News - Yemen: Yemeni Air Defense of the Army and Popular Committees shot down on Saturday a US-made spy drone run by the US-Saudi aggression while flying over the skies of the northern province of Marib.

“Air Defense shot down a US-made ScanEagle spy drone with a surface-to-air missile while carrying out hostilities in the skies of Madghal district in Marib governorate,” Armed Forces Spokesman Yahya Sare’e said in a brief statement.

Sare’e pointed out that "the targeting process is documented through the lens of the Military Media Documentation Unit, and the scenes of the wreckage will be broadcast later."

On June 20 and 22, the Air Defense of the Army and Popular Committees shot down two US-made spy drones of the same type, while they were carrying out hostile actions in the airspace of Al-Mashjah area in Sirwah district of Marib governorate.

The reconnaissance aircraft, whose full name is the Boeing Insitu ScanEagle, is a small, long-endurance, and low-altitude drone built by Insitu, a subsidiary of the American Boeing Company, with an estimated worth of  $11.25 million.

ScanEagle has a range of 1,500km and an endurance of more than 28 hours. The air vehicle can operate at speeds between 80km/h and 126km/h and the cruise speed is 90km/h in level flight. The vehicle achieves a maximum rate of climb of 150m/min to a maximum altitude of 4,880m or 16,000ft.

The role of this type of aircraft emerged during the US war on Iraq, as it carried out more than 1,000 sorties over Iraq’s areas.