How the Hellfire missiles took out al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri with minimal collateral damage The precision weapons apparently used blades and kinetic energy, not explosives. By Luis Martinez ...

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed Monday by America’s secretive and gruesome R9X Hellfire missile — which is also known as the “flying Ginsu.” ...

A Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) equipped with a box-style launcher holding two Hellfire Missiles and a .50 caliber machine gun to make a mine-hunting mission package.

The Hellfire R9X is typically carried by hunter-killer drones that have changed warfare, like the MQ-1 Predator or MQ-9 Reaper, so it can be fired anywhere in the world they operate.The missile is ...

The Hellfire’s software would have to be modified too, to launch the missile properly from the Predator’s normal operating altitude of about 15,000 feet, for the AGM-114 was designed to be ...

Main battle tanks are heavily armored vehicles that can cause a lot of damage. However, the Hellfire missile is a projectile that can cause a lot of damage too.

Take the Hellfire missile, one of the most potent weapons ever devised in the arena of armor-piercing and bunker-busting. There's isn't a tank in the world that can survive the force of a hit from ...