Posted on 08/17/2020 5:55:03 PM PDT by BeauBo
The U.S.-led military coalition in Syria likely used a unique variant of the beloved Hellfire missile to kill a mercenary trainer who recently worked with an al Qaeda-affiliated militant group there, according to photos from the scene of the strike.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported last week that a drone strike likely affiliated with the U.S.-led international military coalition in the country was responsible for killing Abu Yahya al-Uzbeki, an independent "military trainer" recently affiliated with the al Qaeda-linked Hurras Al-Din organization, while he was traveling in Syria's Idlib province.
Photos of the aftermath of the strike on al-Uzbeki's vehicle show a relatively intact car rather than a fiery wreck, suggesting that, as with similar strikes in the region, the coalition employed the notorious R9X variant of the AGM-114 Hellfire missile, a non-explosive weapon that can best be described as a 100-pound flying switchblade.
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Unfortunately no. Needs confined space to work properly. For the group you mentioned, there are Mr Brrrittttt who prefers daylight and Mr AC130jr who works the night shift
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In the civilian hunting culture that is known as a Rage broadhead arrow. Makes big bleedy holes.
The Hellfire missile has established itself as a successful design. The psychological effects have got to be measurable.
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