A US drone strike killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri overnight in Afghanistan from Saturday to Sunday. The missile used is not an explosive device but is in fact designed to slice through its target without doing any collateral damage.
“A ninja bomb.” This is what allowed the Americans to kill the leader of al-QaedaAyman al-Zawahiri, on the night of Saturday July 30 to Sunday July 31 in Afghanistan, whose death was announced by US President Joe Biden on Monday live on television.
“On Saturday, on my orders, the United States carried out an airstrike on Kabul, Afghanistan, which killed the emir of Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri,” he said during a speech. short speech from the White House. “Justice has been served and this terrorist leader is no more,” added Joe Biden.
Missile designed to shred
The attack that eliminated the terrorist leader was carried out using two Hellfire missiles and without any American military presence on the ground, said an American official, proof according to him of the capacity of the United States “to ‘identify and locate even the world’s most wanted terrorists and take action to eliminate them’.
These Helffire R9X “flying ginsu” missiles, which owe their name to a brand of knives inspired by Japan, are also nicknamed “ninja bombs” and are known for their very high precision. Indeed, they hit their target without doing any collateral damage as during the execution of Ayman al-Zawahiri who caused “no civilian casualties” according to the White House. The missile would not be equipped with an explosive charge but equipped with six blades which, during their deployment, slice and shred their target.
On this video presentation, we can see that the missile fired hits with great precision the car of a supposed target. The weapon then enters the passenger compartment and slices everything inside without damaging either the front or the rear of the vehicle.
According to Wall Street Journalthis weapon has already been used to kill Al Qaeda’s number two, Ahmad Hasan Abu Khayr al-Masri, in 2017. The Helffire R9X have also been flown in attacks in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen and in Somalia.
