Posted on 08/21/2019 8:30:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A US MQ-9 drone was shot down over Yemen on Tuesday by a surface-to-air missile, a US official tells CNN.
The US believes the missile was provided to Houthi rebels by Iran, said the official, who added that it was not immediately clear if the drone was being operated by the US military or the intelligence community.
The official said the Trump administration will publicly call out Iran for the incident, which was first reported by Reuters.
Houthi rebels claimed its air defenses shot down the drone south of Yemen's capital, Sanaa. A Houthi spokesman said the missile was "developed locally" and will be revealed at a press conference.
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If you blow up a third world country, does it become a fourth world country?
Hopefully it was an OLD Reaper.
Too bad they don’t mount HARMs on them. Turn ‘em into Wild Weasels.
Part of me says WTF and how does this happen by a homemade missile and third world goat army?
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