CNN's Tom Foreman explains the tech behind the Hellfire R9X missile, nicknamed the "Flying Ginsu," a secretive weapon that is believed to use kinetic energy and metal blades to eliminate a target with minimal collateral damage. #CNN #News
This bladed missile is believed to be behind Al Qaeda leaders’ killing
And that’s how it’s done Orcs… As you can see it’s actually possible to destroy what you intend to without leveling a whole city.
@TomasZ I’m sorry but your knowledge of this is limited. Mine however is first hand.
@TomasZ His agenda? Yeah because @SMS2884 has an “agenda” that needs furthering.
@Brian T Who’s talking about killing a single person? I said “destroy an intended target”. Russian military doesn’t always target multiple units. In fact they themselves brag about how precise their attacks are, except it somehow doesn’t translate into the civilian casualty numbers or the outlook of the cities once Russia is done “clearing” them… Grozny, Aleppo, Mariupol…
@TomasZ didn’t this same missiles kill a family of 9 in afghanistan early this year..??how many american drone strikes have gone wrong in iraq,afghanistan and somalia..??please don’t let your emotions make your brains dull
@Brian T Actually no, that was on 29th of August, still during the airlift and just a few days after ISISK suicide-bombing killed 180+ and wounded 180 more at the airport including 13 US servicemen. After something like that you can’t help but get a little bit trigger happy and there were potentially hundreds more lives at stake so the US acted to prevent such disaster from happening again. The car they targeted was visiting a alleged IS safe-house. The strike was precise, the intell was wrong.
No collateral damage. OK folks, that is pretty darn impressive.
@not today satan I don’t think we had the guidance technology to hit such a small target accurately before.
@not today satan We have , for a long time. Gave up now we’re leaning back towards it.
@Jeff Hearty The absolute cognitive dissonance you people show is unbelieveable
Blast area of a standard explosive is calculated relative to the mass of the payload.
Classic e = mc2. Where the e varies based on the potential energy of the particular matter used in the war head.
This Ginsu missile sounds like it utilizes the same concept that you see behind supersonic jets. That cone that you see? Essentially it’s just directed in front of the device, instead of behind.
An “Air Missile” if you will.
e=mc2 has nothing to do with this. You don’t understand what e=mc2 means. Go do some research on that first.
@Cristian Armaselu – So I can drink whiskey? I hope you calculated bail money in your equation …
Thanks Professor. 🧐
You’re thinking of nuclear weapons, bro.
The ultimate result for the target: That would be “Puree” mode in the Military Blender Jargon.
It’s good to know there were no other casualties. Thanks to everyone involved.
yeah right.
If there’s any justice, he was alive for a few seconds as his body parts slid in multiple directions.
@Luke Murray But these are the same who suffered the same fate when he was in on 9-11. It’s only fair for him to suffer the same fate.
It is poetic justice that he was killed by an object crashing into him from the air.
@Colin McDonald saying nothing again 🤡
@Luke Murray g
@Colin McDonald i mainly breathe from my nose but i must confess i do indeed breathe through my mouth during hot showers
This missile is terrifying but absolutely genius.
This missile would make me an instant coward…..lol.
nothing but respect for american technology
@Andrea Madden reported, blocked and muted for spam and posting a link to a virus.
Strategically eliminating what needs to be eliminated I like it.
This is a result of many people working tirelessly with a single purpose in mind. Thank you all. Never forget 9-11.
Request a second one by phone, just pay shipping costs. Operators are standing by.
This how precise Western munitions is. Unlike Russia he will drop cluster bomb, dumb bombs, ka52 spraying rocket everywhere, lands cruise missile to residential buildings lol.
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This missile was designed to minimize civilian casualties..
Evil spock really
It’s been a long time coming when you live your life destroying others be warned the sort of Justice swings both ways🤔
Wait for the one with Nerf swords for when you want to send a warning but don’t want to kill anyone from halfway around the world.
From a collaboration between the CIA and Toys R Us.
Sad we can’t see the goodness left behind
“The DoD doesn’t want to talk about it due to the secretive nature of the program but we’ll talk about it because like Geraldo we don’t give a damn about secrecy or OPSEC.”
It’s about a message. SMH
WOW…I sure Feel for that Human Operator guiding through the missle’s lens. Seeing it all go down, right, and right before his eyes! Whewww…tuff thing to have in memory, man! (Just guessing, no expert here )))
Lol nooo he will sleep fine. 1 the missle flys in to quick for the operator to see any detail. And as a vet, doing your job taking out an adversary that targeted the innocent as a terror strategy, lol ya he will sleep just fine once he comes down from the adrenalin. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
There was something about this missile going around a few years ago and everybody thought it was a meme/joke. Including me.