The missiles that killed Al Qaeda's leader were likely a secret variant, per media reports. Little is known about the Hellfire R9X missile, which is designed to kill without explosives.

It’s unclear how many R9X missiles the Pentagon has in its arsenal: the Army and Air Force’s fiscal year 2021 budget requests for missile procurement make no mention of this specific Hellfire ...

The Ukrainian government has responded with alarm and urgency to the Trump administration’s decision to halt certain weapons shipments—notably Patriot air-defense missiles, GMLRS rockets, and Hellfire ...

The strike took place Aug. 29, when a U.S. drone aircraft fired a Hellfire missile at a white Toyota Corolla being driven by Zemari Ahmadi, an aid worker for a California-based charity.

He points to evidence of an explosion and fire at the scene—the walls are ... The New York Times reported that a single twenty-pound Hellfire missile was used and have called into ...

The Hellfire family was originally developed in the 1980s as a tank-busting, surface-to-air missile designed specifically to counter armor. Several variants are used today, including fragmentation ...

The Hellfire missiles weigh in the 100 to 110 pound range, including a 20-pound warhead and are guided through a millimeter wave radar seeker, ... Still, an explosion, regardless of size, ...

The R9X variant of the AGM-114 Hellfire is a non-explosive weapon best be described as a 100-pound flying switchblade. A Missile Full of Swords Was Likely Behind the Death of Two Al-Qaida ...