Video: Drone shot down by US air defence at the Ayn al-Assad base in Iraq
In the last 24 hours, international news agencies have reported that Iraqi air defences have prevented attacks by kamikaze drones against Ayn al-Assad. Today the BBC international correspondent Nafiseh Kohnavard published on Twitter the moment when a US air defence system installed at the Ayn al-Assad base shot down another drone – a kamikaze. As […]
In the last 24 hours, international news agencies have reported that Iraqi air defences have prevented attacks by kamikaze drones against Ayn al-Assad.
Today the BBC international correspondent Nafiseh Kohnavard published on Twitter the moment when a US air defence system installed at the Ayn al-Assad base shot down another drone – a kamikaze.
As the BBC correspondent reports, the system that appears to have been used by the US air defence is the Coyote, a system manufactured by Raytheon.
BREAKING
Footage shows US defensive systems engage a “suicide drone” outside Ain Al Asad Air Base early this morning, 6th Jan.
This time it is not C-RAM, it seems that COYOTE Anti Drone System was used to shoot this one down. pic.twitter.com/KlaheYZmgw
— Nafiseh Kohnavard (@nafisehkBBC) January 6, 2022