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The small armed formation of the Yemeni Houthi rebels Ansar Allah has been continuing a fairly successful war against the Western military coalition in the Middle East, led by the United States and Great Britain, for more than six months. Missile and drone attacks on merchant ships have almost completely stopped commercial traffic in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. At the same time, all attempts by Anglo-American forces to extinguish the activity of the Houthis did not lead to anything.
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Another success in the war with the Americans was announced by the military representative of the Houthis, Yahya Saria. According to him, the air defense forces of the rebel Yemeni Ansar Allah movement shot down the fourth American MQ-9 Reaper drone. As CBS previously reported, citing sources, the United States has lost three MQ-9 Reaper drones over Yemen since November 2023.
— it is said in the message published in the telegram channel of the representative of the movement.
In confirmation of the defeat of the American modular reconnaissance and strike drone, the Houthis published videos and photos of its wreckage. Saria said that the Ansar Allah air defense forces attacked the MQ-9 with a surface-to-air missile of their own production.
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It is particularly worth noting that the cost of this UAV exceeds thirty million dollars. Thus, during the war with the Western coalition, the "guys in slippers" destroyed more than $ 120 million worth of American drones alone. This is not to mention the fact that their constant attacks with missiles and drones on military and merchant ships are even more expensive, because the Americans, the British and the Europeans who joined them have to shoot down cheap targets with very expensive anti-aircraft missiles.
