Drones and how to kill them?

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Sineva said:
This is the 5th MQ-9 shot down by the yemenis in only 3 weeks(!!).

At this rate it looks like they might be aiming to beat the record of 19 TB-2 Bayraktars lost in 6 months by the turks in libya back in 2020
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Out of how many MQ-9s? Isn't the USAF already replacing them?
 
Scott Kenny said:
Oh, look, someone shot down a completely undefended target again.
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You make a valid point.;)
Which should then pose the logical question:
Why-oh-why is the us still continuing to send these drones,which are as you yourself pointed out now effectively little more than "undefended targets", again and again into yemeni airspace?
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Sineva said:
You make a valid point.;)
Which should then pose the logical question:
Why-oh-why is the us still continuing to send these drones,which are as you yourself pointed out now effectively little more than "undefended targets", again and again into yemeni airspace?
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Because they're unmanned and cheap.

And the US hasn't bought enough self-defense pods for them yet.
 
6 still costs way less than a single figher even excluding the pilot.

Also weigh it against how many airstrikes can be called in on targets with the intel gathered by each flight.
 
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Also fighter or surveillance airplane don't have the endurance.
Think also that Houti have the advantage of being defensive and have an history doing so against the US, hence it's easier for them to colocate Anti-Air defenses with US point of interest

But we can wonder how the Signal leaks might have impacted this tally.

Well, I guess we will soon see a new program for a Reaper replacement that can offer better overflight resilience.
 
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There is also an interesting aspect we will likely never have any access to. How much ordnance have the Rebels shot at the UAV? 1 to 1 is bad. 10 to 1 is not so bad.
Without a pilot there is no blood. Without blood it is not news.
 
yasotay said:
There is also an interesting aspect we will likely never have any access to. How much ordnance have the Rebels shot at the UAV? 1 to 1 is bad. 10 to 1 is not so bad.
Without a pilot there is no blood. Without blood it is not news.
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pK against targets of this kind tends to be closer to 1:1...
 
US Army's IFPC-HPM High Power Microwave System #HPM system deployed to. Looks like the Army added an EO sensor to the Leonidas.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1915902829492924771
View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1915902829492924771


Forest Green said:
6 still costs way less than a single figher even excluding the pilot.

Also weigh it against how many airstrikes can be called in on targets with the intel gathered by each flight.
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yasotay said:
There is also an interesting aspect we will likely never have any access to. How much ordnance have the Rebels shot at the UAV? 1 to 1 is bad. 10 to 1 is not so bad.
Without a pilot there is no blood. Without blood it is not news.
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Speaking of which:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915904618468463062
View: https://x.com/ianellisjones/status/1915904618468463062


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