Air Weapons: Ninja Hellfire Confirmed

[EX500rider]

"For the second time since 2017 there has been photographic evidence of a classified version of the Hellfire missile that uses a hardened front end to enable the missile to punch through the roof of civilian vehicles. Immediately after that six sharp blades are deployed and spin round rapidly killing anyone inside. At least that’s the theory after viewing he photos of the vehicle interiors after these attacks. This unconventional “ninja” missile is unofficially called the AGM-114R9X

The R9X first became known during a February 2017 UAV missile attack on an Islamic terrorist leader in Syria. Photos of the vehicle hit revealed that a Hellfire with a non-explosive warhead was used to kill the al Qaeda second-in-command while the he was in a moving vehicle. Pictures of the automobile were released and showed the large hole in the roof but no signs of an explosion. A similar attack took place in Yemen during a January 2019 attack and then again in October 2019 in Syria, not far from where ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) leader Baghdadi had recently been killed during a commando raid.

Now, no longer a secret, this non-explosive Hellfire was unofficially confirmed, but without revealing its official designation or any pictures of the missile. It is known that the R9X was developed in secret during 2016 to provide a weapon that could be used against Islamic terrorist leaders who regularly travelled only when there were a lot of civilians, particularly women and children, near them. If such a target were hit with a regular Hellfire the vehicle would explode, causing injuries, often fatal, to anyone nearby.

Keeping this warhead a secret prevented Islamic terrorists from changing their travel habits once more, to avoid the R9X. This non-explosive Hellfire has apparently been used at least six times since 2016. That meant most Islamic terrorist leaders know it existed by now and, in general terms, how it worked. That justified the unofficial release of information about the R9X. The fact that it was used less than ten times in three years indicates that there were few opportunities for use and in each case the UAV was carrying regular Hellfires as well as at least one R9X. The decision to use the R9X was an option, if the target vehicle was apparently not going to be in the open before its passengers got out and disappeared into a building, compound or bunker."

Why this may horrify some, it is a way to keep down civilian collateral damage while taking out high priority terrorists leaders, which has a larger negative effect on their organization then taking out the foot soldiers. And death by high explosives or shrapnel or napalm etc isn't any prettier.

https://strategypage.com/htmw/htairw/articles/20191221.aspx

[abqtommy]

1. I can only think that if we took the money it cost to develop, manufacture, deploy and deliver

this weapon and spread it around to alleviate drought, hunger and various diseases that the return on
the investment would be much more positive. That might even eliminate the need for these types of
weapons. Just imagine...

[EX500rider]

8. Unfortunately lots of homicidal groups have zero to do with drought, hunger and various diseases.

In the past the Bider Meinhof of Germany, Red Army of Italy, etc..... Taliban, even ISIS isn't fighting for any of those reasons either, Osama bin Laden came from a rich Saudi/Yemen family.

[mr_lebowski]

11. True but there's probably things the US could do/not do that would make us less of a target ...

Just sayin' ...

[reACTIONary]

12. +10 - It is a mistake to attributes...

... purely economic motivations to terrorist organizations, especially the leadership. Improving economic conditions certainly would help. But that would lead to increasing secularism, which might motivate many of the bad actors.

[MicaelS]

14. Fuck all these Islamic Militants.

When they do shit like blow up ancient statues, and try to keep women as property and prevent their education, they can ALL get their fucking heads chopped off.

[Fullduplexxx]

23. But doing that would eliminate the violence that require these type of weapons

Sarcasm

[marble falls]

2. Death by blender. Still being done with no due process.

[EX500rider]

4. Due process is not a part of warfare. nt

[reACTIONary]

9. +10 nt

[abqtommy]

16. Due process isn't part of police actions with POC in the U.S., either...

[EX500rider]

18. Except in 99%+ of the cases? Almost a million people are arrested every month...

...if due process wasn't followed in the vast majority we would have a much bigger problem then we do.

[abqtommy]

19. I certainly wouldn't want to have a bigger problem than we do now.

[onethatcares]

3. kewl,

more better ways to kill people.

Wouldn't want the MIC to miss a bonus

MSRP 1billion dollars each and to think someone stayed up all night thinking this thing to fruition.

I

[EX500rider]

6. "more better ways to kill people."

Actually it is a way to avoid killing innocent bystanders which seems like a good thing to me.
The standard Hellfire goes BOOM and kills other people nearby.

[reACTIONary]

10. +10 nt

[onethatcares]

15. no matter

I just wonder why they are killing us, we are killing them, no one seems to be wanting to quit the killing.

but

we do have some neat killing things, they got explosive vests and crap

and no matter what

the killing goes on and on and on.

When you're dead from that stuff, it don't really matter what killed you.

any idea why they are killing us? or we are killing them?

Ain't busting chops, but I'm getting really tired of 750Billion Dollar defense budgets.

[EX500rider]

17. Well I know most the Islamic terrorists groups are fighting for a worldwide Islamic Caliphate..

...something worth fighting against in my opinion.

[onethatcares]

20. I don't see them

as fighting for that, although there will always be reasons for what they do.

I'm not an expert or scholarly person by any stretch of the imagination but we've invaded their countries in order to claim their oil, lithium, and whatever we can grab.

We've killed innumerable members of their families with those smart bombs and if they were doing that here gaud only knows how'd we react. They have long memories, we have the tendency to move on to the next biggest thing almost immediately.

I'm not trying to argue caliphates or doctrines, I'm just tired of blowing our paychecks on the MIC.

[EX500rider]

21. We are not fighting Isis in Iraq/Syria or the Taliban in Afghanistan so we can steal resources.

And I doubt most the members of either organization have all lost family members to US forces.
Not everything is the fault of the US.

[onethatcares]

22. ok

it's been so long I've forgotten why we're fighting anyone in both places although I do support the granting of equal rights to Afghani women.

I'm not saying it's the fault of the U.S. of A., I'm just tired of my taxes going to war while homeless vets lose their food stamps.

[jberryhill]

5. .

[dware]

13. Wow!!!!

It shredded whatever was inside the vehicle.

[Doc_Technical]

7. sounds like an updated version

of the flying guillotine.