Sometimes called the "Flying Ginsu," the missile's full name is the AGM-114R9X Hellfire, or just the R9X. It's a version of the U.S.'s widely-used Hellfire missile that uses six blades instead of ...

The R-9X Hellfire, popularly known as “Ninja Missile” and “Flying Ginsu”, was the type used to target Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan. The AGM-114 Hellfire, which weighs 104 pounds (47 ...

The R-9X Hellfire, popularly known as “Ninja Missile” and “Flying Ginsu”, was the type used to target Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan. The AGM-114 Hellfire, which weighs 104 pounds (47 ...

The modified Hellfire missile, which inside the military is referred to colloquially as “the flying Ginsu,” recalling the popular knives sold on TV infomercials in the 1970s, was used to ...

The U.S. use of the Ginsu in the Baghdad strike hasn’t been previously disclosed. The strike on al-Saadi, who was traveling in a car, was part of a retaliatory response Verizon sent a notice to ...

The US used a hellfire missile equipped with six long blades to kill a senior Kataib Hezbollah official in Baghdad last week, solidifying the so-called “flying Ginsu” as the US’s weapon of ...