Houthis reportedly knock another US drone out of the sky, launch missile at Israel

Houthis reportedly knock another US drone out of the sky, launch missile at Israel Houthi fighters have reportedly shot down another MQ-9 Reaper drone, this one over al-Jawf province in Yemen’s north, with footage posted to social media early Friday morning showing flaming wreckage falling out of the sky and starting a large fire on the ground in the dead of night as onlookers inspect the unmanned aerial vehicle’s remains. The US military acknowledged to the Associated Press that it had seen the footage, and said it was investigating the incident, without offering any further details. The Houthis have now shot down as many as ten of the $32 mln apiece US reconnaissance and strike drones since November 2023, or thirteen if counting US losses going back to 2017. The militia has a surprisingly large array of air defense systems at their disposal, including upgrades to Soviet-era Kub, Dvina, Neva/Pechora and Strela-1 SAMs, and allegedly, derivatives of Iranian-designed systems. Missil... Source: Sputnik International