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Hellfire R9X, the "Ninja Bomb" with which the US eliminated Al Zawahri
2022-08-02 16:39:53 / KOSOVA
Ayman al-Zawahri, the man who had succeeded Osama bin Laden in the leadership of al-Qaeda, was killed Saturday night in a US airstrike in the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, US President Joe Biden announced today.
"On Saturday, the United States conducted an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan, which killed the emir of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zaahri," the US president said in an emergency televised address.
Al Zawahri was killed by two rockets fired at his home in Kabul, but photos released showed no signs of an explosion.
The US also announced that it used the Hellfire R9X, a warheadless missile that is believed to be equipped with six razor-like blades that extend into the fuselage to kill the target but not to kill the al-Qaeda leader. explode.
The Hellfire R9X, also called the "ninja bomb," has become the US munition of choice for killing terrorists while avoiding civilian casualties.
The R9X first appeared in March 2017, when senior al-Qaeda leader Abu al-Khair al-Masri was killed by a drone strike while driving in Syria.
However, neither the Pentagon nor the CIA, the two US agencies known for carrying out assassinations of extremist leaders, have ever publicly admitted this.
Hellfire missiles have also only been used in a handful of attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2017.
It is not even clear how many Hellfire missiles the US has.
The AGM-114 Hellfire missiles are laser-guided, subsonic air-to-surface missiles with significant anti-tank capabilities.
These missiles come in several variants, depending on their warhead, guidance system and physical variations.
Zawahri, according to the US secret services, was going out on the balcony, where he was targeted.
The apartment where the al-Qaeda leader was living and the way residents moved were examined by US agencies to minimize the risk to his family members and other civilians from a missile attack.
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