Ballistic Missile Fired at Saudi Capital Riyadh

[JJ_BPK]

?? What do you hear ??

source,, F.6 unknown



Ballistic Missile Fired at Saudi Capital Riyadh

Unconfirmed reports say a missile was intercepted by Saudi Patriot missile defense battery in the vicinity of Riyadh's international airport

Haaretz Nov 04, 2017 8:42 PM

A ballistic missile fired at the Saudi capital of Riyadh from Yemen was intercepted by Saudi air defense, the military said Saturday, according to local reports.

State-owned Al Ekhbariya TV said it was brought down north of King Khaled International Airport and there were no casualties reported

The reports said loud explosions were heard in the vicinity of the airport.

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.821006

[Box]

fuck em'

Arabs trying to kill Arabs with American resources (patriot defenses) saving their asses

death to america

[JJ_BPK]

new source, this one is E.5 unreliable

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/04/middleeast/saudi-arabia-ballistic-missile/index.html

[tonyz]

SKY News AU

Ballistic missile intercepted in Saudi Arabia
Updated: 6:39 am, Sunday, 5 November 2017

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2017/11/05/ballistic-missile--intercepted-near-riyadh-.html

BBC

Saudi Arabia has intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, reports say, after a loud explosion was heard near Riyadh airport.
BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41872995

[Golf1echo]

Too late to get a commission based sales job with Raytheon?

[Flagg]

Yemeni Houthis have been throwing missiles for a while, with a fair bit of institutional knowledge and focus on ballistic missiles since the 70’s.

https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/missiles-remain-potent-houthi-weapon

https://jamestown.org/program/yemens-houthi-missiles-keep-saudi-arabia-mired-conflict/

The Houthis have been “sniping” Saudi coalition HQ/FOB high value targets with SS-21s with a few quiet nasty strikes on the Saudis due to their much, much better accuracy.

And throwing hillbilly engineered SCUDs towards Mecca and now Riyadh, not unlike the Iran-Iraq Missile War throwing SCUDs at large area targets due to their inherently poor accuracy.

There seems to be an emphasis on pointing the finger at Iran.

Despite my considerable disdain for Iran’s leadership, and the mutual hatred that exists between Iran/Saud, I’ve yet to see evidence that Iran is providing anything more than limited proxy support in Yemen.

Blaming Iran is an easy excuse, but a growing and organic D-Day like insurrection on the border of the Saudi Kingdom is a far scarier proposition.

Especially when folks in Mecca and Riyadh are hearing things go bang.