Useful strain how? I have asked you this multiple times. Other than wasting interceptors that US tax payers will pay for, what usefulness is there? If HZ and Iran don’t join there is no true usefulness.
Same as when US bombs a couple warehouses in Syria against Iran backed legions. Does nothing.
Yes and you didn’t show how many CMs they fired in relation to BMs. Do you know what “mostly” means? If 600 CMs fired = mostly in relation to 430 BMs.
Also you refused to acknowledged that the amount you cite (if even true)
was over 8 years of war. Coming out to slightly more than 55 missiles a year or
less than 5 ballistic missiles a month.
Again most of those were SRBM, not missiles with 2000KM range so it’s irrelevant to correlate to how many Houthi’s can fire towards Israel this time around.
Lastly, if Houthi’s fired 430 BMs at Saudi Arabia and its few major cities that this desert country’s does have didn’t end up looking like the surface of the moon, then that would suggest that the Patriot intercepted the vast majority of them. No?
So which story you want to lead with?
- Option A) 430 BMs fired, but strangely not many got thru nor did Saudi Arabia run out of interceptors.
- Option B) Saudi Arabia was lying about the amount of ballistic missiles fired by Houthis
Apparently there is no defined objective to this strategy. Other than wasting US taxpayer money.
A BIG IF and as I demonstrated above. 5 missiles a month isn’t going to overwhelm their missile shield inventory. 5 missiles a week probably wouldn’t either. So as I said earlier, the amount of missiles is not significant enough at this point.
I mentioned air, I mentioned BM, I mentioned under the sea and from the sea. You are the one that fixated on naval option. One of many. I said before air seems viable. Navy being second option since US and NATO ships are still in Red and Arabian Sea.
Yes you would be right if the year was 2023 BC. But it is not.
F-35C can fly more than 1000 miles, thus depending on speed 1200-1700 km can be covered very very quickly.
So some propaganda strikes can be done fairly quickly.
Until Houthi Missile strikes cause actual damage, it is a nuisance more than anything. Cost wise, Uncle Sam will foot the bill.
It doesn’t matter if it could hold 100. The whole point of this operation is propaganda, not shock and awe. They are doing enough of that in Gaza.