> The "asymmetry" that is mentioned is a great soundbite but isn't really accurate. It is in fact accurate. Saudi Arabia is spending the third most money of an

> The "asymmetry" that is mentioned is a great soundbite but isn't really accurate. It is in fact accurate. Saudi Arabia is spending the third most money of any nation on earth on military. Three times that of Canada. More than France or Britain. More than Russia. The Houthis have at best between 1/60th and 1/100th the military funding of Saudi Arabia. The point made by the quoted person is spot on in regards to the Houthis using cheap drones to hit Saudi Arabia's oil heart, de facto bypassing their massive military spending's ability to stop it. The definition of asymmetry fits perfectly given the radical imbalance between the two on military technology and spending, which is what was being directly stated in the quote (it also fits more broadly with the radical economic & funding potential imbalance between Saudi Arabia and the whole of Yemen, much less the Houthis).