In Video : Yemeni Forces Shoot Down 5th US MQ9 reaper Drone
The Air Defense Forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces shot down an American unmanned aerial vhicle MQ-9 Reaper while it was carrying out hostile missions in the airspace of Al Bayda Governorate, The military spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces said in a statement on Tuesday .
The plane was targeted with a local made surface-to-air missile, and scenes of the operation will be broadcast later.
The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that the operation of shooting down this UAV came only few days later from shooting down another UAV of the same type, in the airspace of Ma’rib Governorate.
With this operation, the Yemeni Armed Forces succeeded to shoot down five UAVs of this type in past monthes
Yemen’s Houthis shot down another (the fifth) American MQ-9 Reaper UAV in Yemeni airspace.
The unit cost of the MQ-9 Reaper UAV appears to be in the range of $14 million to $32 million per aircraft, with the most commonly cited figure being around $31 million per unit. pic.twitter.com/GzHoUzyun3
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