Saudi Arabia and the US’s failure to defend oil facilities has had an impact on the balance of power
Patrick Cockburn
@indyworld
The devastating attack on Saudi oil facilities by drones and missiles not only transforms the balance of military power in the Middle East, but marks a change in the nature of warfare globally.
On the morning of 14 September, 18 drones and seven cruise missiles – all cheap and unsophisticated compared to modern military aircraft – disabled half of Saudi Arabia’s crude oil production and raised the world price of oil by 20 per cent.
This happened despite the Saudis spending $67.6bn (£54bn) on their defence budget last year, much of it on vastly expensive aircraft and air defence systems, which notably failed to stop the attack. The US defence budget stands at $750bn (£600.2bn), and its intelligence budget at $85bn (£68bn), but the US forces in the Gulf did not know what was happening until it was all over.
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Actually I think these arms sales are a form of blackmail: Either you buy all that stuff or we will stop protecting you.
Sorry, I should have posted this in the column: Laughter is the best medicine. It is really funny: purchasing nearly 68 billion USDs worth of arms and be defeated by a few hundred thousand dollars worth of drones…
Yeah it’s called Allah’s vengeance for polluting the Earth with black cancer when there are so many Earth friendly options available.
You have a free Sun up in the sky, use it. 😂