Swordsmyth
05-03-2018, 08:58 PM
US Green Berets are helping Saudi Arabia locate and destroy Iranian-backed Houthi ballistic missiles and launch sites in Yemen, according (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/us/politics/green-berets-saudi-yemen-border-houthi.html) to The New York Times. About 12 Green Berets were deployed to the Saudi border with Yemen in late 2017, but do not appear to have entered the country, The Times reported. They were deployed shortly after the Houthis fired a (http://www.businessinsider.com/video-shows-us-missile-defenses-stopping-houthi-attack-on-saudi-arabia-2017-11) Burkan H-2 short-range ballistic missile (http://www.businessinsider.com/video-shows-us-missile-defenses-stopping-houthi-attack-on-saudi-arabia-2017-11) at Riyadh in November 2017, which the Saudis claimed to have shot down, possibly with a US-made Patriot missile defense system (http://www.businessinsider.com/patriot-missile-system-photos-tour-2018-3).
More at: http://www.businessinsider.com/green-berets-helping-saudi-arabia-yemen-destroy-houthi-missiles-2018-5?amp%253Butm_medium=referral
More at: http://www.businessinsider.com/green-berets-helping-saudi-arabia-yemen-destroy-houthi-missiles-2018-5?amp%253Butm_medium=referral