CIA used Hellfire R9X Ninja missile without a warhead, but with six blades to eliminate VIP targets while eliminating al-Qaeda leader

By: Maksim Panasovskiy | 08.08.2022, 21:45

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.

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

For those who want to know more: