US clears nearly $2 billion in precision weapons for Saudi Arabia
The potential deal comes few days after Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi traded fire, ending a four-year truce.
The potential deal comes few days after Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi traded fire, ending a four-year truce.
“Iran’s arsenal of short- to medium-range solid fuel systems are being increasingly upgraded to produce a more lethal, survivable, and battlefield ready projectile,” one expert said.
New statements from Iran are "abandoning the fiction" that they are not supplying anti-ship ballistic missile technology, according to analysts.
The ultimate goal of the new talks is to ensure the nations share information effectively enough that they can can work from a "common air picture" and act together in "other ways [to erode] the effectiveness of Iran's missile and UAV capabilities."
"We're working towards that end, and we have some solutions that I can't go into, but we are going to get after finding more cost-effective ways to address those lower-end threats," said Rear Adm. Fred Pyle, director of surface warfare at the US Navy.
"It also shows how dangerous it is to equip a networked actor such as the Houthis with such a capability. The consequences for regional security are problematic," an analyst told Breaking Defense.