U.S. officials and analysts say Iran has deepened its cooperation with the Houthis as the country seeks ways to harass its American and Saudi adversaries. Iran denies controlling the Houthis and says it wasn’t responsible for the tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman. The attacks have put a spotlight on the missile defenses of Saudi Arabia. The country’s military is one of the best equipped in the world thanks to hundreds of billions of dollars spent on fighter planes, tanks and other military hardware. But the kingdom’s American-made Patriot missile-defense system has a mixed record when it comes to intercepting projectiles from Yemen and isn’t primarily designed for repelling drones. “The recent events show that we are exposed in terms of our defense,” said a Saudi official. A spokesman for the Saudi military coalition against the Houthis didn’t respond to a request for comment on the strikes. Escalating […]