US concludes Iran authored in Saudi oil attacks

The CBS News network quotes unidentified officials who say that low - altitude cruise missiles were used in the midnight attacks Saturday. The NBC News said that more than 20 fears and rockets were used during the attacks.

One of the missiles flew through Kuwait's airspace as it headed south of Saudi Arabia, CBS reported.

Meanwhile, the United States is working with other countries to analyze the radar tracks of missile flight.

Analysts are also considering a missile remote control mechanism found in Saudi Arabia, as well as an almost intact cruise missile.

The conclusions reached by American intelligence services and the military were announced as State Secretary Mike Pompeii was headed to Riyadh to discuss with Saudi Arabia officials.

Vice President Mike Pence said during a speech in Washington that the senior US diplomat will discuss the American response to the attack, while both Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump had already signalled that they believe Iran is responsible for the attacks.

Saudi Kingdom exposed to fear attacks

Recent attacks at the Saudi Arabia crude oil centre in Abqaik and Khurais show that even a country with a sophisticated army and a large defence budget is vulnerable to drone attacks.

The United States says satellite images and intelligence information show that Iranian weapons were used in the afraid attacks against Saudi oil refinerys. The attacks have paralysed half of Saudi Arabia's oil production.

Security experts say this recent incident raises growing concern for the rapid evolution of technologies that are expanding the offensive skills of the fears.

Unidentified American officials have told Western media that more than 12 attacks hit installations from one west-Western direction and not from the southwestern West as claimed by Iran-backed Huth rebels in Yemen, who said they had undertaken the co-ordinated attack.

In July, the nose rebels, who are fighting against a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, demonstrated their long-range cruise missiles produced by Iran, dubbed “Al-Quds” and drop “Sammad 3” loaded with explosives reportedly could hit targets up to 1,500 kilometers away.

No previous attack, since the beginning of the Yemen conflict four years ago, has interrupted oil supplies.

But these attacks have paralysed the capacity of 5.7 million barrels of oil per day on world markets. They have also exposed the vulnerability of the Saudi oil production centre.

Defence analysts say the attacks have exposed structural problems in protecting the Saudi kingdom, writes the Voice of America.

They say that the system, although sophisticated, has been designed for protection against traditional - style attacks rather than asymmetric ones, such as fears.