Vladimir Putin suggested that Saudi Arabia buy the S-300 or S-400 air defense systems instead of the Patriot.

Against the backdrop of the fact that the American Patriot air defense and missile defense systems completely failed in their tasks, having shot down only two Hussite missiles from at least 19 fired from Yemen, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Saudi Arabia buy much more reliable C-300 or C-400.

According to experts, Saudi Arabia can indeed acquire Russian air defense systems, however, we are obviously talking not about the S-300 and S-400, but about the Pantsir-S air defense missile systems, which have proven their highest efficiency in Syria and Libya, however , the very proposal of the Russian president is regarded as a mockery of the United States, whose air defense / missile defense systems, despite their high cost, in fact, demonstrated only 10% efficiency.

“This isn't the first time Patriot has gone out of business. Considering the large-scale losses of Saudi Arabia, the latter can indeed acquire Russian air defense / missile defense systems despite the position of Washington, since the same Patriot actually failed to intercept conventional drones and cruise missiles, developed back in the 70s and 80s of the last century ", - the expert Avia.pro marks.

Official Riyadh has not yet made any statements on this subject.