A new missile dubbed the 'ninja', which has six blades in the nose, deploying seconds before impact, is believed to have been used in Syria on June 14, according to new video footage.
The R9X does not explode and wields six long blades which are stowed inside
The blades deploy through the skin of the missile seconds before impact
It is believed to have been developed since 2011, and first used in 2017
The missile is highly-targeted and leaves behind little collateral damage
The world is now getting a better look at the Pentagon’s secretive precision strike weapon that reportedly took out Iran’s terror mastermind Qassem Soleimani in January, and now two al Qaeda terror leaders in Syria.
The CIA and the U.S. Army have been using a new type of missile for some drone strikes in recent years, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal and echoed by several newspapers and web sites. The AGM-114 R9X, or "flying Ginsu," doesn’t explode but instead deploys six sharp blades, hitting and shredding targets without harming people and material nearby.
France has begun arming its General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with a weapon integration contract awarded on 22 March.