![]() ![]() ![]() Five years on, the Saudi-led air campaign continues. officials the Yemen operation would be over in a couple of months. Mohammed bin Salman had assured his father and U.S. When ground radios failed to work, Saudi pilots had to fly low enough to use their cellphones to communicate with mission control. Targeting in Yemen was wildly off the mark. Despite possessing superior high-tech weaponry, the Saudi armed forces are not known for their military prowess. ![]() The audacious, high-stakes gamble by the young royal backfired. Instead, the crown prince astonished the military brass, launching an order to "send in the F-15s." The seasoned generals gathered around the table believed Mohammed bin Salman would stick to a decades-old playbook and wait for the U.S. The rotund, 29-year-old prince had just been named the new defense minister by his father, King Salman, despite having no prior military training.Īt the top of the agenda was neighboring Yemen, where Iranian-backed Houthi rebels were rapidly seizing ground. In March 2015, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called a meeting of the kingdom's top military generals at the Saudi Defense Ministry. ![]()
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