American Drone Strike Hits Suicide Attackers Targeting Kabul Airport (Updated)
Security threats grow as the time left before the US military is scheduled to fully withdraw from Afghanistan is likely measured in hours, not days.
Tag: Drone Strike
Help Us Decipher This Terrifying Video Of A Suicide Drone Flying Up An Armored Vehicle’s Ramp (Updated)
The terrifying video serves as yet another warning of America’s glaring short-range air defense gap and the threat that low-end enemy drones pose.
This Photo Proves How The Hellfire Missile That Uses Blades Instead Of Explosives Works
After a recent strike in Northern Syria, images from the scene feature a key piece of the shadowy weaponed used, the AGM-114R9X. This central core of the missile, with its swing-out sword-like blades, shows us exactly how this gruesome weapon goes about plying its deadly trade.
The Strike On Saudi Oil Facilities Was Unprecedented And It Underscores Far Greater Issues
Air defense systems aren’t magic and many currently have serious limitations when it comes to spotting and engaging drones and cruise missiles.
Secret Hellfire Missile With Sword-Like Blades Made Mysterious Strike On Terror Leader In Syria
The U.S. military, as well as the Central Intelligence Agency, are reportedly using a specialized version of the ubiquitous Hellfire missile that swaps out the explosive warhead for inert ballast and an array of sword-like blades that pop out right before it impacts its target. It was reportedly the weapon responsible for killing Al Qaeda’s then-number two leader, Abu Khayr Al Masri, as he drove in Syria in 2017, a strike that clearly involved some sort of mysterious munition, something that The War Zone was the first to call attention to.
Was A New Type Of Drone-Launched Weapon Used To Kill Al Qaeda’s #2 Man?
Supposedly al Qaeda’s number two man, the deputy of Ayman al Zawahiri himself, Abu Khayr al Masri, was killed as the result of a drone strike while traveling in a Kia sedan near al-Mastouma, a town in Syria’s Idlib province. What he was doing there remains unknown although he is thought to have been active in Syria since being released from Iranian custody in 2015. There has not been a confirmation from the US that he was indeed killed, but regardless, when you examine the pictures of the vehicle following the attack one thing is clear—the aftermath of the strike appears to be a very different scene than that seen following traditional drone strikes.