CIA used Hellfire R9X Ninja missile without a warhead, but with six blades to eliminate VIP targets while eliminating al-Qaeda leader
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A few days ago, U.S. President Joe Biden confirmed the elimination of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was called "the world's #1 terrorist".
What we know
We wrote that Zawahiri was eliminated by a rocket Hellfire. It was learned that the CIA used a special version of Heelfire R9X Ninja missile with six blades, which has no warhead. It made it possible to eliminate the leader of al-Qaeda without casualties.
The U.S. government concealed the existence of Hellfire R9X Ninja until 2019. The missile strikes an object through six 1-meter-long blades that open before impact. Enemy elimination is achieved through high speed and kinetic energy, avoiding mass destruction and collateral deaths.
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The Hellfire R9X Ninja was developed during the administration of President Barack Obama, i.e. between 2009 and 2017. In 2017, an identical missile was used to eliminate Abu Khayr al-Masri, the deputy leader of al-Qaeda, and in 2019, the Yemeni terrorist Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Al Badawi. In 2020, the U.S. confirmed six episodes of Hellfire R9X Ninja use.
Source: Le Monde
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