Houthi Claims Shooting Falls MQ-9 Drone And Attacks Groton Ship In Aden Bay

Israel's attack on the target of Yemen's Houthi military/PHOTO via Instagram @stateofisrael

JAKARTA - The Yemeni Houthi group said it had shot down the MQ-9 robot made in the United States (US) with a local-made missile and attacked the Groton ship in Aden Bay with ballistic missiles. Earlier on the same day, a source told Sputnik that the Houthis shot down US MQ-9 drone in the sky over Sadah province with a missile strike from the Soviet Kub air defense system. "The Yemeni Armed Forces (Houthis) air defense forces shot down a type American plane (MQ_9) using locally made surface-to-air missiles, naval forces and missiles carrying out joint military operations targeting ships (Grotons) in Aden Bay with a number of ballistic missiles," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on social media. The ship (Groton) was successfully shot in the attack, Saree said, adding that the reason for the attack was because the ship violated the Houthis' ban on entering Israeli ports. To date, Houthis have managed to shoot down six MQ-9 drones, most recently on May 29 in Yemen's city of Marib. In April, CBS News reported that each drone costs about 30 million US dollars (approximately IDR 485.25 billion), citing data from the US Congressional Research Service. The Houthi movement, also known as the Ansar Allah movement, has been controlling North Yemen. In November 2023, they promised to attack any ship associated with Israel until Israel halted military action in Gaza.

The attacks prompted the US to form a multinational coalition, including Britain, to protect shipments in the Red Sea region and attack the Houthi targets on land.