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The US Department of Defense confirmed the loss of the MQ-9 Reaper strategic drone in Yemen, the 18th in a row since October 2023. Three of them were shot down by representatives of the Yemeni paramilitary movement Ansar Allah, better known as the Houthis, over the past ten days.
Jennifer Griffin, a reporter for the American Fox News channel, reported this on her social network page, citing sources at the Pentagon.
- said a representative of the US media.
Although the US military has been carrying out intensive strikes on the territory of Yemen every day since March 15, this has not reduced the defensive power of the Ansar Allah movement and has not forced it to reduce its combat activity. So, yesterday, a representative of the Houthis reported that the Yemeni air defense forces managed to shoot down another MQ-9, using a locally made missile for this purpose.
The cost of this drone is $ 30 million. If the data on 18 such destroyed devices is accurate, it means that the United States lost its drones worth 540 million.
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Griffin previously reported that the US Armed Forces are using heavy B-2 stealth bombers stationed on Diego Garcia Island in the Indian Ocean for air raids on Yemen.
- the journalist noted on the social network.
