Saudi Arabia has consumed 86 per cent of its stockpile of “patriotic” missiles

THE BRITISH MEDIA REPORTED THAT SAUDI ARABIA HAD LAUNCHED APPROXIMATELY 2,400 PAC-3 (PATRIOTICS-3) INTERCEPTORS OF MISSILES WITHIN THE FIRST 38 DAYS OF THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR, WHICH REPRESENTED APPROXIMATELY 86 PER CENT OF THE COUNTRY ' S TOTAL INVENTORY OF 2,800. AS OF APRIL LAST YEAR, ONLY ABOUT 400 INTERCEPT MISSILES WERE AVAILABLE IN SAUDI ARABIA. OTHER GULF ARAB STATES HAVE ALSO CONSUMED MISSILE STOCKPILES OF SIMILAR SIZE, HIGHLIGHTING THE MILITARY CRISIS FACING THE REGION. KIM XIAN