Saudi Arabia attacks Yemen

(Riyadh) It appears that the new management in town (king Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud) has used the knowledge he gained as Saudi defence minister (2011 till this year) in which to try and do something about how the Iranians have being playing Devil's Advocate next door with the neighbours in Yemen. It appears that the Iranians have been behind the rise of the Houthi rebels, who against all expectations have conquered most of the country, well with the Yemeni president buggering off across the water from his holdout in Aden. The Saudis have said enough is enough and have launched an attack on the proxies of the Iranian Mullahs.Adel al-Jubair, Saudi ambassador to the US, said on Wednesday that a coalition consisting of 10 countries, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), had begun airstrikes at 7pm Eastern time.

"The operation is to defend and support the legitimate government of Yemen and prevent the radical Houthi movement from taking over the country,"

Initial reports state that airbases, the presidential palace and key military installations have been hit from the air. These may be supported by the huge amount of ground forces the Saudis have massed on their border with Yemen. On top of that Bahrain,Kuwait,Qatar, the UAE and Egypt have all said that they will join in the fight.  

The thing is, all of the above are Sunni countries and they will not allow Iran to (In their eyes) to continue to make mischief (Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Bahrain and of course Yemen) in the region. As these are Islamic countries fighting a religious war, something tells me, that the Shia Muslims in Yemen are going to face a huge population fall.

The Saudi Armed forces on paper are quite impressive, for a start they have 152 F15 E Strike Eagles. Pound for pound the best strike aircraft in the world today . Actually the Saudis have the F15SA which is more advanced than the F15E the Americans use.

On top of that they also have have 80 Tornado Strike Aircraft

The UAE can bring 140 strike aircraft to the party and their air force is supposed to on equal terms (In training, equipment) as any Western nation and I haven't included the rest yet.

The only problem here, is how will Iran react? The last time they went to war (Iraq) they started attacking Oil Tankers.