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Secret U.S. missile kills terrorists with knives instead of explosives
wreg.com ^ | 5/11/2019 | unknown

Posted on 05/12/2019 8:05:28 AM PDT by rktman

Ever heard of a missile that doesn’t explode?

That, the Wall Street Journal reports, is a key feature of a secret weapon adapted by the US military.

It’s a modified version of a Hellfire missile that hits pinpoint targets but doesn’t explode on impact, meaning reduced damage and less risk of civilian casualties.

The weapon, which the Journal likens to a “speeding anvil” falling out of the sky, is known as R9X. But it also has a nickname, “the flying Ginsu,” inspired by its hidden ring of six blades, which emerges just before impact and shreds anything it meets.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bombiehana; chopchop; flyingginsu; hellfire; r9x
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To: Portcall24

In fact I only worked on a piece of the things that were out there. The people who really knew were somewhat spooky.


41 posted on 05/12/2019 1:25:14 PM PDT by KC_for_Freedom (retired aerospace engineer and CSP who also taught)
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To: TalBlack
What’s the film with the floating orbs with the lives that poption out? There was a tall old undertaker who unleashed them.

I think it was "Phantasm".

42 posted on 05/12/2019 1:31:48 PM PDT by Nachoman (Following victory, its best to reload.)
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To: TalBlack
What’s the film with the floating orbs with the lives that poption out?

PHANTASM

43 posted on 05/12/2019 1:55:34 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is a 6 bladed cuisinart blender.


44 posted on 05/12/2019 4:47:41 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: KC_for_Freedom; TXnMA

I used to know the name of the program but too many years have passed.


45 posted on 05/12/2019 5:45:40 PM PDT by Portcall24
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To: minnesota_bound

Don’t need the blender part when a safe is dropped on your head from 35000 feet.


46 posted on 05/12/2019 6:14:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
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To: Portcall24

I never knew the code name for the experiment I was mentioning, I suppose it had one though.


48 posted on 05/12/2019 9:43:51 PM PDT by KC_for_Freedom (retired aerospace engineer and CSP who also taught)
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