U.S. Deploys Patriots to Shield Saudi Oil and Qatari Gas Facilities
The U.S. last month sent two additional Patriot missile batteries to protect energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and Qatar from Iranian strikes in case the war escalates again, U.S. officials and a Persian Gulf regional source told Axios on Friday. The U.S. military sent one Patriot missile batter
Source: OilPrice.com
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The Strait of Hormuz has been closed for seven months. Now the Pentagon is deploying Patriots to defend the facilities that load product onto ships that cannot sail. This is security theatre masquerading as deterrence — there is no meaningful difference between losing export capacity to a missile strike and losing it to a blocked waterway.