New York Times: U.S. Patriot Missiles May Have Failed In Saudi Arabia Against A Yemen Missile Attack Last Month

A still image taken from a video distributed by Yemen's pro-Houthi Al Masirah television station on November 5, 2017, shows what it says was the launch by Houthi forces of a ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh's King Khaled Airport on Saturday, Houthi Military Media Unit via REUTERS TV

Business Insider: US missile defenses fired 5 shots at an incoming target — and it looks as if they all missed

* Officials have said that US missile interceptors took out a ballistic missile attack on an airport in Saudi Arabia, but a new analysis by The New York Times suggests that didn't happen.
* The likely failure of the US missile defense system shows a weakness as Saudi Arabia's enemies seem intent on firing more and more missiles.

In late November, a missile fired by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen came streaking through the sky toward the airport in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh.

The Saudis spotted the incoming fire and shot off five missile interceptors from a US-supplied missile defense system to stop the threat, they say.

"Our system knocked the missile out of the air," US President Donald Trump later said of the incident. "That's how good we are. Nobody makes what we make, and now we're selling it all over the world."

But a new analysis by The New York Times suggests that the missile's failure was a fluke and that the missile interceptors all missed.

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Previous Post: Saudi Arabia Blames Iran For Yesterday's Missile Attack From Yemen (November 6, 2017).

WNU Editor: If true .... that is a disappointment.

More News On Reports That U.S. Patriot Missiles May Have Failed In Saudi Arabia Against A Yemen Missile Attack Last Month

Did American Missile Defense Fail in Saudi Arabia? -- New York Times
US Patriot missiles may have failed in Saudi Arabia: report -- AFP
Saudis might have failed to hit missile fired by Houthis in November, analysis shows -- Daily Sabah