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DID THE SAUDIS GET OFF THEIR OWN DRONES?
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Arnaud
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April 12, 2019
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It could be the unusual information of this month of April.
On Monday, April 8, 2019, the Saudi authorities announced that they had shot down a combat drone over the Yemeni city of Seiyun .
Although a time considered the unmanned aircraft did not belong to the American aviation but seems finally indeed to belong to the Royal Saudi Air Force , which poses quite a lot of questions . Then attempt to smoke on the part of the Saudi military or demonstration of a certain lack of professionalism, all tracks are possible.
Because when the debris was analyzed by specialized journalists and the images clearly presented the suspicion of destruction of an overflight of Yemen by an American
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper fainted. It should be known that for several months the Saudi media have insisted that American and European reconnaissance and surveillance drones would fly frequently over Yemen. In the kingdom nobody denies that the Saudi intervention on Yemeni territory no longer has the support of the United States and the European Union, if only once.
As a result, the belief in permanent Western surveillance is deeply entrenched, including among the military.
In the end, the analyzes showed that the drone was shot down by a MIM-104F Patriot missile. Such weapons were deployed in this theater by the Emiratis and Saudis, both to counter ground-to-ground missiles as well as drones. Except that the aircraft piloted down was finally a CH-4B Rainbow, like the one presented above. This Chinese-made drone, built under license in Saudi Arabia, is a copy of the MQ-9 Reaper used for both reconnaissance and close air support.
So did the Saudis try to smudge the situation by victimizing themselves vis-à-vis the United States? If so, this clumsy attempt will inevitably affect relations between Washington and Riyadh, both diplomatically and militarily. Or rather, is it the combination of a smear and a smoke? This is surely one of the keys: it is quite possible that Saudi antiaircraft gunners unknowingly shot one of their own drones and then some wanted to play to accuse the Americans or even worse (
in the kind not credible ) the Houthi rebels.
In an effort to demine the situation, the Chinese authorities immediately announced that no CHC-4 Rainbow CCACs had ever been sold in Yemen, in any version.
This unusual incident also highlights the difficulties that exist when one clashes too much data and information on a theater of operation. It shows that Saudi airmen and air gunners do not work hand in hand, far from there.
It could have been just a snippet, but the fact that the Saudi military first wanted to make a foreign drone believe it before acknowledging half-heartedly that it is one of theirs does not really plead. not in their favor.
Saudi drone shot down by the Houthis
@The Eagle @waz @Dubious This velayat e faqih mullah mouthpiece is spewing crap again.
Secondly, OP is based on a propaganda video, which is ridiculous at best.
Typically Arab behavior...we they can't argue they cry...pov' sans culotte!