Yemeni air defences have on Tuesday morning shot down the second reconnaissance drone plane belonging to Saudi-led coalition forces over airspace Shabwah province, southern Yemen, in less than a week
In a brief statement, Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman Brigadier General Yehya Sare’e said that the Air Defences managed to down a Chinese-made Wing Loong 2, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, operating by the UAE occupation forces, while carrying out hostile acts over the airspace of the Ain district.
تمكنت دفاعاتنا الجوية بفضل الله من إسقاط طائرة تجسسية مسلحة نوع ( وينغ لونغ2)صينية الصنع تابعة لسلاح الجو الإماراتي، وذلك أثناء قيامها بأعمال عدائية صباح اليوم في أجواء مديرية عين بمحافظة شبوة.
تمت عملية إسقاط الطائرة بصاروخ أرض جو محلي الصنع.— العميد يحيى سريع (@army21ye) January 11, 2022
The drone was targeted with a locally made surface-to-air missile, the military spokesman added.
On January 5th, the Yemeni air defences shot down a Chinese-made Wing Loong 2 over the airspace of Usaylan district in the same province.
