Saudi air defenses intercept missiles fired at Riyadh; loud blasts heard in capital

Two ballistic missiles plus two cruise missiles aimed at Riyadh in a single day marks a qualitative step in the Houthi campaign, extending the threat beyond ballistic arcs to lower-flying cruise paths that are harder to detect. The civil defense alert and its lifting show Saudi authorities managing public risk in real time, a signal of how normalized these intercepts have become. The open question is whether this tempo of multi-missile salvos at the capital continues, and whether interception rates hold as attack profiles diversify.