In a Reuters story yesterday we find out what one of the "military purchases" was that the President of the US was talking about in establishing his continued support for Saudi Arabia after the killing of a critic in Turkey. One of those things was the same high altitude interceptor (THAAD) that China found objectionable in South Korea. The Chinese object to THAAD because they know it works, not because of those radars they claim looked into their territory. That was absurd.
Now we have something even better. The Saudis will have a high altitude interceptor for any missiles coming their way from Iran, giving them a strategic long-range defense. They already have short-range missiles that work pretty well against the missiles being fired at them from Yemen, and they are getting more experience with that as time goes on. In the last couple of days, the Houthi's have managed to violate their cease fire by firing some more missile into Saudi territory. We should not forget that those missiles are coming from Iran.
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