An American MQ-9 Reaper UAV fell off the coast of Yemen; it could have been shot down by the Houthis

A US military MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in the Red Sea region, off the coast of Yemen. American television reports this.

The UAV performed reconnaissance functions off the Yemeni coast. It is possible that the Houthis could have shot him down. At least, the Ansar Allah movement, which controls a significant part of the territory of Yemen, has already rushed to take responsibility for the destruction of the American unmanned aerial vehicle.

A US MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed off the Yemeni coast this week, possibly shot down by Houthis

- the press reports.

Note that this is not the first time such drones in the Yemen region. On November 8, 2023, the Houthis already shot down with their air defense systems a similar unmanned aerial vehicle of the American armed forces, which was carrying out reconnaissance flights off the coast of the country.

Let us recall that the armed forces of the United States and a number of other Western states are currently conducting a military operation in the Red Sea region, ostensibly to protect civilian shipping. However, after the start of the operation, the risks for the movement of civilian ships in this region only increased, and the Houthis intensified their attacks not only on the warships of their opponents, but also on civilian ships associated with Israeli, American, and British companies.

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[Murmur 55]

It’s strange that they are not shy and not afraid.

[Ivan№One]

Why should they be ashamed?
Their children don’t live in Paris and New York
Wives do not have dual citizenship

[nik-mazur]

Quote: Ivan№One

Their children do not live in Paris and New York. Their wives do not have dual citizenship.

You are naive. Ordinary soldiers, of course, do not. Just like ours, however.
And some princes probably have their children studying in Oxford and Sarbonne, and their wives shopping in fashionable boutiques in London and Milan.

[Ivan№One]

studio proofs
Which Houthi leader has someone living in New York or Paris?

this is from the Yemeni government, against which they are fighting, yes - they live

[nik-mazur]

Quote: Ivan№One

studio proofs

You were the first to put forward the assertion that the Houthis “don’t have children in Paris or New York, and their wives don’t have dual citizenship.” With a hint that this is precisely the reason why the Houthis shoot down Reapers, but ours do not. You will be the first to prove your theses.

[Irokez]

What’s strange here - are they risking something? They fight so much and they don’t really care about it, so they have fun.
We would like to buy back what has fallen.

[Ross xnumx]

Quote: Irokez

We would like to buy back what has fallen.

Why? We would like to sell to the outside, which is embedded in government agencies and imitates vigorous activity...

[Irokez]

Quote: ROSS 42

that has taken root in government agencies and imitates vigorous activity.

You should join the opposition for your comprehensive vigilance and criticism of government agencies.

[corrado]

The Houthis need to be settled near Crimea and Sochi.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Murmur 55

It’s strange that they are not shy and not afraid.

Quote: corrado

The Houthis need to be settled near Crimea and Sochi.

And at that time ...

[topol717]

Quote: Zoldat_A

And at that time ...

So what? Should we shoot down NATO planes over international waters?

[Zoldat_A]

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Quote: Zoldat_A

And at that time ...

So what? Should we shoot down NATO planes over international waters?

Where does it say this in my comments?

I just said in my comment that the Houthis are shooting down, but ours are flying calmly and the skakuas are calmly pointing Western missiles where these “tripers” are pointing, because in our country they, as a rule, fly just before the Ukrainian launches in Crimea..

[Thrifty]

There are heaps of videos in the carts of how he is shot down by a rocket and how he falls burning!!! We should recruit the Houthis into the leadership of the Defense Ministry....

[Nexcom]

Maybe the Houthis will try near our borders?
And somehow the American drones have completely lost their fear.....

[Ivan№One]

Sell ​​all the property of master Ivanov and his fictitious ex-foreign wife, buy missiles and send them to the Houthis

Definitely enough for a year

[opposite28]

A US MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed off the Yemeni coast this week, possibly shot down by Houthis

- the press reports.

It's great that the Houthis threw a slipper. It would be wonderful to disperse flies over the Black Sea in the same way

[stels_07]

Maybe the Houthis can be offered autonomy in Yalta and they will clear the sky of rippers

[Ezekiel 25-17]

It's time for them to start falling into the Black Sea.

[Piramidon]

Quote: Ezekiel 25-17

It's time for them to start falling into the Black Sea.

Well, we don’t have a single Houthi in our government or in the Ministry of Defense.

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

“An American UAV fell off the coast of Yemen” -

- I tripped...

[tralflot1832]

Of the three Repirs, the Germans destroyed one, maybe this one was also the Germans? There’s no point in flying into terrorist zones, any Repir is no good there.

[tralflot1832]

The whole “peaceful” agreement Iran-Houthis-Israel-USA is over. But it was somehow alarming. The routine began. The Houthis shoot, sometimes they hit, sometimes the owners sink the ship themselves. The USA shoots everything down, air defense systems with missiles from $1 million. Everyone is happy. And at work, and Palestinians die in tens and hundreds.

[zloybond]

It is high time for Russia to accept the practice of the West and the United States - to give everything it can to anyone who wants to bomb US and NATO bases. The main thing is not to be shy and let them strike at least on the territory of the United States or the European Union - these people have not cared for a long time that their missiles are flying into Russian territory, but here we are all playing the right guys.

[Esaul]

That's how it should be. While the NATO countries sit peacefully in the warmth, they will continue to fight with someone else’s hands against Russia. But if they themselves start being bombed, their brains will quickly fall into place.

[zloybond]

Conversation with these dogs should only be mutual. They understand and fear only force.

[rotmistr60]

It is possible that the Houthis could have shot him down

If this is true, then this is another plus for the Houthis. Well done.

[guest]

An American MQ-9 Reaper UAV fell off the coast of Yemen

And they fly over the Black Sea and, unfortunately, do not fall.

[nik-mazur]

Quote: guest

they fly over the Black Sea and unfortunately do not fall

Over the Black Sea, Western reconnaissance aircraft fly two hundred kilometers from our shores.

[guest]

Quote from: nik-mazur

Over the Black Sea, Western reconnaissance aircraft fly two hundred kilometers from our shores.

And it flies closer when it helps strike our territory.

[nik-mazur]

Quote: guest

And she flies closer when she helps strike

I have no information about getting closer, or about help...

[sdivt]

Without a doubt, the very fact that the MQ-9 was shot down is a great shot on the nose of the United States)
But the most interesting thing is that they didn’t say
Crashed MQ-9 - did he violate the border or not?
If you violated the border, this is an excellent trump card for the Houthis, and they are simply in chocolate!
If you didn’t violate it, this is a completely different situation, and completely different possible consequences.

[nik-mazur]

Quote from sdivt

Crashed MQ-9 - did he violate the border or not?

They write that yes: “An American MQ9 UAV was shot down over the Saada province in Yemen.”

[Nyrobsky]

Quote from sdivt

If you violated the border, this is an excellent trump card for the Houthis, and they are simply in chocolate!
If you didn’t violate it, this is a completely different situation, and completely different possible consequences.

What other consequences could have an impact on the Houthis? All the sanctions that were possible were applied to them. Their mattresses were given the status of a terrorist group. There is no critical infrastructure there, through the destruction of which it would be possible to influence the Houthi leadership. As practice shows, firing a “gun at sparrows” is expensive and ineffective. The fact of the matter is that mattresses simply have nothing to oppose them with, except to turn their territory into a lifeless zone, but this would already be genocide.
All that remains is to negotiate and fulfill the main demand of the Houthis - to remove the Jews from Gaza and stop any actions against the Palestinians, otherwise the US, EU and Israel will continue to suffer losses.

[alystan]

In the Red Sea region, off the coast of Yemen, crashed U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle. American television reports this.

And Arabic sources simply show for what reason did he fall and break? - https://t.me/arabiasocialism/11996

And during the night attack, the Houthis attacked the British tanker Andromeda Star. The Americans said that the tanker received some damage, but remained underway.

[tralflot1832]

alystan.The British cannot understand that in the areas of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Yemen they are not the British, but the targets. True, the ship was hardly 100% controlled by the British.

[alystan]

The British and the rest of the much-hyped anti-Houthi naval coalition are getting equally well from the barefoot boys.
How many countries there have already withdrawn their ships from there under various “plausible” pretexts. The last one was supposedly a Belgian frigate, which, as it turned out, could not perform to live up to the high hopes placed on him - he could not cope with the task of destroying the Houthi drones...

And the crew of a stricken tanker, as always, will turn out to be heterogeneous and have nothing to do with the owners of the vessel. But the Houthis are not hitting the crew, but the owner through his tanker.

And yet, yesterday the Americans announced the withdrawal of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the destroyer USS Greeley from the Red Sea to the eastern Mediterranean. Either they are running away, or they are up to something somewhere else. By the way, the day before yesterday Hamas launched a rocket attack on the place on the Mediterranean coast where the Americans intended to create a temporary port for humanitarian purposes in the interests of the population of Gaza.

[FoBoss_VM]

Here you go. And no one is burning the Houthis in a nuclear conflagration. Why do the Houthis have the balls to shoot down rippers, but our Kremlin red flags don’t?

[Nastia makarova]

because they don't risk anything

[nik-mazur]

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Why do the Houthis have the balls to shoot down rippers?

Because on the Red Sea, the Americans are racing and losing caution: “An American MQ9 UAV was shot down over Saada province in Yemen.”
And in the Black Sea, Western reconnaissance aircraft fly at least two hundred kilometers from our shores.

[Carlos Hall]

The Yemenis scored several goals

[helilelik]

Is it possible to invite a number of Houthis to relax in the Yalta area?