https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2022/08/02/watch-the-ninja-that-killed-zawahiri-aint-your-daddys-hellfire-missile-n1617879
[Watch] The 'Ninja' That Killed Zawahiri
Ain't Your Daddy's Hellfire Missile
PJ Media, by Virginia Taft
Posted By: Dreadnought, 8/3/2022 12:44:47 AM
The hellfire missiles that are said to have taken out Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, but not his family, are a newer generation of missiles that are high on precision and devoid of explosives. The AGM 14 R9X missile, made by Lockheed Martin, can be fired from, in Zawahiri’s case, a Reaper drone as well as other platforms. It can be fired from 600 miles away. Because its payload is tungsten and not packed explosives, this version of the hellfire doesn’t have the accompanying explosion– unless it hits, for instance, a full gas tank in a car. The R9X is called a Ninja because of the six blades deployed during flight