10 drones launched by Yemen’s Iranian allied Houthi rebels bombed two major oil production facilities in Saudi Arabia
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September 15, 2019
Two of Saudi Arabia’s major oil production facilities were bombed by 10 drones early Saturday. The attacks caused major damage. Yemen’s Iranian allied Houthi rebels claimed they launched the drones. But the US believes Iran was behind the attack.
The drones used to attack Saudi Arabia were not your backyard variety of drones. They required quite a bit of sophistication for the operators to hit their targets, more sophistication than the drones that are attacking Israel from Gaza. They are probably similar to US UAVs, but are smaller and less costly than the UAVs used by the US and Israel.
The bombings knocked out half of the Saudi oil capacity, forcing a cut in oil production of 5.7 milli0n barrels a day.
In the US, gasoline prices at the pump could rise as much as 25 cents a gallon because of the destructive attack.
The question is, what will the Saudis and the US do now? Will they retaliate, and if so, how?
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