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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

Good point. I thought they used this same missile to kill him the past 4 times.


41 posted on 08/02/2022 11:36:34 AM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: McGruff

At least that could explain why two of them produced no colleterial damage. Several humans just yards away unscathed according to media reports.


42 posted on 08/02/2022 11:38:40 AM PDT by CodeJockey (I use the pronoun "it" so I don't offend the left.)
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To: McGruff

If it doesn’t explode, then why does television news keep showing a foggy video of a distant smoldering building? I think the whole story is contrived bs intended to help Biden’s approval rating. Too convenient for this administration to suggest the guy was chopped to pieces because then we cannot expect to see the body, can we? Lies and more lies.


43 posted on 08/02/2022 11:45:43 AM PDT by Scott Kraut (Diversity for the sake of diversity is flat out stupidity. )
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To: McGruff

POPEIL’S R9X Hellfire missile. It slices ... It dices ... Makes thousands of Julienne fries ... FROM RONCO !!!


44 posted on 08/02/2022 11:54:09 AM PDT by Lmo56 (If y ...a wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: struggle

My God! They killed Dr. Demento!


45 posted on 08/02/2022 11:54:29 AM PDT by null and void (they promise the jetsons but deliver the flintstones)
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To: McGruff

AGM-114R9X

Wouldn’t that be 4 blades?

Else the moniker should be AGM-114R9*...


46 posted on 08/02/2022 12:01:18 PM PDT by null and void (they promise the jetsons but deliver the flintstones)
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To: Boogieman

If leaders seclude themselves in impenetrable fortresses, they will be much less able to lead.

And can they trust their “inner circle”?


47 posted on 08/02/2022 12:02:49 PM PDT by FarCenter
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To: alternatives?

>>Will Trump voters ultimately be the adversary?

Are Trump voters the elites?


48 posted on 08/02/2022 12:04:31 PM PDT by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

“they will be much less able to lead”

Hmm, well everyone else gets to “work from home”, why not them?

I suppose if they need to make public appearances for morale they can recruit doubles.


49 posted on 08/02/2022 12:07:10 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Karl Spooner

whatta ya gonna do with that lawn mower blade?

i reckon i’m gonna kill you with it.

you better get on with it then.


50 posted on 08/02/2022 12:07:57 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: blackdog

Just wait until the Happy Fun Ball is weaponized.


51 posted on 08/02/2022 12:08:18 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Vermont Lt

Heart for making salads!


52 posted on 08/02/2022 12:13:03 PM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: cweese

Biden:

“Getting the vaccine will prevent you from getting Covid.”

“We are not in a recession.”

“I never discussed business with my son, Hunter.”

“The new climate bill will not raise taxes.”

“We killed al-Zawahiri with a drone missile in Kabul.”

And does anyone here believe anything that Biden says?


53 posted on 08/02/2022 12:21:02 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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To: McGruff
[...R9X Hellfire missile — which is also known as the “flying Ginsu.”]

Too bad they didn't use "Mr. Fusion."


54 posted on 08/02/2022 12:24:03 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: Vermont Lt

It’s a real salad maker.


55 posted on 08/02/2022 12:32:37 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: DesertRhino

His staff is trying to declare that Biden has become a real Trump.


56 posted on 08/02/2022 12:35:30 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Vermont Lt

Lol! Chop, Chop, Chop in a fraction of a second!!! He must have been a splat mark!


57 posted on 08/02/2022 12:50:14 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: P-Marlowe

I do believe him when he said ‘we’ve put together the most extensive voter fraud system...’ (can’t remember the specific/exact quote). Other than that, I don’t believe anything he says.


58 posted on 08/02/2022 1:11:02 PM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: McGruff

48 kilograms (just north of 100 pounds in freedom units) moving at transonic speed, with six sharpish blades sticking out of it, and with laser guidance? That’s going to leave some chunky salsa if they get a clean hit. That’s a very interesting application of a precision anti-tank missile that’s been around for 25+ years.

}:-)4


59 posted on 08/02/2022 1:58:03 PM PDT by Moose4 (Oderint dum metuant. Let them hate, as long as they fear.)
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To: McGruff

“‘ninja bomb’ that uses blades to kill”

I certainly hope that bomb didn’t kill any of the 72 virgins waiting for him.


60 posted on 08/02/2022 2:04:37 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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