The modified Hellfire missile has reportedly been used in Libya, Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Somalia.
The U.S. government is using a new secret weapon to kill high-value targets across the world with brutal precision and a lower risk of civilian casualties, an investigation has revealed.
The U.S., like other nations, has previously used concrete bombs—weapons without explosive warheads designed to kill using kinetic energy—as a way to avoid collateral damage caused by warheads detonating. But the R9X’s added blades mark an evolution in design. A similar missile was reportedly considered as a back-up option to kill Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden when he was located in his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, though ultimately was not needed.
In February 2017, Egyptian senior Al-Qaeda commander Ahmad Hasan Abu Khayr al-Masri was assassinated in Syria. He is believed to have been killed by an R9X fired by the CIA, though the agency does not acknowledge its airstrikes.
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