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CIA's Solution to Killing Too Many Civilians: Knife Bomb
Gizmodo ^ | 5/9/2019 | Matt Novak

Posted on 10/14/2019 6:17:18 PM PDT by Lazamataz

The CIA and the U.S. military have been using a new type of missile during some drone strikes in recent years, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. What makes this new missile unique? It doesn’t explode and instead deploys sharp blades, hitting targets “like a speeding anvil” from the sky.

The new missile, which has never been acknowledged publicly before today, is called the R9X and is a variant of the Hellfire missile. But unlike a traditional Hellfire, the R9X is designed with six long blades that only emerge from the missile seconds before impact. The R9X, nicknamed the “flying Ginsu” by insiders, doesn’t contain a warhead. The goal, according to anonymous U.S. officials speaking with the Journal, is to reduce unnecessary casualties and hopefully only kill the person who was targeted in the first place.


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KEYWORDS: asseenontv; blades; flyingginsu; hellfire; knives; r9x; switchblademissile
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To: Lazamataz

But: “Will a Jihadi Blend”?

Like an Amazon Echo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpP3rrNoEqo


21 posted on 10/14/2019 6:50:35 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Lazamataz

22 posted on 10/14/2019 6:50:52 PM PDT by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: Lazamataz
If they really want to impress me, and have a deep impact on the anxiety level of those dark ages superstition-soaked nitwits, the missile would use blades to do a "Algerian civil war" job on the target. Caution, doing a search will turn up the picture, and you can't unsee it.

23 posted on 10/14/2019 6:54:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Lazamataz

Right after the knife bomb does its damage, a mop bomb follows to clean up the mess.


24 posted on 10/14/2019 6:58:20 PM PDT by adorno
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To: Lazamataz
Scaled up version of mechanical hunting broadheads used in archery.

Mechanical broadheads deploy on contact of the target.

25 posted on 10/14/2019 7:04:51 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: SunkenCiv
Algerian civil war

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Nothing that is not already and currently aired on Alarma TV.

26 posted on 10/14/2019 7:13:07 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Lazamataz

You’re gonna love my nuts!


27 posted on 10/14/2019 7:14:22 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: posterchild

The enemy is sliced and diced.


28 posted on 10/14/2019 7:15:51 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....)
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To: Lazamataz

You know dose Germans make great stuff...


29 posted on 10/14/2019 7:16:35 PM PDT by jagusafr
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To: waterhill

It cuts through a steel can, then slices up the muzztard inside.


30 posted on 10/14/2019 7:17:27 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Lazamataz

LOL!


31 posted on 10/14/2019 7:23:28 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: Lazamataz

Beyond utterly stupid!


32 posted on 10/14/2019 7:26:40 PM PDT by Bommer (2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
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To: NorthMountain

Cool!


33 posted on 10/14/2019 7:32:21 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: Lazamataz

I read about this 4 or 5 years ago. It is designed to cut automotive body steel and anything else that might be in the way. It’s a smart bomb designed to strike a car and kill anyone inside, but not harm people standing near the car.


34 posted on 10/14/2019 7:33:54 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: Lazamataz
Everything repeats itself after a generation or so ... "Lazy Dog" flechette bomb

P.S. How ya feeling Laz ?

35 posted on 10/14/2019 7:35:32 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING!)
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To: Deaf Smith

Never been a fan of mechanicals. The original Magnus work great. Re-sharpenable carbon steel. Hell yeah.


36 posted on 10/14/2019 7:36:10 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: Lazamataz

I do not believe this. A hellfire missile cost about 115,000 dollars. One assumes really bad guys are surrounded by other bad guys. Kill them all with maximum blast radius. If by chance innocents are with them (not likely) the bad guy put them in the area of death, not us. Maximum blast radius is good.


37 posted on 10/14/2019 7:40:51 PM PDT by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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To: Lazamataz

The blades must be rounded because pointy is a war crime.


38 posted on 10/14/2019 7:50:42 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: cpdiii

Definitely not cost effective. An LGB or Jdam probably costs less and does the job. Make them smaller and still get your target for less $. Not the DOD way.


39 posted on 10/14/2019 7:53:19 PM PDT by whistleduck (Not)
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To: Lazamataz
That script is right outta classic 1950s/60s Mad comic and later magazine!

Much better than this poorly drawn slobbering crud praising Justice Ginsberg that Warner Brothers' New Mad published shortly before pulling the plug on new material.


40 posted on 10/14/2019 8:07:40 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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