Military briefing: Houthis expose limits of Saudi Arabia’s vast arsenal

The Saudis find themselves in the same situation as the Ukrainians or the Israelis or the Americans. The production of these interceptors is obviously strained and it’s difficult to prioritise." Tollast added that Saudi Arabia was much harder to defend than, say, Israel, with military bases, airports, oil installations and cities spread across a vast territory that no air defence network can protect completely.