But for the R9X, the moment before impact is where things get, uh, dicey. From the Wall Street Journal (emphasis ours): A modified version of the well-known Hellfire missile, the weapon carries an ...

The precision-guided missiles can be mounted on helicopters ... Unlike other models of the Hellfire, the R9X doesn't carry an explosive payload. Instead, it has a series of six rotating blades ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Instead of an explosive charge, the missile uses several pop-out blades to chop up targets and prevent civilian casualties. The Hellfire missile was originally ...

A US air strike has killed a senior operative of an Al Qaeda-affiliated group in north-west Syria, the US military said on Friday, as Washington continues an opaque drone and special forces campaign ...

To describe the R9X missile honestly is to step into a Verhoevian satire of war reporting. The R9X is a variant on the Hellfire anti-tank missile. It is a machine that creates "kinetic effects" by ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Instead of an explosive charge, the missile uses several pop-out blades to chop up targets and prevent civilian casualties. The Hellfire missile was originally ...

With six knives that eject from its nose, the Hellfire R9X was designed to minimize casualties while targeting a high-profile individual. Its recent use to kill a Kataib Hezbollah leader in ...

Hellfire is an air-to-ground, laser guided, subsonic missile with significant anti-tank capacity. It can also be used as an air-to-air weapon against helicopters or slow-moving fixed-wing aircraft.

The "Hellfire" missile has been embraced as a US weapon of choice for decades. Its versatility makes it able to be launched from multiple systems. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Military ...

The missile, developed by Lockheed, is supposed to replace the long-serving Hellfire missile. It is designed for standoff strikes against fixed and moving targets, on land and at sea. The Joint ...