# The Cost of War in Yemen: Fighters, Weapons and Military Spending

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118060388373741719
- Source account: [@ALyemennow](https://x.com/ALyemennow)
- Source language: Arabic
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:44
- Published: 2026-11-04
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- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending) Okay, you’re not thinking boldly enough.

[0:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=2) And where did we get the hundreds of billions of dollars to face this?

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=5) Every bullet Saudi Arabia fires is met with a bullet.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=8) Every missile is met with a missile. So don’t think that the missile force— When we say, for example, that we hit them with aircraft, or with missiles, that we made behind the scenes. No, no, no, no.

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=17) We made them with resources that were extremely costly and expensive.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=21) Just think when I tell you there are hundreds of thousands of fighters on the front lines.

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=24) If you were hosting ten people for nine weeks, you’d know the expenses, even as guests.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=30) Imagine, as a state, we’re hosting more than a hundred— I mean, hundreds of thousands of fighters on the front lines for nine years, and they’re still on the front lines.

[0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=39) Food, drink, gas, expenses. Just think about it.

[0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=42) During the escalation, in a single day, the aircraft would strike more than 150 military vehicles.

[0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=48) Each vehicle costs more than 120,000 Saudi riyals.

[0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=52) That means we’d need to buy more than 120 vehicles every day.

[0:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=56) More. This is just the aviation one. Other than the one in the rubble. Other than the one from Umm al-Rabain.

[1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=60) And the other one, like this. A single Kornet. Of course, I won't reveal military secrets.

[1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=64) These are the things that are public knowledge.

[1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=65) But I want you to discover the rest. I want the budget to be disclosed.

[1:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=69) If only it were safe to disclose it. Because this doesn't help the enemy much militarily.

[1:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=75) Otherwise, I want people to find out. I want the Yemeni people to know. They want to see.

[1:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=78) I mean, how many martyrs do you have? How much are your expenses? How much do you have?

[1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=82) I mean, this single Kornet that you see... was displayed in the military parade.

[1:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=85) A single strike costs seventy thousand Saudi riyals.

[1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=89) I mean, where does all that money come from?

[1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=92) How much do the intelligence devices cost?

[1:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=94) How much for this? How much? What are the expenses?

[1:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=96) How much is the fuel just for the interior and security?

[1:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=99) Some people ask, "What does the state provide?"

[1:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/VnKYSHrj5zI9/en/the-cost-of-war-in-yemen-fighters-weapons-and-military-spending?t=100) We can't even comprehend it. The vehicle, when...