US Admitted Its Drone Shot Down over Yemen

Yamanyoon- 2 Oct 2017

The US has confirmed one of its Reaper combat drones was shot down in western Yemen on Sunday October 1.

US Central Command (Centcom) told the Bureau the incident was under investigation.

The US uses Reapers in Yemen both for intelligence gathering and missile strikes. The US has carried out more than 100 strikes by drones as well as manned jets in Yemen this year, according to the latest data provided to the Bureau by Centcom in mid-September, surpassing the total number of strikes for the previous four years combined.