AGM-114 R9X Hellfire It is a guided missile with a kinetic warhead, equipped with tilting blades. This warhead was developed to reduce collateral damage when hitting the target. Among the journalists, her nicknames took over: Blade bomb, Ninja missile or flying Ginsu. According to the Globalsecurity server, this is not an official designation and the technical information is only estimated.
The development was allegedly started in 2011 and it is assumed that the first deployment took place in 2017. Some information about the existence of Hellfire with a non-explosive warhead appeared with a two-year delay. The deaths of al-Qaeda leaders wanted: Jamal Ahmad Mohammad al-Badawi and Abu Khayr al-Masri - have been attributed to the use of this weapon. According to the Wall Street Journal, the weapon was also used against selected targets in Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Syria.
ZTD: - the head allegedly carries six expandable blades with an estimated length of ~ 500 mm (~ 20 in) - projectile length: ~ 1800 mm (~ 71 in) - hull diameter: 180 mm (7.1 in)
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Dear, Thomas Joscelyn from the server Long War claims that the missile Hellfire "Ninja" 14. June 2020 killed two bigwigs of the al-Qaeda: Abu al-Qassama al-Urduni and Bilal al-Sanaaniho. Sources of the photos syria.liveuamap.com twitter.com www.longwarjournal.org.
Vozidlo po zásahu AGM-114 R8X "Ninja".
Zbytky rakety "ninja".
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