudi Arabia, how feasible is this and how effective would it be?

Pakistan doesn’t have the IADs that Saudi Arabia does which is more sophisticated in some ways. Frankly, Pakistan has nothing to offer in this regard except some technologies which the US hasn’t provided yet. Bitter pill to swallow but Pakistan is no longer the premier supplier of anything including training to any GCC state.

 

[Tomcats]

Pakistan doesn’t have the IADs that Saudi Arabia does which is more sophisticated in some ways. Frankly, Pakistan has nothing to offer in this regard except some technologies which the US hasn’t provided yet. Bitter pill to swallow but Pakistan is no longer the premier supplier of anything including training to any GCC state.

Quite sobering and unfortunate really.

 

[BHAN85]

this missle is too expensive need mega vatt laser instead

you wrong,

because Yemen war is for test expensives weapons, it's not for win the war.

Iran and Saudi Arabia are just using Yemeni people to test weapons.

Yemen war is to GCC, like Afghanistan war was to NATO, a place where kill people with impunity, train soldiers, and test expensive weapons.

 

[lcloo]

I kinda agree with you. Chinese should be selling their arms to Iran now rather than the Saudis. Disappointing.

Arms trasactions are initiated by buyers. If Iran wants to buy Chinese weapons I don't see why China will not sell. IMO Iran is aimining for self-sufficiency by conducting own R&D and self-manufacturing instead of dependiing on foreign suppliers.

Also since China is not intervening in politics of buyers, they will sell to any buyer with-out political bias nor political strings attached..

 

[dani191]

you wrong,

because Yemen war is for test expensives weapons, it's not for win the war.

Iran and Saudi Arabia are just using Yemeni people to test weapons.

Yemen war is to GCC, like Afghanistan war was to NATO, a place where kill people with impunity, train soldiers, and test expensive weapons.

every missle cost 3 milion dollar 1000 mega vat of chimical laser cost 2000 dollar for shut down missile and it take him 3 seconds

 

[Shotgunner51]

Arms trasactions are initiated by buyers. If Iran wants to buy Chinese weapons I don't see why China will not sell. IMO Iran is aimining for self-sufficiency by conducting own R&D and self-manufacturing instead of dependiing on foreign suppliers.

Also since China is not intervening in politics of buyers, they will sell to any buyer with-out political bias nor political strings attached..

Especially when Chinese defense companies are mostly SOE, their top mandate is to fulfill assignments given by Beijing, they are far less commercially incentivized than privately-owned contractors in other countries.

 

[casual]

Currently, CH-4 drones are being downed like flies over Yemeni skies.

I don't really understand Chinese military policy. Not everything is all about money. Plus a lackey cannot raise voice against its master. Sauds are still ruling one of the most important Islamic lands thanks to American/British support and when the time comes they will be one of the biggest American pawns in the region.

But who cares, Lets sell American ally bunch of drones and make profit. Something that i don't really expect from this smart country of the Chinese.

I don't see it that way. In China doesn't sell the Saudis will just buy from US or some other country. Plus China gets variable combat experience and data that's being used to improve on the design.

 

[Shotgunner51]

CH-4 drones

These are MALE, a relatively competitive category of drones in international market, KSA can buy from other sources even if China rejects. It's not like HALE that China impose exports ban (alongside with super computers excedding 8 teraflop), say WZ-7, WZ-8, GJ-11 and such.

China bans exports of super computers, drones - China.org.cn

China will ban exports of high-performance drones and computers due to national security reasons, trade and customs authorities said on Friday.

www.china.org.cn