The Houthis have downed yet another MQ-9 Reaper UAV over Saada region in northern Yemen, they claim that it’s the 11th since last October [September 2024]
The Houthis have downed yet another MQ-9 Reaper UAV over Saada region in northern Yemen, they claim that it’s the 11th since last October [September 2024]
>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed Monday they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone over the country, with videos purportedly showing a surface-to-air missile striking it. The U.S. military acknowledged losing a drone.
>The claimed attack comes as the one-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip approaches. The Houthis have targeted ships traveling through the Red Sea over the war as U.S.-led airstrikes pound their positions in Yemen. That’s imperiled a waterway that typically sees $1 trillion of trade pass through it, as well as crucial shipments of aid to war-torn Sudan and Yemen.
>The Houthis also continue to launch missiles targeting Israel, drawing retaliatory airstrikes from the Israelis this weekend on the port city of Hodeida.
>Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a military spokesman, claimed the rebels shot down the MQ-9 in a prerecorded message aired Monday night, hours after video footage circulated online showing the purported missile striking the aircraft over Yemen’s Saada province. A single image online also appeared to show wreckage of the drone, with pieces resembling that of an MQ-9.
>Later footage released by the Houthis showed rebels had piled up the drone’s electronics, likely to see what they can exploit from the wreckage. One piece appeared to be from an MK-82 bomb, which can be armed on a Reaper.
ConsequenceAfter1686 on
Its surreal when a man wearing skirt stands on his trophy rocket with one foot covered by slipper.
Like he just shoot it down with his 50 years old AK 🙂
CoolShablul on
Seeing the tomahawk and all that fancy tech laying there really raises the question of why doesn’t the USAF bomb the crash site to avoid reverse engineering and salvaging
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>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed Monday they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone over the country, with videos purportedly showing a surface-to-air missile striking it. The U.S. military acknowledged losing a drone.
>The claimed attack comes as the one-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip approaches. The Houthis have targeted ships traveling through the Red Sea over the war as U.S.-led airstrikes pound their positions in Yemen. That’s imperiled a waterway that typically sees $1 trillion of trade pass through it, as well as crucial shipments of aid to war-torn Sudan and Yemen.
>The Houthis also continue to launch missiles targeting Israel, drawing retaliatory airstrikes from the Israelis this weekend on the port city of Hodeida.
>Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a military spokesman, claimed the rebels shot down the MQ-9 in a prerecorded message aired Monday night, hours after video footage circulated online showing the purported missile striking the aircraft over Yemen’s Saada province. A single image online also appeared to show wreckage of the drone, with pieces resembling that of an MQ-9.
>Later footage released by the Houthis showed rebels had piled up the drone’s electronics, likely to see what they can exploit from the wreckage. One piece appeared to be from an MK-82 bomb, which can be armed on a Reaper.
Its surreal when a man wearing skirt stands on his trophy rocket with one foot covered by slipper.
Like he just shoot it down with his 50 years old AK 🙂
Seeing the tomahawk and all that fancy tech laying there really raises the question of why doesn’t the USAF bomb the crash site to avoid reverse engineering and salvaging
Surely the 12th Reaper will survive.