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

Okay, you’re not thinking boldly enough.

And where did we get the hundreds of billions of dollars to face this?

Every bullet Saudi Arabia fires is met with a bullet.

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.

We made them with resources that were extremely costly and expensive.

Just think when I tell you there are hundreds of thousands of fighters on the front lines.

If you were hosting ten people for nine weeks, you’d know the expenses, even as guests.

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.

Food, drink, gas, expenses. Just think about it.

During the escalation, in a single day, the aircraft would strike more than 150 military vehicles.

Each vehicle costs more than 120,000 Saudi riyals.

That means we’d need to buy more than 120 vehicles every day.

More. This is just the aviation one. Other than the one in the rubble. Other than the one from Umm al-Rabain.

And the other one, like this. A single Kornet. Of course, I won't reveal military secrets.

These are the things that are public knowledge.

But I want you to discover the rest. I want the budget to be disclosed.

If only it were safe to disclose it. Because this doesn't help the enemy much militarily.

Otherwise, I want people to find out. I want the Yemeni people to know. They want to see.

I mean, how many martyrs do you have? How much are your expenses? How much do you have?

I mean, this single Kornet that you see... was displayed in the military parade.

A single strike costs seventy thousand Saudi riyals.

I mean, where does all that money come from?

How much do the intelligence devices cost?

How much for this? How much? What are the expenses?

How much is the fuel just for the interior and security?

Some people ask, "What does the state provide?"

We can't even comprehend it. The vehicle, when...