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R9X Hellfire missile used to take out al-Zawahiri is a precision ‘ninja bomb’ that uses blades to kill
NY Post ^ | August 2, 2022 | Evan Simko-Bednarski

Posted on 08/02/2022 10:47:47 AM PDT by McGruff

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed Monday by America’s secretive and gruesome R9X Hellfire missile — which is also known as the “flying Ginsu.”

The strangest variant in the Hellfire family of missiles — built as a precision weapon of targeted assassination — the R9X’s most distinguishing characteristic is that it doesn’t explode and simply uses its weight, momentum and blade-like appendages to kill.

First revealed by the Wall Street Journal in 2019, the modified R9X trades the standard Hellfire’s explosive warhead for a halo of six metal fins that look like swords and are sharp enough to slice through concrete and steel on their way to a target.

The lethal payload has earned the R9X nicknames like “the flying Ginsu” or “the Ninja bomb” within the defense community.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: flyingginsu; ninjabomb; r9xhellfire; wth
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To: P-Marlowe

He’s died more times than Sean Bean.


21 posted on 08/02/2022 11:06:45 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: McGruff

“the modified R9X trades the standard Hellfire’s explosive warhead for a halo of six metal fins that look like swords and are sharp enough to slice through concrete and steel on their way to a target”

Yeah... that’s gonna leave a mark.


22 posted on 08/02/2022 11:07:00 AM PDT by Have Ruck - Will Travel (It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion...)
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To: DesertRhino

I don’t know who they killed, but if Biden says it was Al-Zawahiri, then you can bank on the fact that it wasn’t him.

Nothing Biden claims to be true is the truth. Nothing.

He was reported dead before Biden took office.

Why should any of us believe this?


23 posted on 08/02/2022 11:07:07 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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To: Stosh

Pretty soon the “Bag-o-Glass” will be laser guided.


24 posted on 08/02/2022 11:07:28 AM PDT by blackdog (Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
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To: All

How come no pictures or video of the aftermath have come out. Sounds odd.


25 posted on 08/02/2022 11:08:04 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff
Works for me as long as 'he's really most sincerely dead." Coroner's Report
26 posted on 08/02/2022 11:11:42 AM PDT by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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To: Vermont Lt

Harry’s blades?


27 posted on 08/02/2022 11:15:13 AM PDT by SuperLuminal
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To: gundog

LMAO!!!!!!! Perfect!!!!


28 posted on 08/02/2022 11:15:34 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Romans 12:12)
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To: McGruff

“secretive and gruesome R9X Hellfire missile ... for assassination”

because otherwise war is not gruesome or secretive?


29 posted on 08/02/2022 11:16:02 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: CommerceComet

Where’s the Death Certificate?


30 posted on 08/02/2022 11:16:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: FarCenter

If that is the evolution, then expect military and political leaders to seclude themselves in impenetrable fortresses designed to resist these kinds of “smart bombs” or bunker busters. For every escalation, there is a counter-escalation.


31 posted on 08/02/2022 11:16:45 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: FarCenter

“where precision weapons are used to kill the political, military, business and technical elite of the adversary”

Will Trump voters ultimately be the adversary?


32 posted on 08/02/2022 11:18:07 AM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: McGruff

I’m with ace of spades.

I want proof of the kill.


33 posted on 08/02/2022 11:19:11 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: McGruff

Sweet!


34 posted on 08/02/2022 11:19:12 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: McGruff
Ukraine likes to use these US made blades on civilians, too.

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35 posted on 08/02/2022 11:19:40 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Karl Spooner

https://www.bitchute.com/video/cZJzNwhBf7pc/

https://www.bitchute.com/video/OuvdFaWZ5H7V/


36 posted on 08/02/2022 11:21:06 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: dfwgator
Where’s the Death Certificate?

Brandon couldn't have taken it because he was too busy patting himself on the back.

37 posted on 08/02/2022 11:25:55 AM PDT by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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To: Karl Spooner

Looks like it went through the big window.


38 posted on 08/02/2022 11:27:01 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: McGruff

Doesn’t anyone wonder how it takes so many years to find these guys? They’ve been looking for this guy for more than 20 years… and just when another Democrat administration needs a tough guy looking victory… they finally get a bead on him and turn him into chopped liver. One might begin to suspect the “community” saves some low hanging fruit especially for rescuing Democrat feebs.


39 posted on 08/02/2022 11:34:08 AM PDT by Pennsyltucky Boy (bitterly clinging to our constitutional rights in PA)
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To: McGruff

NY Post is now the US version of the Daily Mail. Mouth piece for the cabal. I’m surprised they didn’t take out Putin with the same shot.


40 posted on 08/02/2022 11:34:46 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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