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German Frigate Mistakenly Fires on MQ-9 Over the Red Sea

Posted March 1, 2024 by Dronerator

On the evening of February 26, the crew of the German frigate “Hessen,” operating in the Red Sea as part of the European Union mission, attempted to shoot down an unknown drone after efforts to clarify its nature with U.S. forces were unsuccessful. Two Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) interceptors were fired at the target, “but […]

Hezbollah Claims it Downed Israeli Drone Over Lebanon

Posted February 27, 2024 by Dronerator

Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Monday it had shot down an Israeli Hermes 450 drone over Lebanese territory with a surface-to-air missile, the second time it has announced a downing of this type of unmanned aerial vehicle. The Israeli military said on Monday that two missile launches had targeted an Israeli Air Force UAV operating over […]

Houthis Down Second US Air Force MQ-9 in Three Months

Posted February 22, 2024 by Dronerator

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper was shot down off the coast of Yemen by Houthi fighters, defense officials said Feb. 20. It was the second time that an Air Force MQ-9 was downed by the Houthis since November as the Iranian-backed Houthis pursue a months-long campaign against commercial shipping and naval vessels in the region with […]

Drone Remnants Found in Moldova Near Ukraine Border

Posted February 21, 2024 by Dronerator

Fragments of a Shahed-type drone were found in Moldova in a field two kilometers from the country’s border with Ukraine, the Moldovan Border Police reported on Feb. 17. According to the border police, drone debris was found near the village of Etulia, a Moldovan border settlement some 15 kilometers northeast of the Ukrainian Danube port […]

Drone Delivering Frozen Chicken Crashes In Residential Area

Posted February 19, 2024 by Dronerator

A drone delivering frozen chicken crashed into a residential society in Gurugram near New Delhi in India on Thursday, police said. They added that an FIR was registered against the company operating the drone for breaching CrPC Section 144, which was enforced in the city. The drone, operated by Skye Air, crashed into the G […]

USAF MQ-9 Downed in Iraq by Iranian-Provided Missile

Posted January 22, 2024 by Dronerator

An American MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed in northern Iraq on Jan. 18, as the U.S. continues to fend off attacks from Iran-backed militias, U.S. officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine. The U.S. Air Force MQ-9 was likely downed by an Iranian-provided surface-to-air missile fired by an Iranian-affiliated Iraqi group, U.S. officials said. The MQ-9 was supporting […]

New Jet-Powered Shahed Drone Downed in Ukraine

Posted January 10, 2024 by Dronerator

A new jet-powered Shahed kamikaze drone has reportedly been shot down in Ukraine, though the country’s air force has said it could not currently confirm the incident. Serhiy Beskrestnov, a Ukrainian soldier specializing in radio technologies and operating under the callsign “Flash,” reported the discovery on his Telegram channel on Monday. “I did not think that they would appear […]

Drone Collides with Helicopter Over Daytona Beach

Posted January 4, 2024 by Dronerator

A helicopter was damaged after a collision with a drone on Saturday, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office revealed in a subsequent statement. No one was hurt, but the damages to the helicopter blades will be costly. According to the VSO’s report on the incident, Leading Edge Helicopter tours had a helicopter flying in the area of […]