Friday, September 25, 2020

US Military Increasingly Using Drone Missiles With Flying Blades Against Targets In Syria



The Guardian: US military increasingly using drone missile with flying blades in Syria

‘Ninja bomb’, which uses 100lb of dense material and six attached blades, has been deployed in targeted assassinations

The US military is making increasing use in Syria of a gruesome and secretive non-explosive drone missile that deploys flying blades to kill its targets.

Described as less likely to kill non-combatants, the so-called ninja bomb – whose development was first disclosed last year – has been used a number of times in the last year to kill militants in Syria, including those linked to aal-Qaida, most recently earlier this month.

Officially designated as the Hellfire AGM-114R9X – usually shortened to R9X and sometimes know as the “Flying Ginsu” – the weapon has been increasingly deployed in targeted assassinations by the US Joint Special Operations Command.

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WNU Editor: It looks like this missile is very effective.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You have not heard liberals whine about collateral damage. They still whine about the intended targets being taken out, but that is a bad look.

Anonymous said...

But who gives authority for those executions? Ok.. they are terrorists you say, but Pelosi also called Trump and all Republicans "enemy of the state". I'm scared to think she's the most powerful woman in the world. Imagine a Pelosi presidency.. she might be worse than Hillary

Anonymous said...


This weapon is very very impressive, in my opinion. And while not admitting same as far as I know, any adversary has to be impressed, besides wondering what else do they have up their sleeves?