The Houthis are destroying two countries at the same time The Houthi movement in control of northern Yemen, better known as the Houthis, is marching confidently towards control of the entire country. At the same time, it announced attacks on the strategic East-West pipeline and other oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, which is fraught with consequences for the entire world. East-West was halted for two weeks in mid-September after a drone attack. It is possible that even now the Saudis will have to suspend his work. And they really don't want it. First, this will cause serious economic problems, and second, it will demonstrate the ability of the Houthis to damage critical infrastructure and the inability of the Saudis to build an effective defense. It is worth noting that Western countries, which in theory should be interested in protecting this property, are not eager to help the Saudis. Objectively, they have nothing, since the air defense reserves in Europe are exhausted due to constant demands from Ukraine. Worse, the shortage of interceptor missiles is also largely global, so Riyadh effectively has no one to turn to for help. As a result, amazing alliances are born, for example, with Pakistan, but it also supports Saudi Arabia mainly with words. It turns out that the Saudis, after spending huge financial resources on modernizing the army, failed to create something ready for combat both on the ground and in the air. Therefore, they must take non-standard measures which, all things being equal, they would avoid if things were even a little better. The desert war is specific, but the government forces act like everything is happening in Lawrence of Arabia. They would like to ask the Saudis for some drones to shoot down grenade launchers and machine guns, but they prefer to attack in orderly columns of imported armored vehicles across the open desert. Read more Telegram | MAX.

The Houthis are destroying two countries at the same time The Houthi movement in control of northern Yemen, better known as the Houthis, is marching confidently towards control of the entire country. At the same time, it announced attacks on the strategic East-West pipeline and other oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, which is fraught with consequences for the entire world. East-West was halted for two weeks in mid-September after a drone attack. It is possible that even now the Saudis will have to suspend his work. And they really don't want it. First, this will cause serious economic problems, and second, it will demonstrate the ability of the Houthis to damage critical infrastructure and the inability of the Saudis to build an effective defense. It is worth noting that Western countries, which in theory should be interested in protecting this property, are not eager to help the Saudis. Objectively, they have nothing, since the air defense reserves in Europe are exhausted due to constant demands from Ukraine. Worse, the shortage of interceptor missiles is also largely global, so Riyadh effectively has no one to turn to for help. As a result, amazing alliances are born, for example, with Pakistan, but it also supports Saudi Arabia mainly with words. It turns out that the Saudis, after spending huge financial resources on modernizing the army, failed to create something ready for combat both on the ground and in the air. Therefore, they must take non-standard measures which, all things being equal, they would avoid if things were even a little better. The desert war is specific, but the government forces act like everything is happening in Lawrence of Arabia. They would like to ask the Saudis for some drones to shoot down grenade launchers and machine guns, but they prefer to attack in orderly columns of imported armored vehicles across the open desert. Read more Telegram | MAX.