News - Yemen: The Yemeni Air Defenses of the Army and Popular Committees shot down a  US-made ScanEagle spy drone on Monday morning, in the border district of Haradh in Hajjah Governorate.

"Our Air Defenses shot down an US-made ScanEagle spy drone, with an undisclosed missile, while it was carrying out hostile actions this morning in the airspace of Haradh District, Hajjah Governorate," the Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e said in a brief statement.

On February 25, the Yemeni Air Defenses shot down a US-made General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone, operated by the UAE, with a surface-to-air missile as it was carrying out hostilities over Al-Jawf Governorate.

Shortly afterward, on the same day, Yemeni Air Defenses had shot down a US-built Boeing Insitu ScanEagle spy drone of the Royal Saudi Air Force. The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces highlighted that the unmanned aerial vehicle was struck as it was flying in the skies over the Al-Jubah district in Marib Governorate.

The Boeing Insitu ScanEagle is a small, long-endurance, low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, and is used for reconnaissance.

Enjoying complete arms, logistical, and political support on the part of the US, Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies started a war against Yemen in March 2015 to restore power to Yemen's former Washington and Riyadh-aligned officials.

The war has stopped way short of the goal, while killing tens of thousands of Yemenis in the process and pushing the entire Yemen close to the brink of outright famine.

The Yemeni Armed Forces have vowed, though, not to lay down their arms until Yemen's complete liberation from the US-Saudi aggression.

Saudi Arabia is keen to bring in combat drones from multiple countries to gain qualitative air superiority, most notably US, China and Turkey.
 
With the ability of the Yemeni air defense to shoot down these drones despite their development, it limits the air superiority of the coalition of aggression, thus weakening the card it is betting on in the battlefield.
 
In the outcome of the air defense's achievements, the coalition of aggression lost dozens of its various aircraft, warplanes and drones.

 

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