Saudi Arabia is facing Weapons Shortage. But why? Placed order for New Patriot and AIM-120 AMRAAM.

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Now Saudi Arabia is also facing too much resistance from Iran backed Houthi Rebels.
Each day and week these attacks are increasing
almost a dozen ballistic missile and drone strikes are now recorded on Saudi territory each week
a tempo that’s remained more or less constant for several months now and which is markedly greater than in 2020.
there were 29 drone strikes on Saudi Arabia last month (November) and 25 times in October.
there were 11 ballistic-missile attacks last month and 10 in October.
Cross-border attacks of all types launched by the Houthis into Saudi Arabia this year amount to around 375 so far,
Saudi Arabia has been employing Patriot systems to intercept ballistic missiles and, in some cases, drones.
Drones have also been downed repeatedly by air-to-air missiles launched from F-15s and other fighter jets.
Each of those scenarios pits sophisticated defensive weapons costing up to $1 million apiece against targets which, at the lowest end, may cost only a few thousand dollars to produce.
while the Saudi defenses may achieve a success rate of almost 90 percent against these targets,
the result is not only costly in financial terms but also takes a heavy toll on missile stocks.
wider problem of defending Saudi airspace has been compounded by the departure of U.S. military assets from the country
Saudi Arabia is requesting “hundreds more” missile rounds for its U.S.-supplied Patriot air-defense systems as it continues to wage a war against drones
as well as cruise missiles and ballistic missile attacks launched by the Iranian-backed Houthi forces based in neighboring Yemen.
The Kingdom, which recently sought to buy additional AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs, to arm its fighter jets against some of the same threats.
United States is “poised to formally approve” a Saudi request for additional Patriot missile rounds.
Now Saudi Arabia is bearing all this cost to protect its citizens and critical Oil Infrastructure
administration concerned by The Kingdom’s conduct in the war in Yemen as well as human rights abuses conducted inside the country
Last month the U.S. State Department approved the sale of the 280 AMRAAMs to Saudi Arabia, comprising a mixture of AIM-120C-7 and C-8 models
Twitter: “We’ve seen an increase in cross-border attacks against Saudi Arabia over the past year. Saudi AIM-120C missiles, deployed from Saudi aircraft, have been instrumental in intercepting these attacks that also [place] U.S. forces at risk and over 70,000 U.S. citizens in The Kingdom at risk.”
The AIM-120s are not capable of attacking land targets and can only be considered defensive weaponry in regards to the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
there is U.S. self-interest involved, too, chiefly in protecting critical oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia against the relentless Houthi attacks.
Without the delivery of more Patriot missiles and AMRAAMs, the Saudis could be left with a serious and worsening problem.
the alternative means of destroying or disabling these kinds of ballistic missile and drone attacks are few.