India eager to buy American drones — but Houthis shoot down similar UAVs ’with a sandal’

India eager to buy American drones — but Houthis shoot down similar UAVs ’with a sandal’ India is set to finalize a $ deal with the U.S. for MQ-9B Predator armed drones before October 31, Hindustan Times reported Tuesday. Meanwhile, Yemeni Houthis claim to have shot down 2 similar US MQ-9 Reaper UAVs over Red Sea in the last 72 hours. So far, the movement has claimed a total of 12 UAVs of this type shot down since October 2023, of which photos and video confirmed 10 of the downed aircraft. The price tag for 12 of these Reaper drones is approx $420 mln. Seems like the Houthi sandal was decisively underestimated by the Americans Subscribe to @geo_gaganauts Source: Gaganauts of Geopolitics