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French ship downs two Yemeni drones over Red Sea
TASS Russia ^ | 12/10/2023 | TASS

Posted on 12/09/2023 8:47:02 PM PST by Nextrush

Both drones were intercepted about 110 kilometers off the coast of Yemen.

PARIS, December 10./TASS/.A French frigate show down two unmanned aerial vehicles flying over the Red Sea from Yemen, the General Staff of the French armed forces reported...

(Excerpt) Read more at tass.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; France; News/Current Events; Yemen
KEYWORDS: drones; france; middleeast; navy; yemen
This news story based on an X social media post by the French military.
1 posted on 12/09/2023 8:47:02 PM PST by Nextrush
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To: Nextrush

“...110 kilometers...”
Isn’t that something like ... 4 inches?
Oh wait, that’s millimeters.
Never mind.


2 posted on 12/09/2023 8:52:13 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.'s orbit.)
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To: Nextrush
(French ship downs two Yemeni drones over Red Sea)


3 posted on 12/09/2023 8:55:32 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Repeal The 17th

68.35 miles


4 posted on 12/09/2023 8:59:29 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

Were they trying to surrender?


5 posted on 12/09/2023 10:23:43 PM PST by Laslo Fripp (Semper Fidelis)
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To: Nextrush

Nice of the Houthi bandits to provide drones for Allied ships to train their crews on.


6 posted on 12/09/2023 11:04:26 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Chad C. Mulligan
Nice of the Houthi bandits to provide drones for Allied ships to train their crews on.

Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Yemen declared war on the Houthi bandits back in 2014 and the Houthis still control 80 percent of Yemen's population, to include its capital. It looks like the Houthis will outlive your beloved Ukraine.

7 posted on 12/09/2023 11:20:28 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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Anyone know what size these drones are? Iranian model Mohajer-6 possibly? Or oversized hobby models capable of dropping a hand grenade?


8 posted on 12/10/2023 12:16:45 AM PST by DAC21
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To: Nextrush

It’s time to go ‘Dresden’ on the Houthis


9 posted on 12/10/2023 3:36:47 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

Yeah let’s fire bomb a bunch of people. Bomb them, bomb them, and bomb them again, as Judge Jeanine and Trey Gowdy would say.

Barbarian.

How about we remove our ships and let them kill each other for free.


10 posted on 12/10/2023 4:39:24 AM PST by Rural_Michigan
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To: Nextrush

Merci


11 posted on 12/10/2023 9:04:36 AM PST by coalminersson (since )
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To: Nextrush

The French?


12 posted on 12/10/2023 10:02:41 AM PST by 1956tbyrd
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