U.S. Approves Sale of AIM-120 Fighter Jet Fired Defensive Air-to-Air Missiles

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By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen are escalating aggressive armed drone attacks upon civilians, facilities and military assets within Saudi Arabia in an effort to sustain their violent stranglehold over the Yemeni population.

Citing growing concerns about the dangers to both Saudi Arabian citizens and the thousands of American citizens living in Saudi Arabia, the Biden administration’s State Department has approved a large-scale sale of AIM-120C air-to-air defensive weapons.

Sale of AIM-120C Air-to-Air Defensive Weapons

The weapons would fire from Saudi Arabia’s Eurofighter Typhoon and multiple F-15 variants acquired from the U.S.

“We’ve seen an increase in cross-border attacks against Saudi Arabia over the past year,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Nov. 18, according to a story in Defense News. “Saudi AIM-120C missiles, deployed from Saudi aircraft, have been instrumental in intercepting the persistent UAS attacks on the Kingdom that also put more than 70,000 U.S. citizens living and working in Saudi Arabia at risk.”

An interesting OPED in Defense News from scholars with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies says Houthi ties to Iran are well known, well established and part of a transparent Iranian effort to strengthen terrorist “proxies” to advance their interests across the globe.