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.” The strangest variant in the Hellfire family ...

With Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri now dead in a surprise drone strike in a well-to-do neighborhood of Kabul, details are coming out about how the operation was carried out. And it looks like the ...

The United States military has a variety of unbelievably high-tech military weapons in its arsenal, but none of its armaments has been more controversial in the 21st century than the Hellfire missile.

Two Hellfire missiles ended al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's life in a safehouse balcony in a wealthy neighborhood in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, at 6:18 a.m. Sunday, a senior administration ...

In a joint effort to reduce the potential for civilian casualties resulting from U.S. air strikes, the Defense Department and Central Intelligence Agency have reportedly developed a specialized ...

The Hellfire R9x missile is intended to limit damage compared to typical missiles. Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by the US forces in a drone strike in Afghanistan capital Kabul.

Spawned from the widely-used Hellfire missile, like the one seen here, the R9X — also known as “the flying Ginsu” or “ninja bomb” — is equipped with a non-explosive warhead capable of pummeling its ...

A bladed anvil missile carried by a drone like the one seen here was likely behind the deaths of two terror leaders in Syria. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Detailed ...

The US President Joe Biden on Monday confirmed that a US drone missile strike conducted by the CIA had killed Al Qaeda chief and key plotter of the 9/11 terrorist attack, Ayman al Zawahiri. President ...

Al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri became the latest victim of the feared Hellfire Ninja R9X missile that uses pop-out swords rather than an explosive to take down high profile targets, according to ...