September 19, 2023 The Pentagon has ramped up the scope and complexity of its nascent counter-drone experimentation exercise with Saudi Arabia, employing integrated ground-based interceptors for the first time ever in a joint format with a Middle Eastern military. Some 600 personnel from the US and Saudi militaries gathered at the Shamal-2 range at the sprawling King Khalid Military City in the desert north of Riyadh last week for the latest iteration of US Central Command’s counter-drone war games, dubbed Red Sands. It was the second such training event held by the United States and Saudi Arabia since they first...