Drone strike in Afghanistan was "ninja bomb" no explosion just blades.
WASHINGTON—The Pentagon used a special Hellfire missile that packs no explosives to strike Islamic State militants in Afghanistan on Saturday in retaliation for a suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport last week, according to two U.S. officials.
The missile used by the U.S. in the airstrike, called an R9X, is inert. Instead of exploding, the weapon ejects a halo of six large blades stowed inside the skin of the missile, which deploy at the last minute to shred the target of the strike, allowing military commanders to pinpoint their target and reduce the possibility for civilian casualties.
The use of the special 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, hadn’t been disclosed. The weapon also has been dubbed the “ninja bomb.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-used-a-special-hellfire-missile-in-afghanistan-airstrike-on-islamic-state-11630190876
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Providing the Pentagon with nearly endless supplies of money has benefitted the world so much.
The interesting and novel methods of killing people they devise will be a boon to all humankind. I'm surprised there's not a Nobel Warfare Prize, for if there were, the U.S. would have a trophy case packed full of Nobel Medals.
USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
For once, ONCE, I wish they'd choose butter. Just to see what happens. 
