Posted on 05/09/2019 5:36:17 AM PDT by reaganaut1
WASHINGTON—The U.S. government has developed a specially designed, secret missile for pinpoint airstrikes that kill terrorist leaders with no explosion, drastically reducing damage and minimizing the chances of civilian casualties, multiple current and former U.S. officials said.
Both the Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon have used the weapon while closely guarding its existence. A modified version of the well-known Hellfire missile, the weapon carries an inert warhead. Instead of exploding, it is designed to plunge more than 100 pounds of metal through the tops of cars and buildings to kill its target without harming individuals and property close by.
To the targeted person, it is as if a speeding anvil fell from the sky, the officials said. But this variant of the Hellfire missile, designated as the R9X, also comes equipped with a different kind of payload: a halo of six long blades that are stowed inside and then deploy through the skin of the missile seconds before impact, shredding anything in its tracks.
Details about the secret weapon and its deployment were confirmed by more than a dozen current and former U.S. officials. Its development and use haven’t been previously disclosed, though its existence has been the subject of speculation.
The R9X is known colloquially to the small community of individuals who are familiar with its use as “the flying Ginsu,” for the blades that can cut through buildings, car roofs or other targets. The nickname is a reference to the popular knives sold on TV infomercials in the late 1970s and early 1980s that showed them cutting through both tree branches and tomatoes. The weapon has also been referred to as the Ninja bomb.
The missile was born of an emphasis, under former President Obama, on avoiding civilian deaths in long U.S. campaign of airstrikes
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Something about lamb’s blood scattered on the lintels, ...
The problem is many of the near by civilians are the terrorists.
I read a few years ago that the Israelis were using Hellfires with most of the explosives offloaded. The missile is accurate enough to use almost like a big bullet.
Similar to our using concrete practice bombs on targets in Iraq.
I cancelled the Never Trump subscription four years ago.
I cancelled the Never Trump subscription four years ago.
Try them out in Minneapolis.
Reminds me of Sam Cohen’s Neutron bomb - destroyed people but left buildings intact...That would be OK! After all, their buildings aren’t a problem - THEY ARE!
Rods from God...mini-style.
We had the neutron bomb in Cali. It’s called Howard Jarvis.
The neutron bomb was designed to kill Russian tankers as well. And leave the tanks as radioactive markers.
When flechette loads are not dramatic enough.
Why do we keep trying to make war cleaner? I am getting tired of taxpayer dollars being used to support the big companies supplying the armaments used to make “war” more acceptable.
When war is horrible and filled with terror, there is less war.
“halo of six long blades that are stowed inside and then deploy through the skin of the missile seconds before impact, shredding anything in its tracks.”
Give whoever came up with this a great big raise.
L
Note man in photo-right rear. Looking up! LOL! I’d be looking up as well!
Spending $200k/terrorist seems like something McNamara would have come up with
Call it,
“The ObamaTron.”
I’ve known about this ‘secret’ for nearly 2 years. LOL
Sorry: Old news.
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