Saudi Arabia Shuts Down About Half Its Oil Output After Drone Strikes
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#2The use of drones in this way by rebels makes me rethink the media image of a rebel. They are educated, lawyers, doctors, engineers.
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#4So I guess that 5% someone will need to buy from the US? Sounds to me like someone is making things great again...
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#5The use of drones in this way by rebels makes me rethink the media image of a rebel. They are educated, lawyers, doctors, engineers.
Does anyone have more info on the specific kind(s) of drone used in the attack?
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does anyone have more info on the specific kind(s) of drone used in the attack?
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I tried quickly to find a source that confirms this since you didn't provide one but I cant find anything. Where did you get "It's Russian / Iranian technology deployed by Russian / Iranian mercenaries" from?
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#8The use of drones in this way by rebels makes me rethink the media image of a rebel. They are educated, lawyers, doctors, engineers.
Successfully discharging a weapon that was given to you by someone else doesn't make you an engineer.
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#9An unusual (and worrying) part about this incident is how drones are being used, not with an explicit military goal in mind, but rather for the purpose of economic strangulation.
Like terrorist operatives, drones are relatively cheap and expendible.
But unlike terrorism, which seeks to grind away at the enemy's resolve, this kind of attack attempts to deprive an enemy of the money needed to fund its operations.
Like terrorism, even the threat of loss of key infrastructure can have consequences (e.g, the interest rate a country is forced to pay as risk premium). Also as ub terrorism, the targets are "soft" and therefore difficult to defend.
It looks like there's something new here that could serve as a model in other conflicts. The most vulnerable players are those who have put all their economic eggs in one basket.
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#10The use of drones in this way by rebels makes me rethink the media image of a rebel. They are educated, lawyers, doctors, engineers.
It should be noted, engineers being well represented in these sort of rebel/revolutionary/terrorist organizations isn't a new phenomenon. Here is an article from a decade ago: https://slate.com/technology/2009/12/why-do-so-many-terroris...
The notion of terrorists as uneducated goat farmers is more a manifestation of western biases than it is an accurate representation of the truth.