How much did the Yemeni ballistic missiles and drones damage the Saudi economy?
On the eve of the seventh anniversary of the Yemeni war, Saudi Arabia’s new year statistics and budget show that its economy has suffered as a result of the Yemeni war, and that Riyadh is quietly seeking to get out of the quagmire.
As the New Year approaches, the media is talking about the Saudi economy being hurt by the release of new figures from the Yemeni war.
“It was in 2015 that Saudi Arabia began invading Yemen and promised to resolve the battle within a few months; But six years after the aggression began, Saudi Arabia found itself in the swamp of Yemen, suffering enormous military and economic damage; Damages estimated at billions of dollars; “But this country is still trying to hide these figures from view.”
Since the start of the invasion of Yemen, Saudi Arabia has spent billions of dollars buying weapons, missiles, military aircraft, equipment, financing airstrikes and financing alternatives, as well as high operating costs, logistical support and funding for mercenaries, especially Sudanese elements. To change the equation in his favor in the Yemeni war. In addition to these costs, the Yemeni attacks on Saudi Arabia also inflicted heavy casualties and economic damage on Riyadh’s economy; But now the question is, what was the sum of these damages?
Military casualties and material damage
Despite efforts by Saudi media to cover up the damage to the Saudi economy, Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya al-Sari said earlier in a news conference titled “Six Years of Resistance to Aggression” that more than 10,400 Saudi soldiers were killed and wounded. Since the beginning of the Saudi coalition aggression, it has reported that 400 of them have been killed and wounded since the beginning of 2021. In addition, Yahya Sari also announced that 22,615 coalition mercenaries had been killed and wounded on various fronts in Yemen.
Since the start of the Yemeni war, the Yemeni army and popular committees have been able to destroy more than 14,527 vehicles, including armored vehicles, tanks and personnel carriers, military vehicles, bulldozers and various weapons of the Saudi coalition. In 1969, ballistic missiles were fired, 499 of which targeted vital military and facilities in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and some of these missiles went deep into Saudi territory to target the country’s largest oil port. Mohammed al-Bakhiti, a member of the Yemeni Ansarullah movement’s political bureau, said in connection with the Saudi attacks that “Muhammad bin Salman has failed in the account he opened for this war.”
The Lebanese news site added that some of the missiles hit the targets and caused heavy damage, while others were intercepted in the skies of Saudi Arabia, which, of course, was considered a kind of damage because the activation of air defense systems and missiles. Shotguns are very expensive to intercept drones and missiles.
