The Hellfire missile's name is well-known, but its variants aren't. Among them is the Hellfire R9X, which was designed with ...

The precision-guided missiles can be mounted on helicopters ... Unlike other models of the Hellfire, the R9X doesn't carry an explosive payload. Instead, it has a series of six rotating blades ...

That points to the use again by the United States of the macabre Hellfire R9X, a warhead-less missile believed equipped with six razor-like blades extending from the fuselage that slices through ...

With six knives that eject from its nose, the Hellfire R9X was designed to minimize casualties while targeting a high-profile individual. Its recent use to kill a Kataib Hezbollah leader in ...

Hellfire is an air-to-ground, laser guided, subsonic missile with significant anti-tank capacity. It can also be used as an air-to-air weapon against helicopters or slow-moving fixed-wing aircraft.

The "Hellfire" missile has been embraced as a US weapon of choice for decades. Its versatility makes it able to be launched from multiple systems. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Military ...

The Spanish Air Force received the components of its first MQ-9 Block 5 in December 2019. There are currently 4 units in ...