A US MQ-9 Reaper armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was shot down over western Yemen on 1 October, the US military's Central Command confirmed a day later, saying the incident was under investigation. The UAV was filmed as it fell burning to the ground in the outskirts of the capital,...
This dispute comes against the backdrop of a string of recent drone incidents in the region. Just this year alone, there have been two notable incidents involving MQ-9 drones near Yemen. In February, it was revealed that an MQ-9 Reaper drone had been shot down off the Yemeni coast, like...
A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down off the coast of Yemen on Wednesday, a defense official confirmed to CBS News. The official said the drone was operating in international airspace over international waters. U.S. Central Command is assessing the incident, the official said. A spokesp...
One such incident happened in October 2017, when an MQ-9 Reaper was shot down over western Yemen by Houthi rebels' air defense systems. Reaper drones come with a suite of visual sensors for targeting and surveillance missions, including infrared sensors...
SANAA, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Houthi group said it shot down an MQ-9 Reaper drone on Wednesday over Yemen's central Marib. Yahya Sarea, the group's military spokesman, said in the statement broadcast by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV that "a locally made surface-to-air missile is used in th...
SANAA, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group said it shot down an MQ-9 Reaper drone on Wednesday over Yemen's central Marib. Yahya Sarea, the group's military spokesman, said in the statement broadcast by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV that "a locally made surface-to-air missile is us...
Along with the RQ-4B Global Hawk, the USAF also had the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper on show, with one example on static display. This is another similar type that has been purchased by the Royal Australian Air Force under Project Air 7003, with between 12 – 16 exampl...
For the past two decades, the Air Force has relied on the MQ-1 Predator and then the MQ-9 Reaper — both made by General Atomics — as its workhorse drones for surveillance and strike missions in the Middle East. But as more commercial drone...
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