US intelligence develops weapon to reduce civilian casualties while pursuing terrorists

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In an effort to reduce civilian casualties, the CIA decided CIA Using a new type of weapons instead of bombs when confronting terrorists. To that end, the CIA has developed a "knife bomb" that fires the blades instead of the blast. This new type of weapon has not been publicly disclosed before but is called R9X, A modified Hellfire missile.

NEW – @WSJ confirms the @CIA & @DeptofDefense have a new "secret" missile – the R9X, or "flying Ginsu" – which kills a selected target with 6 blades, but no explosive payload.

– "To the targeted person, it's as if a speeding anvil fell from the sky." Https://t.co/DIQfnfJYDq pic.twitter.com/iM87WUFLhg

– Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) May 9, 2019

According to the British Mirror website, the device contains six long blades that are all taken out at the moment before the impact, and sources from the US Army told the Wall Street Journal that R9X They are called "Jinsu the Plane" and do not carry a warhead.

The aim is to try to reduce civilian casualties that may occur as a result of a conventional bomb explosion, and can be directed R9X On a specific individual through an unmanned aerial vehicle.

It is noteworthy that this type of weapon was given the green light at the outset by the Department of Barack Obama, which is under development since 2011, and killed the deputy leader of al-Qaeda, Abu Khair al-Masri, in Syria using R9X.