Posted on 11/16/2017 8:43:32 AM PST by w1n1
There are a lot of ways to win a battle at different levels, but the most effective methods involve some kind of surprise and deception. Sneak attacks go back as far as war itself, and since then man has always come up with a lot of weapons designed to deliver damage without getting caught.
In this list, we’re going to take a look at some of the coolest, scariest, and most notorious sneak attack weapons in history, focusing on attack weapons – not traps or ambush tactics.
This list of stealth weapons is meant to take out a single target in silence or wipe out whole contents in a global doomsday scenario.
Say what you will about the tactics, but one things for sure: these sneak attack weapons is not about fighting fair.
U-480 Submarine
At first glance, this German U-Boat looks like any other, which in a way already immediately classifies it as an epic sneak attack weapon. But U-480 was a stealth weapon among stealth weapons, being the first submarine in history ever to use a sound-absorbing, rubberized “anechoic” coating that made it almost invisible to sonar.
Cigarette Dart Gun
Say what you will about the KGB, but they did come up with some pretty sweet spy toys. This pack of smokes concealed a clip of cyanide-tipped darts, and could silently kill its victim from across the room.
Lockheed RQ-170 Sentinel
Dubbed “The Beast of Kandahar” for sightings during its initial (confirmed) combat mission, the Sentinel is a next-generation stealth drone that can get to places the Predator can’t. Right now, nobody knows exactly what the Sentinel looks like, since it’s still very much black bag.
MH-60 Airwolf
If you’ve seen Zero Dark Thirty, you’re already familiar with this stealth-adapted version of the Army’s classic Black Hawk helicopter. It was famously used during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, and probably would have remained a secret had one not crashed.
Reaper Drones
The MQ-9 Reaper is the weaponized version of General Atomics’ “Predator” recon drone that’s been making headlines of late. These drones are somewhat stealthy as far as radar goes, but they usually don’t need to be. The Reaper’s big scythe is its ability to simply loiter over a target area for 24 hours or more without refueling at a stratospheric altitude of 50,000 feet. That makes it an ideal weapon for sneak attacks.. See the rest of the coolest sneaky weapons here.
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The RQ-170 entry is accompanied by a photo of the Northrop X47B.
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