US develops weapon to kill terrorist without collateral damage
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They also call it the “ninja bomb.” Do you have any idea how excited my 10-year-old self would have been to know that my country has a ninja bomb?I think the knives are used to extend the lethal range of the weapon without putting others in harm's way. It looks like a good tool for dealing with terrorist who try to hide in a crowd.
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Often military jargon is inscrutable to civilians, but not this time. The “flying Ginsu” is just what it sounds like: It’s a small drone-fired missile, except instead of explosives it’s equipped with … blades. Six big farking knives shoot out the sides of this thing in the final seconds before impact, shredding everything in its path — including jihadi masterminds. I almost don’t believe it’s real.
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The “right seat, left seat” goal is not an abstract scenario. Via Gizmodo, it’s very, very real:
Click on those photos to enlarge them and have a look at just how precise this thing is. It’s noteworthy that the “ninja bomb” was used to catch two fish as big as al-Badawi and al-Masri considering that the WSJ claims it’s used “infrequently.” Presumably top jihadis are sufficiently wise to America’s concerns about collateral damage that they make a point of hiding in crowds at nearly all times. If you want to take them out without taking out innocent people too, you have no choice but to use a weapon that doesn’t go “boom.”...
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