The drone and missile attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia on Sept. 14 introduced a new era of small states with big sticks in the Middle East.The Houthis in Yemen claimed responsibility, but the complexity, range and astonishing accuracy of the multiple airborne vehicles seemed to surpass Houthi capabilities.Iran explicitly denied responsibility for the attack, but it perfectly demonstrated, even surpassed, analysts' warnings about Iran's asymmetric tactics against much larger and more modern armed forces.The attack had several distinctive characteristics. It appeared to show restraint…READ FULL ARTICLE
