The Guardian calls for NATO to declare war on Russia
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They have extensively used these drones in Yemen and in the attacks on Saudi Arabia.
Didn't they do 1 attack on SA that was just basically just ghetto cruise missiles into an undefended target? Not really impressive. It only worked because SA was caught sleeping, and it only happened once and never again.
Defended, including Patriot batteries that hilariously failed with missiles exploding shortly after the launch or hitting the ground.
No, there were no defenses in place. It's not enough to say "the Saudis have Patriots". The Patriot batters have to be activated and actively scanning, and have to be configured to look for where the attack was coming from.
Iran's attack was small drones and cruise missiles flying low, which the Saudis did not expect, and therefore did not prepare defenses against.
The attack happened on 9 / 14 / 2019, so 3 years ago. Iran has not managed to ever launch such an attack ever again. Why? There can be only 1 answer: Iran knew it caught SA sleeping, and as soon as SA adapted to the threat, Iran knew any further attacks would fail. THAT is what happened.
Just because you want to claim otherwise, does not make it true.
Where are you getting this information? from Iran? Telegram? your ass? no Patriot battery ever fired. If you think Patriots can't beat Iran's drones, you're deluded.
https://youtu.be/YS4i2InVB-Y
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/28/patriot-missiles-are-made-in-america-and-fail-everywhere/