The Houthis showed the moment they intercepted another American MQ-9 Reaper drone.

Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthi) rebel movement has released footage showing the successful interception of a US MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and attack drone shot down by an Ansar Allah anti-aircraft crew in the Marib province.

As can be seen in the video, the Yemeni rebel movement's anti-aircraft crew shot down the aircraft, which was flying at a relatively low altitude. Drone US Army, after which the device fell to the ground. In total, since October 2023, at least 15 American aircraft have been destroyed in Yemen. drones of this type.

As Business Insider acknowledges, the MQ-9 Reaper UAV, one of the main US reconnaissance and attack drones, is capable of shooting down even old Soviet systems without much difficulty. DefenseIn particular, cases of the destruction of drones of this type, including by the S-75 and Kub systems, have been documented.

Meanwhile, Turkish Bayraktar TB2 UAVs have virtually disappeared from combat theaters. Although the American Reaper is faster and heavier than the Bayraktar, it is also, in essence, a very unwieldy and very expensive target. Experience shows that drones of this type have been successfully destroyed over Yemen, Lebanon, and Iran. American drones of the Reaper family began to be developed in 2001; each costs between $16 and $30 million. Clearly, the loss of each Reaper is extremely painful for the United States.

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[gryaznov.igor.]

Enemy equipment burns well

[ZovSailor]

gryaznov.igor.
Today, 15: 53
Enemy equipment burns well

The combat skill of the Houthi comrades is growing against the high-tech pseudo-hegemon.
They destroy a squadron of spies without noise or dust.
Apparently, they'll soon ask the Russians for help in developing an AI program to shoot down striped drones, just as humans will be needed for more important operations.

[Nexcom]

Reaper production has been discontinued, stocks are running low. Bearded men don't chew snot. Congratulations on another shootdown!

[snow mountain]

They should also shoot down an F-35!
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[Nexcom]

Not all at once! They'll learn.

[Voenoboz]

They don't go there, it will be too expensive for the striped ones.

[Lako]

Bearded men in flip-flops are shooting down $30 million worth of American drones with outdated Soviet anti-aircraft missile systems, while Russia doesn't know how or what to protect the oil refineries with. It turns out they're being guarded by private security companies with shotguns and mobile teams with machine guns.

[Wratch]

Unfortunately, it's not just them. Our military is also "covered." And also by a net against FPV drones. But not all of it.

[Disant]

Wratch
(Igor.ru) Our military is also "covered." And also with a net against FPV drones.

What's wrong with nets and meshes? It's their size.

It turns out that they are guarded by private security companies with shotguns and mobile groups with machine guns.

Another line of defense. They're building defensive lines. What's wrong?

[Vovavvs]

It's time to hire the Houthis in the Black Sea and the Persians for real strikes on Kyiv.

[Disant]

Bearded men in flip-flops are shooting down American drones.

The reaper is flying at altitude - they take him down, but the oil refineries are flying at 50 meters

[isv000]

So this is what you are, interception...
Bravo, Houthis, hats off!

[Yuliy]

It's time to follow the example of the Houthis

[Sergey Mitinsky]

And drones are becoming obsolete

It's certainly good to fly slowly and scout everything carefully, but today this method is no longer feasible. Not only these drones but also AWACS aircraft are becoming obsolete because they are becoming very vulnerable.

Russia would have taken down such enemy aircraft long ago, but they fly in neutral skies and such an outrage could disturb the spirit of Anchorage and raise hysteria in NATO.

For now, no way, but the Houthis don't care about the hysterics.

It seems that reconnaissance of the rear areas is moving into space, although everything there is already vulnerable, but for now the spirit of Anchorage and Article 5 protect them. Frontline reconnaissance aircraft are still in service. Their relatively low cost and small size allow them to obtain valuable information, but now we need to think about a new generation of such reconnaissance aircraft. Rippers and Bayraktars are so last century that they are only suitable for a campaign against the Papuans and perhaps Pashinyan's army, which has barely recovered from its defeat.

and it looks like the Armenian Judas himself is preparing to hand Armenia over to the Turks, guts and all

[Vovavvs]

Back in Soviet times, my uncle, an air defense missile officer, was on assignment abroad in North Yemen for several years... Although, according to the press, it was with the southern PDRY that we had peace, friendship, and camaraderie at the time. My father always wondered what they were doing there. Now it's clear. Air defenses don't spring up out of nowhere.

[Andriuha077]

As of 2026, the US Air Force has approximately 135 MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles in service.
Until recently, the US Air Force's fleet consisted of approximately 182 drones (158 in active units and 24 in the National Guard), but the fleet has suffered significant losses in recent years due to combat operations, including operations in the Middle East (in Yemen and during the conflict with Iran).