Business Insider

How SOCOM's secret 'knife bomb' became the prime weapon for killing hard-to-reach terrorists

The US killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a precision airstrike this month. The circumstances of the strike suggest the US used the R9X variant of its Hellfire missile. The R9X is basically a ...
fox6now

Al Qaeda leader taken out by 'secret' US missile filled with knives dubbed the 'ninja bomb'

WASHINGTON -- The journey of two senior Al Qaeda-aligned commanders in northwestern Syria on Sunday was suddenly cut short by a targeted U.S.-led strike — only it doesn't appear that they were killed ...
The National Interest

America Has A New Way To Kill Terrorists From Drones—With The Precision Of A Knife

Key point: Due to the reduction in civilian casualties and collateral damage, the R9X offers greater flexibility to commanders and drone operators. U.S. forces reportedly killed a senior jihadist ...
Gizmodo

CIA Likely Used ‘Ninja Bomb’ to Kill Terrorist Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

The U.S. drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of the terrorist group Al Qaeda, over the weekend was conducted by the CIA using what was likely the Hellfire R9X missile, according to the ...
The Independent

Did the US use new ‘ninja bomb’ with blades instead of explosives to take out Isis-K militants?

The US military reportedly deployed a brutal new weapon in its strike against the Islamic State in Afghanistan on Saturday in retaliation for the suicide bombing of Hamid Karzai International Airport ...
WDRB

Al Qaeda leader taken out by 'secret' US missile filled with knives dubbed the 'ninja bomb'

(FOX NEWS) -- The journey of two senior Al Qaeda-aligned commanders in northwestern Syria on Sunday was suddenly cut short by a targeted U.S.-led strike — only it doesn't appear that they were killed ...