Greg Norman, Liz Friden – Fox News Feb 19, 2024
Two U.S. officials have confirmed to Fox News that an Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed near Yemen after Houthi rebels claimed to have shot down an American aircraft.
“We can confirm that a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 crashed off the coast of Hodeidah, Yemen, and are investigating the cause,” a U.S. official told Fox News.
The officials stressed that it was unclear if the Houthis were involved. If they are, it would be the second time since November 2023 that the Iranian-backed militant group has taken out a Reaper drone, which has a wingspan of 66 feet and costs about $32 million.
“In Hodeidah, the Yemeni air defenses were able to shoot down an American plane – MQ-9 – with a suitable missile while it was carrying out hostile missions against our country on behalf of the Zionist entity,” Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said earlier in a statement, referencing Israel.
The drone crash comes as U.S. forces in the region continue to strike at Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the militants targeting commercial ships transiting the Red Sea.
Last year, the Houthis released a video showing an MQ-9 Reaper drone being shot down on Nov. 8.
“We can confirm that a U.S. military MQ-9 remotely-piloted aircraft was shot down off the coast of Yemen by Houthi forces,” a senior U.S. official told Fox News at the time.
There’s only so much the U$$A can do with an $800 BILLION Dollar Military Budget…
and, apparently, subduing a bunch of nomadic goat-herders in Yemen is NOT one of them!
LMFAO!!!😄
CIA-Mossad shooting down their own drone & then blaming it on another one of their fictitious terrorist groups– ‘Houthis’. Jews, Brits, Russians or Americans cosplaying as Houthis & Hamas as they progress their ‘WWIII’ script.
32 MILLION DOLLARS for one drone? No wonder our military budget is 100 times more than anyone else. WERE BEING FLEECED.
One of the new breeds of weapons used by the Resistance Axis isصقر known in the west simply as “358”, which is a first of its-kind loitering anti-aircraft missile. It acts like a drone and then accelerates to attack enemy drones or helicopters like a missile that has proximity fuse. It is weapons like these that matter, can store its parts anywhere can be assembled quickly, placed on the ground and launched! Reliable, cheap, effective and a pain for enemies that rely on expensive and inefficient weapons.