AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The Military Media of the Yemeni Army and Popular Committees on Saturday published the scenes of targeting a US fighter drone with a surface-to-air missile in the sky of the city of Hodeidah.
The scenes showed the moment of firing a surface-to-air missile towards a US drone, MQ9, and hit the plane directly, which led to the burning and dropping immediately.
On Friday, the Military Media pub scenes of the wreckage of the American spy plane that was dropped by the air defenses of the army and the popular committees Thursday in Hodeidah while carrying out hostilities in the city.
The Military Media published on Friday scenes of the US spy drone that was down by the Air Defenses of the Army and Popular Committees Thursday evening, east of the city of Hodeidah.
The Armed Force spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e confirmed that the Air Defenses shot down a US spy drone MQ9 by a surface to air missile that targeted it accurately.
It is worth mentioning that the Air Defenses in the year 2019, shot down a US Spy drone MQ-1 in Sana'a on March 22. It downed another drone type Wing Loong, in Saada April 19, and US drone MQ-1 on Sana'a on May14.
- developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.
- The MQ-9 is a larger, heavier, and more capable aircraft than the earlier General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
- Used by US and British Air Force in striking sites in Afghanistan.
-The Attack Squadron was formed at Creech AFB on 8 November 2006 as the first Reaper squadron.
- The US Air Force has 28 aircraft of this type (2011)
- Wingspan: 65 ft 7 in (20 m)
- Length: 36 ft 1 in (11 m)
- Height: 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
- Empty weight: 4,901 lb (2,223 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 10,494 lb (4,760 kg)
- Engine Type: Honeywell TPE-331-10T Capacity 900 hp (670 kW).
- Maximum speed: 482 km / h
- The range of up to 3000 km.
- The cost per plane is US $ 11.5 million.
- The cost of the tactical unit (aircraft with control room, missiles and other equipment): $ 30 million
-Up to 4 AGM-114 Hellfire air to ground missiles can be carried. or four Hellfire missiles and two 500 lb (230 kg) GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs. The 500 lb (230 kg) GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) can also be carried.
-Testing is underway to support the operation of the AIM-92 Stinger air-to-air missile.
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source : Almasirah, ABNA
Sunday
9 June 2019
1:25:29 PM
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The Military Media of the Yemeni Army and Popular Committees on Saturday published the scenes of targeting a US fighter drone with a surface-to-air missile in the sky of the city of Hodeidah.