United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Crash

A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper crashed into waters off South Korea's west coast at about 4:35 a.m. on 24 November 2025 while on a routine mission, Yonhap reported citing military officials. The aircraft went down near Maldo-ri island off the city of Gunsan, about 180 km south of Seoul. The 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base said in a release that the drone had been involved in an incident, that no injuries or damage to public property were reported and that the cause was under investigation. Reapers had deployed to Kunsan for Korean peninsula surveillance missions.