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American MQ-9 Reaper UCAV shot down by Yemen’s Houthis, carrying AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM)

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Italy, together with France and Great Britain, supply Storm Shadow/SCALP EG cruise missiles to Ukraine, UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps reveals.

“I think the Storm Shadow is an extraordinary weapon. Great Britain, France and Italy are preparing these weapons for use, in particular in the occupied Crimea.”

Officially, Italy and Ukraine have not confirm this information.

According to available information, Italy has about 200 missiles.

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American MQ-9 Reaper UCAV shot down by Yemen’s Houthis was carrying AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM).

— JAGM is a more advanced and capable missile compared to the legacy AGM-114 Hellfire missiles that the Reaper previously used.

— The unit cost of the JAGM missile appears to be in the range of $319,000 to $324,805 per unit.

— The unit cost of the MQ-9 Reaper UAV appears to be in the range of $14 million to $32 million per aircraft, with the most commonly cited figure being around $31 million per unit.