The United States and Saudi Arabia in Search of Air Superiority
The Red Sands exercise also included integrated command and control systems and firing equipment such as the Vanguard, which is considered a scalable system for the mass destruction of drones.
Coinciding with the visit of the new commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) to the Middle East on September 16, American and Saudi forces conducted and led the largest counter-drone systems exercise in the Middle East, focusing on improving the ability to identify, track, and destroy modern drone threats.