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May 4, 2020 1:39 AM
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Phischstaebchen
Why not just throwing a piano on them? Coyote knows.....
Hydravelsen
So its a rocket powered turkey guillotine. I spprove.
pigzunderground
It's called the Hellfire R9X (AGM-114R9X) & it has a "kinetic warhead". It's basically a rocket powered bullet with pop-out blades.
Navrodel
Fly me closer, I want to hit it with SIX SWORDS!
grantavius
In my day we fired lasers at our enemies and we considered ourselves lucky to even have lasers.
UsuallyARabbit
"I like rockets, but they don't have enough blades!" -Ratheon employee, probably
ThisDeservesMoreUpvotes
KorbenDallasMultipass
Remember when Buster found out the video game he was so good at was actually flying drones for the army?
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
orbitn
hmm?
faultysage
"What if we just dropped a bunch of fucking knives on the terrorists?"
Maybemyboyswontknowwhothisis
You mean anti-personell weapons like in the good old days? Flechettes for everyone?
HoochIsCrazzy
Looks like it hit and destroyed only the intended target. That is a good thing.
aSwarmOfBees
I like how we put blades on it. You know, in case getting hit by a telephone pole traveling faster than sound didn't do the trick
tankmayvin
They actually tend to poke rather neat holes into things, if you're not in the direct path you have a reasonable chance of survival.
CipherCodex
That's not a missile. The Rod From God (Orbital Kinetic Kill Weapon) is a hypersonic telephone pole with the destructive radius of a 1/2
CipherCodex
conventional nuclear device, and none of the radioactive fallout. It is not an anti-personnel weapon.
falloutmonk
They're probably there to mitigate the last foot or two of miss chance.
fowly
Everything is better with blades on it - some guy developing rockets probably
BrockAppDancer
AttackVixen
Everyone looking in the car. Ohhhhhh that's going to leave a mark...
BallsackHippo
So, a rocket powered shuriken?
ButterfaceTaintClown
the rocket catapults it towards its target.
Reaper3087
Rocket powered lawn mower blade
PaintedSlate
More like a larger-than-average broadhead arrow.
IDoPictureStuff
Pineapple slicer.
DemSumBigAssRidges
Weapons grade slap-chop.
PeteThePerv
Reaper drone fires a ninja missile. Fucking nerds.
Sensino
Eliminated the target... and the rest of the family in the car...
AnythingMuchShorter
Dats a lotta damage!
RicheTheBuddha
Fascinating new take on the old Hellfire missile. That said I strongly suspect those things end up creating more terrorists than they kill.
neff22
Meanwhile I just want to go to the hospital
Cynthmail
When blowing up a mothafucka is just not enough.
Johnsky
Explosives were too boring for them?
Wyenaut
For ever person you catch in that explosion that's a family member or friend potentially radicalized. This is by far a better outcome.
DeezyDood
Explosives are too cliche. Now attaching massive knives to a fucking jet engine? Thats a level of excitement only seen on cartoons.
graehall
It really is cartoon level isn't it. Wow.
woodjoiner
Explosives kill too many random people. This thing F's up just the people in 1 car.
Moooffury87
Provided you get the right car
eatyourmeat
I've seem a drone launch a hellfire missile into the wrong country
strideo
Nah, even if you get the wrong car it still just kills the people in one car.
JackieTreehornProductions
NdotGreeze
Again. Still far better than getting the wrong car and killing everyone in a 50ft radius around that wrong car.
OccasionallyReddit
Deadly precision that minimises collateral damage no good enough for you?
DickDickthedick0331
Some people have to make up first world problems because they don't understand that evil exists and some people kill them I guess. I think
DickDickthedick0331
It's great that we aren't making mass enemies of vengeance because we accidentally killed someone's whole (actually) peaceful family group
DickDickthedick0331
While we try to smoke check the one asshole over there executing a member of their family to gain compliance via fear from said peacefuls.
JeremyBennett
Or using their family as literal human shields to keep their asses safe.
Johnsky
I require earth shattering kabooms!
ChloeRed
I'm suspecting we have a Martian around here... ;)
vranky
Smart! Less collateral damage. what will they think of next? A projectile that kills only 1 person shot from some kind of personal device?
AeEvolution
Smartphone explosive battery, yeah !
ElbowDeepinaTinyOctopus
Yeah, but where'd you fire it from? your arm?
orbitn
Removal of ones arm to fire it is cool, but impractical in most cases. Perhaps a handheld projector of some sort.
Averagefirefighter
If they make something that easy to use I want one!
hippocampus
what if you can't see well that far? how about a sharp object that slightly extends your arm length?
NaughtButOne
This is fictional, but it's terrified me pretty thoroughly since I saw it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlO2gcs1YvM
fowly
I'm here far too long. I knew it was the drones ad before opening the link ?
Shichirou
The big lie of that video is the lack of countermeasures. There's no such thing as a perfect weapon, there'd be drones that shoot drones.
pigzunderground
Wait so it doesn't explode?
AaronPaulSturtevant
only the target does
DeimosBarret
Imagine the gore.... Christ. Is this even Geneva compliant? I get that blowing up isn't any neater, but this somehow feels more barbaric
Evercrimson
Probably under the same rules as the M1028 120 mm anti-personnel canister cartridge.
PizzaEveryWeekend
Well, think of it in terms of collateral and it's suddenly less "barbaric" than explosives
strideo
It extends SIX blades moments before smashing into the target.
BishlamekGurpgork
I mean, it sounds like a lot, but if the missile isn't hitting them directly, 60° sounds like a survivable gap.
cheeseguy3412
Somewhere, an engineer desperately wants to suggest giving it a speaker system that screams, "AHH, GENERAL KENOBI!" before impact.
SlackerTactical
Sex blades? Sounds hot
Trelfar
Picture is from the SHITRAG that is the Daily Mail. This one of the standard ways that the Daily Mail makes EVERY story more DRAMATIC.
number1keeper
Amazed they didn't reference Diana somehow
StillNotYouTube
HOW MANY?!
MastrBaker
So does it just like...blend them up?
Blasfemur
There. Are. FOUR. Blades!
MinistryOfSillyTalks
Shall we begin again? How many blades are there?
PurityOfEssence
Do you want TWELVE?
grandmastonguekiss
Well, kinda
404GravitassNotFound
I hope Gillete don't read this comment.
LucidPariah
I would have thought they would spin would have made it a lot cooler
MuaddibISR
YOU CAN’T HANDLE TWELVE!
QuantumSpaceTacoGuitarist
Because that's how you get TWELVE!
Stumpkiller
Next will be the "Rods from God". Kinetic energy weapons of just a 15 pound rod pushed out of a satellite.
hippocampus
imagine a satellite pooping on you.
BishlamekGurpgork
Those are NOT surgical weapons. The explosion would be comparable to a ground penetrating nuke, minus radioactive fallout.
BishlamekGurpgork
Also, try nearly 10,000 kg rod. Project Thor didn't fuck around with 15lb bullshit.
RenaissanceFaireMan
So a rail gun?
AmishGangsta404
You mean a 24 inch rod made out of, say, tungsten carbide?
BishlamekGurpgork
If I recall, it was supposed to be 20 cubic feet of it.
Stumpkiller
Remember - we're trying to destroy an individual - not large areas. The original plan was telephone pole sized rods. Too crude.
BishlamekGurpgork
I mean, if you're talking about rods of god, that's what we're taking about. But anything down from orbit is too destructive. At that speed
BishlamekGurpgork
Even just plain impact is explosive in nature.
BishlamekGurpgork
The other issue is that it costs $10k usd per pound to put a payload in orbit, and these only work because they're super dense.
INeverWaitForIt
Artillery is cheaper, and I don't think any nation wants to start weaponizing space. OTOH, wouldn't be surprised if there's a ton of crap
INeverWaitForIt
lying in a DARPA warehouse just waiting for when that day comes. Unfortunately, with Trump running things, likely that all NATO future tech
INeverWaitForIt
has been compromised.
BishlamekGurpgork
This is something we've already researched, and would be simple, if expensive, to implement. I think it's Project Thor. The explosion would
BishlamekGurpgork
Be on par with a ground-penetrating nuclear weapon, without the radioactive fallout.
BishlamekGurpgork
The big problem is that getting them into orbit would cost around 230 million per rod, not counting any other costs.
INeverWaitForIt
Yeah, last I saw, tungsten rods at terminal velocity would yield a kiloton range explosion. I'm wondering, though, is there any point.
Imalwaysready
I think several nations WANT to start weaponizing space, they just know if they actually open that door, everyone else will walk through too
SuperPickle17
you sure about that? US had the star wars program...
dunewolf
And there are rumors/theory's that Russia has killer satellites designed to get close to and destroy nato satellites since 60-80s..
INeverWaitForIt
That was just to scare the Ruskies. Current treaties prevent deploying Chemical, Biological, or nuclear weapons in orbit, for the US.
evilspyre
Nothing about kinetic weapons though, and I would be willing to bet various countries have ordinace up there as 'communication satellites'
Undrave
Needs to end on a single sharp point, just for the chance to impale a motherfucker.
marsgoose
Rockets have to be pointy.
Undrave
Yeah but this one is too soft of a point. It needs to be more sharp! Like a lawn dart.
marsgoose
That's a great project for the kids, arduino laser guided lawn dart.
Undrave
Just mount a knife at the front of a drone and pilot the sucker right into a motherfucker's eyeball! BOOM! Headshot!
Promethianfire
Better than murdering every civilian in a 50 foot radius
toptrojanfan
We don't murder every civilian in a 50 foot radius unless we intend to. Trust me, I used to work in that field.
FailedCrate
Now they'll just cut the pies at civilist weddings, instead of blowing 'em away.
ThePirateCatsRock
Oh it does that as well. #muricafuckyeah
Pseudosim
What, you mean taking out a couple families in the immediate vicinity only helped the terrorists cause?
Fr1edToast
But then You have to tear down and rebuild infrastructure. Might as well get step one done and over with
Saint612
Hellfire missile kill radius is like 8 ft. Seen dudes get launched from a motorbike when it missed and they ran away.
SeriousAnteater
You mean 500
keepyourbuttholetighttonight
Are you trying to tell me you have never in your life, not even once, wanted to murder everyone within a 50 ft radius of you?
1LostPuppy
I work in retail. Let's make it 200.
PurityOfEssence
I did it accidentally once after a trip to Arby's and 2 double beefs and cheeses
keepyourbuttholetighttonight
Happens all the time to me, normally there are no other people other than me within 50 ft so that makes it easy
PurityOfEssence
This is now years after I got out of the biz but we would fire various types of AGM114s and they had totally different effects based on the
PurityOfEssence
Variant and target type (enclosed building, open space, etc). I've watched guys get hit 10 feet away..stumble and run off..other times it
PurityOfEssence
Was crowds of people in a small walled area...all dead.
Promethianfire
I guess it's a good thing that we can be that specific.
PurityOfEssence
If we are going to have to kill people...yea, I'd highly prefer it be specific
Lakeylake
Damn
Promethianfire
Also just caught your username. *raises glass of rainwater and grain alcohol*
belthasarthegreat
Beautiful
stabuma
geistwindmedia
The physics of blast waves are the real cunts of munitions
postalval
1 guy survived both Atomic bombs, the Australian Army had a Chieftain Tank survive a nuke test it was repaired and it served in Vietnam!
CooCooCaChew
Tune in next week for "How 1 grenade can hit you 5 times" or "I like my salsa extra chunky"
woodjoiner
This looks like a big improvement by reducing unintended injuries. Lot less shrapnel.
SgtPotshot
I remember reading that someone noticed that practice bombs are filled with concrete, & drop the same. Now we have laser-guided rocks
TheRealR0tb3rt
And the family of the deceased can come together lather and puzzle their relatives. It's a benefit for the whole family!
Yellowchopsticks
I was thinking "why would you want less boom", and then I read your comment and realized my brain was in Michael Bay mode.
woodjoiner
Even Michael bay mode is a lot less boom then WWII mode. Humans used to blow up the whole city to get a target.
WhatzitTooya
The smartest bomb is only as smart as the intelligence behind it though.
woodjoiner
Still less collateral damage regardless if the target is correct or not.
snurx
We've advanced weapons technology so far we've gone back around to swords.
tomyironmane
Technically, it's more a precision guided javelin. Or with the aero surfaces, maybe a boomerang.
bfreeze01
But these are rocket powered swords.
DetectiveSloth
Terrorist leaders often travel with their families in close proximity. ISIS leader Al-Baghdadi was killed while hugging his 1/2
DetectiveSloth
12 year old son and wearing a suicide vest, thinking it would prevent him from being shot.
woodjoiner
So he was using a child as a human shield?
DetectiveSloth
Yes.
woodjoiner
Then F that guy and the parents that let this happen to the kid. Good news! same person.
DetectiveSloth
He detonated the vest after a military dog named Conan was sent after him, dog was fine, he was not.
RackhamTheRed
Well... was he shot?
DetectiveSloth
A military dog was sent after him and he detonated the vest. The dog was okay.
AGrammeIsBetterThanADamn
You can be shot and survive. You can be mortally wounded and not currently dead.
HsuDoNihm
The US military says he killed himself. Nobody else was present to contradict that story.
DetectiveSloth
A military dog named Conan was sent after him when he fled into a tunnel, he detonated a suicide vest.
HsuDoNihm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi
kahlas
It amazes me you're getting up votes. He died when he detonated his vest.
TielKiri
It amazes me you didn’t notice him saying that literally right after making the comment you’re replying to
DetectiveSloth
And...? That doesn't make my point about terrorists using civilians as human shields incorrect.
kahlas
You never expressed that concept to make a point. You did make a false statement though.
Gayforbae
I.dont know if.youre attempting to.be pedantic, or just stupid.
Iwontbeback
It amazes me you're so stubborn you're arguing a null point.
HsuDoNihm
Candidly, the story is told by only one side so it's inherently suspect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi
HsuDoNihm
Not saying the story's bunk, but it's a single data point from a single source (US military) and their data portrays them in a good light.
kahlas
The alternate is he was shot and killed and someone else detonated the vest. Not impossible but unlikely.
tomyironmane
Looks like a precision guided application of the old Lazy Dog projectiles.
Oracle547
Quick fox projectiles
tomyironmane
... what? No, these were basically shopping bags full of cast iron slugs that they'd drop over enemy positions. each was about 1.5oz
tomyironmane
and they'd scatter and tear apart pretty much any soft target, going through humans longways.
Oracle547
haha I thought I made the name up... quick red fox jumps over the lazy brown dog
Devious11
This isn't current events. Read about it a year ago already.
FrenchPressBenchPress
How old are you that a year ago isn't current events? It was used to cause a major uproar in January and many people hadn't heard it then
7Spades
Dude, it says 2017 in the picture, nobody claimed it was recent
Toiletseatpolio
Well President Trump told me about it before it happened. He let me fly the drone.
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Devious11
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-09/new-cia-flying-ginsu-missile-shreds-targets-6-long-blades
Evercrimson
I remember puzzling over these cuts for ages trying to work out what had hit the car of Abu Khayr al-Masri, deputy leader of Al-Qaeda -
Evercrimson
Turns out it was a Hellfire missle with fucking swords attached to it.
thatguywhohasnoname
How did they not just see it next to the car? Like where does it go when it's done if no boom?
Devious11
Kinetic energy would have destroyed it. Much like an armor piercing tank shell has no explosive charge.
thatguywhohasnoname
Oh I thought the body would be solid not sure why....
BrazilianThunderPanda
Some of us were watching Tiger King & getting laid, so excuse the fuck out of me if I didn’t see that one article from last year.
lostandlonelyguy
Being cooped up for too long is making you edgy, isn’t it? Gees… lighten up.
Toiletseatpolio
Did your getting laid include straight men and meth?
BrazilianThunderPanda
NPaine
So...we are getting aroused about the best way for killing men again. Great.
evilcarp
Or women. Equal op and all.
Teksura
This is not for killing men. This is for killing monsters.
dachriller
Ah yes, dehumanize your enemies. Now, where have i heard that one before...
NPaine
Teksura
Brave of you to defend literal terrorist leaders who murder innocent people.
AGrammeIsBetterThanADamn
There's that dehumanization again
mercyPandaRunner
It came out that they counted every male fighting aged victim as "combatant". Talk about killing innocents.
Dagordae
So does that make the US terrorists? Because we’ve droned an absolute fuckton of innocent people? One of the reasons we are having issues
Dagordae
With the various terrorist groups is that we are great for their recruiting. Turns out blowing up people’s families for the crime of being
mercyPandaRunner
Maybe a court would be a civilized answer to that, instead of extrajudicial killings. But US actively blocks international Court 1/2
Rulweylan
Tell you what, you go try and arrest these guys. See how that works out.
mercyPandaRunner
But that's none of my... Wait, it's everyone's fucking business!
dunewolf
you do know extrajudicial killings are done with legal input from military law experts right? there is very good proof things //
dunewolf
They just have to keep the stuff secret because the evidence they have can point to ways/means of collection (ie data hacking/informents/etc
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
The ICC is signed onto by nations. We did not sign nor do we recognize it. No international treaty may override the US Constitution, Bill/
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
2/ of Rights, or US federal law, so there's no way it could be signed by us. So as the ICC lacks jurisdiction over Americans, end of story.
mercyPandaRunner
The same constitution grants EVERYBODY a fair trial. I guess it applies only when convenient.