Philip Pilkington explains that last week’s Houthi missile attack on Israel was a single missile and there was something like 2000 km of advance notice. Both THAAD [American Air Defense] and Arrow [Isareli Air Defense] tried and failed to take it down as it headed straight for Israel’s main airport.

“Air defense,” he writes, “is completely useless against this technology. Military planners should stop coping and just deal with this new reality.

“It is becoming extremely clear that air defense is basically useless against modern missile technology. The Houthi missiles are likely 10-20 years behind Russian and Chinese gear and a single one can get through layered Western air defense. It’s a new world.”