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2021-03-25 Arabia

Houthi militias have published the video regarding the claimed MQ-9 interception and shoot-down in Maarib

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Posted by Fred 2021-03-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
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#1 The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is an unmanned aerial vehicle capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems primarily for the United States Air Force.

Posted by Squinty Threreque8296 2021-03-25 16:06|| 2021-03-25 16:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Unlikely. Reapers operate too high for Yemen's SAMs.

More likely a Chinese CH-4 UAV operated by the Saudis.

Posted by Angemble Phusock7954 2021-03-25 16:24|| 2021-03-25 16:24|| Front Page Top

#3 No MQ-9 downward vertical tail fin visible in video. The CH-4 does not have a vertical tail fin.

Also at link:
Jared Szuba @JM_Szuba
Just in: US Central Command tells me “there is no operational reporting that supports that a US MQ-9 was shot down over Yemen” on Tuesday, as Houthis claimed.

Posted by Angemble Phusock7954 2021-03-25 16:32|| 2021-03-25 16:32|| Front Page Top

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