American air defense systems "Patriot" are useless in real combat

In the American magazine "Foreign Policy" there was a publication in which the air defense systems "Patriot" were criticized. The United States supplies these systems to various countries. According to the magazine, such air defense systems are simply useless in real combat.

The publication describes how, on March 25, 2018, the Patriot air defense system belonging to Saudi Arabia was used against Houthi rebels' missiles. They launched seven ballistic missiles from Yemen. The city of Riyadh was chosen as the target. The fact of the shelling by Saudi Arabia was confirmed, while it was stated that the country's air defense intercepted all the missiles. This information was presented in the publication "Foreign Policy".

The author of the article, director of the East Asia Program at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies in International Studies, Jeffrey Lewis, noted that the information provided "ended up being untrue."

“There is no evidence that the Saudis intercepted a single Houthi missile. Because of this, very uncomfortable questions arise both to Saudi Arabia and to the States, which manufactured and supplied the Patriot air defense system. ", - said the journalist.

As reported in Foreign Policy, video footage posted on social media shows Saudi Patriot air defense systems firing their interceptor missiles, but these missiles are not fulfilling their intended targets. The video shows that one of the interceptor missiles almost immediately explodes in the air, the second, having turned 180 degrees, falls to the ground and explodes. The author of the publication reports that the debris of the missiles, falling to the ground, killed at least one person, and two more were injured and sent to a medical facility.

According to the author of the publication, these American air defense systems, which the United States supplied to the Saudis - "This is complete rubbish"... The author emphasizes that he is not going to hide the ineffectiveness of military equipment manufactured in the United States. This was the reason for the publication of the material. The author believes that, most likely, the air defense systems advertised by the United States and sold around the world are useless in real combat.