Yemeni forces shoot down another US-made ScanEagle reconnaissance drone

Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted another US-built Boeing Insitu ScanEagle spy drone belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition as it was flying in the skies over the country’s central province of Ma’rib.

The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a post published on his Twitter page on Monday that Yemeni air defense units shot down the unmanned aerial vehicle as it was carrying out hostile acts in the skies of Medghal district.

The Boeing Insitu ScanEagle is a small, long-endurance, low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, and is used for reconnaissance.

The development comes only a day after Saudi-led warplanes conducted roughly three dozen airstrikes against various residential neighborhoods across Ma’rib province.

Local sources said the military aircraft launched 24 raids against Harib al-Qaramish and al-Jubah districts.

Saudi-led fighters also carried out six attacks against Sirwah district.

Back on August 14, Yemeni army forces and their allies shot down a Saudi-led ScanEagle reconnaissance drone as the aircraft was flying over the same district of Ma’rib province.

A Saudi-led ScanEagle reconnaissance drone was intercepted and struck over al-Mushajah area in Sirwah district on June 22, as the aircraft was on a surveillance mission.