US Used 6-Bladed ‘Flying Ginsu’ Weapon to Eliminate Islamic Terror Leader: Report

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Call it a weapon of minimal destruction.

The device used in the recent strike that killed a Kataib Hezbollah leader is a six-bladed missile designed to kill a target with minimal civilian casualties, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Abu Baqir al-Saadi, who the Pentagon said helped plan attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East, was killed on Feb. 7 when the vehicle he was riding in was struck in Baghdad, according to Reuters.

The Journal said the work was done by a modified Hellfire missile known as “the flying Ginsu” after knives sold on TV in the 1970s.

The missile, which carries the official name of R9X, was designed to kill individuals in confined spaces such as a vehicle weapon.

The weapon has been used before in the Middle East in target attacks where the goal was to kill an individual with limited collateral damage.

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