The Houthis are reaping Reapers in the Red Sea

Since October, Houthi militants in Yemen have shot down five U.S.-operated MQ-9 Reapers. These unmanned aerial systems, larger than some planes, are primarily used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), but they can also carry munitions, such as Hellfire missiles.
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[@اهشمراسك]

So now you try to claim the reaper is old and not worth it to cover up that the houthis are really grilling you😂😂😂😂

[@AJYahye]

That's the culture of American and Israeli....? Anything they highly advertised is unachievable, when they failed, they announce, that was old system or error in tech..liers

[@menradmwaliko3661]

Yeah, I see this kind of language change whenever USA technology is challenged or proven weak. They are masters of having some clever ways of using words and narratives 😅

[@اهشمراسك]

@@menradmwaliko3661 lol yea but not anymore

[@menradmwaliko3661]

@user-be2vn6en6x Well, well, sadly, all empires don't realise they are in trouble and collapsing until it's too late. The same is happening to the USA. The ego, pride, and superiority complex will always blind them.

[@menradmwaliko3661]

@user-be2vn6en6x Well, well, sadly, all empires don't realise they are in trouble and collapsing until it's too late. The same is happening to the USA. The ego, pride, and superiority complex will always blind them.

[@koolpapabell1]

these cost more than I have made in my entire life

[@BroadcastRyan22]

Me too, brother. Me too

[@georgewong6615]

i don't know how much you Made , my self average i made 50,000 per a year for 40 years = 2,000000 before tax that drone cost 30 millions you do the math

[@notenote2004]

But they are “20 year old technology “… like they are not important any more!

[@ashifabedin]

@@georgewong6615 U people print dollar ,,,we the developing country pay the price

[@chuckles3265]

That's some broke boy shit

[@tttuu3309]

Empire of lie, suddenly you most sophisticated bird is old

[@joecarey4356]

Reaper's are old. Atleast 30 or 40 years. Definitely not are top tech

[@srice8959]

@@joecarey4356 Exactly. If it’s actually Americas cutting edge technology you won’t even know it exists. I think its funny when people believe that a drone designed in the late 1970’s is most advanced equipment is outright funny. The way America and DARPA works is whatever is going into production today. Is already having newer systems being developed at the same time. Also like the guy in the video said it’s the drones with outdated technology in them. Not the the stuff we’ll be using for war time

[@abdishakur9103]

​@@joecarey4356The missiles downing it are even older, sa6 is a soviet era missile

[@alberthenriette8976]

​@@joecarey4356If it's old why the US army keep using it everywhere around the world 🤪.

[@joecarey4356]

@@alberthenriette8976 it very reliable

[@house15able]

Say what you want about the Houthis in Yemen, those little dude's successfully closed the red sea to Israeli, UK and US ships, without their own navy! They storm machine gun positions wearing sandals. These little dudes are crazy, but effective fighters.

[@wikittywhacktv]

i don't think there tougher and more principled people in the world than the yemenis...

[@stanleynyirenda7984]

😂😂😂😂 Sandles indeed

[@mikewallace8087]

house 15 are you applauding them ?

[@hughjass-pz3cp]

@@mikewallace8087 the US leadership and military complex are cowards. the houthis are not cowards. does that clear it up for you? mikewallace = fukwit

[@hughjass-pz3cp]

you forgot the part about the pajamas.

[@shihabshaan6669]

Many of America's most sophisticated drone are now on display in Iran's museum, thanks to America

[@Airbender-kl7cu]

🤣

[@aarongoleman]

but they aren't our most advanced they have no real stealth tech and we're making a drone that's stealthy and can be ai operated

[@farhanhassan1288]

@@aarongoleman you do whatever you want you are fail

[@aarongoleman]

@@farhanhassan1288 yeah you get to do what you want when you have the deadliest weapons

[@jeffGordon852]

@@aarongoleman we? whos we? lol

[@EnigmaHood]

It seems like whenever the opponent destroys a piece of American military tech, it goes from being the most advanced military hardware on the planet, to an obsolete hunk of junk that anyone can buy at Walmart. I just looked up the price of these things, and just one costs $17 mil. Not exactly something you just want to throw away haphazardly, especially when they can be destroyed by cheap 60 year old Cold War Soviet era SAM systems.

[@toninhosoldierhelmet4033]

sounds like you wanna flex, if you hate america so much move to china or russia and then report back on your living conditions compared to the true land of freedom you better not be a leftist while you are at it.

[@VukVukovljak]

"Finally turning capable of downing 20+ year old US technology" talking about SA-6 which is 50+ years old technology...

[@drakekoefoed1642]

details, details. ok, so actually usa will disintegrate before it catches up with ussr. and the reaper, 20 years from now if there is still a usa, will be more expensive and no good at all.

[@amgnightrider9418]

Hahah there was no drones 50 yrs ago!!! America is Losing with Israel!!! US is not power anymore 👎🏼👎🏾👎🏽👎🏿👎🏻

[@ibrahimsuleiman8473]

20years old tech yet U.S still using them.

[@aarongoleman]

@@ibrahimsuleiman8473 yeah they're good for surveilance and you don't have to put pilots at risk

[@toninhosoldierhelmet4033]

its funny that people are laughing about a little unmanned prop plane being shot down with ancient tech - bro, its a prop plane with expensive spy hardware in it, if its flying low enough you can shoot it out of the sky with an AK, i almost feel like most people here lack the braincells to realise that heat seeking missiles do their thing out of the box.

[@EnigmaHood]

Love the spin these guys pull. Any time the opponent downs one, it suddenly goes from high tech, to obsolete. You gona say that too when the F-35 inevitably is shot down? The SA-6 was first fielded in the 1960s, it's hardly cutting edge tech, but it was enough to down these things with little effort.

[@aarongoleman]

you think they don't update the sa? you think it's still the system that was introduced in the 60s? you smooth brains make me laugh yeah they updated the missle systems to finally be able to hit drones that travel slow af and don't have the tech the f-35s have

[@EnigmaHood]

@@aarongoleman You stole the "smooth brain" remark from someone who said it to you. I have no idea if the SA-6 was updated or not, a quick search shows there's a few variants along with an export variant that may or may not be a downgraded version. But who cares? It's still a very old, Soviet era system, hardly cutting edge at all. Strawman fallacy, never said the drones have the tech the F-35's have.

[@aarongoleman]

@@EnigmaHood it's like shooting down a prop plane america uses them for target practice all the time they mean nothing you guys just don't get it america will spend millions on easily replacable things if it means no pilots are lost it kills me you guys think taking out a drone is doing anything unless an american is killed in an attack on a us ship or plane we really don't care about drones

[@toninhosoldierhelmet4033]

@@EnigmaHood dude your comment was real smooth brain, a F35 is going to be engaging from so far you gonna need atleast a S400 to counter it, and looking at the war in ukraine, i can confirm the S400 is all bark no bite.

[@OhisGeorge-e8j]

Yeah...just like Mariupol and Bakhmut became worthless cities after the Russians kicked NATO and Nazi Ukraine out.😂😂

[@ruslan-pe3wx]

-How biased is your report? -Yes

[@PauloAdriano-zo2ng]

It's okay!

[@toninhosoldierhelmet4033]

yeah his report is very biased, i can't believe people shill for these eastoid dictators that do nothing other than disturb world peace saying the US is a hegemony or something, sure ill believe it when yall stop acting up and hiding the dirt under the rug, atleast the US doesn't mass employ bots like china and russia ruining youtube comment sections with blatant newspeak propaganda.

[@armandodacostamicrosse4128]

Most of the US military was never tested in the real combat... Only with goat farmer

[@Sunopeek]

Have you heard of world War 2?

[@armandodacostamicrosse4128]

@@Sunopeek No.

[@bidav2114]

​@@armandodacostamicrosse4128😂😂😂

[@masrali4696]

​@@Sunopeekww2 was won by soviet Russia. The US only turned up at the end.

[@massinakmin8340]

😭😭😭😭

[@markabdullah6664]

US needs a technology to identify genders

[@francisconzaupuna1175]

They already have if you're born male that's mean you will grow up as female

[@helloneighbor11]

We have a system. Only problem is the system is more than 30 years old and apparently doesn't work any longer

[@Suldan34]

​@@helloneighbor11😂😂😂😂😂

[@DKX365]

Oops

[@SaeedAlFalasi]

😂

[@glfan896]

It's fascinating how quickly all American technology becomes obsolete when confronted with real combat, even against a so-so armed enemy. But don't worry, any technology that hasn't yet been confronted with warring shepherds or primitives in valances is still the best.

[@uilnosaj]

That is because most 90% of the US engineers are not US citizens by birth, and was all let go after 911. The US policy makers thought that average idiots from the US can fill those jobs. American should focus on sports and entertainments, that is also getting stripped away from the US too. Idiot leadership breeds idiot population.

[@ernestojosesanchez1696]

The Houthi are real the united state even all the technology and power man can’t deterrent the Houthi.

[@1234crevis]

This drone is 20 years old. A stealth drone they won't shoot down

[@ZZ90755]

@@1234crevis in your dreams

[@1234crevis]

@@ZZ90755 did you watch the video cuz it said it in there. Sandals isn't gonna shoot down a stealth drone maybe a 20 year old but not stealth so open ur Russian or whatever eyes and see the truth, trust me god wants you too and I'm saying the god part just in case ur the sandals people

[@monsieurpatate1573]

​@1234crevis why are you wasting money on these drones then?

[@ts4095]

Real Talk

[@MrMountain707]

Impressive, the Afghans never shot down a Reaper

[@1234crevis]

They were brand new then and they are old and there is a stealth drone now so we will prob switch in that area lol

[@amortalbeing]

@@1234crevis nobody stays up there forever, the US has lost its edge and is on the verge of collapsing. the poor people are the ones paying the price for its war machine, the very thing that initiated its collapse!

[@ibrahimsuleiman8473]

Afghans never have Iranian tech.

[@helloneighbor11]

They didn't have the anti aircraft weapons until the USA evacuated and left them

[@shahidanwar6761]

The Afghans have American tec now thanks to the Americans running out and leaving all there tec 😂

[@BrookT786]

Thanks for sharing Reaper tech with Iran, Russia and China

[@francisconzaupuna1175]

The so called intelligent guy is liying or is just too afraid to tell Truth

[@finddeniro]

Hey 0 that Secret Private OK. Evidence....

[@utoob7361]

The Air Force desperately wants to get rid of A-10s. The Army desperately needs something better that suicidal helicopters. Give the A-10s to the Army.

[@andykerr3803]

Typical propaganda... Forgot to mention how much each of these big toys cost the US taxpayers... 😂

[@wikittywhacktv]

drones are useless when against an enemy that has the most basic SAM systems. the only way a drone is effective is if the cost of shooting it down is more expensive than the drone itself, which is the case for the houthi/iranian drones

[@Zainabiya-l8u]

Note, their name is Ansar Allah, not the Houthis

[@aarongoleman]

@@Zainabiya-l8u there's another group?

[@Zainabiya-l8u]

@@aarongoleman I didn't understand

[@toninhosoldierhelmet4033]

none of em have gen 3 thermal imagers, which makes then absolutely useless for spying, which explains why they are cheap, they literally cannot perform a specific job.

[@hallmobility]

I get it. These cheap, old, unmanned birds are ONLY $40 Million each!

[@jordan2104]

So what? We print our own money!

[@badrobotNG]

Abrams gets toasted: "it's the older ones" Reaper drones toasted: : "its common tech that everybody has" Wow, The US has a real issue with taking Ls...

[@eespn4764]

US narrative of superior expensive weaoons by houthis😂😂

[@Martian74]

The F22 is over 20 years old. Going to let those go down too?

[@ZOFIELHERRERA-wy3yo]

The Reapers are being ripped.

[@awanberlari]

I think China Technology growing better

[@roscoe66ify]

Alright Houthis !

[@AlL-fc5uv]

Ancient Drone Tech 😂😂😂😂 Not The Flex You Think It Is ,Just Shows How Far Behind Everyone Else Is 😂😂😂😂

[@alanwang5066]

The Husai armed forces are very lucky. They can always find their military supplies in the desert.

[@hcp2395]

The gringos , fuckinng so much arround the world .

[@mohamedshahidullah7387]

Over priced and over hyped toys of USA.

[@LizelBekker]

They will probably be able to shoot down the upgraded reapers as well.

[@ljt3084]

Blueprints now available on Ebay. Probably.

[@helloneighbor11]

Get out your 3d printer

[@emhokidisolomon4993]

When you can recover erased files, you claim to have remotely wipe the files hmmmmmm sounds like bull shit

[@siggyincr7447]

This isn't recovering files you deleted on your laptop. If the erasure protocol was designed by a competent engineer there will be no recovery.

[@billramsey6000]

It sounds like they are being "expended" to justify the purchase of more. Money Money Money...

[@faisalhs6493]

You can downplay the loses all you want but the bottom line is Iran is not a joke. Abram Tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, ATACMs, HIMARS, drones and other American weapons are also biting the dust in Ukraine. Are they based on a 20-year-old technology too? I didn't know you can find solace in age!🙄

[@bigtony4829]

Anyone else think the Houthies should change their name to The Blue Oyster Cult They dont fear the reaper

[@Kennethvitatoe-jc5pv]

That was my RC model ,they shot down ,I just got this RC from hobby town last week ,thanks Houthi bozo,s

[@QamarShaikh-wf9mt]

Reapers 🤣😂🤣

[@LowGearHiker]

These are drones not stealth aircraft. They've always been vulnerable to radar guided missiles. The Houthis are using Iran missles so don't give hem too much credit.

[@castlerock58]

They don't fear the reaper.

[@southside2459]

No shit, it’s used for surveillance in Yemen

[@gandalfgreyhame3425]

The Reaper has already been tested with the AIM Sidewinder missile. It needs to have a radar warning system and the ability to fire AGM88 missiles at these SAM sites, a basic SEAD/DEAD capability.

[@alberthenriette8976]

America is a champion in the gym 🤪 and Russia is a champion in the ring 😊

[@hopcat500]

......SO The United States is once again unable to get control of a small mostly primitive country. (with supplied weapons from IRAN), GOD help us.

[@obtuse1291]

The USI could of course give up trying to control small primitive countries that don't want to be controlled by USI. 😂

[@Phil-D83]

Wait until they get advanced Russian weapons via iran

[@finddeniro]

Ah.the Copy Shop effect....It's getting Hot...

[@Bofia817]

Bullshit they are not fighting man in sandal.

[@KeithFrancis-nf8dw]

I thought that the hoothies were under dogs 😂😂

[@calanmacleod3948]

Just why are you flying over their country? Go home.

[@watcher5729]

drones are far from invincible air targets .the dispensible and cheaper manufactturers will have a major edge in the market

[@jollybubu6622]

Just admit your weapon system are not sophisticated anymore..see it in Ukraine..

[@southside2459]

You know they have newer drones right

[@MizMite2002]

Russia traded a whole lot of missiles and drones for those parts.

[@EmpMidas]

Free market😅!

[@Bitdog4U]

$100+ millon per Reaper ? For $100 million I could make a 333,000 gas powered dive bomb drones that return for a reload and walk through any country's defence. I don't know if that is true, but I think it could be...... Drops cheap bombs, snap together replaceable parts, wood & urethane foam construction, 2 cylinder, 2 cycle motor, high speed biplane wings, etc.

[@finddeniro]

The Diplomatic Corp has Been rejected....for 50 years.

[@ahmedabdolghani8879]

“You see that piece of weaponry that costs per unit more than you’d make in your entire life? Yeah that’s old and not important actually”

[@fazkuruni7439]

*The 6th* bye Reaper

[@ehsanaali2798]

That B52 was a threat? Lol

[@jackeynelson6632]

It's only effectively used in third world countries..

[@davidwong1848]

US military weapons are backwards 😂😂😂

[@isfrhaman]

Drones supporting helicopters, What a dumb 😂 Helis will go down first

[@RichardSesay-z4k]

Houthis are use 5k technology that destroy 10 million dollars us technology. Simplicity defeat complexity always!!!!

[@oldphart-zc3jz]

Good. Feedback from combat is key to developing next-gen UAS. Turkey also understands this and developed more advanced gen UAS rather than just selling early Bayraktars. Drones allow safe probing of opponent systems at trivial cost so everyone should be using them (Houthis included).

[@MrRight-fu1gf]

The tech is fairly modern in that most armies use tech that is 20-30 years old. Some still use 60 year old tech. Please understand drones are slow moving targets. That’s why it’s so easy for them to get shot down. The United States answer to Soviet systems was two fold increase altitude and increase speed. There are military aircraft which would require the S300 and even S400 to shoot down. Including the F-22 and F-35 would most likely require the S400 although in some circumstances the S300 would be sufficient.

[@readitdesign4867]

Joke. USA is a bad joke. Let me help you. Try to learn what is Krasuha 2 and Krasuha 3 electronic warfare systems. Yep. On Wikipedia. Try again with jokes. Harder. By the way, still searching for the Russian submarine? :)

[@nickprohoroff3720]

Ho Ho. Don't fear the Reaper.

[@henrycarlson7514]

Interesting , but sad

[@OhisGeorge-e8j]

Russian Piranha drones cost few dollars and modern, but the US MQ-9 Reaper are very cmvery old but cist about $40 million each...

[@quantrill1977]

Iran smile

[@nuoxable]

RIP er

[@daneurope9167]

reapers are now obsolete..unless it becomes stealth..

[@wizdalmar7559]

those drones terrorised talibans but not the huthis fact: huthis shot down that drone with only flip flops 🩴

[@calvinmontgomery4245]

America ! Talk is cheap,

[@184186]

Don't talk about the downed drone, Talk about everything else. Nothing to see here move along folks

[@thelittleguy-ih8nv]

When a 3rd country makes a "1st" world country look pathetic!

[@mikewallace8087]

Do the Houthis have the phone numbers to call for repair parts?

[@AliShemirani-x6i]

بله دارن شماره ایران

[@rushzeen]

lol.. accept it.. also Russian fighter didnt collide, it just pissed on the reaper

[@janfatas1703]

But F-35 was realy invisible, when crashed 2 days they looked for it. pentagon said people help to found. I mean former F-35 second in New Mexico was visible in flames

[@edsalinas9996]

Are you worried that the Houthi's will reverse engineer with screw drivers and ball ping hammers?

[@AliShemirani-x6i]

نه عزیزم این پهباد رو به ایران می فرستن اونجا مهندس معکوس می شود

[@eritrea700]

@@AliShemirani-x6i😂😂😂😂😂

[@pdas2209]

Its high time for the Uncle Sam to research a tech to distinguish between male & female

[@RoyMH1960]

Tootie Fruity Pebbles, from Ya-Man!!😝

[@OhisGeorge-e8j]

They are old but still worth millions of dollars? 😂😂😂😂

[@ilyask5078]

They let them have it on purpose, to know where the enemy is. Those cameras can go online without knowing and send positions.

[@_0x01m]

They disconnect all battery in first minute

[@carlmichaelashanti]

Old right? 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@tommchugh7408]

They shoot down an unmanned recon drone of which the US has thousands and expose their positions. Great idea.

[@valmp3]

Thousands?

[@tommchugh7408]

@@valmp3 US has close to 9,000 UAV's

[@valmp3]

@@tommchugh7408 MQ-9 Reapers?

[@alberthenriette8976]

Thousands of overhype craps🤪

[@tommchugh7408]

@@valmp3 126 reapers. 9,000 drones in total. 0 pilots killed.

[@Broodjemetbeleg]

Intelligence expert lies, bug suprise 😂😂😂😂

[@Fossillarson]

Use up old inventory make room for new drones

[@Rasenkrieger]

It had been expensive when made in the US, anyway

[@lonewalker6110]

usa never had a real opponent ..europe neither

[@Tomcat71]

shot down by dudes in dresses and sandals ..lol How sad.

[@MrRight-fu1gf]

These dudes in dresses and sandals aren’t using their technology. A mix of Soviet and Iranian technology. The Iranians are modern day Persians very intelligent and courageous people. I’m saying this as an American really admire them. If you look at STEM graduates, Iran is in the top 10 worldwide.

[@latymz]

Reapers are old, give me a break.

[@kenkan1963]

The US military has confirmed that the Houthis did conduct the attacks. It is highly likely that the Eisenhower was actually being hit but the damage was minimal, otherwise, why no live reporting as proposed by the Houthis even after a week of the announced incidents. Not even a high resolution photo at elevated view that shows the status of the air deck was released officially by the US military. Yes, sinking an aircraft carrier or damaging the landing deck and leaving it unusable with big holes is no easy task but damaging it is not.

[@iivin4233]

Is it just me, or isn't the point using drones to risk them getting shot down rather than human pilots? In any case, I wonder how the world would react if the US said, "Hey, good job. That was effective air defense." and left it at that. It would throw everyone for a loop.

[@yourfather5093]

the coping, experts..

[@abdulrashidabang5583]

The problem is that the US is still stuck with their vietnam era weapons that they thought are still superior to Chinese and Russian weapons which are improving their weapons to modern era cutting edge weapons.Abraham tanks,ATACM and patriot are already obsolete due to fast development of chinese and Russian technology which leaves the US few decades behind.

[@helloneighbor11]

Let's not forget that Russia was running out of fuel just trying to invade their neighbor. They don't have the military we thought they did. China might have the most advanced military out there, but we haven't seen that either

[@patropata260]

@@helloneighbor11 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@walteropanasets9178]

Don’t think so all lies

[@geoffreybyamukama1018]

The mighty Reaper.

[@stenyethanmathews945]

Ffs.... imagine if you can recover a reaper and sell it. Maybe worth a couple thousand to hundreds of thousands to millions. Enough to pay for a house and retire.

[@studdot4748]

Excuse Excuse Excuse 😊

[@vanzylbooysen4826]

It's a small setback.

[@HarenunHoppus]

The americans gotten used to fighting goat herders that they heavily underestimated their enemies… again.

[@glenmccarthy8482]

The sleepy reaper.