The Six-Bladed 'Ninja-Bomb’ Used to Take Out Key Human Targets With six knives that eject from its nose, the Hellfire R9X was designed to minimize casualties while targeting a high-profile ...

To reduce civilian casualties, the US air campaign has sometimes relied on “knife bomb” Hellfire R9X missiles, also known as the “ninja missile”, which features an array of blades and no ...

It is this durability of the present condition, of the persistent war, that makes stories about the R9X "sword missile" so compelling. If the war is unchanging, then at least there is news in how ...