German Warship Mistakes American Reaper For Houthi Drone, Shoots Missiles At It In Red Sea

Hindustan Times on You Tube ^ | 2/29.2024 | Hindustan Times

[Paul R.]

German frigate Hessen caused a blunder in the Red Sea as it led EU's anti-Houthi mission. The German warship opened fire at American MQ-9 Reaper drone as it spotted it flying in the area. The warship mistook it for being a Houthi drone, however, its missiles failed to reach the drone due to a reported "technical defect." RT News reported that the Reaper drone was flying in the area with its transponder shut off. Watch for more details.

[Paul R.]

OOPS!

Parallel article from "CRUX":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgUCgFbdG0&pp=ygUTZ2VybW4gd2Fyc2hpcCBkcm9uZQ%3D%3D

"US MQ 9 Drone Survives German Warship Attack In Red Sea As Missiles Crash Due To “Technical Failure”

I guess if the Houthis want to go after a warship, now they know which one...

[Paul R.]

A little coordination here would be good...

[DIRTYSECRET]

A message to Trump. Don’t count on us.

[proxy_user]

Fog of war + computerized bots = complete confusion.

[Drew68]

So not only do the Germans shoot their multi-million dollar missile at our multi-million dollar friendly drone, but their multi-million dollar missile fails due to a technical glitch.

Wonderful.

I'm sure Vlad is crapping his pants.

[PGR88]

....and they missed.

keystone cops.

[EEGator]

The Germans are still better than the Brits.
Their ships don’t have missiles…

[linMcHlp]

Basic URL address portion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgUCgFbdG0

[AlaskaErik]

If you want to see the state of today’s German military just watch reruns of Hogan’s Heroes. Colonel Klink and Sgt Schultz epitomize what it’s become.

[Ken H]

Was it over when the Germans bombed the Reaper drone?

[Leaning Right]

Back in 2015 the German Army ran a field training exercise. And due to equipment shortages, some of their tanks used broomsticks instead of machine guns.

So I’ve got to ask. Did the German ship fire a volley of broomsticks?

Side note to the Germans: Just kidding, guys. At least you’re there, and you’re trying.

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For the curious, here’s the 2015 broomstick story:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/02/19/germanys-army-is-so-under-equipped-that-it-used-broomsticks-instead-of-machine-guns/

[NWFree]

NATO to the rescue. Watch out for friendly fire

[MinorityRepublican]

wasting two $2.1M SM-2 missiles in the process

[bunkerhill7]

Das ist die hootentootenfrigenmissinschlepenziekaputenziedeutcheslanderboot

[Paul R.]

Noted - I’m not sure why the YT link I posted pasted without being “hot”. (It works copy-pasted into a browser, tho.)

Thx.

[Paul R.]

It appears the Germans did do some earlier successful shootdowns. So much stuff in the Red Sea has to be dredged up, so to speak...

https://meta-defense.fr/en/2024/02/29/frigate_hessen_firing_missiles_drone_mq_9/#:~:text=Twenty%2Dfour%20of%20the%20frigate‘s,of%2035%20to%2040%20km.

Is it possible some Reaper drones have ways to fool missiles coming at them?

[MinorityRepublican]

I’m sure that the Iranians are taking notes.

[Paul R.]

Es ist gelaffenhootentootenfrigenfunnyenfreepencommentinautor

:-)

[A strike]

There is NO reason for U.S. military involvement in this area.
show me wrong

-fJRoberts-

[T.B. Yoits]

Is it possible some Reaper drones have ways to fool missiles coming at them?

Likely just a second transponder in a different frequency range. The program in the missile would disarm the warhead, detonate it early, or divert it off course.