Yemen's Houthis suddenly launched a long-range attack on Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi military's "Patriot" defense system and other targets were hit. The attack was carried out on July 13, local time. The Houthi armed an unknown number of Qasef-2K attack drones and cruise missiles for a long-range attack. The targets were the captain of Saudi Abuha and military targets in Jizan Airport. .
A Houthi spokesperson claimed that at least one Saudi “Patriot” defense system was hit, and many other targets at the airport were destroyed after the attack. At present, it is not clear why the "Patriot" defense system did not respond in any way, and the Saudi military has not issued any public statements on the Houthi attack.
If the Houthi attack is true, then this is the third large-scale attack by the Houthi on Saudi Arabia since May 2019; but the difference from this attack is In the May 2019 attack, Saudi Arabia’s “Patriot” defense system successfully intercepted 2 Houthi missiles (at that time, the Houthi armed forces launched a total of 6 Houthi missiles, and the other 4 evaded the interception and hit the target).
Although Saudi Arabia did not publicly complain or criticize the "Patriot" defense system for the low success rate of interception, according to the Southfront news website citing sources, Saudi Arabia is negotiating with Russia to buy At least 20 sets of "Armor S1" missile defense system, which potentially indicates that Saudi Arabia believes that the "Patriot" defense system has problems.
It is not clear at what stage the negotiation between Russia and Saudi Arabia is, but some analysts believe that once Saudi Arabia decides to purchase Russian weapons, it will face sanctions under the US "CAATSA Act".
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