Houthis in Yemen have shot down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone.
According to the Congressional Research Service, MQ-9 Reaper drones cost approximately $30 million each.
Fox News reports that this is the third such drone the rebels have shot down since March 3 and the second shot down since the US started conducting daily strikes.
According to the report, there have been few updates from the President Donald Trump’s administration on the status of the operation, although the US has been carrying out airstrikes daily for 20 days straight.
It further noted that the Pentagon has not held a press briefing in weeks, while the Defense Department has been quiet about the ongoing strikes.
Media Talk Africa recalls that the State Department had announced sanctions on “financial facilitators, procurement operatives, and companies operating as part of a global illicit finance network supporting the Houthis.”
The development came after the Houthis shot down the first Reaper in early March.
Late last month, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz told CBS in interview
that the Houthis are like al Qaeda or ISIS with advanced cruise missiles, ballistic missiles.
He claimed that some of the most sophisticated air defenses, all provided by Iran.
