New Delhi, July 17 -- 20,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guided rockets, contracted through BAE Systems, heading to a kingdom that has watched the Houthi threat rebuild itself at the margins of a wider Iran conflict.

a chain of provocations that underscored how quickly the region's overlapping conflicts can breach Saudi airspace and reach civilian infrastructure. As Dawn reported, the Abha missile fire marked the latest in a pattern of escalating Houthi action against Saudi territory.

The APKWS-II is not a missile. It is a guidance kit that converts an unguided 2.75-inch rocket into a laser-homing precision munition, inexpensive by military standards and capable of destroying a vehicle, radar dish or missile launcher without t...